Developmental Education Courses

This course provides students with the foundations needed for academic and reflective reading, critical thinking, and response writing. Topics include academic vocabulary; flexible reading; advanced comprehension skills, including analyzing, evaluating and responding to materials across academic disciplines; learning and study skills, including outlining, note-taking and time management; and metacognitive strategies.

This course provides students with the foundations needed for academic and reflective writing. Topics include the writing process, academic grammar and style, paragraph organization, essay development, and basic research using MLA format. Writing styles include argument/persuasion, illustration/example/description, comparison/contrast, and narration. The interrelatedness of reading and writing will also be reinforced.

Prerequisite: DED051 or satisfactory score on reading portion of placement test

The Bridge to Success program provides students with critical math, study, and problem-solving skills, and provides an early introduction to the expectations and culture of college life. Emphasis is placed on the use of quantitative processes to explain the meaning and application of arithmetic operations, integers, graphs/charts/tables, basic descriptive statistics, linear equations and the coordinate system as well as the development of time management, critical thinking, and active reading skills. Students who satisfactorily complete the program will be eligible to register for their first quarter at Berkeley College.

This course is intended to prepare students to become successful learners in courses requiring basic math skills. Emphasis is placed on the use of quantitative processes to explain the meaning and application of arithmetic operations, descriptive statistics, linear equations, and the coordinate system. Supplemental instruction will be required based on placement scores.