Dual Enrollment

This comprehensive course is designed to cultivate the holistic student in developing effective academic study skills and critical thinking strategies necessary to reach desired educational goals. Topics surveyed include various educational learning theories; successful interpersonal communication techniques, sensitivity to diverse populations and examination of individual morals and values. Keystone to this course, students learn academic survival strategies such as principles of memory and learning, motivation and concentration, effective note-taking, textbook study methods, efficient time management and test-taking/test anxiety reduction. Emphasis is given to personal growth and development with academic, interpersonal, and professional success. 

This course introduces the basic principles of holistic stress management. The course covers the history of stress, the development of stress theories, and explores the mind-body relationship (psychophysiology) of stress. Students learn cognitive strategies, physiological interventions, and relaxation techniques that may be applied to help manage stress.

A comprehensive course that integrates personal, professional, career and academic growth through the development and application of effective communication skills, positive self-image and self-esteem, self-advocacy and strategies for problem solving and decision making. Students examine individual morals, values, and motivation from psychological, social and physiological perspectives. Course covers goal setting, financial literacy, basic communication skills, diversity and balancing the challenges faced in today's society. Emphasis is on holistic student development.

This course lays the foundation for the study of global sustainability. With universal foundation/framework, this course provides students with a basic understanding of environmental systems and interrelationship and effect of humans upon the environment. Topics include a historical overview of sustainability and the current problems and issues related to establishing sustainable practices in resource management and conservation of natural resources. Students will examine environmental and urban resource issues, strategies, and tools to investigate and analyze sustainable practices. Students will learn the aspects of systems thinking as it relates to solving sustainability challenges.