Human Career Development Course Descriptions
HCD 81
Diagnostic Assessment
.5 Units
Prerequisite: None
Hours: 9 hours LEC
Assessment of learning strengths and weaknesses to determine eligibility for Learning Disability Program services, using guidelines mandated by the California Community College system. This course is graded on a pass/no pass basis.
HCD 89
Study Strategies Lab
.5-1 Units
Prerequisite: None
Hours: 54 hours LAB
This course will provide non-traditional instructional support for students with disabilities who are enrolled in other college classes. This course is graded on a pass/no pass basis. This is an open-entry, open-exit class that can be taken for 0.5-1.0 units. May be taken four times for a maximum of 4 units cumulative.
HCD 110
Building Foundations for Success
3 Units
Prerequisite: None.
General Education: AA/AS Area III (b)
Hours: 54 hours LEC
This course provides success strategies and support services to entry level students. The strategies and support services are threaded through three critical areas that enhance student success: academic skills, personal life management, and educational navigation.
HCD 112
College Survival
.25-1 Units
Prerequisite: None.
General Education: AA/AS Area III (b)
Hours: 18 hours LEC
The purpose of this course is to help the entry level college student develop the confidence, knowledge, and skills necessary to become successful in college. Topics covered in College Survival include campus resources, academic planning, self-esteem and motivation, assertiveness and interpersonal relationships, as well as the principles of time and stress management.
HCD 122
Study Skills
1 Unit
Prerequisite: None.
General Education: AA/AS Area III (b)
Hours: 18 hours LEC
The purpose of this course is to help the entry level college student develop the study skills necessary to become successful in college. Topics covered in Study Skills include note taking and listening, understanding learning style, SQ3R reading techniques, applied time management, test taking techniques, and basic library skills.
HCD 130
Individualized Career Development
.5 Unit
Prerequisite: None
Hours: 5.5 hours LEC; 11 hours LAB
This course provides an opportunity for those who seek individualized career exploration and decision making assistance. Students will meet with a counselor to plan a 16 hour combination of lecture/lab activities that may include the following: 1) assessment of skills, interests and values, 2) utilization of Career Center resources, 3) participation in appropriate workshops, 4) connection to community resource network, 5) follow-up meetings with the counselor to develop a career goal and plan. Students may enter the course at any time during the first 12 weeks of the semester depending upon the availability of an instructor /counselor. This course is graded on a pass/no pass basis. To enroll, an interested student should see a counselor.
HCD 132
Career Exploration
1 Unit
Prerequisite: None.
General Education: AA/AS Area III (b)
Hours: 18 hours LEC
The purpose of this course is to help the entry level college student gain insight into the career planning process. Topics covered include self assessment of values, skills, and personality factors relevant to life planning. Students will learn how to balance career and personal life when making career decisions, become skilled in the use of career information resources, understand the nature of the changing labor market, and when appropriate, acquire job hunting skills.
HCD 156
Tutor Training in Learning Disabilities
.5 Unit
Prerequisite: None.
Hours: 9 hours LEC
This course provides additional training for tutors interested in working with learning-disabled students at CRC on an individual and extended basis. Course content deals with awareness of the nature of learning disabilities, learning styles, and specific interventions available to tutors in working with learning-disabled students. This course is graded on a pass/no pass basis.
HCD 299
Experimental Offering in Human/Career Development
.5-4 Units
Prerequisite: None
Hours: 18 hours LEC; 54 hours LAB
HCD 310
College Success
3 Units
Prerequisite: None.
Advisory: ENGRD 110 and ENGWR 101
General Education: AA/AS Area III (b); CSU Area E
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
This course is designed to assist students in obtaining the skills and knowledge necessary to reach their educational objectives. Topics to be covered include: motivation and discipline, memory development, time management, communication skills, career planning, study skills and techniques, question-asking skills and personal issues that face many college students. Campus resources and information competency will also be covered. It is highly recommended for first time college students however continuing students also benefit from this course. The course may be offered for specific populations. A field trip may be required.
HCD 320
Skills for Online Student Success
1 Unit
Prerequisite: None.
Course Transferable to CSU
Hours: 18 hours LEC
This course is designed to familiarize students with the skills required to succeed in an online course. Students will explore how to use various Internet tools to effectively learn in an online environment. Topics include online course equipment needs; using a word processor to support class assignments; sending email attachments; effective use of discussion groups, email, and synchronous chat sessions; researching on the Internet; evaluating Internet sources; working collaboratively online. This course is graded on a pass/no pass basis.
HCD 333
Career Re-Alignment
1 Unit
Prerequisite: None.
General Education: AA/AS Area III (b)
Course Transferable to CSU
Hours: 18 hours LEC
This is a course in advanced career planning for students who are re-careering, re-engineering, or are in career transition. Building on the concepts of career exploration studied in HCD 132 and 310, students will survey and analyze labor market trends and transition situations and establish successful strategies for conducting job searches in a rapidly evolving employment scene. Students will learn the concept of career resiliency.
HCD 334
Career Re-Alignment
1 Unit
Prerequisite: None.
General Education: AA/AS Area III (b)
Course Transferable to CSU
Hours: 18 hours LEC
This course is a continuation of advanced career planning for students who are re-careering, re-engineering, or are in career transition. Students will build on the goal setting of HCD 333 and will learn to apply the career planning process to their own careers and how to cope with workforce transition and change. Students will formulate an "Individual Career Plan."
HCD 340
Job Search Portfolio Development
1 Unit
Prerequisite: None.
General Education: AA/AS Area III (b)
Course Transferable to CSU
Hours: 18 hours LEC
This course is designed to assist students to develop successful job search strategies. Students in this course will develop a job search/career portfolio. This will include formulating job task samples, resume and cover letter construction, letters of recommendation, and employment applications. Exposure to competitive techniques will include individual interviews on video tape.
HCD 344
Managing Your Internship
.5 Unit
Prerequisite: None
Course Transferable to CSU
Hours: 9 hours LEC
The course is designed to provide students with effective internship development skills that will assist in obtaining and keeping an internship in the student's major area. Course content will include understanding the application of education to the workforce, the responsibilities of an internship, construction of an internship, evaluating an internship site, marketing skills and maximizing the internship experience.
HCD 346
Career and Workforce Skills
1 Unit
Prerequisite: None
General Education: AA/AS Area III (b)
Course Transferable to CSU
Hours: 18 hours LEC
This course provides students with opportunities to develop or add marketable skills in preparation for employment and assists students in learning about the world of work. Course content will include understanding the application of education to the workforce and developing workplace (soft) skills identified by the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) Competencies as well as by local employers. The content of this course covers the orientation materials and meets the orientation requirement for Work Experience 198, 298 and 498 at Cosumnes River College.
HCD 350
Introduction to Tutor Training
1 Unit
Prerequisite: None.
Advisory: Completion of, with a grade of "B" or better, the courses the student wishes to tutor.
Course Transferable to CSU
Hours: 18 hours LEC
This course is for students who intend to be tutors at CRC and students who wish to gain basic skills in tutoring to use in settings other than CRC. The content deals with details of campus tutorial services, nature of learning processes, learning styles, techniques of tutoring, tutoring students with special challenges, and cultural awareness for tutors. The course will consist of nine online computer-based sessions and nine classroom meetings for a total of eighteen class sessions.
HCD 352
Beginning Peer Assistant Training
3 Units
Prerequisite: None.
Course Transferable to CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
This course fosters the student's understanding of CRC regulations and procedures, campus resources, study skills, and career planning, while training students in basic communication and counseling skills, including goal setting, problem solving, time management, and decision making. This course encourages students to develop a sense of responsibility and commitment to help others while preparing students to participate as peer advisors in a college setting.
HCD 362
Work/Life Management
2 Units
Prerequisite: None
Course Transferable to CSU
Hours: 36 hours LEC
This course explores planning for personal work/life management. Includes training in life problem-solving with relationship to personal, educational, and workplace productivity. Topics include exploration of one's own values, interests and abilities; stress reduction, wellness, and leisure; building family and social support; and educational and career management. The course will provide activities which will assist students with decision-making, goal setting, and learning to use tools for dealing with change.
HCD 495
Independent Studies in Human Career Development
1-3 Units
Prerequisite: None.
Course Transferable to CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC; 54 hours LAB
An independent studies project involves an individual student or small group of students in study, research, or activities beyond the scope of regularly offered courses. See the current catalog section of "Special Studies" for full details of Independent Studies.
HCD 499
Experimental Offering in Human/Career Development
.5-4 Units
Prerequisite: None
Course Transferable to CSU
Hours: 18 hours LEC; 54 hours LAB
HCD 1000
Supervised Tutoring
0 Units
Prerequisite: None
Hours: hours LAB
This course offers individualized tutoring designed to assist students to increase their success in college courses. Students may enroll for support of more than one college course per semester. Content will vary depending upon the adjunct course. Attention will be given to essential study skills and utilization of campus learning resources. May be repeated in subsequent semesters.