Courses

The second part of a two-semester, multi-skill course for non-native English speaking graduate students needing English language skill improvement, this course will continue building skills in reading, writing, grammar, and vocabulary for use in graduate coursework. Reading passages from authentic texts, as well as summarizing and paraphrasing passages from texts, will be included.

Students will learn to write short academic essays. Students will complete 4 academic essays of at least 250 words in these genres: descriptive, comparison, opinion, and narrative. Essays will include introduction, body (1-2), and conclusion paragraphs. Students will follow the process of generating content, analyzing models, outlining, and writing 2 drafts with teacher, peer, and self-editing.

Students will learn to write longer and more developed academic essays. Objectives: Students will complete 3 academic essays of at least 450 words in these genres: classification, cause/effect, and argument. Essays will include introduction, 3 or more body paragraphs, and conclusion paragraph. Students will follow the process of generating content, analyzing models, outlining, and writing 3 drafts with teacher, peer, and self-editing.

Goals: Students will develop skills to write academic research papers. Students will develop their citing, quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing skills, and learn APA format for external sources. They will learn to integrate source information into their essays. Objectives: Students will write 2 research papers of 500-750 words.

International students. Develops critical writing skills related to academic coursework. Students acquire key organizational concepts germane to academic writing including essay construction, patterns of organization, and a basic tool kit of attribution strategies and organizational concepts.

Practice in the writing necessary in various academic disciplines.

This course provides an introduction to the fundamentals, nomenclature, equipment, and calculations both DC and AC electricity and circuits commonly used in modern manufacturing environments. Topics include electricity, electrical components, electrical circuits, electrical measurements and calculations, and basic digital operations. Basic skills will also be obtained in the use of electrical tools, test instruments, and hands-on soldering.

An auditioned mixed vocal ensemble performing choral works representative of all periods and genres.

For Music majors and minors. An auditioned mixed vocal ensemble performing choral works representative of all periods and genres. Each number may be duplicated for credit for a total of four (4) semester hours.

Accelerated introduction to academic writing, critical reading, and research questions. Focuses on research questions and techniques, as well as critical engagement with published and student texts.