Early College Junior Year Courses

JUNIOR YEAR     26

ENGL 111 English Composition          TransferIN 3 College Credits

Prerequisites: Demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment or earning a grade of “C” or better in ENGL 025 or ENGL 093 and ENGL 032 or ENGL 083. Designed to develop students’ abilities to think, organize, and express their ideas clearly and effectively in writing.This course incorporates reading, research, and critical thinking.Emphasis is placed on the various forms of expository writing such as process, description, narration, comparison, analysis, persuasion and argumentation. A research paper is required. Numerous in-class writing activities are required in addition to extended essays written outside of class.

ENGL 112 Exposition and Persuasion          TransferIN 3 College Credits

Prerequisites: A grade of “C”or better in ENGL 111. Builds on the writing skills taught in ENGL 111 and emphasizes research-based analytic and argumentative writing.

MATH 136 College Algebra          TransferIN 3 College Credits

Prerequisites: MATH 111 or demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment or earning a grade of “C” or better in MATH 035 or MATH 043. Presents an in-depth study of functions, quadratic, polynomial, radical, and rational equations, radicals, complex numbers, systems of equations, matrices, rational fractions and exponential and logarithmic functions. MATH 136 and MATH 137 together comprise a standard two-semester college algebra and trigonometry course.

MATH 137 Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry          TransferIN 3 College Credits

Prerequisites: Successful completion of MATH 111 or demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment or a grade of “C” or better in MATH 035 or MATH 043. Presents an in-depth study of right triangle trigonometry, oblique triangles, vectors,graphs of trigonometric functions, trigonometric identities

COMM 101 Fundamentals of Public Speaking          TransferIN 3 College Credits

Prerequisites: Demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment or earning a grade of “C” or better in ENGL 025 or ENGL 093 and ENGL 032 or ENGL 083. Introduces fundamental concepts and skills for effective public speaking, including audience analysis, outlining, research, delivery, critical listening and evaluation, presentational aids, and use of appropriate technology.

HIST 101 Survey of American History I          TransferIN 3 College Credits

Prerequisites: Demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment or earning a grade of “C” or better in ENGL 025 or ENGL 093 and ENGL 032 or ENGL 083. Covers major themes and events in history including exploration of the New World; the colonial period; causes and results of the American Revolution; the development of the federal system of government; the growth of democracy; early popular American culture; territorial expansion; slavery and its effect; reform movements, sectionalism; causes and effects of the Civil War.

HIST 102 Survey of American History II          TransferIN 3 College Credits

Prerequisites: Demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment or earning a grade of “C” or better in ENGL 025 or ENGL 093 and ENGL 032 or ENGL 083. Covers major themes including the post Civil War period, western expansion, industrial growth of the nation and its effects, immigration and urban discontent and attempts at reform,World War I, the Roaring Twenties, social and governmental changes of the thirties, World War II and its consequences, the growth of the federal government, social upheaval in the sixties and seventies, and recent trends in conservatism, globalization, and cultural diversity.

SPAN 101 Spanish Level I          TransferIN 4 College Credits

Prerequisites: Demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment or earning a grade of “C” or better in ENGL 025 or ENGL 093 and ENGL 032 or ENGL 083. An introductory course in Spanish. Focuses on developing students’ capacity to use the language and to appreciate Spanish-speaking cultures. Emphasis is placed on skills of listening, speaking, reading, writing, and grammar acquisition.

SPAN 102 Spanish Level II          TransferIN 4 College Credits

Prerequisites: SPAN 101 or demonstrated competency in Spanish through appropriate assessment; demonstrated competency in reading and writing through appropriate assessment or earning a grade of “C” or better in ENGL 025 or ENGL 093 and ENGL 032 or ENGL 083. Continues the study of Spanish for students who have had the equivalent of one semester of college-level Spanish. Introduces additional grammatical structures and vocabulary to further develop speaking, reading, writing and listening skills as well as an appreciation of the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world.