Dual Enrollment Class Descriptions

 

BUS 2353 Principles of Microeconomics

Thursday Evenings

Course Description:

Fall (3 college credit hours) 

This class will be taught with a live lecture on campus one week followed by an online review session and and online quiz. Then the following week will be back to a live lecture class. Nature of economic concepts and problems.

 

Course includes the basic theory of market price determination, extending into national economic measures, the business cycle, and the theory of the determination of national output, employment, and prices. Contemporary macroeconomic issues are discussed. This class will be taught from a conservative perspective and will include Biblical references. Students will come away from this class with a sound understanding of the basic principles of economics and a greater appreciation for America’s free enterprise system.

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Required Curriculum: Microeconomics McConnell, Brue,  Flynn​ 

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​BUS 2353 Principles of Macroeconomics

Course Description:

(3 college credit hours)

Macroeconomics is an introductory course in macroeconomic principles covering basic economic problems and concepts. Topics discussed and analyzed include basic economic problems of unemployment and inflation. Students will recognize the role of households, businesses and governments in the market economy and in their own lives.

 
This course will take students 2-3 hours outside of class each week 

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Required Materials: Economics McConnell & Brue 19th Edition ISBN: 0073511447 / 9780073511443 
Can be purchased here: 
Economics 19th

 

MAT 1853 College Algebra 

Course Description: 

Fall (3 college credit hours)

This math course is required for most college majors today, and it is a pre-requisite to Pre-Calculus or Trig.

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Topics include: Linear functions, quadratic functions, rational functions, composition of functions, inverse functions, exponential and logarithmic functions.  

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Curriculum Required:

Textbook: Barnett, R (2009).College Algebra: Graphs & Models. (3rd ed.). Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill.  ISBN: 978-0-07-305195-6. A graphing calculator is required. (Instruction on use of calculator will be demonstrated on the TI-84 Plus graphics calculator.)

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MAT 1863 Trigonometry & Analytical Geometry

Course Description:

(3 college credit hours)

This course is a pre-requisite for Calculus I. Further study in algebraic functions will be studied as well as new topics in transcendental functions, including logarithms, matrices, determinants, conic sections, and series.

 

Topics covered in trig include: a functional approach to trigonometry, trigonometric equations, trigonometric identities, solving trigonometric equations, solving right and oblique triangles, complex numbers in trigonometric form, application of DeMoivre's theorem, two dimensional vectors, and parametric equations. This course is also called Pre-Calculus

Required: TI 83 or 83+ graphing calculator
Prerequisite: College Algebra with a grade of C or better
Required Materials: Trigonometry (3rd Edition) M. Dugopolski Addison Wesley

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College Psychology ​

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PSY 2133 General Psychology  

Course Description:

Fall or Spring (3 credit hours)

This course surveys the major sub-disciplines of psychology as a science and as a helping profession, including physiology of behavior, learning, motivation, and abnormal and social psychology. Provides a reasonable understanding of the field; enables the student to follow up in areas of interests. Includes Christian perspective of psychology. (This course is a prerequisite for all other psychology courses.)

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Curriculum Required: 

Exploring Psychology with Updates on Dsm-5, 

ISBN-13: 978-1464163364

ISBN-10: 1464163367

 

PSY 2183 Life Span Development 

Course Description:

(3 credit hours)

This course focuses on human growth and development throughout the life cycle. Examines normal developmental stages with emphasis on the physical, intellectual, social, and emotional 

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Required Curriculum: TBA

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Composition

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ENG 1113 - Composition I

Course Description: 

Fall (3 credit hours) Tuesday A.M.

This course introduces students to rhetorical concepts and audience-centered approaches to writing, with emphasis placed upon the writing process: defining and developing topics, organizing information and writing drafts, and revising and editing to practice the fundamentals of academic expository prose. Students will also begin to develop research skills and learn to incorporate research material through the writing process to produce papers that are properly formatted and cited according to MLA style. Students must earn a minimum grade of C to meet the requirements of the Gordon Rule for writing.

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ENG 1123 - Composition II

Course Description:

Spring (3 credit hours) Tuesday A.M.

This course is designed to further develop a student's communication skills by building on the writing and critical thinking strategies learned in ENG 1123. Students will produce expository and argumentative prose with an emphasis placed on refining analytical reading skills and developing an informed approach to the research paper. Students will employ research techniques by using library research methods for primary and secondary sources to produce APA-style documented and well-argued research essays. Students must earn a minimum grade of C to meet the requirements of the Gordon Rule for writing.

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