Apr 29, 2024  
2019-2020 SLCC General Catalog 
    
2019-2020 SLCC General Catalog [**** ATTENTION: YOU ARE VIEWING AN ARCHIVED CATALOG ****]

Course Descriptions


Course Numbering Information:
Courses at SLCC are identified by an alphabetic prefix (two to four letters) followed by a four-digit number. Numbers beginning with a “1” generally indicate a course designed primarily for freshmen (such as ENGL 1010 ); numbers beginning with a “2” generally indicate courses designed primarily for sophomores (such as MATH 2010 ); numbers beginning with a “0” generally indicate preparatory courses that are non-transferable (such as MATH 0950 ).

 

Engineering Drafting & Manufacturing Technology

  
  • EDDT 2190 - Civil Drafting

    Credits: 2
    The study of the various types of civil drafting: plats, contour maps, profiles, road design, and site layout. Includes mapping terminology, symbols and standard formats. Taught using MicroStation and AutoCAD Civil 3D.

    Prerequisite: EDDT 1040  and EDDT 1420  
    Semester: All


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  • EDDT 2240 - Steel Detailing

    Credits: 3
    Use of the AISC manual to calculate stresses and design simple steel structures with welded and bolted connections. Layouts and drawings of details required for fabrication using appropriate industry standards and formats.

    Prerequisite: EDDT 1040  and MATH 1010  
    Semester: Fall
    Additional Course Fee Required


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  • EDDT 2260 - Machine Design

    Credits: 3
    Application of engineering technology fundamentals to machine design and maintenance. Techniques used to design and select individual machine parts will be introduced. This course prepares the student to analyze, design and maintain machines by incorporating components such as shafts, bearings, springs, gears, clutches, breaks, chains, belts, and bolted and welded joints. Students will also be able to solve open-ended machine design and maintenance problems using those components and technical communication.

    Recommended Prerequisite: STEM 1010  or equivalent placement.
    Semester: Spring


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  • EDDT 2340 - Manufacturing Processes

    Credits: 2
    A broad analysis of industrial materials and processes used in manufacturing as related to design. Topics include: metal forming, casting, machining, non-metals, finishing and assembly, and the principles of material behavior.

    Prerequisite: EDDT 1040  or concurrently
    Corequisite: EDDT 2350  
    Semester: Fall & Spring
    Additional Course Fee Required


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  • EDDT 2350 - Manufacturing Processes Lab

    Credits: 1
    Lab practice in the processes used to change material shape and condition for industrial use and the principles of material behavior. Topics include: metal forming, casting, injection molding, heat treatment, equipment selection, design criteria, shop and safety procedures.

    Corequisite: EDDT 2340  
    Semester: Fall & Spring
    Additional Course Fee Required


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  • EDDT 2360 - Pipe Drafting

    Credits: 2
    This is specialized training in the drafting principles for piping layouts and drawings. It includes: symbols, fittings, controls, parts specifications, diagrams, and detail drawings using appropriate industry standards and formats.

    Prerequisite: EDDT 1040  or EDDT 1420  
    Semester: All
    Additional Course Fee Required


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  • EDDT 2460 - Product Design Fundamentals Using 3D CAD

    Credits: 3
    Product Design is the process of applying principles, experience, and judgment to the development of a technical product to meet a need. Turning ideas into a design, develop detailed part and assembly drawings, implementation, and evaluation will incorporate problem identification. Sketching, gears/cams/shafts, GD&T, Tolerances, rapid prototyping, and manufacturing concepts will be presented.

    Prerequisite: EDDT 2540  
    Recommended Prerequisite: EDDT 2600  
    Semester: Fall & Spring


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  • EDDT 2540 - Geometric Dimension & Tolerance Using 3D CAD

    Credits: 3
    The use of CAD to create industrial level production working drawings. Includes the latest ASME Y14.5 standards for Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing. Topics of discussion will include: general tolerancing, symbols and terms, datums, material conditions and boundaries, geometric characteristics, and positional tolerancing.

    Prerequisite: EDDT 1040  or EDDT 2600  with C or above OR either class must be taken concurrently
    Semester: Fall & Spring
    Additional Course Fee Required


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  • EDDT 2600 - Engineering Graphics – Introduction, Principles & Applications using CAD Software

    Credits: 3
    Comprehensive applications of CAD-based national (ANSI/ASME) & international (ISO) graphics standards, including coordinate & geometric dimensioning and tolerancing. Introduction to Engineering & Technical design solutions related to STEM industries.

    Semester: Fall & Spring
    Additional Course Fee Required


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  • EDDT 2700 - Advanced SolidWorks

    Credits: 2
    This course covers advanced techniques in solid modeling using SolidWorks and PhotoView for solving complex design problems. SimulationXpress for design and stress analysis will also be taught.

    Prerequisite: EDDT 2600  or equivalent experience
    Semester: All
    Additional Course Fee Required


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  • EDDT 2710 - 3D Modeling

    Credits: 2
    Solid modeling with AutoDesk Inventor will be taught. Topics include sketch planes, part construction, extraction of engineering data, assemblies and mating parts, parametric design and related drawings. The Design Center will also be used.

    Recommended Prerequisite: EDDT 1040  or EDDT 2600  
    Semester: All
    Additional Course Fee Required


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  • EDDT 2990 - Special Topics

    Credits: 1-5
    This course is designed so the student can work on special individualized projects under the supervision of the instructor.

    Prerequisite: Instructor approval
    Semester: Fall & Spring


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English

  
  • ENGL 0900 - Integrated Reading & Writing I

    Credits: 4
    The course facilitates students’ confidence and competence in reading and writing. It prepares students for reading and writing tasks in college level courses, in the workplace, and in the community. Students read, write and think about social, cultural, or political issues, participate in collaborative literacy learning activities, and develop metacognitive practices that enable life-long learning.

    Prerequisite: ESL 1010  and ESL 1020  , both w/C grades of better; or appropriate placement test score
    Semester: All


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  • ENGL 0990 - Integrated Read & Write II

    Credits: 3
    Through numerous activities students will develop increased fluency in reading and writing in academic contexts. The course will create opportunities for students to become active participants in their own learning through methods designed to enhance students’ abilities to both read and write more effectively and strategically.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 0900  w/C grade or better, or appropriate placement score
    Semester: All


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  • ENGL 1010 - Intro to Writing (EN)

    Credits: 3
    This course engages with rhetorical concepts, and gives practice with close, critical reading and writing. Students develop analytical and rhetorical habits of mind necessary for successful reading and writing in academic, civic, and personal contexts in and beyond college. Student learn to think about texts as purpose-driven, audience-centered, and socially, culturally, and historically situated.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 0990  w/C grade or better, or appropriate SLCC placement
    Semester: All


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  • ENGL 1030 - Writing in Professions (HR)

    Credits: 3
    Course examines theoretical principles, practical applications and ethical approaches of public and professional writing and places these concepts in experience-specific settings and contexts with the focus on writing as human interaction.

    Semester: Fall & Spring


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  • ENGL 1050 - Introduction to Reading Diverse Culture (HU, DV)

    Credits: 3
    Study of written and visual genres about diverse U.S. culture in order to explore the structures that serve to the advantage of certain social groups and to the disadvantage of others.

    Semester: All


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  • ENGL 1100 - Diversity in Popular US Literature (HU, DV)

    Credits: 3
    Course examines popular American genres as sites of cultural struggle. Students study how popular American writing preserves cultural values and reinforces imbalances of power along lines of race, class, gender, and sexual orientation.

    Semester: Fall & Spring


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  • ENGL 1120 - Introduction to English Grammar

    Credits: 3
    Designed to provide an understanding of Standard English grammar. We will cover basic terms, principles, and functions; however, the goal of the course is to prepare students, ultimately, to create and edit their own prose with greater confidence, variety, and clarity.

    Semester: Fall & Spring


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  • ENGL 1200 - Intro to Ling./Stdy of Lang.

    Credits: 3
    Introduces students to the study of language. Students explore the sound, structure and social role of language in immediate and distant cultures. Natural language events will be observed, collected, interpreted and analyzed.


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  • ENGL 1810 - Mentoring Writers

    Credits: 3
    Introduces students to the theory, practice, and pedagogy of writing centers and provides practical experience through Service Learning opportunities at SLCC’s Student Writing Center (SWC) and Community Writing Center (CWC).

    Semester: Fall


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  • ENGL 1820 - Publication Studies

    Credits: 3
    Introduces students to the theory and practice of production, circulation, and distribution of printed and digital writing. Provides experience with publication software and equipment. Students will assist peers with production.

    Semester: Spring


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  • ENGL 1830 - Literary Magazine Studies

    Credits: 3
    In this course students will learn about the theory and practice of producing literary arts magazines. Students with gather submissions from the student body, select pieces for publication, and edit and layout the magazine and website to produce SLCC’s own magazine Folio. Students with gain experience with publication software and equipment.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 1010  w/C or better
    Semester: Fall & Spring


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  • ENGL 1900 - Special Studies

    Credits: 1-3
    Students propose a possible writing project for example, genre-based-fiction or poetry-or technical writing, then meet with the instructor a number of times throughout the semester to create and revise the project.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 1010  or instructor approval


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  • ENGL 2000 - English CO-OP Education

    Credits: 2-4
    Supervised work experience in a business, industrial or government environment related to the program. Credit for successful completion of specific learning objectives that provide new learning related to the job and the program.

    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing, minimum 2. 0 GPA and study-related employment.


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  • ENGL 2010 - Intermediate Writing (EN)

    Credits: 3
    Extends principles of rhetorical awareness and knowledge making introduced in English 1010 and increases the ideological engagement within the classroom. Interrogates socioeconomic and political issues. Course may be taught with a Service Learning component.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 1010  w/C grade or better
    Semester: All


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  • ENGL 2030 - Language in US Society (HU, DV)

    Credits: 3
    Through a critical study of language use in U.S. society, this course interrogates the social and political contexts in which language circulates. Students systematically investigate structural relationships of power and language use across a range of U.S. identities and communities.  

    Semester: Fall & Spring


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  • ENGL 2040 - Intro to Writing Studies

    Credits: 3
    In Intro to Writing Studies, you will explore what it means to enter an emerging discipline, Writing Studies, as a knowledge-maker yourself.  In other words, in this class, we will approach writing as an activity, something you do, but also an object of study. Writing Studies represents a multi-disciplinary approach to writing, one that considers writing as a social, linguistic, and rhetorical practice. Broadly conceived, it studies theories and practices of writing, and how writing functions in the world. This course explores multiple approaches to the study of writing, and will require you, ultimately, to articulate your own working definition of Writing Studies.

    Semester: Fall & Spring


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  • ENGL 2100 - Technical Writing (EN)

    Credits: 3
    Professional writing in technical fields, contextualizing assignments in real-life work situations. Adaptation of writing strategies to cultural, social, and political contexts. Composing of diverse workplace documents. Course may be taught with a Service Learning component.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 1010  w/C grade or better


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  • ENGL 2250 - Intro/ Imaginative Writing (HU)

    Credits: 3
    Intro to various practices and genres of imaginative writing. The course invites writers to explore the rich resources of language at play in all kinds of writing. Students prepare a portfolio of their revised work.

    Semester: Spring & Summer


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  • ENGL 2260 - Intro to Writing Poetry (HU)

    Credits: 3
    Introduction to forms and meta-forms of poetry. The course invites student writers to take up historic and modern forms and to engage with poetry’s history. Students prepare a portfolio of their revised work.

    Semester: Spring


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  • ENGL 2270 - Intro to Writing Fiction (HU)

    Credits: 3
    Fiction will be examined as to its originations, conventions and effects on audience. Investigation of where distinctions of fiction, autobiography and other prose writing become ambiguous. Cultural assumptions and influences discussed.

    Semester: Spring & Summer


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  • ENGL 2280 - Intro Creative Nonfiction (HU)

    Credits: 3
    Intro to the conventions the creative nonfiction genre. Students read, analyze, and practice various forms of the essay. Creative non-fiction invites writers to make connections between personal experiences and the larger world.

    Semester: Fall & Summer


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  • ENGL 2290 - Intro Novel Writing

    Credits: 3
    Introduction to the history and conventions of the novel. Students will read, analyze, and practice various genres. Course invites writers to explore various structures.

    Semester: All


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  • ENGL 2300 - Intro to Shakespeare

    Credits: 3
    Interpretive strategies for reading Shakespeare. Approach from traditional critical positions, moving to current social cultural and political reinterpretations. Students examine contemporary retellings of the plays.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 1010  w/C grade or better


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  • ENGL 2310 - Introduction to Digital Writing

    Credits: 3
    This course considers the “public” and “organizational” work of digital writing. Specifically, the course emphasizes the principles and practices of producing, distributing, and circulating various forms of writing within textual networks. It emphasizes collaborative writing and audience-driven revision

    Prerequisite: ENGL 1010  w/C grade or better
    Semester: Fall & Spring


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  • ENGL 2330 - Children`s Literature

    Credits: 3
    This course explores texts written for children through the elementary level. Emphasis is placed on scope, artistic merit, and selection.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 1010  w/C grade or better


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  • ENGL 2500 - Grammar and Style

    Credits: 3
    A study of prose style through the lens of grammar, focusing on shaping sentences, paragraphs, and longer discourses for rhetorical effect, elegance, clarity, readability, and coherence. Students will gain practical abilities to edit their own and others prose.

    Semester: Spring


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  • ENGL 2600 - Critical Intro Literature (HU)

    Credits: 3
    Course introduces and analyzes various genres of literature in light of a variety of critical and theoretical approaches.

    Semester: All


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  • ENGL 2610 - Diversity in American Literature (HU, DV)

    Credits: 3
    Course interrogates historical, political and cultural ideas suggested and sustained within representative American texts, some classic, others newly emerging. Materials include both traditional and popular readings.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 1010  w/C grade or better
    Semester: All


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  • ENGL 2630 - Contemporary World Literature (IG)

    Credits: 3
    This course surveys literature from all parts of the world—including Asia, Africa, the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East, and with a focus on postcolonial literature. The goal of the course is to promote an understanding of the literary works in their cultural/historical contexts and of the enduring human values that unite the different literary traditions. The course’s pedagogy gives special attention to critical thinking and writing within a framework of cultural diversity as well as comparative and interdisciplinary analysis. While a course in Contemporary World Literature can never hope to cover the world in all contexts (cultural/historical/political/socio-economic), these texts represent a variety of compelling works from distinctive traditions that have influenced cultural identity and literary discourse.

    Semester: Fall & Spring


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  • ENGL 2640 - Writing and Social Justice (HU)

    Credits: 3
    Examine how writing can activate a reader’s moral imagination & can function as an act of social justice. Using narrative theory, explore the ways in which multiple genres address social justice through reading & writing. Discuss theories & conceptual frameworks of social justice as well as multiple issues: racism, sexism, classism & able-ism.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 0900  or placement into ENGL 0990  
    Semester: All


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  • ENGL 2700 - Introduction Critical Theory

    Credits: 3
    This course outlines, and challenges, the central orthodoxies of cultural criticism in the 20th century. Includes linguistics, Marxism, feminism, and various post-structuralisms. Includes film and pop-cultural texts. .

    Prerequisite: ENGL 2600  


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  • ENGL 2710 - Intro to Folklore (HU)

    Credits: 3
    Study of the importance of ordinary people and their constructions of cultural meanings. Popular creation of material goods, oral traditions, customs, and meaning-making are examined through numerous academic and hands-on methods.

    Semester: All


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  • ENGL 2760 - Gender & Cultural Studies (HU, DV)

    Credits: 3
    Examines texts (literature, film, theory) to understand social constructs in the US. Studies the power of language to preserve cultural values & reinforce imbalances of power based on gender as well as race, class, & sexual orientation, etc. Investigates the power of language to construct gender and the interrelation of race, class, sexual orientation, and age.  Also explores how those classifications influence gender identity and gender-linked behavior. Issues addressed include effects of current gender assignments and strategies for possible restructuring of self and society.

    Semester: Fall & Spring


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  • ENGL 2830 - Diverse Women Writers (HU, DV)

    Credits: 3
    Course examines the range of U.S. women’s voices and explores how racism, sexism, and cultural imperialism affect identity formation and relations between the powered and the disempowered.

    Semester: All


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  • ENGL 2850 - Intro to Queer Studies (HU, DV)

    Credits: 3
    Intro to postmodern and queer theories (challenging the idea of “normal”), societal gender construction as seen in literature & film, beginning with the history of heterosexism and questioning modern US. society’s treatment of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgendered people. ENROLLMENT IN THIS COURSE IMPLIES NOTHING ABOUT THE STUDENT’S SEXUAL ORIENTATION.

    Semester: All


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  • ENGL 2900 - Special Topics in English

    Credits: 1-3
    In depth study of a particular topic in English Studies. It involves readings, discussion, research, and intensive writing.

    Semester: Fall & Spring


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English as a Second Language, Levels 1-3 (SAT)

  
  • KESL 0010 - ESL Pre to-Beginning Literacy

    Contact Hours: 1
    Introduction to basic reading, writing, and communication skills.

    Prerequisite: Appropriate placement score


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  • KESL 0115 - Beginning Speaking & Listening

    Contact Hours: 120
    This course develops English listening, speaking, pronunciation and vocabulary for use in instructional and social situations. The course is intended for beginning level students. Learner outcomes include improved ability to communicate with English speakers. Students will practice listening and speaking tasks which will help develop the students’ communicative competence.

    Prerequisite: Appropriate SLCC placement


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  • KESL 0125 - Beginning Reading and Writing

    Contact Hours: 120
    This course develops reading, writing, vocabulary and grammar skills. It is intended for beginning level students with some basic ability in reading and writing. Learner outcomes include improved ability to read and understand high frequency vocabulary and increasingly complex sentences and to write extended discourse with increasing accuracy.

    Prerequisite: Appropriate SLCC placement


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  • KESL 0135 - Beginning Conversation

    Contact Hours: 90
    The main goal of this course is to improve students’ ability to communicate and interact in English. The class focuses on teaching students conversational techniques and strategies, improving students’ listening abilities, and strengthening students’ grasp of English grammar and vocabulary.


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  • KESL 0136 - Beginning Conversation

    Contact Hours: 60
    The main goal of this course is to improve students’ ability to communicate and interact in English. The class focuses on teaching students’ conversational techniques and strategies, improving students’ listening abilities, and strengthening students’ grasp of English grammar and vocabulary.

    Prerequisite: Appropriate placement score


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  • KESL 0145 - Beginning Grammar

    Contact Hours: 60
    In this course, students develop, refine, and practice the form, meaning, and use components of discourse-level English grammar at the beginning levels. Students will use real world language materials to help them improve their written and oral grammar skills. Sample course activities include oral presentations and written discourse appropriate to beginning levels of instruction.

    Prerequisite: Appropriate SLCC placement


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  • KESL 0150 - Listening and Speaking Skills

    Contact Hours: 60
    Introduce and develop listening strategies, vocabulary building, and speaking abilities in various contexts.

    Prerequisite: Appropriate placement score


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  • KESL 0155 - Beginning Vocabulary

    Contact Hours: 60
    This course develops general language vocabulary and introduces learners to academic and career/technical vocabulary at the beginning level. Corpus-based approaches will be used to facilitate learners’ vocabulary knowledge development. Students will be expected to learn previously unknown words in the General Service List and the most frequent Academic Word list words.

    Prerequisite: Appropriate SLCC placement


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  • KESL 0165 - Beginning Pronunciation

    Contact Hours: 60
    This course develops learners’ pronunciation skills at the beginning level. This will include attention to both segmental and suprasegmental pronunciation needs with a primary focus on issues which interfere with learner intelligibility.

    Prerequisite: Appropriate SLCC placement


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  • KESL 0190 - Level 1 Language Lab

    Contact Hours: 60
    Computer-aided instruction in spelling, pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing, and keyboarding, and/or communicative activities to develop fluency.

    Prerequisite: Appropriate placement score


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  • KESL 0192 - Beginning Language Lab

    Contact Hours: 45
    Introduction to effective pronunciation and computers using ESL institutional software.

    Prerequisite: Appropriate placement score


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  • KESL 0210 - Level 2-Intermed. Grammar

    Contact Hours: 120
    Introduction and practice of basic structures and usage: present, past, and future tenses; nouns and pronouns; basic modals; present and past perfect; count and non-count nouns and articles.


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  • KESL 0211 - Grammar

    Contact Hours: 60
    Introduction and practice of basic structures and usage: present, past and future tenses; nouns and pronouns; basic modals; present and past perfect; count and non-count nouns and articles.

    Prerequisite: Appropriate placement score


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  • KESL 0212 - Intermediate Grammar/Writing

    Contact Hours: 90
    Practice with basic verb forms and parts of speech. Introduction to perfect tenses. Short paragraph writing with correct grammar, sentence word order, capitalization and punctuation.

    Prerequisite: Appropriate placement score


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  • KESL 0215 - Intermediate I Speaking & Listening

    Contact Hours: 120
    This course develops English listening, speaking, pronunciation and vocabulary for use in instructional and social situations. The course is intended for intermediate level students. Learner outcomes include improved ability to communicate with English speakers. Students will practice listening and speaking tasks which will help develop the students’ communicative competence.

    Prerequisite: Appropriate SLCC placement or successful completion of KESL 0115  


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  • KESL 0220 - Level 2-Int. Read/Write/Speak

    Contact Hours: 60
    Intermediate practice of reading and writing skills; vocabulary development; communication skills; cultural awareness.


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  • KESL 0221 - Reading/Writing/Speaking

    Contact Hours: 120
    Intermediate practice of reading and writing skills; vocabulary development; communication skills; cultural awareness.

    Prerequisite: Appropriate placement score


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  • KESL 0225 - Intermediate I Reading and Writing

    Contact Hours: 120
    This course develops reading, writing, vocabulary and grammar skills. It is for intermediate level students with some ability in reading and writing but with some limitations in vocabulary expression and language structure. Learner outcomes include improved ability to read and understand high frequency vocabulary and complex sentences and to write extended discourse with increasing accuracy.

    Prerequisite: Appropriate SLCC placement or successful completion of KESL 0125  


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  • KESL 0235 - Intermediate I Conversation

    Contact Hours: 90
    This course is designed to develop nonnative speaker oral skills that are relevant to establishing and maintaining direct conversation and communication with native speakers of English. The course focuses on a range of skillsets, including improving listening comprehension, participating in class discussions, understanding conversational strategies, giving group presentations, asking and answering questions, interacting effectively with native speakers, and improving through self-evaluation of speech.


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  • KESL 0236 - Intermediate I Conversation

    Contact Hours: 60
    This course is designed to develop students’ oral skills to have direct conversation and communication with others. The course focuses on improving listening comprehension, participating in class discussions, understanding conversational strategies, giving group presentations, asking and answering questions, interacting effectively with others, and improving through self-evaluation of speech.

    Prerequisite: Appropriate placement score or successful completion of KESL 0136  


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  • KESL 0245 - Intermediate I Grammar

    Contact Hours: 60
    In this course, students develop, refine, and practice the form, meaning, and use components of discourse-level English grammar. Students will use corpus-based materials to help them improve their written and oral grammar skills. Sample course activities include oral presentations and sentence and paragraph level writing.

    Prerequisite: Appropriate SLCC placement or successful completion of KESL 0145  


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  • KESL 0250 - Level 2-Inter Listen/Note-take

    Contact Hours: 60
    Introduce and develop listening strategies, note-taking and organizational skills, vocabulary building, and speaking abilities in various contexts.


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  • KESL 0251 - Listening and Speaking

    Contact Hours: 60
    Introduce and develop listening and speaking fluency in various contexts, as well as build vocabulary.

    Prerequisite: Appropriate placement score


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  • KESL 0253 - Intermed Listen/Note Taking

    Contact Hours: 45
    Develop intermediate listening strategies and note-taking skills.

    Prerequisite: Appropriate placement score


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  • KESL 0255 - Intermediate I Vocabulary

    Contact Hours: 60
    This course develops learners’ academic and career technical vocabulary. Corpus-based approaches will be used to facilitate learner’s vocabulary knowledge and the Intermediate I level. Students will be expected to work on unknown words in the General Service List and the Academic Vocabulary list.

    Prerequisite: Appropriate SLCC placement or successful completion of KESL 0155  


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  • KESL 0265 - Intermediate I Pronunciation

    Contact Hours: 60
    This course develops learners’ pronunciation skills at the Intermediate I level. This will include attention to both segmental and suprasegmental pronunciation needs with a primary focus on issues of that interfere with learner intelligibility. 

    Prerequisite: Appropriate placement score
    Semester: All


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  • KESL 0310 - Level 3-Advanced Grammar

    Contact Hours: 120
    Advanced grammatical and complex sentence structures: verb tense review; passive; complete modal usage; gerunds and infinitives; conditionals.


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  • KESL 0311 - Grammar

    Contact Hours: 60
    Advanced grammatical and complex sentence structures: Verb tense review; passive; complete modal usage; gerunds and infinitives; conditionals (optional).

    Prerequisite: Appropriate placement score


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  • KESL 0312 - Advanced Grammar/Writing

    Contact Hours: 90
    Extensive practice with all verb tenses. Introduction and practice with modals. Paragraph writing with correct grammar, sentence word order, capitalization and punctuation.

    Prerequisite: Appropriate placement score


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  • KESL 0315 - Intermediate II Speaking & Listening

    Contact Hours: 120
    This course develops English listening, speaking, pronunciation and vocabulary for use in classroom and social situations. The course is intended for high intermediate level students. Learner outcomes include improved ability to communicate with English speakers. Students will practice listening and speaking tasks which will help develop the students’ communicative competence.

    Prerequisite: Appropriate SLCC placement or successful completion of KESL 0215  


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  • KESL 0320 - Reading

    Contact Hours: 60
    Advanced reading and writing skills; vocabulary development; compositions; group discussions; presentations; cultural awareness.

    Prerequisite: Appropriate placement score


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  • KESL 0321 - Reading/Writing/Speaking

    Contact Hours: 120
    Advanced reading and writing skills; vocabulary development; compositions; group discussions; presentations; cultural awareness.

    Prerequisite: Appropriate placement score


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  • KESL 0322 - Advanced Reading/Writing

    Contact Hours: 45
    The focus is on developing advanced reading and vocabulary skills.

    Prerequisite: Appropriate placement score


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  • KESL 0325 - Intermediate II Reading and Writing

    Contact Hours: 120
    This course improves the general English skills of high intermediate students. Learner outcomes include improved reading comprehension, writing skills at the paragraph and essay level, general vocabulary, and understanding of grammar and its use. Activities include intensive and extensive reading, vocabulary development, written and oral grammar exercises, and paragraph and essay writing.

    Prerequisite: Appropriate SLCC placement or successful completion of KESL 0225  


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  • KESL 0330 - Writing

    Contact Hours: 60
    Advanced writing skills, including journal writing, writing portfolio, using rubric as assessment tool, and understanding of correct sentence structure.

    Prerequisite: Appropriate placement score


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  • KESL 0335 - Intermediate II Conversation

    Contact Hours: 90


    This course is designed to further develop conversational skills by incorporating more complicated vocabulary and grammatical structures. Students are also required to present oral reports. Attendance and participation in both class and audio lab are expected. The overall purpose of the conversation course is to teach students conversational techniques and strategies, to improve students’ listening and note‐taking abilities, to strengthen students’ grasp of English grammar and vocabulary, and to raise students’ awareness of the need to monitor their own pronunciation.

     


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  • KESL 0336 - Intermediate II Conversation

    Contact Hours: 60
    This course is designed to further develop students’ conversational and communication skills. The purpose of the course is to teach students conversational techniques and strategies, to improve students’ listening and note‐taking abilities, to strengthen students’ grasp of English grammar and vocabulary, and to raise students’ awareness of the need to monitor their own pronunciation.

    Prerequisite: Appropriate placement score or successful completion of KESL 0236  


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  • KESL 0345 - Intermediate II Grammar

    Contact Hours: 60
    In this course, students develop, refine, and practice the form, meaning, and use components of discourse-level English grammar. Students will use corpus-based materials to help them improve their written and oral grammar skills. Sample course activities include oral presentations and written paragraphs and essays.

    Prerequisite: Appropriate SLCC placement or successful completion of KESL 0245  


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  • KESL 0350 - Level 3-Adv. Listen/Note-take

    Contact Hours: 60
    Refine listening strategies, note-taking and organizational skills, academic vocabulary building, cooperative speaking activities, and test-taking skills.


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  • KESL 0352 - Advanced Listening/Speaking

    Contact Hours: 45
    Develop and refine listening and speaking fluency in various contexts.

    Prerequisite: Appropriate placement score


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  • KESL 0355 - Intermediate II Vocabulary

    Contact Hours: 60
    This course develops learners’ academic and career technical vocabulary. Corpus-based approaches will be used to facilitate learner’s vocabulary knowledge. Students will be expected to work on unknown words in the General Service List and the Academic Vocabulary list.

    Prerequisite: Appropriate SLCC placement or successful completion of KESL 0255  


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  • KESL 0365 - Intermediate II Pronunciation

    Contact Hours: 60
    This course develops learners’ pronunciation skills. This will include attention to both segmental and suprasegmental pronunciation needs with a primary focus on issues of that interfere with learner intelligibility.

    Prerequisite: Appropriate SLCC placement or successful completion of KESL 0265  


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