Pan African Studies 097

"DEVELOPMENTAL READING"

California State University, Northridge
Summer Bridge 1996
by Johnie H. Scott, Assistant Professor

Summer Bridge Syllabus    Course Objectives

Course Grading     Course Description

Week No. 1 Life Management Competencies

This Week's Course Schedule  
  Effective Listening and Note Taking
 Guidelines for the Common Essay
 The Life Chances of Black Youth
 The 9 Step Life Management Plan
 The Issues and Concepts Portfolio

 A Question of Language

Week No. 2 Primary Survival Skills for the University

This Week's Course Schedule  
  The Looping Technique
  The Cubing Technique
  The Personal Experience Essay
  Transitional Words
  My First White Friend
  Standards vs. Graduation Rates
 Maceo and Diane

Week No. 3 Midterm Examinations

This Week's Course Schedule  
  The Principles of Coordination and Subordination
  The Film Evaluation

Week No. 4 Critical Thinking in Reading and Writing

This Week's Course Schedule  
  Message to the Grassroots
  The Annotated Bibliography
  The Priniciples of Argumentation

Week No. 5 "The Olympics of the Mind": Summer Bridge Finals

This Week's Course Schedule

Special Notes and Index and Course Related WebSites