# Credit (PD) courses Santa Barbara City College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 14 courses Source: https://catalog.sbcc.edu/course-descriptions/pd/ "Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026, Spring 2027. ### PD 004 — Personal Awareness Group - **Units:** 1 - **Hours:** 18 (18 lecture) - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/pd.md); Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/spring-2027/pd.md) Concepts of emotional health and effective interpersonal behavior. Lecture and group discussion will guide students on how to effectively deal with life situations and improve student success. ### PD 100 — College Success - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 (54 lecture) - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC (with unit limitation) - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 9 sections (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/pd.md); Spring 2027, 8 sections (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/spring-2027/pd.md) - SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area 7 - Transfer Information: CSUGE Area E - UC Transfer Limit: PD 100, PD 101B, PD 110, PD 131, PD 140, PD 149A, PD 149B and PD 191A combined: maximum credit, 3 units. Students clarify their educational objectives and develop the skills necessary to reach them. Topics include time management, reading and study skills, goal-setting, career planning, and communication skills. ### PD 101B — Orientation to College For International Students - **Units:** 0.5 - **Hours:** 9 (9 lecture) - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC (with unit limitation) - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 3 sections (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/pd.md); Spring 2027, 2 sections (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/spring-2027/pd.md) - UC Transfer Limit: PD 100, PD 101B, PD 110, PD 131, PD 140, PD 149A, PD 149B and PD 191A combined: maximum credit, 3 units. Provides an overview of the American higher education system as well as an orientation to the college and its student support services. Students learn about cultural patterns and adjustment issues, US classroom culture and college resources that are available to provide ongoing academic support. ### PD 103 — Career Planning - **Units:** 1 - **Hours:** 18 (18 lecture) - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules Students assess interests, values, skills and personality traits, and learn skills to link up careers and college majors. Topics include career assessment, decision-making, researching careers and majors. ### PD 107 — Success Strategies For The Single Parent Student - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 (54 lecture) - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC (with unit limitation) - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules - SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area 7 - UC Transfer Limit: * PD 100, PD 101B, PD 107, PD 110, PD 131, PD 140, PD 149A, PD 149B and PD 191A combined: maximum credit, 3 units. Designed to empower students to achieve academic and personal success. Strategies and success factors for single parent students. Addresses the need for developing good study habits, time management skills, and support systems. Students learn to identify and understand self-esteem and self-defeating behavior; develop strategies for change; and emphasize attitudes beneficial to achieving optimum academic performance. ### PD 110 — Career Planning And Decision-Making - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 (54 lecture) - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC (with unit limitation) - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/pd.md); Spring 2027, 2 sections (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/spring-2027/pd.md) - SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area 7 - Transfer Information: CSUGE Area E - UC Transfer Limit: PD 100, PD 101B, PD 110, PD 131, PD 140, PD 149A, PD 149B and PD 191A combined: maximum credit, 3 units. Comprehensive approach to career planning. Exploration of interests, personality traits and values through career assessment inventories. Topics include choosing a major, educational planning, value clarification, skills analysis, decision-making and goal-setting. Job search skills include researching occupational information, on-site interviews, interviewing and resume writing. ### PD 115 — Effective Time Management - **Units:** 1 - **Hours:** 18 (18 lecture) - **Transfers to:** CSU - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules Students develop the skills necessary to effectively manage their time, develop and set realistic goals, and improve their ability to overcome issues that cause procrastination. ### PD 131 — Stress Management and Wellness - **Units:** 3 - **Hours:** 54 (54 lecture) - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC (with unit limitation) - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules - SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area 7 - Transfer Information: CSUGE Area E - UC Transfer Limit: PD 100, PD 101B, PD 110, PD 131, PD 140, PD 149A, PD 149B and PD 191A combined: maximum credit, 3 units. Learn about the core concepts of stress, stress reduction and stress management: Social and behavioral theories, assessment of health impacts of stress on individuals, communities, and society. Explore the cultural, sociological, physiological, and psychological sources of stress and well-being during college and across the lifespan. ### PD 133 — Focus and Attention for Student Success - **Units:** 1 - **Hours:** 18 (18 lecture) - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules Concentration is critical in this digital age of multi-tasking. Stabilizing the mind and re-training it to focus attention and be aware of awareness can lead students towards clearer thinking, enhanced learning, satisfaction, creativity, more sustained balance, and mastery. ### PD 140 — College Success For Student Athletes - **Units:** 1 - **Hours:** 18 (18 lecture) - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC (with unit limitation) - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/pd.md); Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/spring-2027/pd.md) - SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area 7 - UC Transfer Limit: PD 100, PD 101B, PD 110, PD 131, PD 140, PD 149A, PD 149B and PD 191A combined: maximum credit, 3 units. Mandatory course for all student-athletes participating in intercollegiate sports for the first time at SBCC. Students learn critical information on athletic eligibility and NCAA transfer requirements, and develop a long-term educational plan. Includes skills necessary for college success: time management, study skills and test-taking strategies. ### PD 149A — Educational Planning for Student Success - **Units:** 1 - **Hours:** 18 (18 lecture) - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC (with unit limitation) - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules - UC Transfer Limit: PD 100, PD 110, PD 149A and PD 100, PD 101B, PD 110, PD 131, PD 140, PD 149A, PD 149B and PD 191A combined: maximum credit, 3 units. Introduction to educational planning, leading to the completion of a comprehensive Student Education Plan (SEP). Students learn to incorporate the major design elements of an SEP by utilizing resources and educational planning software to identify educational requirements and appropriately balance a course schedule. Designed for first-time college students and for those who have attended a California community college. ### PD 149B — Academic Planning for F1 Visa Students - **Units:** 0.5 - **Hours:** 9 (9 lecture) - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC (with unit limitation) - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 schedules - UC Transfer Limit: PD 100, PD 101B, PD 110, PD 131, PD 140, PD 149A, PD 149B and PD 191A combined: maximum credit, 3 units. Introduction to educational planning which leads to the completion of a long-term Student Education Plan (SEP). F1 visa students will learn to incorporate the major design elements of an SEP by utilizing resources that identify educational requirements and appropriately balance a course schedule. ### PD 191A — College Major and Career Options - **Units:** 1 - **Hours:** 18 (18 lecture) - **Transfers to:** CSU, UC (with unit limitation) - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/pd.md); Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/spring-2027/pd.md) - SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area 7 - UC Transfer Limit: PD 100, PD 101B, PD 110, PD 131, PD 140, PD 149A, PD 149B and PD 191A combined: maximum credit, 3 units. Students will explore compatible college majors and career options by completing a variety of online self-assessment inventories. Examine how individual, family, social, and cultural perspectives influence the college major and career decision-making process. Review strategies for selecting college majors, the purpose and structure of higher education, organizational structures found in employment settings, and education and career success strategies. ### PD 191C — Education and Career Success - **Units:** 1 - **Hours:** 18 (18 lecture) - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 4 sections (/c/santa-barbara-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/pd.md) - SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area 7 Designed for students in the early stages of career development, with an emphasis on the integration and crystallization of students interests, values, aptitudes, and opportunities into a consistent sense of the uniqueness of one’s self and one's fit in the educational and vocational world.