Group Counseling Courses
Students receive one-half credit for group counseling classes for which a letter grade will be given. Some classes will be offered once every academic year, while others are offered every semester. You will need to check with the SEEK department every semester to find out which courses are offered for the given semester. There is no specific order in which courses must be taken after the SP/C requirement is fulfilled.

COURSES FOR FRESHMAN S.E.E.K STUDENTS
SP/C 3: Transition from High School to College
Designed to provide an orientation to college life. Focuses on the development of skills needed to cope with academic endeavors. Topics will include: developing effective study skills, habits, and attitudes; student rights and responsibilities; choosing a major; test skills; listening skills, and orientation to college structure.

SP/C 4: College as a Social System
Completes the introductory core of counseling classes for SEEK freshmen. Designed to equip students with essential skills for successful academic careers. The course serves to involve students with the “College as a Social System” by covering such topics as: academic divisions; administrative functions; MEC within CUNY; Special Programs; and extracurricular activities.

COURSES FOR UPPER LEVEL S.E.E.K STUDENTS
AGRO 101: Financial Planning & Budgeting
Designed to familiarize students with personal money management: identifying additional financial aid resources, budgeting strategies, interpreting and processing financial aid forms and identifying legal resources.
AGRO 102: Development of Self-Concept
Focuses on developing inner awareness. Areas addressed are the improvement of one’s self-concept, self-assessment, the role of culture in self-concept formation, and the role of unity in group survival.
AGRO 103: Advanced Career Planning
Focus is to acquire strategies for entering the world of work. The following issues will be addressed: theories of career development, interview techniques, formulation of goals, skills for employment, job search and maintenance, resume preparation, values clarification, and decision making.

AGRO 104: Politics, You, and Your Community
Designed to heighten awareness of the political process. Issues and activities are: the voter registration process; club house politics; the relationship between politics and the absence of community resources; citizens’ rights and responsibilities; and city and state political personality profiles.
AGRO 105: Skills for Urban Living
Designed to facilitate the acquisition of survival skills needed for urban living. Issues that are addressed are: self-advocacy, consumer education, crime prevention, tenants’ rights, organized resource banks, and organizing community activities.
AGRO 106: Parenting and Family Relationships
Explores the areas of parenting and family relationships, specifically parental care, prevention of child abuse, alternative family systems, male/female relationships, and the effect of slavery on minority families.
AGRO 201: Issues in Minority Education
Designed to provide information on social factors affecting minority entry into institutions of higher education. It addresses the roles of community based colleges; equal access to higher education; and graduate and professional school opportunities.
AGRO 202: Honors/Cultural Program
Focus is to study exceptional academic achievement. Areas of concentration will center on involvement in the political process, cultural and/or social activities. Course activities include student initiated research projects and guest lectures on current and historical events.
AGRO 203: The Legacy of Medgar Wiley Evers
Uses structured motivational materials and exercises to consider the historical context of Medgar Evers and the legacy of the Civil Rights era. It will provide opportunities for self-discovery and direction.
AGRO 204: Liberal Arts Sophomore Seminar
Designed to expose students to the wide range of career and study options available in the disciplines that comprise the liberal arts. Students attend educational excursions, seminars, and activities designed to give them first-hand experience that will familiarize them with the expectations of professions within the various liberal arts fields. The course is taught in collaboration with the faculty of the Department of Liberal Arts and Education.

AGRO 205: Business Sophomore Seminar
Designed to expose students to the wide range of career and study options available in the disciplines that comprise public and business administration. Students attend educational excursions, seminars, and activities designed to give them first-hand experience that will familiarize them with the expectations of professions within the business and public administration fields. The course is taught in collaboration with the faculty of the Department of Business and Public Administration.
AGRO 206: Science Sophomore Seminar
Designed to expose students to the wide range of career and study options available in the disciplines that comprise the natural sciences, health, and computer technology. Students attend educational excursions, seminars, and activities designed to give them first-hand experience that will familiarize them with the expectations of professions within various scientific and technological fields. The course is taught in collaboration with the faculty of the Department of Health, Science, and Technology.
AGRO 301: Achievement Motivation
Designed to familiarize students with self-study exploration, development of achievement strategies, goal setting related to academic success, career actualization, and the development of interpersonal relationships and supports.
SPAE 001: Special Programs Academic Enhancement Seminar
Designed to assist students in developing strategies to remove themselves from academic jeopardy and to successfully confront academic challenges. Areas addressed will include self-exploration, self-concept assessment and motivation, personal academic assessment, time management, and study habits. This class is
mandatory for students on academic probation. NO CREDIT.