SCED 099: Student Success Orientation (0 credit hours)
This 3 hour orientation is required for all new students and is hosted at the beginning of each semester. The goal of this orientation is to prepare students to be successful at HCC by walking them through Canvas, Navigate, the HCC Website and MyHeartland Tiles. Students will also learn about the many resources HCC available to them.
SCED 100: College Success (1 credit hour)
This is a foundational course in active learning strategies and effective study skills that focuses on the learner’s role and responsibility in the learning process.
SCED 101: Career Success (1 credit hour)
Explore significant personal factors such as values, interests, skills, and personality preferences in order to make informed career and lifestyle choices. Students will research potential careers and use labor market information, decision-making strategies, and goal-setting to develop an individual career action plan.
SCED 102: Personal Success (1 credit hour)
This course provides an introduction to academic and personal skills essential for success in college and in life. Topics include personal responsibility, goal setting, critical thinking, and emotional intelligence. Students learn to create success by applying proven principles for active learning, self-motivation, self-management, and interdependence.
SCED 105: Life Success (3 credit hours)
This course will help students gain awareness of their academic, career, and personal selves and facilitate development in each of these areas. Focus will be placed on gaining knowledge of each self, identifying areas of strength and those needing improvement, and mastering the tools necessary to achieve growth in these life areas. *Students cannot receive credit for both SCED 105 and SCED 100, SCED 101, or SCED 102.
SCED 107: Math Success (1 credit hour)
This is a course designed to improve students’ success in mathematics. Topics will include: assessing math learning strengths; managing math anxiety, how to understand what you read in a math textbook, how to take effective notes in math class, and improving math test scores.
SCED 110: Workplace Success (1 credit hour)
Workplace Success provides students with the tools to be successful in today’s ever-changing workforce. This course combines theoretical information with practical applications. Students will explore a range of both soft and hard skills necessary to get, keep, and excel on the job. Topics covered include motivation, time management, emotional intelligence, and communication. Leadership styles, technology, and cultural diversity in the workplace will also be addressed.
