| 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 | |
| BIO-100 | Bio Science I BIO-100 This course provides an introduction to the fundamental processes and structures common to all living things along with their applications to society.
Bio Science I Course Outline | 4.0 | |
| CHM-150 | General Chemistry I *CHM-150 General principles of chemistry for students majoring in chemistry, engineering or science professions. Topics include atomic theory, bonding, stoichiometry, gas laws and thermochemistry.
General Chemistry I Course Outline | 4.0 | |
| MAT-140 | Algebra With Trigonometry *MAT-140 Integrated 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.
Algebra With Trigonometry Course Outline | 6.0 | |
Semester Totals |
17.0 | ||
| 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 | |
| BIO-116 | General Zoology *BIO-116 An introduction to the basic concepts of animal life and its diversity. Including: taxonomy, cellular and organismic structure and function, development and economic importance.
General Zoology Course Outline | 4.0 | |
| MAT-241 | Analytical Geometry and Calculus I *MAT-241 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.
Analytical Geometry and Calculus I Course Outline | 5.0 | |
| CHM-151 | General Chemistry II *CHM-151 Continuation 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.
General Chemistry II Course Outline | 4.0 | |
Semester Totals |
16.0 | ||
| SECOND YEAR | |||
| First Semester | Hours | ||
| PHY-130 | College Physics I *+PHY-130 This 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.
College Physics I Course Outline | 4.0 | |
| CHM-243 | Organic Chemistry I *+CHM-243 Fundamental introduction to organic chemistry, including a study of hydrocarbons and alcohols with spectroscopy, stereochemistry and reaction mechanisms.
Organic Chemistry I Course Outline | 4.0 | |
| CHM-253 | Organic Chemistry Lab I *+CHM-253 Laboratory course introduces synthesis and the basic techniques for the separation, isolation, purification and identification of organic compounds.
Organic Chemistry Lab I Course Outline | 1.0 | |
| 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 | |
| --- --- | IAI Social/Behavioral Science --- ---
IAI Social/Behavioral Science | 3.0 | |
Semester Totals |
15.0 | ||
| Second Semester | |||
| 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 | |
| --- --- | IAI Fine Arts --- ---
IAI Fine Arts | 3.0 | |
| BIO-111 | General Botany *BIO-111 A 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.
General Botany Course Outline | 4.0 | |
| PHI-280 | Ethics ORPHI-280 Introduction to issues and theories of ethics. Includes survey of major value systems and contemporary issues.
Ethics Course Outline | ||
| --- --- | IAI Humanities --- ---
IAI Humanities | 3.0 | |
| PHY-131 | College Physics II PHY-131 An 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.
College Physics II Course Outline | 4.0 | |
Semester Totals |
17.0 | ||
Total Program Hours | 65.0 | ||
| Suggested Electives | |||
| CHM-244 | Organic Chemistry II CHM-244 This course is a continuation of Organic Chemistry I (CHM 243) with a focus on aromatic chemistry, carbonyl functional groups and biomolecules.
Organic Chemistry II Course Outline | 4.0 | |
| CHM-254 | Organic Chemistry Lab II CHM-254 Laboratory experiments in organic chemistry with a focus on multi-step synthesis and compound characterization.
Organic Chemistry Lab II Course Outline | 1.0 | |