GENERAL STUDIES DEVELOPMENTAL COURSES
Communication Skills: (Lowest Level of Developmental Education to Co-requisite Model-1 Credit
of Developmental Education with 3 Credit English Composition I.)
10-831-107 COLLEGE READING & WRITING 1
Introduces and develops literacy strategies through the integration and application of basic reading and
writing principles to prepare learners for contextualized college-level tasks.
(Prerequisite: Cumulative GPA below 2.60 with appropriate reading AND writing assessment scores)
10-838-105 INTRO TO READING & STUDY SKILLS
Introduces, develops, and applies reading skills, academic vocabulary, and reading strategies to fluently
interpret and comprehend what is read in preparation for the volume and rigor of
contextualized college-level reading tasks.
(Prerequisite: Compass Reading = .1 or ACT Sentence Skills < 18 or Reading <15).
Note: Course is for Technical Diplomas that do not have English Composition in the program. If English
Composition is in the program, follow the College Reading and Writing pathway.)
10-831-102 ENGLISH COMPOSITION PREP
The English Composition Prep course is supplemental to the competencies of English Composition I in offering
the opportunity to further practice grammar and writing skills that are being learned in English Composition I.
(Prerequisite: One of the following or the equivalent: Cumulative GPA below 2.60 with appropriate reading OR
writing assessment scores; Corequisite: 10-801-136, English Composition 1)
Mathematics: (Lowest Level of Developmental Education to Co-requisite Model-1 Credit of Developmental
Education with 3-4 Credit Math Course)
10-834-109 PRE-ALGEBRA
introduction to algebra. Includes operations on real numbers, solving linear equations, percent and proportion,
and an introduction to polynomials and statistics--preparation for elementary algebra and subsequent
algebra related courses.
(Prerequisite: Cumulative GPA below 2.6 and appropriate math assessment scores)
10-834-102 FUNDAMENTALS OF MATH
This course is supplemental to the competencies of Mathematical Reasoning, Math & Logic, and College
Technical Mathematics 1A, in offering the opportunity to further practice mathematical skills that are being
learned in those classes.
(Prerequisite: Accuplacer Arithmetic 33 or below or ACT Math 12 or below or equivalent and cumulative GPA
below 2.6)
10-834-107 INTRO TO ALGEBRA
Supplemental to the competencies of Intermediate Algebra and College Technical Mathematics 1B, in offering
the opportunity to further practice algebra skills that are being learned in those classes (Prerequisite:
Cumulative GPA below 2.6 and appropriate reading and math assessment scores OR 10-834-109,
Pre-Algebra with “C” or better or 10-831-107, College Reading and Writing 1 with "B" or better OR the
appropriate Corequisite/s: 10-831-102, English Composition Prep; 10-804-118, Intermediate Algebra w/Apps;
10-804-114, College Tech Math 1B; 10-804-135, Quantitative Reasoning)
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