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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. Credits: 4 Effective Dates: 04/23/2018 - 12/31/9999 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. Credits: 3 Effective Dates: 04/23/2018 - 12/31/9999 Course Outline: ENGL0150 — PDF ENGL 0150 English Writing Essentials 3 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. This course is required for students who score 50 or less on the Reading Accuplacer Test. Prerequisites:None Credits: 4 Effective Dates: 04/23/2018 - 12/31/9999 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 thinking. This course is required for students who score 51-77 on the Reading Accuplacer Test. Prerequisites: None Credits: 3 Effective Dates: 04/23/2018 - 12/31/9999 Course Outline: READ0150 — PDF READ 0150 English Reading Essentials 3 credits

Mathematical/Logical Reasoning

Course Number, Title, and Credits
MATS - 0100: Mathematics Skills Lab Description MATS 0100 Primarily serves pre-program students or those desiring review of pre-algebra concepts. Topics include fractions, decimals, percentages, proportions, and study skills. A combination of group activities and ALEKS adaptive software is used, giving students some freedom to work further in the curriculum and accelerate their progress through the developmental sequence. Credits: 3 Effective Dates: 05/21/2014 - 12/31/9999 Course Outline: MATS0100 — PDF MATS 0100 Mathematics Skills Lab 3 credits
MATS - 0310: Algebra Skills Lab Description MATS 0310 Nominally serves as preparation for Mats 1350 Math for Liberal Arts (non-STEM majors), or MATS 0600 Intermediate Algebra followed by Mats 1300 College Algebra or Mats 1251 Statistics (STEM majors). Topics include simplifying algebraic expressions, solving linear equations, the slope-intercept form of a line, and study skills. A combination of group activities and ALEKS adaptive software is used, giving students some freedom to work further in the curriculum and accelerate their progress through the developmental sequence. Credits: 4 Effective Dates: 05/21/2014 - 12/31/9999 Course Outline: MATS0310 — PDF MATS 0310 Algebra Skills Lab 4 credits
MATS - 0600: Intermediate Algebra Description MATS 0600 Students with a basic algebra background are prepared for college-level STEM courses such as college algebra and statistics. After reviewing linear equations and factoring methods, students move on to study rational expressions and equations, radical expressions and equations, rational exponents, quadratic equations and their solution in the complex number system, coordinate geometry including lines and circles, and functions and their graphs. Credits: 4 Effective Dates: 06/02/2003 - 12/31/9999 Course Outline: MATS0600 — PDF MATS 0600 Intermediate Algebra 4 credits

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