Catalog 2023 SPRING REVISION

EAST CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE

management; role of constitution; Personal Style type indicator; planning and goal setting; leadership mentoring. One semester hour credit. LEA 2811 — LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS III — This course is a continued study of LEA 1811, LEA 1821; participates fully in class; experiential roles chairing committees and events; lead decision making techniques; consensus; brain storming; observe and give feedback to group on role functions in group; lead planning and goal setting groups; and presentation of leadership topics. One semester hour credit. LEA 2821 — LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS IV — This course is the continuation of activities and events of LEA 1811, LEA 1821, and LEA 2811; emphasizing servant leadership. One semester hour credit. LIBRARY SCIENCE LIS 1121 — BASIC LIBRARY RESEARCH — This course is the study of the skills necessary to navigate various information resources and evaluate materials found. This includes using state-provided resources like MAGNOLIA and MELO. The course will focus on the paper writing process by finding and evaluating sources, discussing plagiarism and copyright, citing information, and annotating bibliographies. One semester hour credit. LEARNING AND LIFESKILLS LLS 1151 — COLLEGE LIFE — This course is a study of how College Life offers group experiences in study skills and career exploration. This course is designed to assist the first-time student in achieving academic success. One hour lecture. One semester hour credit. LLS 1313 — FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE — (The Warrior Path to Success) — This course will be required of all new students beginning fall 2021. ECCC will offer practical and applicable financial-oriented content to first-time college students, concentrating on options for paying for college through the completion of student educational pathways, as well as strategies for lifelong economic well-being. Delivered through a freshman orientation course with credits counting toward graduation, the goal is to prepare students for their college journey and beyond with real-world knowledge gained in an engaging setting with personalized attention. Two lecture hours. Two semester hours credit. LLS 1321 — CAREER EXPLORATION — This course is designed to assist students in determining career goals. Interest tests, personality inventories, and aptitude tests are given to help students determine career choices. One semester hour credit. LLS 1411 — IMPROVEMENT OF STUDY — This course is designed to aid the student in study skills, promote student success in basic reading and note-taking techniques, critical thinking, time management, test-taking strategies, and listening and memory enhancement. One hour lecture. One semester hour credit. LLS 1423 — COLLEGE STUDY SKILLS — This course is an advanced course in study skills that fosters insight and practice of critical reading skills and study techniques needed for efficient and effective mastery of college level courses, both graduate and undergraduate. Three semester hours credit. MATHEMATICS MAT 1233 - INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA - This course includes linear equations and their graphs; inequalities and number line graphs; rational expressions; factoring; laws of exponents; radicals; polynomials. Three lecture hours. Three semester hours credit. This course does not satisfy degree or program requirements for graduation. MAT 1313 – COLLEGE ALGEBRA – This course includes the following topics with applications: inequalities; functions; linear and quadratic equations, and their graphs; rational, radical, and higher-order equations; polynomial and rational functions; logarithmic and exponential functions; systems of equations. Prerequisites: Grade of “C” or better in MAT 1233 or ACT Math Score of 19. Three lecture hours. Three semester hours credit. MAT 1323 — TRIGONOMETRY — This course includes trigonometric functions and their graphs; trigonometric identities; trigonometric equations; radian measurement; solutions of right and oblique triangles; inverse trigonometric functions; applications. Pre/Co-requisite: Grade of “C” or better in MAT 1313. Three lecture

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