1. Math for CAP Next Steps for Fall 2009:
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If you need to take Math 65, 52 or 35, the CAP program
ORGANIZATION
POSTAGE PAID
offers its own sections of these courses. This allows you 1. If you have not completed an RCC application,
PERMIT 1673
NONPROFIT
to enroll in a math class where all students are part of please complete it online at www.rcc.edu.
the CAP program!
US
2. If you have not taken the English, Reading and
Math placement tests, please call the Assessment
Math 65 Arithmetic and Pre-Algebra Units: 5
Center at 951-222-8451 for available testing hours.
Math 52 Elementary Algebra Units: 4
Math 35 Intermediate Algebra Units: 5
3. If you have not attended an RCC Orientation,
please call 951-222-8440 to make an appointment.
“Bite-Size” Math
community for academic progress
Math 90A-F series breaks up Math 63 and Math 64 4. Call the CAP office at 951-328-3820 so that we
into smaller, one-unit courses. This allows you to work can work on your “priority” registration, and sign
at your own pace, use computerized software and receive up for a mandatory CAP orientation. Space is
individualized instruction based on the skills you need. limited, so call TODAY!
• Call beginning June 22, 2009 to get approved
Math 90A Whole Numbers and Units: 1 for the CAP program.
Intro to Fractions • To receive “priority” registration in CAP
Math 90B Fractions and Intro Units: 1 courses, call no later than July 21, 2009.
to Decimals • To receive “guaranteed” registration in CAP
Math 90C Decimals Units: 1 courses, call no later than August 18, 2009.
Math 90D Integers and an Intro Units: 1
5. Attend your CAP orientation to register for your
to Variables
CAP classes.
Math 90E Real Numbers and an Units: 1
Intro to Algebra
Math 90F Algebraic Expressions Units: 1
and Equations
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2. Foundational Communities These learning communities will help you develop the academic
Transfer Communities
The Community for Academic Progress (CAP) Program
skills necessary to prepare you for college-level coursework.
is an exciting program designed to allow students to
These learning communities help fulfill requirements
enroll in grouped or paired courses that share common Connected, Conflicted, Empowered:
College Connections for CSU and/or UC. Check the catalog or with a
themes, activities, and assignments. Since the courses are
Engaging in Your Education
Make the connections that will lead to success! Develop counselor for more details.
linked, students take these classes as a group, allowing
effective writing skills, read with greater understanding, Learn why it is important for you to become actively
faculty and students to work and learn together.
Reading the Word and the World
and use proven study strategies. Learn to balance your engaged in your education! Learn how improved reading,
Explore the religions of the world and seek answers to
academic and personal responsibilities. This learning writing, and study skills can increase your ability to engage
The CAP Program Offers: life’s greatest questions such as “Why are we here?” and
community focuses on strengthening academic skills as with course material, and how this connection will empower
“What happens after death?” without ever leaving RCC.
you explore how to meet the challenges of college. you to become a successful student.
• A convenient class schedule
Be supported in a collegial environment as you read and
• “Priority” registration in CAP classes
write about a myriad of religious ideas and responses to
English 60A English Fundamentals: Units: 4 English 60B English Fundamentals: Units: 4
• Personal CAP/college orientation
complex global issues.
Sentence to Paragraphs Paragraphs to Essays
• Assigned counselor
Reading 81 Reading, Level 1 Units: 3.5 Reading 83 Reading, Level 3 Units: 3
• Access to technology/laptops
English 1A English Composition Units: 4
Guidance 45 Introduction to College Units: 1 Guidance 48 College Success Strategies Units: 2
• Supplemental Instructional (SI) Leaders
Humanities 10 World Religions Units: 3
• Field trip opportunities to 4-year universities
Reading 86* Reading Strategies for Units: 1
• Guest speakers and activities Thinking & Writing Like A College Student
Double Time Textbooks
This community develops the whole person. Who are *Class Meets 9/1/09-10/22/09
you? Where have you come from? Where are you going?
FAST-TRACK your way from English 60A to English
What tools do you need to get there?
1A within the same academic year. In the fall you will
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
Community for Academic Progress is partially funded take an eight-week English 60A course followed by an
Picture a market that is open 24 hours a day, where
ESL 54 High-Intermediate Units: 5
through the US Department of Education of Hispanic eight-week English 60B course, with Reading 81 giving
you can buy ownership in the largest companies
Grammar and Writing
Serving Institutions Title V funds. you a boost the whole way through. During the winter
in the world, lend money to the government for
Guidance 45 Introduction to College Units: 1
intersession, you can take English 50, so by the spring
30 days or 30 years, or take a chance on the future
semester, you will be ready to begin English 1A!
price of raw materials you may never see or use. This
English 60A* English Fundamentals: Units: 4
Independent Thinkers is the intriguing world of business, computers, and
Sentence to Paragraphs
Become a more effective and confident writer. This money. This is a world that seems remote from our
* Meets 8/31/09-10/22/09
learning community integrates skills for communication, daily lives, yet it directly affects our pocketbooks.
English 60B** English Fundamentals: Units: 4
relationships, critical thinking, and personal health, as
Paragraphs to Essays
well as foundational skills for writing. CIS 1A Introduction to Computer Units: 3
**Meets 10/26/09-12/17/09
Information
Reading 81 Reading, Level 1 Units: 3.5
ESL 55 Advanced Grammar Units: 5 Business 10 Introduction to Business Units: 3
and Writing
Note: Dropping one CAP course within the semester will result
in being automatically dropped from all CAP courses. Please Guidance 48 College Success Strategies Units: 2
see an Educational Advisor or Counselor before dropping any Life Skills
CAP courses.
Bridging Communities Justice and Your “Writes”
The Individual and Society
Are you interested in the legal profession, law enforcement
Racism, Sexism, Classism… Why does social inequality
or the criminal justice system? Develop your writing and
These learning communities provide opportunities exist? Explore your place in the broader social structure.
reading skills while focusing on Administration of Justice
to explore and prepare you for transfer level courses.
topics-- history, philosophy, procedures, and definitions.
Check the catalog or with a counselor for more English 50 Basic English Composition Units: 4
details. Sociology 1 Introduction to Sociology Units: 3
English 50 Basic English Composition Units: 4
Reading 86* Reading Strategies Units: 1
ADJ 1 Introduction to Units: 3
for Textbooks
Administration of Justice
*Class Meets 9/1/09-10/22/09