Course repeated as needed. Credit not applicable toward graduation. Topics include the development of critical thinking strategies, time management, note taking, textbook and test taking strategies, vocabulary building, and other learning strategies. The course will also cover issues on controlling stress, peer pressure, and understanding cultural differences. With regard to publications commonly used in their major course of study, students will learn how to read, interpret, and apply the information found in these major specific sources.
Course consists of both lecture and recitation sections.
It fulfills the requirements for PEAC 160. Sophomore standing, minimum GPA of 2.50, approval of Student Missionary Program Screening Committee. Provides an opportunity for the student to serve in various capacities in a foreign country or in an institution where volunteer services are desperately needed and sought after. Duties may include teaching, counseling, administrative work, laboratory and health care functions, and other appropriate duties that a student may perform under supervision. Length of time varies but is usually one school year or one calendar year.