The Latino Center Adelante Program is a success-oriented program focusing on academic achievement, transfer, cultural awareness, and personal growth. Adelante classes are offered each semester and emphasize verbal, written, and critical thinking skills essential to college success. The classes accentuate the Latino experience within the context of a course’s subject, and most classes offer credits that are transferable to the UC and CSU systems.
Students who join Adelante:
• Receive priority for enrolling in Adelante classes;
• Participate in classes with a large Latino enrollment;
• Join a network of Latino students and faculty;
• Become eligible for specially designated Latino Center scholarships; and
• Take classes with professors who have a special interest in promoting Latino student success.
The Adelante Program helps participants stay on track as they work toward meeting their educational goals. The support network offered by Adelante includes one-on-one bilingual counseling, peer mentoring, and the opportunity to develop supportive relationships with students, faculty, and staff.
For more information about the Adelante Program, please contact counselor Maria Martinez, or visit the Latino Center located in Counseling Complex next to Counseling. You may also visit the Latino Center webpage <www.smc.edu/latino>. The following courses are recommended for students in the Adelante Program:
CHEM 10, Introductory General Chemistry 5 units UC, CSU
1302 8:00a-10:15a MW SCI 157 Walker Waugh M V
8:00a-10:15a Th SCI 332 Walker Waugh M V
COUNS 20, Student Success Seminar 3 units UC, CSU
1553 9:30a-10:50a TTh LA 223 Galindo O A
ENGL 1, Reading and Composition 1 3 units UC, CSU
1728 9:30a-10:50a MW DRSCHR 211 Padilla M R
ENGL 2, Critical Analysis and Interm. Composition 3 units UC, CSU
1823 9:30a-10:50a TTh LA 200 Murphy E M
ENGL 21A, English Fundamentals 1 3 units
1888 9:30a-10:50a MW BUNDY 228 Cardenas T P
ENGL 21B, English Fundamentals 2 3 units
1935 11:15a-12:35p MW DRSCHR 218 Cano D R
ENGL 81A, The Paragraph – Plus* 3 units
1977 9:30a-10:50a TTh DRSCHR 213 Markarian E A
11:00a-11:50a TTh DRSCHR 308
ENGL 83A, Reading and Vocabulary I* 3 units
2000 8:00a-9:20a TTh DRSCHR 213 Markarian E A
Arrange-2 Hours DRSCHR 312
HIST 11, History of the United States through Reconstruction 3 units UC, CSU
2254 11:15a-12:35p MW HSS 105 Mason K
MATH 20, Intermediate Algebra 5 units
2482 12:45p-1:50p MTWTh LS 203 Green T R
MATH 31, Elementary Algebra 5 units
2518 8:15a-9:20a MTWTh + Arrange-1 Hour LS 201 Jimenez B S
MATH 81, Basic Arithmetic 3 units
2558 8:00a-9:20a MW + Arrange-1 Hour MC 73 Sims J M
MATH 84, Arithmetic Review and Pre-Algebra 3 units
2584 11:15a-12:35p MW + Arrange-1 Hour MC 66 Quevedo J M
PSYCH 1, General Psychology 3 units UC, CSU
2927 9:30a-10:50a TTh LS 101 Gunn K S
SOCIOL 1, Introduction to Sociology 3 units UC, CSU
2995 11:15a-12:35p MW LA 115 Preciado C
Santa Monica College provides access to its services, classes, and programs without regard to race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, handicap, or gender. All students are eligible to apply for special programs. Please see program coordinator or attend orientation for additional information.
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