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<\/a>RDG 009<\/strong>\u00a0Reading Skills for College I<\/strong>\u00a0(4 credit equivalents)<\/p>\n

Provides intensive instruction to help students develop basic reading comprehension, vocabularry, communication, and study skills. “C” is the minimum acceptable grade for movement from one remedial\/developmental level to another and for completion of remediation\/developmental requirements to include all credit equivalent courses.<\/p>\n

<\/a>RDG 011<\/strong>\u00a0Reading Skills for College II<\/strong>\u00a0(3 credit equivalents)\u00a0 Prerequisite:\u00a0 Appropriate score on the College Placement Test or a grade of “C” or better in RDG 009.<\/p>\n

Designed to help students improve their comprehension and speed, to develop a college-level vocabulary, and to learn academic study skills. Mastery of the behavioral objectives will enable students to comprehend collegiate texts.\u00a0 “C” is the minimum acceptable grade for movement from one remedial\/developmental level to another and for completion of remediation\/developmental requirements to include all credit equivalent courses.<\/p>\n

<\/a>ENG 009<\/strong>\u00a0Writing Skills for College I<\/strong>\u00a0(4 credit equivalents)<\/p>\n

For students whose College Placement Test scores show they need intensive work to improve their writing abilities.\u00a0 Objectives are designed to develop the ability to write in Standard American English.\u00a0 Instruction is provided in sentence structure, punctuation, and usage; students regularly practice writing effective sentences, paragraphs, and short essays.\u00a0 Students may have to enroll in ENG 010 after successfully completing ENG 009.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0“C” is the minimum acceptable grade for movement from one remedial\/developmental level to another and for completion of remediation\/developmental requirements.<\/p>\n

<\/a>ENG 010<\/strong>\u00a0Writing Skills for College II<\/strong>\u00a0(3 credit equivalents)\u00a0 Prerequisite:\u00a0 Appropriate score on the College Placement Test or a grade of “C” or better in ENG 009.<\/p>\n

Designed to improve fundamental skills of Standard American English through the writing of effective sentences, paragraphs, and essays and to build confidence in beginning writers.\u00a0 “C” is the minimum acceptable grade for movement from one remedial\/developmental level to another and for completion of remediation\/developmental requirements.<\/p>\n

<\/a>MAT 010<\/strong>\u00a0Basic Mathematics<\/strong>\u00a0(3 credit equivalents)<\/p>\n

This course focuses on computational skills and problem-solving skills.\u00a0 Topics include addition, subtraction, mutlitplication, and division of whole numbers, fractions and decimals, ratio and proportion, percent, measurement, areas and perimeters of geometric figures, and basic descriptive statistics.\u00a0 Applications are included as well.\u00a0 This course is tatught in two different formats. One is a traditional lecture and the other is a computer-assisted approach.\u00a0\u00a0Note:\u00a0 A minimum grade of “C” is required for movement from one remedial course to another and for completion of the remedial requirement to qualify for credit courses.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a>MAT 010A<\/strong>\u00a0Basic Mathematics (Part A)<\/strong>\u00a0(3 credit equivalents)<\/p>\n

The first half of a two-semester course which focuses on computation skills and problem-solving.\u00a0 Topic include addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.\u00a0 Applications are included as well.\u00a0 Students who successfully complete this course must pass MAT 010B in order to fulfill the MAT 010 requirement.\u00a0\u00a0Note:\u00a0 A minimum grade of “C” is required for movement from one remedial course to another and for completion of the remedial requirement to qualify for credit courses.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a>MAT 010B<\/strong>\u00a0Basic Mathematics (Part B)\u00a0<\/strong>(3 credit equivalents)<\/p>\n

The\u00a0second half of a two-semester course which focuses on computation skills and problem-solving. Topics include ratio and proportion, percent, measurement, areas and perimeters of geometric figures, and basic descriptive statistics.\u00a0 Applications are included as well.\u00a0Students who successfully complete MAT 010A and MAT 010B will have fulfilled the MAT 010 requirement.\u00a0\u00a0Note:\u00a0 A minimum grade of “C” is required for movement from one remedial course to another and for completion of the remedial requirement to qualify for credit courses.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a>MAT 013<\/strong>\u00a0Algebra I\u00a0<\/strong>(4 credit equivalents)\u00a0 Prerequisite: Grade of “C” or better in MAT 010, MAT 010A\/MAT 010B, or appropriate score on the College Placement Test<\/p>\n

This course is designed to introduce and develop elementary algebraic concepts.\u00a0 Topic include:\u00a0 Properties of real numbers, operations or real numbers, simplifying and evaluating algebraic expressions, solving linear equations, simplifying and evaluating agebraic expressions, solving linear equations, solving literal equations, verbal problems and polynomials, techniques of graphing, solving linear systems, polynomials and their operations, special products and factoring, rational expressions and equations, and solving quadratic equations by factoring.\u00a0\u00a0 This course is taught in two different formats. One is a traditional lecture and the other is a computer-assisted approach.\u00a0\u00a0Note:\u00a0 A minimum grade of “C” is required for movement from one remedial course to another and for completion of the remedial requirement to qualify for credit courses.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a>MAT 013A<\/strong>\u00a0Algebra I (Part A)<\/strong>\u00a0(4 credit equvalents)\u00a0 Prerequisite: Grade of “C” or better in MAT 010, MAT 010A\/MAT 010B, or appropriate score on the College Placement Test<\/p>\n

This is the first half of a two-semester course in algebra designed to introduce and develop elementary algebraic concepts.\u00a0 Topics include Properties of real numbers, operations or real numbers, simplifying and evaluating algebraic expressions, solving linear equations, simplifying and evaluating agebraic expressions, solving linear equations, solving literal equations, verbal problems and polynomials.\u00a0 Students must complete this course and MAT 013B to fulfill the MAT 013 requirement.\u00a0Note:\u00a0 A minimum grade of “C” is required for movement from one remedial course to another and for completion of the remedial requirement to qualify for credit courses.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a>MAT 013B<\/strong>\u00a0Algebra I<\/strong>\u00a0(Part B)<\/strong>\u00a0(4 credit equvalents)\u00a0 Prerequisite: Grade of “C” or better in MAT 013A or permission of Mathematics Department Chair<\/p>\n

This is the second semester of a two-semester course in Algebra I desinged to introduce and develop elemtary algebraic concepts. Topic include:\u00a0 techniques of graphing, solving linear systems, polynomials and their operations, special products and factoring, rational expressions and equations, and solving quadratic equations by factoring.\u00a0\u00a0Note:\u00a0 A minimum grade of “C” is required for movement from one remedial course to another and for completion of the remedial requirement to qualify for credit courses.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a>MAT 014\u00a0<\/strong>Algebra II<\/strong>\u00a0(4 credit equivalents) Prerequisite: Grade of “C” or better in MAT 013, MAT 013A\/MAT 013B, or appropriate score on the College Placement Test<\/p>\n

This course is designed to polish skills developed in Algebra I and elevate them to a higher level of mathematical sophistication through the use of lecture, group work, and the calculator. Topics include:\u00a0 A review of elementary algebra, the coordinate plane and graphs of functions, functional notation, linear equations and inequalities, properties of lines, systems of linear equations, polynomials, rational exponents, radical expressions, radical equations, quadratic equations, rational expressions, rational equations and complex fractions.\u00a0 The use of a graphing calculator is essential.\u00a0 TI 83 plus calculator required.\u00a0 This course is tatught in two different formats. One is a traditional lecture and the other is a computer-assisted approach.\u00a0\u00a0Note:\u00a0 A minimum grade of “C” is required for movement from one remedial course to another and for completion of the remedial requirement to qualify for credit courses.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RDG 009\u00a0Reading Skills for College I\u00a0(4 credit equivalents) Provides intensive instruction to help students develop basic reading comprehension, vocabularry, communication, and study skills. “C” is the minimum acceptable grade for movement from one remedial\/developmental level to another and for completion of remediation\/developmental requirements to include all credit equivalent courses. RDG 011\u00a0Reading Skills for College II\u00a0(3 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":74,"menu_order":17,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-76","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mccdemosite1.devsiteurl.com\/academic-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mccdemosite1.devsiteurl.com\/academic-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mccdemosite1.devsiteurl.com\/academic-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mccdemosite1.devsiteurl.com\/academic-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mccdemosite1.devsiteurl.com\/academic-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mccdemosite1.devsiteurl.com\/academic-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":436,"href":"https:\/\/mccdemosite1.devsiteurl.com\/academic-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76\/revisions\/436"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mccdemosite1.devsiteurl.com\/academic-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mccdemosite1.devsiteurl.com\/academic-advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}