2006-2008 Catalog - Roane State Community College

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DSPS 0800—Learning Strategies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Credits
This course offers students an introduction to college. It emphasizes study methods and techniques
for beginning students. Strategies are suggested for reducing anxiety, improving memory
and concentration, managing time, taking notes, and lectures, and preparing for taking
tests.
DSPW 0800—Developmental Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Credits
This course is designed to give students the basis for writing a well-organized and cohesive
essay. The emphasis of the course is on writing as a process.
DSPM 0850—Intermediate Algebra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Credits
This course is the final preparation for college level mathematics.
ECON 2030—Survey of Economics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Credits
This course is a survey of economics. It covers how modern economics evolved, supply and
demand, national income accounting, money and banking, market structures and contemporary
economic issues. Not for business majors.
EDU 2050—Classroom Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Credits
This course is an introduction to K-6 classroom management techniques. Topics include: physical
space, behavioral norms, safety, time management, managing student work, and managing
other special classroom needs.
ENGL 1010—English Composition I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Credits
This is a course in expository writing, including the development and revision of paragraphs
and essays, reading and discussion of selected essays, short stories, and poems, introduction to
writing about literature, and introduction to incorporation and documentation of material.
ENGL 1020—English Composition II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Credits
A composition course in argumentative writing, including invention, organization, style, and
revision. Critical reading and thinking will be addressed through students’ writing. Research
skills and documentation will be introduced. (Prerequisite: ENGL 1010)
ENGL 2010—Introduction to Literature I: Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Credits
This course provides the opportunity, through reading, discussion, and short projects, to analyze
short stories and a novel in terms of their literary characteristics. (Prerequisite: ENGL
1010, ENGL 1020)
ENGL 2110—American Literature: Colonial Period - Civil War . . . . . . 3 Credits
Survey of American literature from the time of English colonization through the Civil War.
Examines the works of significant writers of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction taking into account
the events in history that influenced them. (Prerequisite: ENGL 1010)
ENGL 2120—American Literature I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Credits
A survey of American masterpieces from the Civil War to the present. (Prerequisites: ENGL
1010, ENGL 1020)
ENGL 2410—Western World Literature I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Credits
A survey of selected masterpieces of Western World literature: Ancient Medieval, Renaissance.
(Prerequisites: ENGL 1010, ENGL 1020)
ENGL 2420—Western World Literature II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Credits
A survey of masterpieces of Western World literature: the European Enlightenment, Romantic,
Modern, and Post-Modern periods. (Prerequisites: ENGL 1010, ENGL 1020)
HIST 2010—American History I (US) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Credits
This course is an examination of the social, political, economic, and intellectual history of the
United States from the colonial period to 1877.
HIST 2020—American History II (US). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Credits
This course covers American civilization from the end of the Reconstruction to the recent past.