Course Syllabi

Overview of small business marketing including: doing research, determining the target market, and developing a marketing strategy.

Introduction to creating an effective business plan.

Introduction to the interralationships of biological, chemical, and geological cycles and their hazards to urbanized societies, and the impact of modern society on earth's habitats and resources.

Introduction to the scientific method of investigating and solving environmental problems. Interdisciplinary analysis of interaction among living and nonliving environmental components, focusing on human interactions. Lab emphasizes critical thinking, experimental design, and problem solving through use of the scientific methods. ENV 230 is intended as a first course for students majoring in the Environmental Sciences.

Introduction to the study of the Earth's atmos- phere, emphasizing composition, chemical process- ing, and physical transport, while addressing aspects of human impact and policy.

Intercambio/Conversation Exchange focuses on true conversational practice of English and Spanish between native Spanish speakers and native English speakers. Students of each language background will practice their target language with native speakers in groups and/or pairs.

Structure 1A incorporates integrated English language instruction with an emphasis on beginning grammatical concepts. Students will be exposed to a variety of grammatical concepts and be given the opportunity to use these concepts manipulatively, meaningfully, and communicatively.

Structure 1B incorporates integrated English language instruction with an emphasis on beginning grammatical concepts. Students will be exposed to a variety of grammatical concepts and be given the opportunity to use these concepts manipulatively, meaningfully, and communicatively.

Basic communication skills with emphasis on oral communication and pronunciation in social situa- tions.

This course introduces students with little to no English communication skills to the English language and culture in the United States. It emphasizes the development of listening and speaking skills, including recognizing and responding to basic word and sentence sound patterns and communicative functions in English. It also introduces basic reading and writing skills. Classroom activities will give students practice using the language in everyday situations.

Reading and writing more complex material.

This course is designed to increase integrated language acquisition with emphasis on aural/oral communication skills for beginners. It is recommended that this course be taken concurrently with a structure course (ESL 91S or 91A or 91B) and a reading and writing course (ESL 91R or 91F or 91G).

Reading and Writing 1 incorporates integrated language instruction with an emphasis on reading and writing skills as well as vocabulary develop- ment. Students will be exposed to a variety of themes in reading and use pertinent grammatical structures in writing assignments.

Structure 1 incorporates integrated English language instruction with an emphasis on beginning grammatical concepts. Students will be exposed to a variety of grammatical concepts and be given the opportunity to use these concepts manipulatively, meaningfully, and communicatively.

Structure 2A incorporates integrated English language instruction with an emphasis on low-intermediate grammatical concepts. Students will be exposed to a variety of grammatical concepts and be given the opportunity to use these concepts manipulatively, meaningfully and communicatively.

Structure 2B incorporates integrated English language instruction with an emphasis on low-intermediate grammatical concepts. Students will be exposed to a variety of grammatical concepts and be given the opportunity to use these concepts manipulatively, meaningfully and communicatively.

This course builds upon students’ basic communication skills and cultural awareness of English in the United States. It emphasizes the development of listening and speaking skills, including recognizing and responding to basic word and sentence sound patterns and communicative functions in English. It also continues to develop basic reading and writing skills. Classroom activities will give students practice using the language in everyday situations. These activities will also facilitate the development of a more advanced ability to communicate.

Expansion of skills for reading and writing compositions and longer written material.

This course is designed to increase integrated language acquisition with emphasis on aural/oral communication skills for high beginners. It is recommended that this course be taken concurrently with a structure course (ESL 92S or 92A or 92B) and a reading and writing course (ESL 92R or 92F or 92G).

Reading and Writing 2 incrporates integrated language instruction with an emphasis on reading and writing skills as well as vocabulary develop- ment. Students will be exposed to a variety of thematic readings that lead to extended written discourse.