College Catalog 2014-15

EAST CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE

LEARNING AND LIFESKILLS LLS 1151 — COLLEGE LIFE — College Life offers group experiences in study skills, 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) — The Warrior Path to Success is a course designed to assist first year first-semester students with skills such as orientation to facilities/ services; career exploration and lifelong learning; critical thinking; goal setting/ self-motivation/ personal responsibility; managing money/minimizing debt; self-awareness/health/wellness; and, study skills/ learning styles/time management/test-taking skills. An effective mastery of these skills will enhance retention and persistence to graduation. Three lecture hours. Three semester hours credit. LLS 1321 — CAREER EXPLORATION — This course is designed to assist students I determining career goals. Interest testes, personality inventories, and aptitude test 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 — 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 0123 — BEGINNING ALGEBRA — A course in algebra to include operations with real numbers, linear equations, the coordinate system, linear inequalities, exponents, operations with polynomials, and factoring. Prerequisites: ACT Math score of less than or equal to 13 or COMPASS Pre-Algebra Score of less than or equal to 20 Three lecture hours. Three semester hours credit. This course does not satisfy degree or program requirements for graduation. MAT 1233 — INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA — The topics include linear equations and their graphs; inequalities and number line graphs; rational expressions; factoring; exponents; radicals; polynomials. Prerequisites: Completion of MAT 0123 or MAT 1203 or grade “C” or ACT Math Score of 14 or COMPASS Algebra Score of 16 or Compass Pre-Algebra Score of 21. 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 inequalities; functions; linear and quadratic equations, circles, and their graphs; applications; polynomial and rational functions; logarithmic and exponential functions; systems of equations. Prerequisites: Completion MAT 1233 with a grade “C” or ACT Math Score of 19 or COMPASS Algebra score of 36. Three lecture hours. Three semester hours credit. MAT 1323 — TRIGONOMETRY — This course includes trigonometric functions and their graphs; functions of composite angles; fundamental relations; trigonometric equations; radian measurement; solutions of right and oblique triangles; inverse trigonometric functions; applications. Pre/Corequisite: Grade of “C” or better in MAT 1313 or MAT 1343 Three lecture hours. Three semester hours credit. MAT 1343 — PRE-CALCULUS — A review of college algebra and trigonometry in preparation for Calculus I. Topics include functions; solving equations’ logarithmic and exponential functions; trigonometric functions; solving trigonometric equations. Prerequisites: ACT math sub score of 19 or above AND successful completion of Algebra I, Algebra II, and Trigonometry in high school. (Only for students whose majors include Calculus I.) Three lecture hours. Three semester hours credit.

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