Academic Programs

Economics (AA.ECO)

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Catalog Term Year:

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First Year
First Semester

ENG-119

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Credit Hours: 3.00

ECO-231

Credit Hours: 3.00

MAT-130

Credit Hours: 3.00

Credit Hours: 4.00

Credit Hours: 3.00

First Year
Second Semester

ENG-121

Credit Hours: 3.00

MAT-210

Credit Hours: 3.00

Credit Hours: 3.00

ECO-232

Credit Hours: 3.00

Second Year
First Semester

SPE-111

Credit Hours: 3.00

Credit Hours: 3.00

PSY-271

Credit Hours: 3.00

MAT-211

Credit Hours: 4.00

Second Year
Second Semester

Credit Hours: 3.00

BUS-281

Credit Hours: 3.00

Credit Hours: 11.00

FIRST YEAR
First Semester			Hours
	ENG-119	Composition I Pathway ENG-119 Composition I Pathway Students will study the writing process by reading essays illustrating a variety of rhetorical strategies, analyzing texts, and writing, revising, and editing short essays. Course is for students who have assessed into developmental English, receiving supplemental instruction for course completion. Course Outline * OR
	ENG-120	Composition I ENG-120 Composition I Students will study the writing process by reading essays that illustrate a variety of rhetorical strategies, analyzing writing tasks and texts, and writing, revising, and editing short essays. Course Outline *	3.0
	ECO-231	Principles of Econ I (Macro) ECO-231 Principles of Econ I (Macro) Focuses on the nature and method of economics, basic supply and demand analysis, national income accounting, business cycles, inflation and unemployment, fiscal policy, money and banking, and monetary policy. Course Outline	3.0
	MAT-130	College Algebra MAT-130 College Algebra Review of the real number system, radicals, equations, and exponents, relations and functions, logarithms, complex numbers, polynomials, and theory of equations. A graphing calculator is required. A graphing calculator is required. Ask instructor for calculator recommendation. Course Outline *	3.0
	--- ---	Physical and Life Sciences (IAI P or IAI L) --- --- Physical and Life Sciences (IAI P or IAI L)	4.0
	--- ---	Humanities and Fine Arts (IAI H) --- --- Humanities and Fine Arts (IAI H)	3.0
	Semester Totals		16.0
Second Semester
	ENG-121	Composition II ENG-121 Composition II Students will learn how to find, use, assess and document research sources, producing an extended writing project based primarily on library research. Course Outline *	3.0
	MAT-210	Finite Mathematics MAT-210 Finite Mathematics An introduction to Finite Mathematics, matrices, linear systems of equations and inequalities, linear programming, counting theory and probability. Course Outline *	3.0
	--- ---	Physical and Life Sciences (IAI P or IAI L) --- --- Physical and Life Sciences (IAI P or IAI L)	3.0
	--- ---	Humanities and Fine Arts (IAI F) --- --- Humanities and Fine Arts (IAI F)	3.0
	ECO-232	Prin Economics II (Micro) ECO-232 Prin Economics II (Micro) Focuses on free enterprise and the economic functions of government, advanced supply and demand analysis, pricing in competitive/non-competitive markets, and pricing in resource markets. Course Outline *	3.0
	Semester Totals		15.0

SECOND YEAR
First Semester		Hours
	SPE-111	Intro to Speech Communication SPE-111 Intro to Speech Communication Focuses on the fundamental principles and methods of selection, analyzing, organizing, developing and communicating information, evidence, and points of view to audiences. Course Outline	3.0
	--- ---	Social/Behavioral Science (IAI S) --- --- Social/Behavioral Science (IAI S) *	3.0
	--- ---	Humanities and Fine Arts (IAI H) --- --- Humanities and Fine Arts (IAI H)	3.0
	PSY-271	Intr/Psychology PSY-271 Intr/Psychology Focuses on psychology as a science, introducing Concepts, research methods and research in a variety of subfields, including neuroscience, sensation and perception, consciousness, learning and memory, cognition, motivation and emotion, development, personality, disorders and therapy, and social psychology. Course Outline	3.0
	MAT-211	Math Analysis MAT-211 Math Analysis This course covers mathematical analysis of polynomial calculus with applications to business and social sciences. It includes the mathematics of finance, techniques and applications of differentiation & integration, optimization theory and area. Graphing calculator required. Course Outline *	4.0
	Semester Totals		16.0
Second Semester
	--- ---	Social/Behavioral Science (IAI S) --- --- Social/Behavioral Science (IAI S)	3.0
	BUS-281	Business Statistics BUS-281 Business Statistics Designed to provide a useful and working knowledge of data analytical skills involving interpretation and communication of descriptive measures, probability theory, correlation, interval estimation, hypothesis testing, simple linear regression, chi-square tests and ANOVA. Course Outline *	3.0
	--- ---	Electives --- --- Electives	11.0
	Semester Totals		17.0

Total Program Hours

64.0

Suggested Electives
MAT-241	Analytical Geom-Calc I MAT-241 Analytical Geom-Calc I Differential and integral calculus of elementary functions of one variable, such as polynomial, rational, radical, trigonometric, inverse trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions, will be covered. Applications include rates of change, optimization, curve sketching and area. A graphing calculator is required. Ask instructor for calculator recommendations. Course Outline	5.0

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Faculty Contact: Brian M. Lynch
Faculty Email: blynch@lakelandcollege.edu
Faculty Phone: 217-234-5229

* There are prerequisites, course requisites, or minimum placement test scores for this course.
** Electives must be approved by the Program Coordinator
+ Course only offered fall semester
++ Course only offered spring and summer semester
+++ Course only offered spring semester
++++ Course offered in summer term only
^ SOS 050 Human Relations and PSY 271 Introduction to Psychology cannot be used as a social science elective
^^ Consult Academic Advisor for appropriate course
^^^ Course requires a 30-hour practicum experience in addition to classroom lecture hours
^^^^ ECE 120 and ECE 125 must be taken the same semester

Suggested Electives
MAT-241	Analytical Geom-Calc I MAT-241 Analytical Geom-Calc I Differential and integral calculus of elementary functions of one variable, such as polynomial, rational, radical, trigonometric, inverse trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions, will be covered. Applications include rates of change, optimization, curve sketching and area. A graphing calculator is required. Ask instructor for calculator recommendations. Course Outline	5.0

Suggested Electives
MAT-241	Analytical Geom-Calc I MAT-241 Analytical Geom-Calc I Differential and integral calculus of elementary functions of one variable, such as polynomial, rational, radical, trigonometric, inverse trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions, will be covered. Applications include rates of change, optimization, curve sketching and area. A graphing calculator is required. Ask instructor for calculator recommendations. Course Outline	5.0

Economics (AA.ECO)

Catalog Term Year:

First YearFirst Semester

First YearSecond Semester

Second YearFirst Semester

Second YearSecond Semester

ENG-119Composition I Pathway

ENG-120Composition I

ECO-231Principles of Econ I (Macro)

MAT-130College Algebra

--- ---Physical and Life Sciences (IAI P or IAI L)

--- ---Humanities and Fine Arts (IAI H)

Semester Totals

ENG-121Composition II

MAT-210Finite Mathematics

--- ---Physical and Life Sciences (IAI P or IAI L)

--- ---Humanities and Fine Arts (IAI F)

ECO-232Prin Economics II (Micro)

Semester Totals

SPE-111Intro to Speech Communication

--- ---Social/Behavioral Science (IAI S)

--- ---Humanities and Fine Arts (IAI H)

PSY-271Intr/Psychology

MAT-211Math Analysis

Semester Totals

--- ---Social/Behavioral Science (IAI S)

BUS-281Business Statistics

--- ---Electives

Semester Totals

Total Program Hours

MAT-241Analytical Geom-Calc I

MAT-241Analytical Geom-Calc I

MAT-241Analytical Geom-Calc I

First Year
First Semester

First Year
Second Semester

Second Year
First Semester

Second Year
Second Semester

ENG-119
Composition I Pathway

ENG-120
Composition I

ECO-231
Principles of Econ I (Macro)

MAT-130
College Algebra

--- ---
Physical and Life Sciences (IAI P or IAI L)

--- ---
Humanities and Fine Arts (IAI H)

ENG-121
Composition II

MAT-210
Finite Mathematics

--- ---
Physical and Life Sciences (IAI P or IAI L)

--- ---
Humanities and Fine Arts (IAI F)

ECO-232
Prin Economics II (Micro)

SPE-111
Intro to Speech Communication

--- ---
Social/Behavioral Science (IAI S)

--- ---
Humanities and Fine Arts (IAI H)

PSY-271
Intr/Psychology

MAT-211
Math Analysis

--- ---
Social/Behavioral Science (IAI S)

BUS-281
Business Statistics

--- ---
Electives

MAT-241
Analytical Geom-Calc I

MAT-241
Analytical Geom-Calc I

MAT-241
Analytical Geom-Calc I