ESOL 0042
(2 Credit Hours)

Prerequisite Recommended: Student must have successfully completed ESOL 0041 or placed into course through appropriate assessment.

Course Description: This course builds upon the skills introduced in ESOL 0041. Students identify various modes of paragraph organization. Students distinguish between facts and opinions; make inferences; and increase reading rates and fluency. Students practice strategies such as context clues and word parts to deal with unknown words and acquire new vocabulary. (1 Lec., 3 Lab.)

ESOL 0046
(1 Credit Hours)

Course Description: This course provides instruction in special topics related to reading. The content may include reviewing reading comprehension, vocabulary development, and critical thinking skills as well as learning to value cultural differences. This course is open only to students whose first language is not English. This course may be repeated for credit. (3 Lab.)

ESOL 0053
(2 Credit Hours)

Prerequisite Recommended: Student must have successfully completed ESOL 0052 or placed into course through appropriate assessment.

Course Description: This course reviews the elements of paragraph structure and introduces the essay through writing as a process. It emphasizes the development and organization of informative essays such as classification, cause/effect, and comparison/contrast. (1 Lec., 3 Lab.)

ESOL 0063
(2 Credit Hours)

Prerequisite Recommended: Student must have successfully completed ESOL 0062 or placed into course through appropriate assessment.

Course Description: This third grammar course reviews elements of English grammar introduced in ESOL0062 and introduces the following grammatical points: past perfect, future perfect, and perfect progressive tenses; simple, compound, and complex sentences as well as appropriate sentence connectors and punctuation for these sentences; active and passive voice; expansion of modals, gerunds, and infinitives. These grammar points are necessary for writing sentences, paragraphs, and essays. (1 Lec., 3 Lab.)

SOCI 1301
(3 Credit Hours)

Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading and Writing.

Course Description: The scientific study of human society, including ways in which groups, social institutions, and individuals affect each other. Causes of social stability and social change are explored through the application of various theoretical perspectives, key concepts, and related research methods of sociology. Analysis of social issues in their institutional context may include topics such as social stratification, gender, race/ethnicity, and deviance. (3 Lec.)