Early Childhood Education

This course provides the knowledge necessary to function as a fluent computer user in today’s technological society. Topics include computer terminology, computer hardware and software 
capabilities, what makes a computer powerful, the societal impact of computers, ergonomics, ethical computing behavior, information privacy, and computer security. Students complete projects encompassing Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), as well as an 0information literacy project focusing on effective use of the Web. Students with no computing experience are encouraged to complete a computing keyboarding course (CIS 103) before taking this course.

The College Success Course (COL103) is a required college-level course that all students should take during the first semester they enroll at the college. The course prepares students for college life by offering crucial information and skills necessary for success in college, including time management, note taking, critical thinking, financial literacy and information literacy. Students also explore academic and career goals. Finally, students become familiar with the full range of academic programs offered at the College as well as the institution’s regulations, policies and procedures.

This course focuses on the stages of the writing process and includes a formal research paper. A variety of writing and reading assignments are designed to develop analytical and critical-thinking skills.

- General Education Course

This course covers the study and application of the concepts of symbolic logic, sets, and finite and infinite mathematical systems.

This course develops student prose by utilizing the writing process (drafting, revising and editing). Students are required to complete a process portfolio that includes 3-5 typed, revised, and edited MLA papers, reflective and low-stakes writing assignments, and at least one paper that demonstrates proper research techniques. All writing assignments must demonstrate and develop the writing process, critical thinking, and writing skills. Throughout the term, a variety of reading assignments and topics are introduced to develop interpretive and argumentative skills, while developing a critical understanding of well-crafted, professional prose.

- General Education Course

This course prepares students for effective public speaking presentations. Students research, organize, write, and deliver a variety of speeches designed to inform, persuade, motivate, and entertain in diverse public settings.

Supportive lab services are available to support students for the mastery of the art of public speaking.  The lab will provide opportunity for engagement, one-on-one coaching, mentoring and tutoring that will foster innovations in speaking publically, professionally and personally.  Materials used inthe lab will be comprised of the OER textbook and supplemental materials found on the Libguides.  

This course covers the study and application of the concept of sets, relations, functions, and the real number system. Topics include polynomials, rational expressions, and radicals. Emphasis is placed on solving polynomial and rational equations as well as linear systems, and graphing linear, quadratic, exponential, logarithmic, and rational functions.

- General Education Course

This course explores the general principles and theories of psychology, history and methodology, sensation, perception, learning, memory, motivation, emotion, intelligence, personality, and the physiological basis of behavior. 

This course is a study of the basic concepts in social interaction, analyzing aspects of the immediate culture, defining and evaluating the individual behavior in inter-group relations, social organization and processes, and elements of social control and deviance in a changing society.

- General Education Course

This is a one-semester lecture and laboratory course designed for non-science majors for the study of the structure and function of all the body systems. It covers such current issues as genetic engineering and biotechnology and health concerns such as AIDS and cancer. Laboratory experiments include light microscopy, human anatomy and physiology, and representative dissections.

- General Education Course

This course provides an overview of the history, theories, principles, and developmentally appropriate practices relevant to early childhood education in infant, toddler, and preschool through primary settings with site visits to infant care centers, nursery school, pre K, Head Start and kindergartens, where students observe real-life practices and then discuss and evaluate them. It emphasizes material selection and curriculum development, as well as issues such as bilingual and multicultural education in the context of social policy and legislation.

This course surveys the development of the United States from the founding of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607, to the War of Independence, to the Civil War and the end of Reconstruction (1877). Topics include the Federalist Period, American and Southern Nationalisms, and westward expansion.

The student will study the historical development of Philosophy, and will demonstrate a written and verbal understanding of the major issues, ideas, and contributors to the development of 
Philosophy in Western Civilization. The course is designed to give the student an historical and thematic introduction to the major thinkers and the fundamental problems of the Western Philosophical tradition. Emphasis shall be given to the epistemological (problem of knowledge) and metaphysical (problem of reality) problems in the history of Philosophy.

This course explores human development from prenatal life through late adulthood with an emphasis on the biological, cognitive, social, and emotional patterns of development.

This course examines the basic principles of observation and assessment of children in early childhood settings. It focuses on the appropriate use of observation tools such as anecdotal records, rating scales and checklists, in order to observe and document children’s growth, use of a variety of observational techniques, and standards-based performance assessments to inform instructional practice and ensure developmentally appropriate curriculum. Five (5) hours of unsupervised field observation are required outside of the three (3) credit lecture.

This course examines language and early literacy development in children from preschool through third grade. It covers theories, materials, and approaches of early literacy learning with a strong focus on diverse learners, inclusive practices, appropriate assessments, and family literacy partnerships. In addition, the course includes the study of strategies to build competency in research-based components of early reading and writing such as oral language, print awareness, alphabetic principle, phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, and comprehension. Students learn how to plan and use developmentally appropriate experiences and environments to address learning standards.

This course surveys the development of the United States from Reconstruction to the present. Topics include the rise of industrial corporations, Populism, Jim Crow, Progressivism, the Jazz Age, World War I, the Depression, the New Deal, World War II, the Civil Rights Movement, the Cold War, Vietnam, and recent political and diplomatic crises.

This course follows an historical approach to the evolution of racism, the identification of racism, and a study of power and control in America’s major institutions.

- General Education Course

This course explores the major literary genres with emphasis on the techniques of understanding and interpreting poetry, drama, short stories, and novels. It also focuses on modern literature and writers of current interest.

- General Education Course