Chandler-Gilbert Community College Course Catalog and Student Handbook for the 2017-2018 year.
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Course Descriptions Course Descriptions Chandler-Gilbert Community College Catalog and Student Handbook 2015-2016 For the most current information regarding course descriptions, log on to www.maricopa.edu/academic/ccta. 417 Each course listing has six common elements: 1. Course Prefix: Three-letter subject code abbreviation indicating discipline or area of study (e.g., ENG for English). 2. Course Number: Three-digit number assigned to indicate sequence and academic level. Numbers range from 001- 299. Courses numbered below 100 are offered for the purpose of strengthening skills and knowledge and cannot be applied toward degrees awarded by Maricopa Community Colleges. These courses cannot be transferred to four-year institutions. First-year courses are generally identified with 100-level numbers. Second- year courses are generally identified with 200-level numbers. 3. Course Title: Identifying name of the course. May also indicate course level (e.g., College Mathematics or Beginning Spanish Conversation I). 4. Course Description: Brief statement describing the content of the course. Instructor's course syllabus gives additional information, including objectives and grading criteria. 5. Course Credit Hours: College credit hours awarded for satisfactory completion of the course. 6. Course Prerequisites and/or Corequisites: Requirements that must be met before or, in the case of corequisites, at the same time as enrollment in a course. Not all courses have prerequisites or corequisites. 7. Shared Unique Number (SUN) System: The Shared Unique Number (SUN) System is a college course numbering system designed to help students locate and enroll in courses that have direct equivalents for transfer among Arizona's public community colleges and three state universities. EXAMPLE: (1) = Course Prefix (2) = Course Number (3) = Course Title (4) = Course Description (5) = Course Credits (6) = Course Prerequisites and/or Corequisites (7) = Shared Unique Number (SUN) System * = Periods: Weekly time in class during a typical 16-week semester; 50 minutes = 1 period. (1) ENG (2) 101 / (5) 3 CREDITS / * 3 PERIODS (7) ENG 1101 (3) FIRST-YEAR COMPOSITION (4) Emphasis on rhetoric and composition with a focus on expository writing and understanding writing as a process. Establishing effective college-level writing strategies through four or more writing projects comprising at least 3,000 words in total. (6) Prerequisites: Appropriate writing placement test score, or a grade of C or better in ENG091 or ESL097.