Las Positas College | Summer-Fall 2022 Class Schedule

77 FALL 2022 925.424.1000 | [email protected] FALL 2022 - COURSE LISTINGS Please refer to the onl ine schedule on CLASS-Web to access course section detai ls and the course record numbers (CRNs) for registration. academic vocabulary. Students will develop cultural understanding and fluency through a variety of writing and reading tasks. Strongly Recommended: Appropriate skill level demonstrated through the ESL assessment process Students are advised to enroll concurrently in NESL 231A and NESL 230A, and ESL 133 or ESL 136. NESL 231B HIGH- BEG. READING ANDWRITING 0.0 Units This is the second semester of a one-year course in beginning academic writing and reading. Classes will focus on writing simple, compound, and complex sentences in structured paragraphs, on developing strategies for increasing reading comprehension and on developing academic vocabulary. Students will develop cultural understanding and fluency through a variety of writing and reading tasks. Prerequisite: NESL 231A or ESL 131A with a minimum grade of Pass or Placement through ESL assessment process Students are advised to enroll concurrently in NESL 231B and NESL 230B, and ESL 133 or ESL 136. NONCREDIT LIBRARY STUDIES NLIB 201 GETTING STARTEDWITH RESEARCH 0.0 Units Introduction to characteristics of academic and workplace research, the research process, and libraries. Familiarizes students with physical and online library resources; including availability, organization, and formats. Students will gain confidence to create a research strategy and to seek help when needed. NLIB 202 GATHERING INFORMATION 0.0 Units Introduction to gathering information used in academic and workplace research. Familiarizes students with characteristics and types of information used to research; including primary and secondary research. Students will gain confidence with research terminology and to seek help when needed. Strongly Recommended: NLIB 201 NLIB 203 EVALUATING INFORMATION 0.0 Units Introduction to evaluating information used in academic and workplace research. Familiarizes students with selecting suitable sources for academic and workplace research through examinations of source reliability, validity, accuracy, authority, timeliness, and objectivity. Students will gain confidence with research terminology and to seek help when needed. Strongly Recommended: NLIB 201 and NLIB 202 NLIB 204 USING INFORMATION 0.0 Units Introduction to using information for academic and workplace research. Familiarizes students with the organization, presentation, and ethical use of information in academic and workplace contexts. Students will gain confidence with research terminology and to seek help when needed. Strongly Recommended: NLIB 201, NLIB 202, NLIB 203 NONCREDIT MATH • All Concurrent Support........................... pg. 77 • NONCREDIT Math Jam. ........................... pg. 78 • NONCREDIT Lecture Classes. ............... pg. 79 ALL CONCURRENT SUPPORT COURSES These STRONGLY RECOMMENDED 1-unit lab courses are aligned with your math course and designed with innovative strategies to provide math and learning support while taking a math course. Whether your math class is foundational or transfer level, the concurrent support provides assistance in understanding the content in your current math course while learning essential study skills necessary to succeed in college courses. These classes are offered for credit or tuition-free (noncredit), with the exception of MATH 66C, 67C, and 68C. NMAT 200C CONCURRENT SUPPORT SLAM MATH 0.0 Units Concurrent Support for SLAMMath is for students interested in disciplines that require Statistics and Liberal Arts Mathematics (SLAM) courses. This course offers structured support to students who are concurrently enrolled in a first-level transfer course, such as Statistics and Mathematics for Liberal Arts, and Finite Mathematics. The support course includes material to prepare students for the rigor of the transfer math course by teaching learning skills necessary to succeed in college courses as well as review of relevant prerequisite algebraic and geometric concepts, and more in-depth investigation of core concepts in their concurrent math course. Corequisite: MATH 40 or MATH 47 or MATH 33 This is a one-way corequisite for Math 40. Everyone taking this NMAT 200C concurrent support course must be taking a Math 40, 47 or 33 class concurrently. However, not everyone taking Math 40, Math 47 or Math 33 would have to take this NMAT 200C concurrent support course. This is a STRONGLY RECOMMENDED support course for students currently enrolled in Math 33, Math 40 or Math 47. It is designed to prepare students for the rigor of the SLAM (Statistics and Liberal Arts Mathematics) transferlevel courses and develop the learning skills necessary to succeed in college courses. Aligned with your math course and designed with innovative strategies to provide math and learning support while you are taking your math course. This class is offered for credit (MATH 100C) or for tuition-free noncredit (NMAT 200C). There is no materials fee for this course. NMAT 201C CONCURRENT SUPPORT BSTEM MATH 0.0 Units Concurrent Support for BSTEMMath is for students interested in Business, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematical fields. This course offers structured support to students who are concurrently enrolled in a first-level transfer course, such as College Algebra, Trigonometry, and Business Calculus. The support course includes material to prepare students for the rigor of the transfer math course by teaching learning skills necessary to succeed in college courses as well as review of relevant prerequisite algebraic and geometric concepts, and more in-depth investigation of core concepts in their Scan here to visit the current Fall 2022 class schedule online

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