Courses Offered Through
The CAS
| ENGLISH
As A SECOND LANGUAGE - Please check the Web
for Students for schedules and course descriptions. |
Convener:
Dr. Frances Shapiro-Skrobe, Professor of English
ESL: Intermediate Reading
ESL: Intermediate Writing and Grammar
ESL: Advanced Reading
ESL: Advanced Writing
Students for whom English is a second
language are administered an ESL placement test
to be placed in the appropriate level ESL courses.
(See courses listings above.) Students also receive
individual and small-group tutoring in reading,
writing, and conversation. Upon completion of the
Advanced level ESL courses, students are administered
an exit exam and are placed in, or waived out of,
appropriate developmental reading and writing courses.
(See course listings below.) Students successfully
completing this sequence are encouraged to continue
seeking assistance in the CAS, and faculty, particularly
in WI courses, may require students to attend tutoring
sessions. Transfer students and those who test out
of the ESL program are also encouraged to avail
themselves of the CAS’s services. |
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| DEVELOPMENTAL
MATHEMATICS -
Please check the Web for Students for schedules
and course descriptions. |
Convener:
Dr. Gabriella Wepner, Professor of Mathematics
Basic Math
Transitional Mathematics
Elementary Algebra Topics
Elementary Algebra |
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| DEVELOPMENTAL
READING
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Please check the Web for Students for schedules
and course descriptions. |
Convener:
Dr. Ellen Kaiden, Professor of Reading and Education
Reading Workshop
Basic Reading/Basic Reading Lab
Developmental Reading
College Reading and Study Skills |
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| DEVELOPMENTAL
WRITING
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Please check the Web for Students for schedules
and course descriptions. |
Coordinator:
Ramon Reyes
Writing Workshop
Basic Writing
Developmental Writing |
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| THE
WRITING CENTER
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Please check the Web for Students for schedules
and course descriptions. |
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Writing Center provides the main support for the
WAC program and WI courses. It also offers assistance
for all courses in the College. Among the activities
of the Writing Center, tutors and staff offer workshops
on the writing process-- prewriting, revising and
editing; writing the thesis; gathering research
material to support the thesis; evaluating Internet
and other sources of information; interpreting and
explaining graphs, charts, tables and other material
for written and oral presentation, and other topics
as needed. The Writing Center provides individual
and group tutorials, classroom tutoring, classroom
assistance, electronic paper conferencing, the Help-Line
and other electronic outreach services. |
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| MATH
SUPPORT
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Please check the Web for Students for schedules
and course descriptions. |
Coordinator:
Sara Kuplinsky
Among the services of the CAS, the math support
component provides the following:
1) peer and professional tutoring;
2) group tutoring and workshops coordinated by the
professional tutors;
3) inter-semester course preparation workshops,
based on students’ needs;
4) computation and algebra review sheets on-line,
with problems for placement and placement verification
testing;
5) assistance to students with general mathematics
problems. |
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| READING
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Please check the Web for Students for schedules
and course descriptions. |
Among
the services the CAS offers to assist students with
their reading are the following:
1) note-taking, test-taking and study skills;
2) reading comprehension;
3) note-taking from readings;
4) summary/paraphrase/abstract/précis writing;
5) establishing relationships and contrasts among
several readings;
6) critical and analytical thinking;
7) vocabulary building assistance. |
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