Basic course in essay writing and critical reading skill. Offered only to EOP pre-college students during the summer. Students gain competence and confidence through extensive writing practice with informal and formal assignments. Attention is paid to all aspects of the writing process. Students gain competence and confidence in academic writing through reading based assignments and practice with standard academic discourse conventions.
Students explore the connection between personal expression and public discourse.
Final course project is a research paper and research based class presentation. Other selected topics from algebra are also treated. A terminal course in intermediate algebra with additional topics in trigonometry, logarithms and selected topics from analytic geometry. Mastery in solving linear and quadratic equations, graphing, and performing the fundamental operations with fractions, exponents, and radicals are included. The aim of this course is to prepare students for the math courses and math-related courses offered by the various departments at the University.