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ESL 088 Academic English II
6 cr. hrs. 6 periods (6 lec.)
Advanced-level, integrated academic skills for non-native speakers of English. Includes four content-based units including
text and discourse on academic topics, advanced grammatical structures, reading academic texts, writing about academic
topics, using word processing and the internet, and goal setting.
Prerequisite(s): ESL 085 with a C or better or required score on the ESL assessment test.
Information: Prerequisite(s) may be waived with consent of instructor. See an ESL instructor for details.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
ESL 088GR Academic Grammar II
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Advanced level grammar with a focus on written English in academic contexts. Includes verb tense and mood, sentence
structure, structural analysis and other structures.
Prerequisite(s): ESL 085 with a C or better, or required score on ESL assessment test.
Recommendation: Concurrent enrollment in ESL 088 is highly recommended.
Information: Prerequisite(s) may be waived with consent of instructor. See an ESL instructor for details.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
ESL 088TO Comprehensive TOEFL Preparation
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Comprehensive Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) test preparation for ESL/EFL students. Includes introduction
to the TOEFL and the test-taking strategies, skill review with intensive practice for all four test components: grammar,
listening and speaking, Test of Written English (TWE), reading and vocabulary, and the TOEFL guidelines and procedures.
Prerequisite(s): ESL 085 with a C or better, or required score on the ESL assessment test.
Information: Prerequisite(s) may be waived with consent of instructor. See an ESL instructor for details.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Environmental Technology
For courses numbered 098, 198, 298, see “Topic Courses” on page 292
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE — ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY
ENV 105 Humanity and the Environment
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Technical, sociocultural, and political information on environmental science and technology for non-ENV majors. Includes
ecosystems, population impacts, hydrological systems, air pollution, and environmental toxins. Also includes current topics
such as the green house effect, acid rain, drinking water contamination, toxic waste spills, governmental regulation and
enforcement, and future environmental trends.
Corequisite(s): ENV 105LB
Information: Same as ANT 105.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
ENV 105LB Humanity and the Environment Discovery Laboratory
1 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lab)
Laboratory exercise and field trip experiences as applied to the relationship between humanity and the environment.
Includes examining ecology and biodiversity, healthy carrying capacity models, and waste by-products and their sources.
Also includes designing pollution prevention and sustainable campus/town models, developing increased environmental
ethics in our society, and anthropological relationships to the environment.
Corequisite(s): ENV 105
Information:
This laboratory course satisfies the fourth credit hour of the Biological and Physical Science general education transfer
credit if taken along with ENV 105.
Same as ANT 105LB.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
ENV 196 Independent Study in Environmental Technology
1-3 cr. hrs. .75-8.25 periods (.25-2.75 lec., .5-5.5 lab)
Independent study in Environmental Technology. Content to be determined by conference between student and instructor.
Information: Consent of instructor is required before enrolling in this course.
Offered: May not be offered this year, check class schedule.
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