DS Developmental Studies

The BASE NCBO Developmental Integrated Reading and Writing supports students in developing skills, strategies, and reasoning needed to succeed in English classes, including appropriate use of technology. Topics include the study of word attack skills, vocabulary development, comprehension, fluency, sentence and paragraph development, grammar and usage problems as they occur in the paragraphs, and study and test-taking skills. This intervention is designed specifically for students assessed at BASE levels 3-4 in the TSIA and must be part of a student’s co-enrollment (co-requisite) in DIRW-0403 Developmental Integrated Reading and Writing I. The intervention is a mainstreamed intensifier providing additional, just-in-time instructional support for the student’s success in DIRW-0403 Developmental Integrated Reading and Writing I. This course will assist the student in developing the critical reading and academic writing skills necessary for college level English courses.

Developmental Integrated Reading and Writing I is designed to help students develop reading and writing skills necessary to read academic texts and write essays. This course supports students in developing skills, strategies, and reasoning needed to succeed in English classes, including appropriate use of technology. Topics include the study of word attack skills, vocabulary development, comprehension, fluency, sentence, paragraph, and essay development, grammar and usage problems as they occur in the essays, and study and test-taking skills. This course is designed specifically for students assessed at BASE levels 3-4 in the TSIA and must be part of a student’s co-enrollment (co-requisite) in DIRW-0200 BASE NCBO Developmental Reading and Writing. This course will assist the student in developing the critical reading and academic writing skills necessary for college level English courses.

NCBO Integrated Reading and Writing is a fundamental English language course designed to aid the student in acquiring the basic skills needed for college level reading and writing. This is accomplished through developmental education interventions that combine to effectively and efficiently prepare students to advance into college credit courses. Emphasis will be placed on reading comprehension, which focuses on literal, critical, and affective understanding of a variety of texts; and essay development, which focuses on structure, style, and usage. Students will also gain an appreciation of rhetorical situations by focusing on a writer’s awareness and application of purpose, audience and tone. DIRW-0493 is a corequisite for any credit bearing reading/writing intensive course (i.e. ENGL-1301) for students who score below the college requirement set by the TSI.

This course is designed to provide an opportunity for students to develop, select, and use strategies necessary in becoming prepared and successful in college and life. Emphasis in this particular course will be placed on the transference of high-level study skills to practical classroom situations and include the areas of time management, effective listening and note taking, concentration, learning through media, reading, retention of information, taking examinations, creativity, and leadership.

The course supports students in developing skills, strategies, and reasoning needed to succeed in mathematics, including communication and appropriate use of technology. Topics include the study of numeracy and the real number system; algebraic concepts, notation, and reasoning; quantitative relationships; mathematical models; and problem solving. BASE NCBO intervention is designed specifically for students assessed at BASE levels 3-4 and must be part of a student’s co-enrollment as a mainstreamed intensifier providing contact hours for additional, just-in-time instructional support for the student’s success in the developmental math course. Students must be enrolled in Developmental Mathematics I (DSMA-0300) concurrently. Course enrollment requires granted petition from the department. Please email math.express@ctcd.edu for help enrolling.

A study of relations and functions, inequalities, algebraic expressions and equations (absolute value, polynomial, radical, rational), with a special emphasis on linear and quadratic expressions and equations. The NCBO supports students developing skills, strategies, and reasoning needed to succeed in mathematics, including communication and appropriate use of technology. Depending on the section of DSMA-0293, students must be enrolled in either College Algebra Calculus Path (MATH-1414) or Mathematics for Business and Social Science (MATH-1324) concurrently. Email math.express@ctcd.edu for help enrolling.

The course supports students in developing skills, strategies, and reasoning needed to succeed in mathematics, including communication and appropriate use of technology. Topics include the study of numeracy and the real number system; algebraic concepts, notation, and reasoning; quantitative relationships; mathematical models; and problem solving. Students must be enrolled in BASE NCBO Developmental Mathematics (DSMA-0100) concurrently. Course enrollment requires a granted petition from the department; please email math.express@ctcd.edu for help enrolling.

The BASE NCBO supports students in developing skills, strategies, and reasoning needed to succeed in mathematics, including communication and appropriate use of technology. Topics include the study of numeracy and the real number system; algebraic concepts, notation, and reasoning; quantitative relationships; mathematical models; and problem solving. Students must be enrolled in Elementary Statistical Methods Course (MATH-1342) concurrently. Email math.express@ctcd.edu for help enrolling.

The BASE NCBO supports students in developing skills, strategies, and reasoning needed to succeed in mathematics, including communication and appropriate use of technology. Topics include the study of numeracy and the real number system; algebraic concepts, notation, and reasoning; quantitative relationships; mathematical models; and problem solving. Students must be enrolled in Contemporary Mathematics Course (MATH-1332) concurrently. Email math.express@ctcd.edu for help enrolling.

A study of relations and functions, inequalities, algebraic expressions and equations (absolute value, polynomial, radical, rational), with a special emphasis on linear and quadratic expressions and equations. The NCBO supports students in developing skills, strategies, and reasoning needed to succeed in mathematics, including communication and appropriate use of technology. Students must be enrolled in College Algebra (MATH-1314) concurrently. Email math.express@ctcd.edu for help enrolling.