Course Descriptions

ENG 101 - Composition I

1. Identify purpose, audience, and rhetorical situation;
2. Read and analyze academic sources;
3. Use a process approach to compose complete, coherent, and well-developed thesis-driven essays;
4. Locate, evaluate, and integrate information sources;
5. Employ appropriate documentation to support research-based essays;
6. Control conventions of language, mechanics, and MLA format.

ENG 101H - Composition I – Honors

1. Identify purpose, audience, and rhetorical situation;
2. Read and analyze academic sources;
3. Use a process approach to compose complete, coherent, and well-developed thesis-driven essays;
4. Locate, evaluate, and integrate information sources;
5. Employ appropriate documentation to support research-based essays;
6. Control conventions of language, mechanics, and MLA format.
7. CSN Honors courses will extend the breadth, depth, or learning modalities of the course content.

ENG 102 - Composition II

1. Address purpose, audience, and rhetorical situation;
2. Produce writing that demonstrates academic reading skills;
3. Use a process approach to compose well-developed, research-based essays;
4. Create an argumentative and/or exploratory thesis supported by textual evidence;
5. Locate, evaluate, and integrate information sources;
6. Summarize, analyze, synthesize, apply, and document source material;
7. Control conventions of language, mechanics, and MLA format.

ENG 102H - Composition II – Honors

1. Address purpose, audience, and rhetorical situation;
2. Produce writing that demonstrates academic reading skills;
3. Use a process approach to compose well-developed, research-based essays;
4. Create an argumentative and/or exploratory thesis supported by textual evidence;
5. Locate, evaluate, and integrate information sources;
6. Summarize, analyze, synthesize, apply, and document source material;
7. Control conventions of language, mechanics, and MLA format.

ENG 107 - Technical Communications I

1. Use the rules and standards of the English language in professional and technical communication that targets specific audiences.
2. Effectively and accurately master multi-media techniques which will include: e-mails, a learning management system, word processing graphics/presentation packages, and web sites.
3. Write professional correspondence for the business environment which may include: memos, letters, thank you notes, meeting minutes, resumes and cover letters.
4. Research, interpret, organize, and develop business/technical reports and proposals such as: service reports, incident reports, safety reports, procedure reports, standard operating procedures, case studies, and/or business proposals using appropriate documentation styles.
5. Create and administer a questionnaire, interpret raw data, and turn data into appropriate charts and graphs.
6. Create visually appealing documents which can include charts, graphs, photos, color, and placement.

ENG 110 - Composition I for International and Multilingual Students Expanded

Please note: CSN only offers this course at 5 credits.

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Identify and employ rhetorical situation to control tone and register in academic writing.
2. Use a process approach, including prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing to produce coherent and well-developed thesis-driven essays across different genres.
3. Use multiple reading comprehension strategies (predicting, visualizing, questioning, identifying, connecting, inferring, and evaluating) to derive meaning from a text.
4. Locate and evaluate original sources and incorporate them into research-based writing.
5. Employ MLA formatting and citation to support research-based writing.
6. Control language conventions, including vocabulary, grammar, syntax, capitalization, and punctuation.

ENG 113 - Composition I for International Students

1. Identify purpose, audience, and rhetorical situation;
2. Read and analyze academic sources;
3. Use a process approach to compose complete, coherent, and well-developed thesis-driven essays;
4. Locate, evaluate, and integrate information sources;
5. Employ appropriate documentation to support research-based essays;
6. Control conventions of language, mechanics, and MLA format.

ENG 114 - Composition II for International Students

1. Address purpose, audience, and rhetorical situation;
2. Produce writing that demonstrates academic reading skills;
3. Use a process approach to compose well-developed, research-based essays;
4. Create an argumentative and/or exploratory thesis supported by textual evidence;
5. Locate, evaluate, and integrate information sources;
6. Summarize, analyze, synthesize, apply, and document source material;
7. Control conventions of language, mechanics, and MLA format.

ENG 181 - Vocabulary and Meaning

1. Recall and define terms associated with vocabulary and linguistics.
2. Research and use word histories.
3. Use etymology to define unfamiliar terms.
4. Use a dictionary and thesaurus to define and pronounce unfamiliar words.
5. Master discipline-specific vocabulary.
6. Distinguish among reading/writing/speaking vocabularies.
7. Become familiar with roots, prefixes and suffixes.
8. Develop techniques for expanding reading and writing vocabularies.

ENG 196 - Internship

1. Receive on-the-job, real-world experience in a job field of their choice.
2. Describe the daily operations of their place of internship.
3. Demonstrate the specific job skills needed to succeed at their place of internship.

ENG 205 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction and Poetry

1. Create and edit poetry in a workshop setting
2. Create and edit short stories in a workshop setting
3. Prepare manuscripts for publication
4. Critique their own writing and the writing of others based on the elements of fiction.

ENG 211 - Introduction to Linguistics

1. Understand the basic principles and mechanisms involved in the formation of individual sounds, as well as in interaction with other sounds.
2. Understand the basic principles involved in the formation of words and sentences.
3. Analyze the factors involved in the construction of meaning and how context influences and modifies it.
4. Apply learned concepts to solve phonology, morphology, and syntax problems.
5. Understand the different aspects and theories that explain linguistic variation and language acquisition.

ENG 220 - Writing Poetry

1. Optimize language usage in poem construction.
2. Apply various elements of theme, structure, figurative language, and persona in their own poems.
3. Enhance creative and critical thinking skills through writing in prose and poetry.
4. Develop editing and communication skills through peer group collaboration and individual written and/or oral presentation.

ENG 221 - Writing Fiction

1. Create and edit fiction that develops competence in literary elements in a workshop setting.
2. Prepare manuscripts for publication.
3. Critique their own writing and the writing of others.
4. Analyze models of excellent writing in terms of the elements of fiction.

ENG 223 - Themes of Literature

1. Use critical reading and writing skills to engage and analyze themes significant in literary texts
2. Explain the diversity of human experience across time and place in literature.
3. Situate works of world literature within historical, social, economic, scientific, and other contexts.
4. Control conventions of language, mechanics, and MLA format in academic writing.
5. Exhibit research skills in writing.

ENG 223H - Themes of Literature – Honors

1. Identify the works, themes and ideas significant in a selected body of literature.
2. Recall and define terms associated with that body of literature.
3. Appreciate the unique ideas and contributions of the assigned writers.
4. Understand how these writers reflect the forces and traditions that shaped the period in which they wrote.
5. Recognize the contributions of these writers to current visions of our society.
6. Analyze individual works in relation to other works of the period and in relation to contemporary thought.
7. Use electronic and print resources to enhance understanding of the assigned literature.

ENG 230 - Writing Creative Non-Fiction

1. Students will demonstrate the ability to generate creative non-fiction essays, using such techniques as memory, investigation, imagination, research, observation, and reflection.
2. Students will apply the strategies of creative non-fiction writing in their own work, showing control of elements such as voice, narrative, and development of ideas.
3. Students will consider audience, purpose, and selection of detail as they move through multiple drafts of each piece of writing.
4. Students writing and revision will demonstrate enhanced creativity and critical thinking skills.
5. Editing and communications will be developed through peer group collaboration and individual written and/or oral presentations.

ENG 231 - World Literature I

1. Use critical reading and writing skills to engage and analyze earliest world literary texts to c 1651 including prose, poetry, and drama.
2. Explain the diversity of human experience across time and place in earliest world literary texts to c 1651 including prose, poetry, and drama.
3. Situate works of world literature within historical, social, economic, scientific, and other contexts.
4. Control conventions of language, mechanics, and MLA format in academic writing.
5. Exhibit research skills in writing.

ENG 231H - World Literature I – Honors

1. Use critical reading and writing skills to engage and analyze earliest world literary texts to c 1651 including prose, poetry, and drama.
2. Explain the diversity of human experience across time and place in earliest world literary texts to c 1651 including prose, poetry, and drama.
3. Situate works of world literature within historical, social, economic, scientific, and other contexts.
4. Control conventions of language, mechanics, and MLA format in academic writing.
5. Exhibit research skills in writing.

ENG 232 - World Literature II

1. Use critical reading and writing skills to engage and analyze literary texts from c 1651 to current times including prose, poetry, and drama.
2. Explain the diversity of human experience across time and place in literature from c 1651 to current times including prose, poetry, and drama.
3. Situate works of world literature within historical, social, economic, scientific, and other contexts.
4. Control conventions of language, mechanics, and MLA format in academic writing.
5. Exhibit research skills in writing.

ENG 232H - World Literature II –Honors

1. Use critical reading and writing skills to engage and analyze literary texts from c 1651 to current times including prose, poetry, and drama.
2. Explain the diversity of human experience across time and place in literature from c 1651 to current times including prose, poetry, and drama.
3. Situate works of world literature within historical, social, economic, scientific, and other contexts.
4. Control conventions of language, mechanics, and MLA format in academic writing.
5. Exhibit research skills in writing.

ENG 235 - Survey of English Literature I

1. Use critical reading and writing skills to engage and analyze British literary texts including works and writers from Early English through the 18th Century.
2. Explain the diversity of human experience across time and place in British literary texts including works and writers from Early English through the 18th Century.
3. Situate works of world literature within historical, social, economic, scientific, and other contexts.
4. Control conventions of language, mechanics, and MLA format in academic writing.
5. Exhibit research skills in writing.

ENG 236 - Survey of English Literature II

1. Use critical reading and writing skills to engage and analyze British literary texts including works and writers from late 18th Century through modern literature.
2. Explain the diversity of human experience across time and place in British literary texts including works and writers from late 18th Century through modern literature.
3. Situate works of world literature within historical, social, economic, scientific, and other contexts.
4. Control conventions of language, mechanics, and MLA format in academic writing.
5. Exhibit research skills in writing.

ENG 241 - Survey of American Literature I

1. Use critical reading and writing skills to engage and analyze American literary texts including works and writers from the Colonial Period to the Civil War.
2. Explain the diversity of human experience across time and place in American literary texts including works and writers from the Colonial Period to the Civil War.
3. Situate works of world literature within historical, social, economic, scientific, and other contexts.
4. Control conventions of language, mechanics, and MLA format in academic writing.
5. Exhibit research skills in writing.

ENG 242 - Survey of American Literature II

1. Use critical reading and writing skills to engage and analyze American literary text including works and writers from the Civil War to present.
2. Explain the diversity of human experience across time and place in American literary text including works and writers from the Civil War to present.
3. Situate works of world literature within historical, social, economic, scientific, and other contexts.
4. Control conventions of language, mechanics, and MLA format in academic writing.
5. Exhibit research skills in writing.

ENG 243 - Introduction to Short Story

1. Use critical reading and writing skills to engage and analyze plot, character, point of view, theme, symbol, and tone in short story literature.
2. Explain the diversity of human experience across time and place in short story literature.
3. Situate works of world literature within historical, social, economic, scientific, and other contexts.
4. Control conventions of language, mechanics, and MLA format in academic writing.
5. Exhibit research skills in writing.

ENG 252 - Introduction to Drama

1. Use critical reading and writing skills to engage and analyze literary drama from around the world.
2. Explain the diversity of human experience across time and place in literary drama.
3. Situate works of world literature within historical, social, economic, scientific, and other contexts.
4. Control conventions of language, mechanics, and MLA format in academic writing.
5. Exhibit research skills in writing.

ENG 256 - Introduction to the Literature of King Arthur

1. Use critical reading and writing skills to engage and analyze primary and secondary literature relating to the Arthurian Cycle.
2. Explain the diversity of human experience across time and place in primary and secondary literature relating to the Arthurian Cycle.
3. Situate works of world literature within historical, social, economic, scientific, and other contexts.
4. Control conventions of language, mechanics, and MLA format in academic writing.
5. Exhibit research skills in writing.

ENG 257 - Introduction to Classical Mythology

1. Use critical reading and writing skills to engage and analyze primary and secondary literature relating to Classical Mythology.
2. Explain the diversity of human experience across time and place in primary and secondary literature relating to Classical Mythology.
3. Situate works of world literature within historical, social, economic, scientific, and other contexts.
4. Control conventions of language, mechanics, and MLA format in academic writing.
5. Exhibit research skills in writing.

ENG 259 - Speculative Fiction and Fantasy Literature

1. Use critical reading and writing skills to engage and analyze speculative fiction and fantasy literature.
2. Explain the diversity of human experience across time and place in literature.
3. Control conventions of language, mechanics, and MLA formatting in academic writing.
4. Explain how literature reflects the diversity of human experience in its historical context.
5. Exhibit research skills in writing.

ENG 260 - World Mythology

1. Use critical reading and writing skills to engage and analyze world mythology.
2. Explain the diversity of human experience across time and place in literature.
3. Situate works of world literature within historical, social, economic, scientific, and other context.
4. Control conventions of language, mechanics, and MLA formatting in academic writing.

ENG 261 - Introduction to Poetry

1. Use critical reading and writing skills to engage and analyze poetry.
2. Explain the diversity of human experience across time and place in poetry.
3. Situate works of world literature within historical, social, economic, scientific, and other contexts.
4. Control conventions of language, mechanics, and MLA format in academic writing.
5. Exhibit research skills in writing.

ENG 265 - Nature in Literature

1. Use critical reading and writing skills to engage and analyze nature in literary texts.
2. Explain the diversity of nature and the human experience across time and place in literature.
3. Situate works of world literature within historical, social, economic, scientific, and other contexts.
4. Control conventions of language, mechanics, and MLA format in academic writing.
5. Exhibit research skills in writing.

ENG 267 - Introduction to Women and Literature

1. Use critical reading and writing skills to engage and analyze female characters in literary texts including plays and novels.
2. Explain the diversity of human experience across time and place in literature that include female characters.
3. Situate works of world literature within historical, social, economic, scientific, and other contexts.
4. Control conventions of language, mechanics, and MLA format in academic writing.
5. Exhibit research skills in writing.

ENG 268 - Introduction to Migrant Literature

1. Use critical reading and writing skills to engage and analyze migrant literature.
2. Explain the diversity of human experience across time and place in literature.
3. Situate works of world literature within historical, social, economic, scientific, and other context.
4. Control conventions of language, mechanics, and MLA formatting in academic writing.
5. Exhibit research skills in writing.

ENG 271 - Introduction to Shakespeare

1. Use critical reading and writing skills to engage and analyze Shakespeare’s literary texts.
2. Explain the diversity of human experience across time and place in Shakespeare’s literary texts.
3. Situate works of Shakespeare’s literature within historical, social, economic, scientific, and other contexts.
4. Control conventions of language, mechanics, and MLA format in academic writing.
5. Exhibit research skills in writing.

ENG 271H - Introduction to Shakespeare – Honors

1. Use critical reading and writing skills to engage and analyze Shakespeare’s rary texts.
2. Explain the diversity of human experience across time and place in literature.
3. Situate works of world literature within historical, social, economic, scientific, and other context.
4. Control conventions of language, mechanics, and MLA formatting in academic writing.
5. Exhibit research skills in writing.

ENG 272 - Queer Literature

1. Trace the literary, social, and political evolution of gay and lesbian literature.
2. Demonstrate an understanding that the literary, social, and political history of gay men is radically different from lesbian women.
3. Chart the varying images of homosexuality that have been constructed over time.
4. Demonstrate an awareness about a hidden heritage of lost or unfamiliar homoerotic texts.
5. Explain how the psychological influence of sexologists and of Freud on sexual identity, gender roles resulted in the categories such as “sexual inverts” and “the third sex.”
6. Recognize the issues involved in naming within the Queer community itself.
7. Recognize heterosexism, explain how it operates, and how lesbian and gay people have had to learn the rituals of deceit, impersonation, and appearance in order to survive it.

ENG 273 - Comic Books as Literature

1. Demonstrate understanding of the unique literary contribution of comic books and graphic novels as well as how these texts differ from other media, such as prose and film.
2. Analyze representative works in order to interpret their styles, themes, and audience expectations, and compare and contrast the styles, themes, and audience expectations of works by several different artists/writers.
3. Effective use and understand literary terms in written work as they relate to how literary value is defined and accorded to artistic works.
4. Identify important historical, cultural, political, and economic factors that have influenced comic book artists/writers.

ENG 275 - Contemporary Literature

1. Identify the works and themes of major contemporary writers.
2. Recall and define terms associated with contemporary literature.
3. Appreciate the unique ideas and contributions of contemporary writers.
4. Understand how these writers reflect the forces and traditions that shaped the period in which they wrote.
5. Recognize the contributions of these writers to current visions of our society.
6. Analyze individual works in relation to other works of the period and in relation to contemporary thought.
7. Use electronic and print resources to enhances understanding of the assigned literature.

ENG 278 - Readings in the Contemporary Novel

1. Identify the works and themes of major contemporary writers.
2. Recall and define terms associated with contemporary literature.
3. Appreciate the unique ideas and contributions of contemporary writers.
4. Understand how these writers reflect the forces and traditions that shaped the period in which they wrote.
5. Recognize the contributions of these writers to current visions of our society.
6. Analyze individual works in relation to other works of the period and in relation to contemporary thought.
7. Use electronic and print resources to enhances understanding of the assigned literature.

ENG 284 - Introduction to the Bible as Literature

1. Use critical reading and writing skills to engage and analyze literary texts.
2. Demonstrate the ability to connect and contextualize literary works.
3. Demonstrate an awareness that literature reflects the diversity of human experience across time and place.

ENG 287 - Capstone Portfolio

1. Identify purpose, audience, and rhetorical situation.
2. Integrate academically-reliable information sources.
3. Use a process approach to compose well-developed, research-based essays.
4. Create an argumentative and/or exploratory thesis supported by textual evidence.
5. Master conventions of language, mechanics, and MLA format and documentation.
6. Interpret and synthesize literary texts.
7. Analyze the ways in which language and/or literature explore diverse human experiences.

ENG 289 - Holocaust and Genocide Literature

1. Students will become familiar with leading Holocaust authors and thematic, stylistic and narrative similarities of their works.
2. Students will gain familiarity and ease with literary terminology unique to Holocaust literature.
3. Students will develop an understanding of social and historical contexts and inter-relationships driving the works studied separately and comparatively.
4. Students will come to understand key distinctions between literature of the Holocaust and other world literatures and time periods.
5. Students will demonstrate capacity for critical reading, thinking and writing about works studied in class.

ENG 290 - Introduction to African-American Literature

1. Identify the works and themes of major African-American writers.
2. Recall and define terms associated with these writers.
3. Demonstrate an awareness of how these writers reflect the forces that shaped the periods in which they wrote.
4. Recognize the unique contributions of these writers to current visions of our society.
5. Analyze individual works in relation to other works of the period and in relation to contemporary thought.

ENG 292 - Introduction to Chicano Literature

1. Use critical reading and writing skills to engage and analyze the works of major Chicano writers.
2. Demonstrate ability to connect and contextualize literary works within the Chicailo and larger literature traditions.
3. Demonstrate awareness that literature reflects the diversity of human experience across time and place.

ENG 293 - Latin American Literature

1. Analyze and synthesize a variety of sources, both primary and secondary, including poetry, chronicle letters, historiography, film, web sites, philosophical and theoretical essays of Latin American writers.
2. Summarize the major themes and literary movements of Latin America.
3. Classify work according to literary movements, such as Baroque, Romantic, Modernism, boom and post-boom.
4. Explain the political, historical, and literary contexts that produce this body of literature.
5. Describe the problems involved in translation.
6. Discuss the complexity of a single area of world literature, as well as the relationship between themselves and the historic contexts and cultural traditions of that area.
7. Conduct research using library and internet sources.
8. Organize researched material into a paper, using MLA parenthetical documentation, and a list of works cited.

ENG 296 - Portfolio Assessment

1. Students will demonstrate the ability to integrate necessary elements of fiction, creative non-fiction, drama, or poetry into original works and will demonstrate the skills necessary to produce publishable quality work, as assessed by a committee of teaching faculty in the English department.

ENG 298 - Writing About Literature

1. Demonstrate the ability to apply the basic terms and strategies necessary to effective interpretation of prose, poetry, and drama;
2. Demonstrate knowledge of the basic elements of each genre, including narrative and lyric poetry, short stories, memoirs, and novels in prose, and tragic and comic drama;
3. Recognize the elements common to most prose, including point of view, plot, character, setting, and theme;
4. Recognize various schools of literary criticism and their role in literary study;
5. Use common literary terms properly;
6. Demonstrate ability to write an analytic paper about a work of literature, incorporating textual evidence.

ENG 299 - Special Topics in English

1. Demonstrate critical thinking in the use of language in composition or creative writing.
2. Identify purpose and audience within a rhetorical context with an eye on developing style.
3. Use the steps ofthe writing process (using strategies in revision, organization, and style).
4. Develop a sophisticated level of appreciation of aesthetics of written language.

ENG 333 - Professional Communications

1. Identify purposes and formats applicable to writing in a specific profession.
2. Adapt information to a specific audience.
3. Use simple, direct language and maintain grammatical and mechanical correctness.
4. Review and refine the basic principles of grammar and mechanics.
5. Improve vocabulary relative to the student’s field of study.
6. Develop cultural sensitivity and awareness within the workplace environment, develop positive attitudes towards work and service to others, and develop positive communication and listening skills In human behavior and relationships.
7. Find and use research sources in their writing.

ESL 70B - Integrated Skills I

1. Identify the verb “be” in the simple present tense and recognize articles, adjectives, and nouns surrounding the verb “be” and identify other verbs, negatives, questions, and short answers in the simple present tense as well as some basic imperatives, adverbs and modals at the introductory level.
2. Match very simple definitions to basic vocabulary words from familiar themes (i.e. family, places, daily activities, colors, food, clothes, body parts).
3. Recognize main ideas and details from introductory level listening passages.
4. Cite basic vocabulary words and sounds with correct intonation, construct basic yes/no questions, and state appropriate oral responses to simple questions.
5. Identify grammar and content from introductory level reading passages and construct simple sentences in writing using introductory level grammar and vocabulary.

ESL 72 - Integrated Skills II

1. Identify the present continuous, simple past, future going to and will, and present perfect tenses, possession, direct and indirect objects, linking verbs, quantifiers, comparatives, superlatives, more advanced modals, and conditionals.
2. Match simple definitions to beginning-low level vocabulary words from more familiar themes (i.e. nationalities, occupations, heath, sport, technology).
3. Recognize main ideas and details from beginning-low level listening passages.
4. Cite beginning-low level vocabulary words and sounds with correct intonation, construct basic yes/no and open-ended questions, and state appropriate oral responses to simple and complex questions.
5. Identify grammar and content from beginning-low level reading passages and construct sentences in writing using beginning-low level grammar and vocabulary.

ESL 76 - Integrated Skills III

1. Apply the present continuous, simple past, future going to and will, and present perfect tenses, possession, direct and indirect objects, linking verbs, quantifiers, comparatives, superlatives, more advanced modals, and conditionals and identify passive voice at the beginning-mid level.
2. Define beginning-mid level vocabulary words from familiar themes (i.e. health, sports, technology) and memorize more complex themes (i.e. phrasal verbs, irregular verbs).
3. Recognize main ideas and details from beginning-mid level listening passages.
4. Cite beginning-mid level content and function words and sounds with correct intonation and create short conversation appropriate for the beginning-mid level.
5. Identify grammar and content from beginning-mid level reading passages and construct sentences in writing using beginning-mid level grammar and vocabulary.

ESL 78 - Integrated Skills IV

1. Apply passive voice in simple present and past tense and identify past perfect tense, unreal conditionals, gerunds and infinitives, reported speech, adjective clauses, adverbial clauses, negative questions, tag questions, advanced modals, and passive voice in other tenses at the beginning-high level.
2. Define beginning-high level vocabulary words from less familiar themes (i.e. banking, conservation, art, college, space).
3. Recognize main ideas and details from beginning-high level listening passages.
4. Cite beginning-high level content and function words and sounds with correct intonation and create long conversation appropriate for the beginning-high level.
5. Identify grammar and content from beginning-high level reading passages and construct sentences in writing using beginning-high level grammar and vocabulary.

ESL 80 - Listening and Pronunciation

1. Identify words with the same letters but different sounds, same sounds but different letters, and letters representing no sound.
2. Identify specific speech organs for all English sounds or combination of sounds.
3. Identify phonetic symbols, recognize sounds and words from recordings, and produce spoken sounds discretely and in context.
4. Identify syllables and produce sounds with correct rhythm and melody.

ESL 82 - Reading I

1. Identify reading strategies (i.e. skimming, scanning, finding main ideas, drawing conclusions, paraphrasing, summarizing and using context clues) and apply them at an intermediate – low level.
2. Identify the setting, main ideas, details, themes, and facts and opinions from stories in intermediate – low level ESL textbooks and list the relationships between the text and real-life personal experiences.
3. Identify lexical items in context and construct sentences and questions using the vocabulary words in a personal context.
4. Compose very short summaries of intermediate – low level ESL texts with accurately paraphrased main ideas and major details and without plagiarizing.

ESL 84 - Grammar I

1. Recognize all tenses, passive voice, clauses, conditionals, modifiers, possession, singular/plural, articles, question formation and capitalization at the intermediate-low level.
2. Identify sentence structure (meaning and function) in intermediate-low level reading passages through analysis of grammar in context and construct sentences using correct form and function using grammar at the intermediate-low level.

ESL 86 - Beginning Conversation

1. State opinions and recount basic information to group members.
2. Define 100 topic-related vocabulary words and recall 10 proverbs at the beginning conversation level.
3. Summarize short readings in writing and tell short stories orally.
4. Recall some personal high-frequency information and state some questions and agreement expressions using correct grammar and identify some grammatical errors in less frequently used conversational statements.
5. Identify some cultural differences in conversation.

ESL 88 - Reading II

1. Identify reading strategies (i.e. skimming, scanning, finding main ideas, drawing conclusions, paraphrasing, summarizing and using context clues) and apply them at an intermediate – mid level.
2. Identify the setting, main ideas, details, themes, and facts and opinions from stories in intermediate – mid level ESL textbooks and discuss the relationships between the text and real-life personal experiences.
3. Define lexical items in context and construct sentences and questions using the vocabulary words in a personal context.
4. Compose short summaries of intermediate – mid level ESL texts with accurately paraphrased main ideas and major details and without plagiarizing.

ESL 90 - Grammar II

1. Recognize all tenses, passive voice, clauses, conditionals, gerunds and infinitives, reported speech, modals, modifiers, possession, singular/plural, articles, question formation and capitalization at the intermediate-high level.
2. Identify sentence structure (meaning and function) in intermediate-low level reading passages through analysis of grammar in context and construct sentences using correct form and function using grammar at the intermediate-high level.

ESL 92 - Intermediate Conversation

1. State opinions supported by facts and recount complex information.
2. Define 100 topic-related vocabulary words and recall 10 proverbs at the intermediate conversation level.
3. Summarize long readings in writing and tell long stories orally.
4. Use personal high-frequency information and state questions and agreement expressions using correct grammar and identify grammatical errors in less frequently used conversational statements and self-correct.
5. Apply knowledge of cultural differences in conversation with group members.

ESL 127 - Listening and Note-taking

1. Analyze and interpret a variety of listening texts, identify main ideas, details, conclusions, intonation, and specific expressions, and interpret speakers’ tone, attitude, and stress.
2. Prepare short presentations to a small group using visuals, posture, speaking volume and speed, and enthusiasm, produce word endings, key word stress, reduced function words, and linking sounds using correct pronunciation.
3. Record notes on lectures to produce written or oral summaries/reports or responses to questions about the listening text.

ESL 129 - Writing I

1. Identify advanced – low level capitalization and punctuation rules in sentences.
2. Recognize connecting words and their function in sentences.
3. Define advanced-low level high-frequency vocabulary words.
4. Construct sentences with advanced-low level grammar, vocabulary, and punctuation and compose simple paragraphs about personal topics.

ESL 132 - Reading III

1. Apply reading strategies (i.e. skimming, scanning, finding main ideas, drawing conclusions, paraphrasing, summarizing and using context clues) at an intermediate – high level.
2. Identify the setting, main ideas, details, themes, and facts and opinions from stories in intermediate – mid level ESL textbooks and discuss the relationships between the text and real-life experiences as it relates to the student and others.
3. Infer context based on lexical items and prior knowledge and construct sentences and questions using the vocabulary words in an academic context.
4. Compose summaries of intermediate – high level ESL texts with accurately paraphrased main ideas and major details and without plagiarizing.

ESL 133 - Speech

1. Organize and create effective speeches under time constraints.
2. Incorporate speech delivery techniques in planned and impromptu speeches.
3. Employ active listening skills, summarize speech content, and differentiate between effective and ineffective oral speeches.
4. Apply interpersonal and intrapersonal communication skills to collaborate with peers in small groups as leaders and participants.

ESL 135 - Reading IV

1. Apply reading strategies (i.e. skimming, scanning, finding main ideas, drawing conclusions, paraphrasing, summarizing and using context clues) at an advanced – low level.
2. Identify the setting, main ideas, details, themes, and facts and opinions from stories in advanced – low level ESL textbooks and compare and contrast the relationships between the text and real-life experiences as it relates to the student and others.
3. Analyze and discuss lexical items in the context of the story and construct sentences and questions using the vocabulary words in an academic context.
4. Compose summaries of advanced – low level ESL texts with accurately paraphrased main ideas and major details and without plagiarizing.

ESL 138 - Writing II

1. Identify advanced – mid level capitalization and punctuation rules in sentences, identify paragraphs with accurate paraphrases and summaries, and explain basic reference rules.
2. Recognize prepositions, connecting words for paragraph genres, and modals and describe their function in sentences and paragraphs.
3. Define advanced-mid level high-frequency vocabulary words.
4. Construct sentences with advanced-mid level grammar, vocabulary, and punctuation and compose complex paragraphs about academic topics.

ESL 139 - Writing III

1. Identify advanced – high level capitalization and punctuation rules in sentences, identify paragraphs with accurate summaries, and explain reference and bibliography rules.
2. Recognize prepositions, clauses, connecting words for essay genres, and modals to control tone and describe their function in paragraphs and essays.
3. Define advanced-high level high-frequency vocabulary words.
4. Construct sentences with advanced-high level grammar, vocabulary, and punctuation and compose complex paragraphs for 5-paragraph essays about academic topics.

ESL 140 - Advanced English Editing

1. Identify global writing errors in verb tenses, verb forms, conditional sentences, passive voice, clauses, sentence structure, word order, and connecting words.
2. Identify local errors in subject-verb agreement, articles, singular/plural nouns, word choice, word forms, and prepositions.
3. Recognize spelling, meaning, and usage differences of homophones.
4. Construct sentences and paragraphs without global or local errors or errors in commonly misspelled words.

ESL 190 - ESL Capstone Sequence

1. Identify superior-level capitalization and punctuation rules in sentences, identify writing samples, with accurate summaries and syntheses, and explain reference and citation rules.
2. Recognize prepositions, clauses, connecting words, and language to control tone and describe their function in research papers.
3. Define superior-level high-frequency vocabulary words.
4. Construct research essays with superior-level grammar, vocabulary, punctuation, paraphrasing, summarizing, and synthesizing techniques for MLA citations, and compose paragraphs for research essays.
5. Identify purpose, audience, and rhetorical forms through analysis of academic readings to be employed as evidence in research essays.

ESL 195 - TEAS Prep Course for Medical Students

1. Employ strategies for taking standardized exams (i.e. setting up a study schedule, managing time, evaluating strengths/weaknesses).
2. Interpret common items found in reading passages such as shapes, scales, charts, graphs, maps, diagrams, and advertisements and recognize topics, themes, genres, main ideas, supporting details, purpose, logical predictions, inferences, conclusions, opinions, summaries, bias, guide words, and word groups in superior-level reading passages.
3. Identify and define words and homophones commonly misspelled by native English speakers and predict word meanings using prefixes, suffixes, and context clues.
4. Identify subject/verb agreement, pronouns, capitalization, punctuation, rephrasing, sentence types, parts of speech, clause markers, and person in superior-level texts.

APP 102B - Introduction to Apprentice Craft

1. Demonstrate the skills needed in the building, utility, heavy highway and environmental fields.
2. Identify most recognized hazards in the field.
3. Describe the importance of human relations in the work environment.

APP 104B - General Construction

1. Discuss what is needed in the job planning and preparation phase.
2. Explain the duties that are involved concerning site and soil preparation.
3. Demonstrate the proper handling and storage of construction materials.
4. Apply proper vertical/horizontal measuring techniques on the job site.
5. Describe the transfer of grade points and various safety topics.

APP 105B - Concrete Flat Work

1. Demonstrate familiarity and application of accurate measuring and figuring volume.
2. Demonstrate familiarity and application of specifications of soil preparations and mix designs.
3. Demonstrate familiarity and application of safe techniques and signaling for placement of booms, pump trucks, and Redi-mixtrucks.
4. Demonstrate familiarity and application of methods of preparation for suspended slabs, driveways and walkways.
5. Demonstrate familiarity and application of form treatment products and concrete curing compounds.
6. Demonstrate familiarity and application of correct methods of stripping non usable forms, shipping, storage of forms and materials.

APP 107B - Concrete Walls and Columns Work

1. Demonstrate familiarity and application of accurate measuring and figuring volume.
2. Demonstrate familiarity and application of specifications of soil preparations and mix designs.
3. Demonstrate familiarity and application of safe techniques and signaling for placement of booms, pump trucks, and Redi-mixtrucks.
4. Demonstrate familiarity and application of methods of preparation for suspended slabs, driveways and walkways.
5. Demonstrate familiarity and application of form treatment products and concrete curing compounds.
6. Demonstrate familiarity and application of correct methods of stripping non usable forms, shipping, storage of forms and materials.

APP 108B - Body Mechanics and Fall Protection

1. Identify most recognized hazards in the construction field.
2. Describe the importance of personal protective equipment and fall protection.

APP 109B - Bobcat Operation and Safety

1. Comprehend and use bobcat equipment terminology.
2. Identify the parts of bobcat equipment and explain the purpose/use of each.
3. Recognize potential hazardous on the job site and use personal protective equipment.
4. Demonstrate proper operation of bobcat equipment.
5. Properly maintain bobcat equipment.

APP 120B - Confined Space Awareness

1. Identify what a confined space is.
2. Write an entry procedure for a confined space.
3. Demonstrate what roles the workers play when in confined spaces.
4. Explain confined space terminology and procedures.

APP 121B - Line and Grade

1. Demonstrate the ability of maintaining elevation/alignment control.
2. Apply the proper measurement systems on the job site.
3. Identify slope expressions and curb/gutter elevations.
4. Complete quantity calculations.

APP 122B - Oxyfuel Gas Cutting

1. Demonstrate the proper and safe use of oxygen and acetylene cutting torches.
2. Identify the various techniques used in the construction and demolition fields.

APP 123B - Blueprint Reading for Laborers

1. Describe the building process.
2. Scale and dimension drawings.
3. Interpret blueline drawings and translate information into practical knowledge in the field.
4. Define abbreviations and symbols.

APP 127B - Rigging and Signaling

1. Describe and utilize the proper hoisting and signaling procedures.
2. Recognize proper load weights and distribution techniques.
3. Demonstrate the proper calculation and use of sling angles and ratios.
4. Discuss safety procedures on the job site.

APP 128B - Asphalt

1. Describe and utilize the proper procedure in the placement, spreading and compaction of asphaltic materials.
2. Demonstrate proper repairing and patching techniques.
3. Practice safety procedures on the job site.

APP 130B - Hazardous Waste Handling for Laborers

1. Recognize and identity the various hazards on the job site.
2. Explain the health effects that could result from handling hazardous waste.
3. Demonstrate the proper procedure for decontamination and use of protective equipment.
4. Demonstrate the proper handling and storage of hazardous materials.
5. Describe and utilize the various sampling techniques.

APP 132B - Radiation

1. Describe what radiation is and its properties.
2. Recognize and identity the sources of radiation exposure.
3. Explain the health effects that could result from radiation exposure.
4. Demonstrate the proper use of radiation detection instruments and protective equipment.

APP 133B - Lead Renovator

1. Comprehend and use lead abatement related terminology.
2. Apply tests and analyze results on surfaces to be disturbed.
3. Establish containment zone, both interior and exterior, for the safe removal of lead based hazards.
4. Practice work activities using EPA and HUD approved techniques.
5. Explain the health effects associated with lead based paint exposure.
6. Prepare and maintain required job related documentation and records.
7. Perform cleaning verification of the job site.

APP 134B - Lead Abatement

1. Describe and utilize the proper procedures for the safe removal of materials containing lead.
2. Discuss the work practices used on the job site.
3. Explain the health effects that could result from handling lead.
4. Demonstrate the proper use of disposal procedures and protective equipment.

APP 135B - Asbestos Supervisor

1. Comprehend and use all terms and acronyms related to asbestos abatement.
2. Explain the OSHA safety requirements regarding asbestos abatement.
3. Describe the work activities involved in all levels of asbestos abatement.
4. Demonstrate the proper use of personal protective equipment.
5. Explain the legal requirements of asbestos abatement.
6. Perform the various sampling methods necessary for asbestos abatement.

APP 136B - Asbestos Abatement

1. Recognize and identify hazards on the job site.
2. Describe and utilize the proper procedures for the safe removal of asbestos.
3. Discuss the work practices and regulations regarding asbestos removal.
4. Explain the health effects that could result from handling asbestos.
5. Demonstrate the proper use of disposal procedures and protective equipment.

APP 137B - Pipe Laying (Gravity Flow)

1. Demonstrate familiarity and application of safe trenching and shoring Including terms and definitions as well as soil characteristics for types A, B, and C.
2. Demonstrate familiarity and application of worker protective systems, evacuations, inspections, identifying previous evacuations and hazardous atmospheres.
3. Demonstrate familiarity and application of fine grading specifications for storm drains, flood channels and utility lines.
4. Demonstrate familiarity and application of backfilling and proper bedding procedures.

APP 139B - Pipe Laying (Pressurized)

Demonstrate familiarity and application of crew responsibilities, pipe parts and appurtenances.

Demonstrate familiarity and application of safe worker protective systems, excavations, inspections and their frequency.

Demonstrate familiarity and application of identifying previous evacuations and hazardous atmospheres.

Demonstrate familiarity and application affine grading for utility lines, back fill compaction and proper bedding procedures.

APP 140B - Scaffold Building

1. Describe scaffold terminology and assembly.
2. Recognize and identify hazards on the job site.
3. Apply safe handling procedures to scaffold and ladder equipment.
4. Construct scaffold equipment in various configurations.
5. Discuss OSHA standards related to the use of scaffolds and ladders.

APP 142B - Forklift Operations and Awareness

1. Operate a forklift.
2. Understand loads and load limit charts.
3. Properly maintain a forklift.
4. Understand OSHA regulations that govern forklift safety.

APP 144B - Operation of Motor Driven Power Equipment

1. Demonstrate familiarity and application of proper safety procedures In operating motor driven Georgia Buggies, aerial scissor lifts and power pallet jacks.
2. Demonstrate familiarity and application of identifying hazards as well as potential hazards and the work related to using each machine.
3. Demonstrate familiarity and application of personal protective equipment to be worn for each activity and OSHA regulations.

APP 146B - Operation of Concrete Core Drilling, Saw Cutting and Compaction Equipment

1. Demonstrate familiarity and application of proper safety procedures In operating motor driven concrete core drills, motor driven walk behind concrete saws, hand held saws and walk behind compaction equipment.
2. Demonstrate familiarity and application of identifying hazards and potential hazards of each of these pieces of equipment and the work related to using each.
3. Demonstrate familiarity and application of personal protective equipment to be worn for each activity and OSHA regulations.

APP 150B - Mason Tending (Trowel)

1. Demonstrate familiarity and application of safety hazards associated with understanding operators fork lift hand signals and material safety data sheets.
2. Demonstrate familiarity and application of OSHA safety standards for motor vehicle operations, material handling as well as tube and coupler scaffolding.
3. Demonstrate familiarity and application of reinforced masonry construction.
4. Demonstrate familiarity and application of terms and definitions.

APP 152B - Plaster Tending (Mixing)

1. Demonstrate familiarity and application of safety hazards associated with plaster tending and material data sheets.
2. Demonstrate familiarity and application of OSHA safety standards for mixing plaster, clean up of plaster mortar, synthetic plaster and additives.

APP 160B - Miners Preparedness and Awareness

1. Demonstrate the proper reinforcement techniques used In the field.
2. Identify the hazards encountered while working in mines and tunnel shafts.

APP 161B - Underground Electric Conduit Installation

1. Demonstrate trenching, shoring and excavations.
2. Determine soil characteristics for type A, B and C soils.
3. Demonstrate trenching, shoring and excavations.
4. Identify back-fill compaction techniques.
5. Specify proper bedding procedures.