| FIRST YEAR | ||
| First Semester | Hours | |
| ENG-119 | Composition I Pathway * ORENG-119Students 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.
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| ENG-120 | Composition I *ENG-120Students 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.
| 3.0 |
| BIO-100 | Bio Science I BIO-100This course provides an introduction to the fundamental processes and structures common to all living things along with their applications to society.
| 4.0 |
| CHM-150 | General Chemistry I *CHM-150General principles of chemistry for students majoring in chemistry, engineering or science professions. Topics include atomic theory, bonding, stoichiometry, gas laws and thermochemistry.
| 4.0 |
| MAT-140 | Algebra With Trigonometry *MAT-140Integrated course covering topics from College Algebra and Trigonometry. Credit not granted for both this course and MAT 129 College Algebra Pathway or MAT 130 College Algebra. Graphing calculator required.
| 6.0 |
Semester Totals |
17.0 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| ENG-121 | Composition II *ENG-121Students will learn how to find, use, assess and document research sources, producing an extended writing project based primarily on library research.
| 3.0 |
| BIO-116 | General Zoology *BIO-116An introduction to the basic concepts of animal life and its diversity. Including: taxonomy, cellular and organismic structure and function, development and economic importance.
| 4.0 |
| MAT-241 | Analytical Geometry and Calculus I *MAT-241Differential 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.
| 5.0 |
| CHM-151 | General Chemistry II *CHM-151Continuation of the General principles of chemistry for students majoring in chemistry, engineering or science professions. Topics include solids/liquids, solutions, kinetics, equilibrium, thermodynamics and electrochemistry.
| 4.0 |
Semester Totals |
16.0 | |
| SECOND YEAR | ||
| First Semester | Hours | |
| PHY-130 | College Physics I *PHY-130This course covers Newtonian Mechanics, heat, fluid motion. Intended for students in the pre-professional areas, arts and sciences, and four year technology majors. It is not intended for students who plan to major (or minor) in physics or engineering.
| 4.0 |
| CHM-243 | Organic Chemistry I * +CHM-243Fundamental introduction to organic chemistry including a study of hydrocarbons and alcohols with spectroscopy, stereochemistry, and reaction mechanisms.
| 4.0 |
| CHM-253 | Organic Chemistry Lab I * +CHM-253Laboratory course introduces synthesis and the basic techniques for the separation, isolation, purification and identification of organic compounds.
| 1.0 |
| COM-111 | Intro to Speech Communication COM-111Focuses on the fundamental principles and methods of selection, analyzing, organizing, developing and communicating information, evidence, and points of view to audiences.
| 3.0 |
| --- --- | IAI Social/Behavioral Science --- ---
| 3.0 |
Semester Totals | 15.0 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| PSY-271 | Intr/Psychology PSY-271Focuses 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.
| 3.0 |
| --- --- | IAI Fine Arts --- ---
| 3.0 |
| BIO-111 | General Botany *BIO-111A survey of the plant kingdom with emphasis on evolutionary advancements and the structure and function of plants and their economical and human relevance. An introduction to bacteria, viruses, protists and fungi is included in this course.
| 4.0 |
| PHI-280 | Ethics ORPHI-280Introduction to issues and theories of ethics. Includes survey of major value systems and contemporary issues.
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| --- --- | IAI Humanities --- ---
| 3.0 |
| PHY-131 | College Physics II *PHY-131An introduction to electricity and magnetism, wave motion, optics and basic modern physics for pre-professional, arts and sciences, and four year technology majors. This course is to be taken with PHY-130 to form a complete sequence.
| 4.0 |
Semester Totals |
17.0 | |
Total Program Hours | 65.0 |
| Suggested Electives | ||
| CHM-244 | Organic Chemistry II *CHM-244This course is a continuation of Organic Chemistry I (CHM 243) with focus on aromatic chemistry, carbonyl functional groups, and biomolecules.
| 4.0 |
| CHM-254 | Organic Chemistry Lab II *CHM-254Laboratory experiments in organic chemistry with a focus on multi-step synthesis and compound characterization.
| 1.0 |