| 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 | |
| COM-111 | Intro to Speech Communication COM-111 Focuses on the fundamental principles and methods of selecting, analyzing, organizing, developing and communicating information, evidence and points of view to audiences.
Intro to Speech Communication Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| PHI-280 | Ethics PHI-280 Introduction to issues and theories of ethics. Includes survey of major value systems and contemporary issues.
Ethics Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| LIT-130 | Intro to Literature LIT-130 Students will read, examine and discuss a variety of literary works from different genres as a way to analyze and understand the value, purpose and components of literature.
Intro to Literature Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| MAT-115 | General Education Pathway ORMAT-115 Survey of mathematical topics including set theory, consumer/financial math, measurement and statistics. Problem-solving projects involving detailed written solutions required. Calculators and computers will be used. Intended for students that don't assess directly into MAT-116. Includes supplemental instruction lab.
General Education Pathway Course Outline | ||
| MAT-116 | General Education Math ORMAT-116 Survey of mathematical topics with emphasis on solutions to real-life problems. Topics will include set theory, consumer/financial math, measurement, and statistics. Problem-solving projects involving detailed written solutions will be required. Calculators and computers will be used.
General Education Math Course Outline | ||
| 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 | |
Semester Totals |
15.0 | ||
| 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 | |
| LIT-147 | Introduction to Fiction LIT-147 Students will read, discuss and analyze short stories and novels written by different authors from a variety of time periods as a way of appreciating and understanding the purposes, forms, terms and critical approaches associated with these two literacy modes.
Introduction to Fiction Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| HUM-150 | Humanities Through the Arts HUM-150 Students will survey the human condition as revealed through the arts, including an examination of painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, drama, film, photography and music.
Humanities Through the Arts Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| SOC-286 | Racial and Ethnic Groups ORSOC-286 An examination of American racial and ethnic diversity with an attempt to understand racial and ethnic relations. The examination is made emphasizing the sociological perspective while including material from the other social sciences.
Racial and Ethnic Groups Course Outline | ||
| --- --- | IAI Social/Behavioral Science --- ---
IAI Social/Behavioral Science | 3.0 | |
| BIO-130 | Environmental Science BIO-130 This course examines the principles that govern natural environments and human interconnections to them. Some topics include resource use, pollution, sustainability, energy, water, food, ecology, evolution, climate change and population. Laboratory exercises include outdoor field studies and indoor hands-on exercises
Environmental Science Course Outline | 4.0 | |
Semester Totals |
16.0 | ||
| SECOND YEAR | |||
| First Semester | Hours | ||
| HUM-181 | Intro to Film Appreciation HUM-181 Students will enrich their knowledge of film art and their abilities to critically analyze and evaluate films. By viewing and discussing a variety of films, students will understand film techniques, directorial styles, genres, structure, critical approaches and cultural influences.
Intro to Film Appreciation Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| PHI-290 | Intro to Logic PHI-290 Introduction to rules of reasoning, including truth and validity, deduction and induction, language and meaning and fallacies.
Intro to Logic Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| --- --- | IAI Physical Science --- ---
IAI Physical Science | 3.0 | |
| --- --- | Transfer Elective --- ---
Transfer Elective | 3.0 | |
| --- --- | IAI Social/Behavioral Science --- ---
IAI Social/Behavioral Science | 3.0 | |
| COM-200 | Interpersonal Communication ORCOM-200 Principles and practices of oral communication emphasizing message formation and delivery, listening, perception, awareness of verbal and non-verbal codes and managing conflict.
Interpersonal Communication Course Outline | ||
| COM-213 | Intro to Group Discussion ORCOM-213 Focuses on the principles and application of public and closed group discussions with emphases on purposes and common forms, critical analyses and participation.
Intro to Group Discussion Course Outline | ||
| COM-220 | Persuasive Speaking COM-220 Studies audience attitudes, logical lines of reasoning, and emotional appeals used in causing an audience to accept different views or to adopt recommended courses of actions.
Persuasive Speaking Course Outline | 3.0 | |
Semester Totals |
18.0 | ||
| Second Semester | |||
| --- --- | Transfer Elective --- ---
Transfer Elective | 2.0 | |
| FLG-141 | Elem Spanish II ORFLG-141 Continued study of basic grammar, oral communication, reading and writing. Includes cultural aspects of various Spanish-speaking countries.
Elem Spanish II Course Outline | ||
| HUM-120 | Myths and Legends ORHUM-120 An introduction to major myths and legends spanning from Ancient Greece to Modern America with an emphasis on how the motifs, archetypes and themes are consistently revived in popular culture.
Myths and Legends Course Outline | ||
| --- --- | Transfer Elective --- ---
Transfer Elective | 3.0 | |
| PHI-232 | World Religions PHI-232 This course is designed to promote cultural diversity associated with religious practices. It includes a survey of religious systems and examines concepts and theories related to the nature of deities, good and evil, reason and faith, ethics and afterlife.
World Religions Course Outline | 3.0 | |
| COM-165 | Broadcast Writing COM-165 The principles of broadcast journalism, copy writing, oral style, editing, writing effective commercial copy and libel laws are discussed for visual and audio productions.
Broadcast Writing Course Outline | 4.0 | |
| PSY-271 | Intr/Psychology ORPSY-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 | ||
| --- --- | IAI Social/Behavioral Science --- ---
IAI Social/Behavioral Science | 3.0 | |
Semester Totals |
15.0 | ||
Total Program Hours | 64.0 | ||