SSP Course Offerings

 (1 credit, 5-week session, A/F, Fall, Spring) Reading Hacks for College will help maintain your focus and better manage time so you retain more information and get through academic texts faster. Based on proven learning theories, the course materials will change the way you look at reading assignments and help you develop an effective, efficient, personalized active reading system.

 (1 credit, 5-week session, A/F, Fall, Spring) This course introduces you to various stress management tools and techniques, including planning, prioritizing, minimizing procrastination, avoiding task-switching, and practicing mindfulness.

 (1 credit, 5-week session, A/F, Fall, Spring) You will learn more effective ways to understand, analyze, and apply information. Topics of focus include various note-taking systems, research-based study techniques, and test-taking strategies.

(1 credit, 5-week session A/F) As a college student, you juggle many responsibilities, including academics, jobs, social life, and family commitments. This course will help you plan and prioritize, overcome procrastination, form new habits, and develop a personalized schedule that maximizes productivity and reduces stress. Through group discussions and practical exercises, you will learn how to apply time management techniques to your life, improve your academic performance, and work towards a more balanced college experience. 

(1-credit, 7-week session, A-F) Have you found that as a college student the life choices you must make have become more challenging? Do you question your purpose or even the need for you to know what it is right now? This course will help you evaluate how you make educational, social, and personal decisions with the goal of becoming more deliberately engaged in your own process. Through discussion and reflection, you will learn how to determine quality outcomes for yourself and apply this process to make better decisions for your future.

(2 credits A/F, Prerequisite: instructor consent) Tutor Training is an introduction to contemporary learning theory and its application to one-on-one and small group learning situations (tutorials) with emphasis on philosophy, procedures, and practices known to be effective in improving learning.

(1-2 credits, Grading Option A/F, S/N, Audit; Prerequisite: SSP 3003, or CRLA tutor certification, max 6 credits) Students participate in a supervised practicum leading one-on-one and small group tutorials. Tutor responsibilities are outlined in a contract with the faculty supervisor.

(1 credit A/F, Spring) Training course designed to provide both a theoretical understanding of student development in higher education and a practical collection of skills in working with faculty to foster this development.

(1-2 credits A/F, S/N, Audit; Prerequisite: SSP 3005, max 3 credits) As the practicum component to the Peer Leaders experience, this course provides both opportunity and context for Peer Leaders to implement elements of their training in order to work with first-year university students.

(2 credits, Grading Option A/F, Audit; Prerequisite: Completion of SSP 3003 with a B or better or instructor consent or prior CRLA level 1 certification) Advanced Peer Tutoring further explores contemporary learning theory and allows eligible students to apply for CRLA level 2 certification. Students will learn and practice more advanced tutoring techniques in class and in the Tutoring Center. They will also observe and mentor an assigned cohort of SSP 3003 students, achieving the title Peer Tutor Mentor.

(2 credits, Grading Option A/F, Audit; Prerequisite: Completion of SSP 3103 with a B or better or instructor consent or prior CRLA level 2 certification) Independent Study in Peer Tutor Leadership further explores contemporary learning theory and allows eligible students to apply for College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA) Level 3 Master Tutor certification.  Students will work alongside their instructor to develop advanced pedagogical skills particularly related to a learning center.