| FIRST YEAR | |||
| First Semester | Hours | ||
| ENG-119 | Composition I Pathway * ORENG-119 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.
Composition I Pathway Course Outline | ||
| ENG-120 | Composition I *ENG-120 Students develop a writing process by reading and analyzing texts that illustrate various rhetorical strategies as well as writing, revising and editing short essays. Minimally, students must compose four formal, revised writing assignments, having one reach at least 1,250 words.
Composition I Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| POS-160 | American National Government POS-160 The fundamental principles of the American Government are summarized. Such topics as federalism, civil liberties, citizenship, parties and elections, the Presidency, Congress, Judiciary and national policies and politics are discussed within the framework of the American Constitutional system.
American National Government Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| --- --- | Mathematics (IAI M) *--- ---
Mathematics (IAI M) | 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 Students will learn how to find, use, assess and document research sources, producing an extended writing project based primarily on library research.
Composition II Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| POS-162 | State/Local Govern POS-162 Focuses on legal authority, structure, leadership and functions of state, county, city, township and special district governments. The Illinois State Constitution is analyzed.
State/Local Govern 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 | |
| PSY-271 | Intr/Psychology PSY-271 Focuses on psychology as a science, presenting 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.
Intr/Psychology Course Outline | 3.0 | |
Semester Totals |
15.0 | ||
| SECOND YEAR | |||
| First Semester | Hours | ||
| SPE-111 | Intro to Speech Communication SPE-111 Focuses on the fundamental principles and methods of selection, analyzing, organizing, developing and communicating information, evidence, and points of view to audiences.
Intro to Speech Communication Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| POS-264 | Intro/Interntnl Rel POS-264 An examination of the nation-state system and the sources of conflict in the international community. Comparative political economic systems are studied, as well as the rise of multi-national corporation and international organizations.
Intro/Interntnl Rel Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| --- --- | Humanities and Fine Arts (IAI H) --- ---
Humanities and Fine Arts (IAI H) | 3.0 | |
| --- --- | Social/Behavioral Science (IAI S) --- ---
Social/Behavioral Science (IAI S) | 3.0 | |
| --- --- | Recommended or Open Electives --- ---
Recommended or Open Electives | 4.0 | |
Semester Totals |
16.0 | ||
| Second Semester | |||
| --- --- | Social/Behavioral Science (IAI S) --- ---
Social/Behavioral Science (IAI S) | 3.0 | |
| HIS-250 | Western Civil to 1660 HIS-250 A survey of the political, economic, cultural and social development of Western Civilization to 1660. Topics include prehistory, ancient near east, Greco-Roman world, Germanic migrations, Middle Ages, Renaissance and Reformation and the beginnings of the Modern World.
Western Civil to 1660 Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| --- --- | Electives --- ---
Electives | 11.0 | |
Semester Totals |
17.0 | ||
Total Program Hours | 64.0 | ||
| Suggested Electives | |||
| MAT-124 | Statistics Pathway ORMAT-124 Application of elementary principles of descriptive statistics including frequency distribution, graphical presentation, measures of center, location and variation. Elements of probability, sampling techniques, binomial and normal distribution, correlation/regression and hypothesis testing. Graphing calculator and Excel required. Intended for students that don't assess directly into MAT-125 Statistics. Includes supplemental instruction lab.
Statistics Pathway Course Outline | ||
| MAT-125 | Statistics *MAT-125 Application of elementary principles of descriptive statistics, including frequency distribution, graphical presentation, measures of center, location and variation. Elements of probability, sampling techniques, binomial and normal distribution, correlation/regression and hypothesis testing. Graphing calculator and Excel required.
Statistics Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| HIS-252 | West Civil/1660-Present HIS-252 Survey of Western Civilization with topics including absolutism, the rise of modern science, the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, the Age of Ideology, Imperialism, the Russian Revolutions, World War I, the Rise of Totalitarianism, World War II and the Contemporary Age.
West Civil/1660-Present Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| HIS-153 | History/Culture of Third World HIS-153 The course will introduce the student to history and culture in the third world from ancient civilizations to the modern era. This course will focus upon broad themes in history and culture and will examine those themes in each major historical era.
History/Culture of Third World Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| Suggested Electives | |||
| MAT-124 | Statistics Pathway ORMAT-124 Application of elementary principles of descriptive statistics including frequency distribution, graphical presentation, measures of center, location and variation. Elements of probability, sampling techniques, binomial and normal distribution, correlation/regression and hypothesis testing. Graphing calculator and Excel required. Intended for students that don't assess directly into MAT-125 Statistics. Includes supplemental instruction lab.
Statistics Pathway Course Outline | ||
| MAT-125 | Statistics *MAT-125 Application of elementary principles of descriptive statistics, including frequency distribution, graphical presentation, measures of center, location and variation. Elements of probability, sampling techniques, binomial and normal distribution, correlation/regression and hypothesis testing. Graphing calculator and Excel required.
Statistics Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| HIS-252 | West Civil/1660-Present HIS-252 Survey of Western Civilization with topics including absolutism, the rise of modern science, the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, the Age of Ideology, Imperialism, the Russian Revolutions, World War I, the Rise of Totalitarianism, World War II and the Contemporary Age.
West Civil/1660-Present Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| HIS-153 | History/Culture of Third World HIS-153 The course will introduce the student to history and culture in the third world from ancient civilizations to the modern era. This course will focus upon broad themes in history and culture and will examine those themes in each major historical era.
History/Culture of Third World Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| Suggested Electives | |||
| MAT-124 | Statistics Pathway ORMAT-124 Application of elementary principles of descriptive statistics including frequency distribution, graphical presentation, measures of center, location and variation. Elements of probability, sampling techniques, binomial and normal distribution, correlation/regression and hypothesis testing. Graphing calculator and Excel required. Intended for students that don't assess directly into MAT-125 Statistics. Includes supplemental instruction lab.
Statistics Pathway Course Outline | ||
| MAT-125 | Statistics *MAT-125 Application of elementary principles of descriptive statistics, including frequency distribution, graphical presentation, measures of center, location and variation. Elements of probability, sampling techniques, binomial and normal distribution, correlation/regression and hypothesis testing. Graphing calculator and Excel required.
Statistics Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| HIS-252 | West Civil/1660-Present HIS-252 Survey of Western Civilization with topics including absolutism, the rise of modern science, the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, the Age of Ideology, Imperialism, the Russian Revolutions, World War I, the Rise of Totalitarianism, World War II and the Contemporary Age.
West Civil/1660-Present Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| HIS-153 | History/Culture of Third World HIS-153 The course will introduce the student to history and culture in the third world from ancient civilizations to the modern era. This course will focus upon broad themes in history and culture and will examine those themes in each major historical era.
History/Culture of Third World Course Outline | 3.0 | |