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Developmental Education

General Education at the developmental level is designed to prepare students for transfer-level coursework and to enhance success within technical training programs.
Developmental courses often help students improve test scores in order to qualify for entry into general education or technical coursework.
Developmental course numbers begin with a zero. They cannot be used to satisfy graduation requirements.

Communications

Course Number, Title, and Credits
ENGL - 0140: Developing College Writing Skills Description ENGL 0140 This is a basic writing course that introduces students to the primary principles of college composition and professional writing skills. The courses primary skill areas include organizational development, refined grammar and punctuation execution, proper paragraph development, short essay construction, proofreading skills, audience recognition, and rules for formatting. Prerequisite: see course details in eServices for prerequisite information Credits: 4 Prerequisites: Please go to E-Services to see Pre-requisites for this course Corequisites: READ 0140 Developing College Reading Skills Future Offering: None Course Outline: ENGL0140 — PDF ENGL 0140 Developing College Writing Skills — 4 credits
ENGL - 0150: English Writing Essentials Description ENGL 0150 This is a basic writing course that introduces students to the primary principles of college composition and professional writing skills. The courses' primary skill areas include organizational development, refined grammar and punctuation execution, proper paragraph development, short essay construction, proofreading skills, audience recognition, and rules for formatting. Prerequisite: see course details in eServices for prerequisite information Credits: 3 Prerequisites: ENGL 0110 College Reading Boost READ 0110 College Reading Boost Corequisites: READ 0150 English Reading Essentials Future Offering: Fall 2022 Spring 2023 Course Outline: ENGL0150 — PDF ENGL 0150 English Writing Essentials — 3 credits
READ - 0110: College Reading Boost Description READ 0110 The course is designed to develop the effective reading and clear thinking skills that are required to be successful in college today. Credits: 1 Prerequisites: None Corequisites: ENGL 1200 Technical Writing Future Offering: Fall 2022 Spring 2023 Course Outline: READ0110 — PDF READ 0110 College Reading Boost — 1 credits
READ - 0140: Developing College Reading Skills Description READ 0140 This course focuses on reading skills widely recognized as essential for comprehending college-level material. Topics include pre-reading, reading, and post-reading strategies as well as critical thinking to improve comprehensions, increase vocabulary, and develop thoughtful responses to reading with additional emphasis on the close relationship of reading, writing, and thinking. Prerequisite a score of 210-229 on the English and Reading assessment. Corequisite: ENGL 0140 Developing College Writing Skills Credits: 4 Prerequisites: Please go to E-Services to see Pre-requisites for this course Corequisites: ENGL 0140 Developing College Writing Skills Future Offering: None Course Outline: READ0140 — PDF READ 0140 Developing College Reading Skills — 4 credits
READ - 0150: English Reading Essentials Description READ 0150 This course focuses on reading skills widely recognized as essential for comprehending college-level material. Topics include pre-reading, reading, and post-reading strategies as well as critical thinking to improve comprehensions, increase vocabulary, and develop thoughtful responses to reading with additional emphasis on the close relationship for reading, writing, and critical thinking. Prerequisite a score of 230-249 on the English and Reading assessment. Corequisite: ENGL 0150 English Writing Essentials Credits: 3 Prerequisites: Corequisites: ENGL 0150 English Writing Essentials Future Offering: Fall 2022 Spring 2023 Course Outline: READ0150 — PDF READ 0150 English Reading Essentials — 3 credits

Mathematical/Logical Reasoning

Course Number, Title, and Credits
MATS - 0075: Number Sense Description MATS 0075 A short course aimed at pre-program students, especially those needing to prepare for HEAL 1150 Health Careers Math. Emphasis is on increasing a student's confidence thinking through practical problems involving arithmetic, fractional quantities (including percent concentration), and especially proportions. Basic multiplication facts will be reinforced as work is done by hand using tables (not calculators). Course meets ninety minutes, twice per week, for eight weeks. Note: this course is NOT eligible for federal financial aid. Credits: 1 Prerequisites: None Corequisites: None Future Offering: Fall 2022 Spring 2023 Course Outline: MATS0075 — PDF MATS 0075 Number Sense — 1 credits
MATS - 0700: Foundations of College Mathematics Description MATS 0700 Prerequisite for MATS0795 (leading to Mats1300 College Algebra) or any college-level math offerings at DCTC except College Algebra. Though there is an important, weekly lecture component, the course mainly uses adaptive software to enable students of widely varying abilities to work towards minimum proficiency along personalized paths. Roughly equivalent to elementary algebra. This course requires any of these three prerequisites: MATS 0075 - Number Sense or see course details in eServices for more prerequisite information. Credits: 3 Prerequisites: Corequisites: None Future Offering: Fall 2022 Spring 2023 Course Outline: MATS0700 — PDF MATS 0700 Foundations of College Mathematics — 3 credits
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