Transitional Studies

Concurrent enrollment in TRST 0050 is required.

English as a Second Language II is a continuation of TRST 0050. The emphasis of this course is on academic writing skills and the grammar of written and spoken English.

This course is designed for students who need additional practice and background in basic English writing. The focus will be on helping students build competence in sentence mechanics and grammar. Skills developed in this course will provide a foundation needed to succeed in TRST 0105 Review of English I. This course cannot be substituted for any of the English requirements that lead to an associate degree. Enrollment in this course is based upon attainment of an appropriate score on a placement exam. The student must attain a grade of C or better to advance.

This course is designed to assist those students whose ability level in writing requires practice and background development. It provides a review of grammar as well as the teaching of the fundamentals of idea development, support, and organization. This course cannot be substituted for any of the English requirements that lead to an associate degree. The student must attain a grade of C or better to advance.

This course is a continuation of TRST 0105 Review of English I and builds upon the foundations of usage and of sentence skills. Students will have the opportunity to strengthen their writing ability with the development, support, and organization of ideas using the five paragraph essay. This course cannot be substituted for any of the English requirements that lead to an associate degree. The student must attain a grade of C or better to advance.

This course provides supplementary instruction for ENGL 1110 - Composition I student in the Accelerated Learning Program (ALP). This course reinforces the instruction and practice of academic reading and text-based writing in Composition I.

This course develops the skills and concepts of arithmetic for students needing to strengthen their mathematical background. The course includes problem solving using whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percents, and variables. Coverage will also emphasize equation solving, finding areas and volumes, and the conversion of measures. This course will be taught using lecture, cooperative learning, demonstrations, supervised problem solving, and computer problem sets. This course does not fulfill the mathematics requirements for any of the associate degrees.

This course develops skills and concepts of algebra for students with little background in algebra. This course includes properties of real numbers, principles of addition and multiplication, solving linear inequalities, problems with two unknowns, graphing linear equations, exponent rules, scientific notation, operations on polynomials, factoring, compound inequalities and solving equalities and inequalities involving absolute value. This course does not fulfill the mathematics requirements for any of the associate degrees.

This course is designed to help students improve their reading skills. The goals of Developmental Reading include increased comprehension, vocabulary, and the student's ability to remember what they have read. These skills and strategies provide a foundation needed to succeed in other college classes which require college-level textbook reading. The student must attain a grade of Cťor better to advance.