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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#	Title	Credits
- : Description Credits: Effective Dates: - 12/31/9999 Course Outline: — PDF	Fundamentals of College Reading	4 cr.
ENGL - 0120: Fundamentals of College Writing Description ENGL 0120 This composition course emphasizes basic grammar, mechanics, and usage in the development and enhanced use of English sentences and paragraphs in short writing assignments. Students will practice writing as a process and thinking critically about language, especially sentences, in context. Special emphasis will be placed on recognizing and eliminating common sentence errors. Credits: 3 Effective Dates: 05/21/2014 - 12/31/9999 Course Outline: ENGL0120 — PDF ENGL 0120	Fundamentals of College Writing	3 cr.
ENGL - 0130: English Essentials Description ENGL 0130 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: 02/03/1999 - 12/31/9999 Course Outline: ENGL0130 — PDF ENGL 0130	English Essentials	3 cr.
- : Description Credits: Effective Dates: - 12/31/9999 Course Outline: — PDF	College Reading I	3 cr.
- : Description Credits: Effective Dates: - 12/31/9999 Course Outline: — PDF	College Reading II	3 cr.
- : Description Credits: Effective Dates: - 12/31/9999 Course Outline: — PDF	Medical Reading and Study Skills	4 cr.

Mathematical/Logical Reasoning

Course#	Title	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 cr.
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 cr.
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 cr.

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