Year One
1st Semester 8 Credits
ENGL 1100 - Composition 1 (3 Credits)
English 1100 is a beginning composition course which develops processes for critically reading, writing, and responding to a variety of texts in order to compose clear, concise, expository essays. The course facilitates an awareness of purpose, audience, content, structure and style, while also introducing research and documentation methods. Course reading and writing assignments may be thematically organized.
Lecture: 3 hours
Prerequisite: See your counselor for placement score information
CHEM 1171 - General Chemistry (5 Credits)
This is a course in fundamental chemical principles. Topics include
measurement, atomic structure, periodic classification, the mole concept, mass relationships in chemical reactions, the behavior of gases, the behavior of liquids, the behavior of solids, thermochemistry, quantum theory and electron configurations, chemical bonding, and molecular geometry. Students enrolled in distance versions of this course will be required to come to campus for an orientation meeting and completion of certain exams and laboratories. This is the first of a two-semester sequence
Lecture: 4 hours
Lab: 3 hours
Prerequisite: CHEM 0100 or higher or placement equivalent; MATH 1148 or higher or placement equivalent; Placement into ENGL 1100
2nd Semester 9 Credits
ENGL 2367 - Composition 2 (3 Credits)
ENGL 2367 is an intermediate composition course that extends and refines skills in expository and argumentative writing, critical reading, and critical thinking. This course also refines skills in researching a topic, documenting sources, and working collaboratively. Course reading and writing assignments are organized around the diversity of those who comprise the identities.
Lecture: 3 hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1100; minimum grade of "C"
MATH 1150 - Pre-Calculus (6 Credits)
This is an accelerated course intended for well-prepared students going on to take calculus. Topics included polynomial and rational functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, trigonometric and inverse trigonometric functions. Such functions are graphed and analyzed, and related equations and inequalities are solved. Problem solving with related applications occurs throughout. Sequences and series are introduced. This course is intended for students with strong mathematics preparation. Students should have completed four years of high school mathematics including Algebra II or above. Not open to students with credit for MATH 1148 and 1149, or 1151 and above.
Lecture: 6 hours
Prerequisite: MATH 1075; minimum grade of “A” or completion of MATH 1099 (MATH-1075 module with overall course average of at least 90%), or placement equivalent