SOC& 101 - Introduction to Sociology

1. Explain the connectedness of social structure and the individual in society, as well as the role of socialization.
2. Identify the significance of social stratification in terms of privilege, inequality, and outcomes for group’s in American society.

1. Inequality, Privilege, and Stratification: Students will demonstrate their ability to understand how inequality, privilege, and stratification  are connected to course specific content.
2. Critical Thinking: Demonstrate critical thinking skills through the appropriate application of discipline specific methodology, theory, and/or ethics.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

SOC 194 - Special Topics-Sociology

1. Apply the major theoretical perspectives to topic.
2. Explain the fundamental significance of topic.
3. Discuss the social construction of topic.

1. Inequality, Privilege, and Stratification: Students will demonstrate their ability to understand how inequality, privilege, and stratification  are connected to course specific content.
2. Critical Thinking: Demonstrate critical thinking skills through the appropriate application of discipline specific methodology, theory, and/or ethics.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

SOC& 201 - Social Problems

1. Analyze contemporary social problems from various lenses and perspectives.
2. Demonstrate practical understanding of the complexity and controversy surrounding seemingly straightforward social problems.
3. Demonstrate how social responsibility, awareness, and critical ability are needed to assess and tackle interconnected national and global social problems.

1. Inequality, Privilege, and Stratification: Students will demonstrate their ability to understand how inequality, privilege, and stratification  are connected to course specific content.
2. Critical Thinking: Demonstrate critical thinking skills through the appropriate application of discipline specific methodology, theory, and/or ethics.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

SOC 202 - Sociology of Food

1. Apply the major theoretical perspectives to food consumption and production practices.
2. Explain the fundamental significance of food in human rituals and social institutions.
3. Discuss the social construction of food as a form of cultural expression.
4. Recognize the intersection of social class, gender, and ethnicity in food production and consumption patterns.
5. Identify the connection between food production and globalization, including assessing the ecological implications of the current global food systems.
6. Recall the various social movements related to food production and consumption.

1. Inequality, Privilege, and Stratification: Students will demonstrate their ability to understand how inequality, privilege, and stratification  are connected to course specific content.
2. Critical Thinking: Demonstrate critical thinking skills through the appropriate application of discipline specific methodology, theory, and/or ethics.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

SOC 205 - Sociology of Disability

1. Describe how the definition of disability evolved from a medical to a social one, and the implications of this evolution.
2. Demonstrate a theoretical and practical understanding of disability, as part of identity formation, and as an impetus for social change.
3. Investigate the intersectionality of disability with other historically marginalized identities and groups.

1. Inequality, Privilege, and Stratification: Students will demonstrate their ability to understand how inequality, privilege, and stratification are connected to course specific content.
2. Critical Thinking: Demonstrate critical thinking skills through the appropriate application of discipline specific methodology, theory, and/or ethics.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

SOC 214 - Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

1. Demonstrate an understanding of race and ethnicity, as distinct social concepts.
2. Explain the relevance of sociology to approaching social problems created by race.

1. Inequality, Privilege, and Stratification: Students will demonstrate their ability to understand how inequality, privilege, and stratification are connected to course specific content.
2. Critical Thinking: Demonstrate critical thinking skills through the appropriate application of discipline specific methodology, theory, and/or ethics.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

SOC 215 - Survey of Criminology

1. Analyze crime, deviance, and social control from various perspectives.
2. Identify the social forces that contribute to crime and deviance in American society.
3. Explain crime and deviance as social construct that contributes to differential justice, across racial and economic lines.

1. Inequality, Privilege, and Stratification: Students will demonstrate their ability to understand how inequality, privilege, and stratification are connected to course specific content.
2. Critical Thinking: Demonstrate critical thinking skills through the appropriate application of discipline specific methodology, theory, and/or ethics.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

SOC 220 - Sex and Gender in Society

1. Explain how gender is socially constructed;
2. Explain how cultural meanings attached to gender roles arise, are maintained, and change over time;
3. Describe how relations of power have shaped gendered bodies, lives, and experiences across time and space.

1. Inequality, Privilege, and Stratification: Students will demonstrate their ability to understand how inequality, privilege, and stratification  are connected to course specific content.
2. Critical Thinking: Demonstrate critical thinking skills through the appropriate application of discipline specific methodology, theory, and/or ethics.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

SOC 230 - Sociology of Death and Dying

1. Explain how people have responded to death and dying historically.
2. Describe how one’s social position influences the rituals associated with the death rite.
3. Identify the role of technology in influencing our expectations around death.
4. Differentiate between macro level factors, such as social policy and cultural norms, and micro level consequences, such as personal behaviors, choices and attitudes.

1. Inequality, Privilege, and Stratification: Students will demonstrate their ability to understand how inequality, privilege, and stratification  are connected to course specific content.
2. Critical Thinking: Demonstrate critical thinking skills through the appropriate application of discipline specific methodology, theory, and/or ethics.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

SOC 240 - Sociology of the Family

1. Describe how societal expectations and structures influence the way families are organized.
2. Explain the influence of class, race, and gender on family structure and expectations.
3. Identify how macro level policy come to impact the lives of individual families.

1. Inequality, Privilege, and Stratification: Students will demonstrate their ability to understand how inequality, privilege, and stratification  are connected to course specific content.
2. Critical Thinking: Demonstrate critical thinking skills through the appropriate application of discipline specific methodology, theory, and/or ethics.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

SOC 245 - Juvenile Delinquency

1. Explain childhood developmental issues and how they relate to delinquency.
2. Apply the various theories associated with juvenile delinquency.
3. Identify the social forces that push juveniles to commit offenses and the one’s contain them.

1. Inequality, Privilege, and Stratification: Students will demonstrate their ability to understand how inequality, privilege, and stratification  are connected to course specific content.
2. Critical Thinking: Demonstrate critical thinking skills through the appropriate application of discipline specific methodology, theory, and/or ethics.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

SOC 260 - Crime and Justice

1. Identify and explain the types of crimes found in America.
2. Apply the sociological perspective to crime.
3. Identify the institutional procedures associated with crime.
4. Explain the impact of crime on individuals.
5. Identify how crime varies across key dimensions of inequality, such as gender, race/ethnicity, social/class.

1. Inequality, Privilege, and Stratification: Students will demonstrate their ability to understand how inequality, privilege, and stratification  are connected to course specific content.
2. Critical Thinking: Demonstrate critical thinking skills through the appropriate application of discipline specific methodology, theory, and/or ethics.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

SOC 271 - Sociology of Deviance

1. Dissect and critique specific acts of crime and deviance.
2. Describe the relativity of crime and deviance.
3. Apply several sociological theories to deviant acts.
4. Identify the dimensions that contribute to a deviant identity and the stigma.

1. Inequality, Privilege, and Stratification: Students will demonstrate their ability to understand how inequality, privilege, and stratification  are connected to course specific content.
2. Critical Thinking: Demonstrate critical thinking skills through the appropriate application of discipline specific methodology, theory, and/or ethics.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

SOC 298 - Independent Study-Sociology

1. Describe in detail a particular topic chosen by student.
2. Explain the research associated with the chosen topic.
3. Design a research project to explore the topic.

1. Inequality, Privilege, and Stratification: Students will demonstrate their ability to understand how inequality, privilege, and stratification are connected to course specific content.
2. Critical Thinking: Demonstrate critical thinking skills through the appropriate application of discipline specific methodology, theory, and/or ethics.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

SPAN 111 - Spanish for Health Care Workers 1

1. Recognize the different cultures and customs of the diverse Hispanic population with whom they will most likely work.
2. Demonstrate a basic oral and written communication skills in Spanish related to the provision of health care.
3. Demonstrate a basic understanding of the basic structure of the Spanish language, in particular, the needed coordination of all the elements in a sentence.
4. Develop proficiency in Spanish both orally and in writing using the present and the future tenses in simple sentences.
5. Develop a sense of personal responsibility by following the guidelines stated in the syllabus and being held accountable for this.

1. Analyze cultural perspectives and values of a multicultural world.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

SPAN 112 - Spanish for Health Care Workers 2

1. Recognize the different cultures and customs of the diverse Hispanic population with whom they will most likely work.
2. Acquire proficiency in basic oral and written communication skills in Spanish related to the vocabulary used when interacting in a health care environment.
3. Demonstrate communication in Spanish both orally and in writing using the forms of the past tense, the subjunctive and other related grammatical structures.
4. Demonstrate a sense of personal responsibility by following the guidelines stated in the syllabus and be accountable for this.

1. Analyze cultural perspectives and values of a multicultural world.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

SPAN 115 - Hispanic Activities

1. Demonstrate knowledge of the diversity of the Hispanic world.
2. Illustrate a basic knowledge of the complex relation between the USA and the Hispanic world.
3. Define different aspects of Hispanic popular culture such as food traditions, the importance of music and dancing, festivals, sports.

1. Analyze cultural perspectives and values of a multicultural world.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

SPAN& 121 - Spanish I

1. Demonstrate a basic knowledge of the diversity of the Hispanic world, its history and relations to the USA.
2. Develop an understanding of the basic structure of the Spanish language, in particular, the needed coordination of all the elements in a sentence.
3. Demonstrate communication in Spanish both orally and in writing using the present and the future tenses in simple sentences.

1. Analyze cultural perspectives and values of a multicultural world.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

SPAN& 122 - Spanish II

1. Develop a basic knowledge of the diversity of the Hispanic world and its history.
2. Determine the roots of common stereotypes about the Hispanic world in the US and about the USA in the Hispanic World.
3. Demonstrate proficiency in Spanish orally and in writing using the present, the future and past tenses, as well as the reflexive constructions, at a level that allows them to be understood in Spanish on daily life situations.

1. Analyze cultural perspectives and values of a multicultural world.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

SPAN& 123 - Spanish III

1. Formulate knowledge of the diversity of the Hispanic world.
2. Develop a basic knowledge of the complex relation between the USA and the Hispanic world.
3. Demonstrate proficiency with the structure of the Spanish language, in particular, the needed coordination of all the elements in a sentence.
4. Demonstrate proficiency in Spanish both orally and in writing using the present, the future, past and conditional tenses at a level that allows them to be understood in Spanish on daily life situations.
5. Develop an understanding of the meaning and the construction of the subjunctive in Spanish.
6. Demonstrate improvement in foreign language proficiency as well as intercultural competence.

1. Analyze cultural perspectives and values of a multicultural world.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

SPAN 194 - Special Studies-Spanish

1. Course outcomes to be determined by instructor based on selected course topic(s).

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

SPAN& 221 - Spanish IV

1. Demonstrate knowledge of the intricate diversity of the Hispanic World including issues related to the regions, conceptualizations and social relations in the areas of religion, political and economic power and gender as compared to European/Spanish constructions. 
2. Explain the complex relationship between the USA and the Hispanic world. 
3. Communicate in Spanish both orally and in writing using the present, the future and past (both preterit and imperfect) tenses at a level that allows them to be understood in Spanish in daily life situations and that allows them to understand readings at a fairly complex level. 
4. Generate complex sentences using the subjunctive in Spanish. 
5. Understand examples of Hispanic Literature.
6. Apply knowledge in designed service learning experiences that will allow them to practice their language skills in real life situations while learning with/from the ESL and international Hispanic students on campus.

1. Analyze cultural perspectives and values of a multicultural world.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

SPAN& 222 - Spanish V

1. Demonstrate knowledge of the intricate diversity of the Hispanic World including issues related to the regions conceptualizations and social relations in the areas of religion, political and economic power and gender  as compared to European/Spanish constructions.
2. Explain the complex relationship between the USA and the Hispanic world. 
3. Develop communicative proficiency  in Spanish both orally and in writing using the present, the future and past (both preterit and imperfect) tenses at a level that allows them to be understood in Spanish in daily life situations and that allows them to understand readings at a fairly complex level. 
4. Generate complex sentences using the subjunctive in Spanish. 
5. Develop a basic knowledge of Hispanic Literature.
6. Participate in designed service learning experiences that will allow them to practice their language skills in real life situations while learning with/from the ESL and international Hispanic students on campus.

1. Analyze cultural perspectives and values of a multicultural world.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

SPAN& 223 - Spanish VI

1. Demonstrate knowledge of the intricate diversity of the Hispanic World including issues related to the regions, conceptualizations and social relations in the areas of religion, political and economic power and gender as compared to European/Spanish constructions. 
2. Explain the complex relationship between the USA and the Hispanic world. 
3. Develop communicative proficiency  in Spanish both orally and in writing using the present, the future and past (both preterit and imperfect) tenses at a level that allows them to be understood in Spanish in daily life situations and that allows them to understand readings at a fairly complex level. 
4. Produce complex sentences using the construction of the subjunctive in Spanish. 
5. Understand complex texts of Hispanic Literature.
6. Develop cultural empathy and understanding of another way of thinking and being. 
7. Demonstrate an advanced intermediate proficiency level of Spanish that is considered a professional skill for the global studies concentration.

1. Analyze cultural perspectives and values of a multicultural world.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

SPAN 272 - Culturas de Espana

1. Interpret cultural and historical forces that have convalesced to produce modern Spanish Culture.  
2. Demonstrate the origin and significance of the many influences on Spanish and world culture by thinking critically about the artistic, cultural, historical architectural influences evident today in the country. 
3. Develop and demonstrate communicative competency in Spanish by investigating, studying and holding class in the target language.   
4. Interpret and analyze the notions of cultural hegemony, cultural syncretism and minority cultures of the Iberian peninsula.

1. Analyze cultural perspectives and values of a multicultural world.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

SPAN 299 - Independent Study-Spanish

1. Course outcomes to be determined by instructor based on selected course topic(s).

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

ST SK 103 - Study-Reading Techniques in Science

1. Identify some of the main challenges in science courses.
2. Develop reading and study skills for science courses.
3. Identify and use support resources in the science area and on campus.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

ST SK 106 - College Survival

1. Apply study skills including note and test taking.
2. Illustrate test taking and test anxiety coping strategies.
3. Apply time management skills.
4. Apply a decision making process to long and short term goal setting.
5. Locate and use the college resources and services.
6. Articulate career interests and abilities and apply them to develop a career plan.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

ST SK 110 - College Success Strategies

1. Identify and evaluate essential study skills.
2. Identify strategies to create a successful and satisfactory experience at college.
3. Describe specific methods for managing time, note taking, test taking, and effective written and verbal communication.
4. Match resources that are available on campus and in the community that can assist students

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

ST SK 199 - Independent Study-Study Skills

1. Develop reading and study skills to address specific issues and obstacles faced by the student.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.

TECH 100 - Careers for the New Millennium

TS 020 - Transitional Studies Academic Orientation and Planning

1. Set meaningful educational and career goals.
2. Demonstrate college readiness skills.
3. Create a portfolio for career and college readiness and/or prior learning assessment.

• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS 024 - HS 21+-Pacific NW & Washington State History

1. Discuss the environmental, political, social, and economic issues that have led to the creation of the modem Pacific Northwest.
2. Read important historical literature and documents to enhance their understanding of the region.
3. Explore topics of current and historical interest in the region.
4. Observe regional and local conditions in the historic and modern PNW through personal observation.
5. Experience field experiences with other students.
6. Write short papers and essay exams to refine their understanding of readings, observations, and field experiences.

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS 025 - HS+21-Civics and Government

1. Explain the core values and principles of U.S. democracy as set forth in foundational documents, including the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
2. Analyze the purposes and organization of governments and laws.
3. Identify the rights and responsibilities of citizenship and the principles of democratic civic involvement.
4. Analyze the effect of economic systems on individuals, groups,and society using basic economic concepts.

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS 052 - Adult Basic Math Support

1. Predict number patterns and demonstrate operations fluency.
2. Use technology tools and Green River’s WAMAP assessment tool.
3. Apply math to real life applications, including financial literacy, situational examples, and workplace computations. 
4. Use math language .
5. Analyze math formulas and texts.
6. Illustrate math resiliency (demonstrating a growth mindset toward learning math).

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

TS 053 - Adult Basic Math

Credits: 1-5
Students learn to easily select and apply the knowledge, skills, and strategies to independently accomplish well-defined and structured math tasks in a range of comfortable and familiar settings using whole numbers, decimals, and percents. This is a pass/no credit course.

Prerequisite: Appropriate placement score on CASAS math assessment and instructor’s permission.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

1. Read, write, and interpret a variety of common mathematical information about:

• Whole number operations
• Integer operations
• Decimal operations
• Simple Order of operations
• Simple Algebraic expressions
• Fraction operations with benchmark fractions and mixed numbers

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

TS 054 - Transitional Studies Math Review Support

Credits: 1-10
A fully integrated support course for TS 055  for Transitional Studies students. Helps students succeed in TS 055  by providing additional coaching in critical thinking skills, time management, and study skills. Provides enhanced instruction in computer literacy, testing literacy, math language skills, college and career math readiness, integrating on-campus resources for additional support.

 

Prerequisite: Appropriate CASAS placement score; and concurrent enrollment in TS 055 ; and instructor’s permission.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

1. Describe fraction and decimal relationships.
2. Use navigate technology tools and Green River’s WAMAP assessment tool.
3. Apply math to real-life applications, including financial literacy, situational examples, and workplace computations. 
4. Use math language .
5. Analyze math formulas and texts.
6. Illustrate math resiliency (demonstrating a growth mindset toward learning math).

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

TS 055 - Transitional Studies Math Review

Credits: 5-10
Students review basic operations of arithmetic including whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percents, ratios, proportions, place value, roots, and basic concepts related to measurements and geometry. Methods include use of hands-on manipulatives. Study skills incorporate into the curriculum.

Prerequisite: Appropriate CASAS placement score and instructor’s permission.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

1. Read, write, and interpret a variety of common mathematical information about:

• Linear equations
• Equations with decimals and fractions
• Basic statistics
• Cartesian coordinates
• Rates, ratios, and proportions
• Percents
• Roots and exponents

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

TS 056 - TS Problem Solving for Math HS Equivalency I

1. ​Read, write, and interpret a variety of common mathematical information about:

• Unit conversion
• Geometry and measurement
• Basic statistics and coordinate graphing
• Pythagorean Theorem
• Introduction to polynomials
• Complex order of operations
• Complex algebraic expressions and linear equations

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

TS 057 - TS Problem Solving for Math HS Equivalency 2

1. Read, write, and interpret a variety of common mathematical information about:

• Find real solutions for linear equations using tables, graphs, and algebra
• Simplify expressions involving integer exponents
• Simplify, add, subtract, and multiply polynomials
• Factor polynomial equations
• Graph linear equations
• Use functions in the form of graphs, tables, and linear equations
• Solve systems of linear equations
• Solve linear inequalities with one variable

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

TS 058 - TS Math High School Equivalency 1 Support

1. Compute variable equations and expressions.
2. Use technology tools and Green River’s WAMAP assessment tool.
3. Apply math to real-life applications, including financial literacy, situational examples, and workplace computations.  
4. Use math language competencies.
5. Analyze math formulas and texts.
6. Illustrate math resiliency (demonstrating a growth mindset toward math).

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

TS 059 - TS Math High School Equivalency 2 Support

1. Compute and graph linear equations and systems of equations.
2. Use technology tools and Green River’s WAMAP assessment tool.
3. Apply math to real-life applications, including financial literacy, situational examples, and workplace computations. 
4. Use math language competencies.
5. Analyze math formulas and texts.
6. Illustrate math resiliency (demonstrating a growth mindset toward learning math).

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

TS 062 - Language Arts in Social Studies Level 2

1. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a social studies text.
2. Determine and summarize the organization structure and supporting details of a social studies text.
3. Analyze how social studies texts make connections between ideas or compare and contrast facts.
4. Use the writing process to convey ideas, concepts, explanations & research ideas with clear evidence.
5. Use technology to produce and publish writing.

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS 063 - Language Arts in Social Studies Level 3

1. Determine the meaning of concepts and ideas as they are presented in a social studies text.
2. Apply social studies texts to current events, making connections between ideas.
3. Compare and contrast facts from historical texts.
4. Explain events, procedures, ideas or concepts in a historical text.
5. Use information from multiple sources to compare and contrast events, ideas, and concepts.
6. Use technology to research and report on topics of historical significance.

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS 064 - Language Arts in Social Studies Level 4

1. Analyze complex sets of ideas or sequences of historical events.
2. Identify aspects of a social studies text that reveal an author’s point of view or purpose.
3. Paraphrase and summarize social studies texts.
4. Analyze textual connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events of historical significance.
5. Differentiate between relevant and irrelevant historical information.
6. Gather relevant historical information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively.

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS 065 - Language Arts in Social Studies Level 5

1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
2. Explain how author perspective affects the telling of historical events.
3. Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.
4. Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events to explain how individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of a text.
5. Integrate quantitative or technical analysis with qualitative analysis.
6. Analyze seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance.
7. Complete a research and application project on a social studies topic.

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS 066 - Language Arts in Social Studies Level 6

1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
2. Explain how author perspective affects the telling of historical events.
3. Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.
4. Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events to explain how individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of a text.
5. Integrate quantitative or technical analysis with qualitative analysis.
6. Analyze seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance.
7. Complete a research and application project on a social studies topic.

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS 072 - Language Arts and Literature Level 2

1. Find key evidence and make inferences from a text.
2. Determine and summarize the organization structure and supporting details of a text.
3. Analyze how texts make connections between ideas or compare and contrast facts.
4. Use technology to produce and publish writing.
5. Write a 5-sentence paragraph including topic sentence, supporting details, and a conclusion.
6. Demonstrate exact sentence structure including capitalization, grammar, and punctuation.

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS 073 - Language Arts and Literature Level 3

1. Locate, refer to and quote key details and examples from a text.
2. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases.
3. Determine and summarize the main idea or theme of a story, drama or poem.
4. Use the writing process to convey opinions, explanation, stories & research.
5. Use technology to research and report on topics.
6. Write an 8-sentence paragraph incorporating topic sentence, supporting details, evidence from text, and conclusion.

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS 074 - Language Arts and Literature Level 4

1. Cite strong and thorough evidence and inferences from a text.
2. Determine and summarize the theme, development and conclusion of a fiction or nonfiction text.
3. Analyze and evaluate an author’s claim and the effectiveness of the structure of a text.
4. Use the writing process to convey ideas, concepts, explanations & research.
5. Use technology to produce, publish, and revise writing products.
6. Write a three paragraph essay, including introductory paragraph, body paragraph with supporting evidence, and a conclusion paragraph.

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS 075 - Language Arts and Literature Level 5

1. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
2. Determine the theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text.
3. Interpret figurative, connotative, and technical language.
4. Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence from multiple sources.
5. Assess the credibility and accuracy of sources.
6. Write a minimum of 5-paragraph research essay to answer a question, incorporating several sources to draw an original conclusion.
7. Avoid plagiarism by following a standard format for citation.

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS 076 - Language Arts and Literature Level 6-1

1. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
2. Determine the theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text.
3. Interpret figurative, connotative, and technical language.
4. Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence from multiple sources.
5. Assess the credibility and accuracy of sources.
6. Write a minimum of 5-paragraph research essay to answer a question, incorporating several sources to draw an original conclusion.
7. Avoid plagiarism by following a standard format for citation.

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS 077 - Language Arts and Literature Level 6-2

1. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
2. Determine the theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text.
3. Interpret figurative, connotative, and technical language.
4. Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence from multiple sources.
5. Assess the credibility and accuracy of sources.
6. Write a minimum of 5-paragraph research essay to answer a question, incorporating several sources to draw an original conclusion.
7. Avoid plagiarism by following a standard format for citation.

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS 082 - Language Arts in Physical Science Level 2

1. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a science text. 
2. Determine and summarize the organization structure and supporting details of a science text.
3. Analyze how science texts make connections between ideas or compare and contrast facts. 
4. Use the writing process to convey ideas, concepts, explanations & research ideas with clear evidence.
5. Use technology to produce and publish writing.

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS 083 - Language Arts in Physical Science Level 3

1. Find specific evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts.
2. Determine the meaning of concepts and ideas as they are presented in a scientific texts, charts, and graphs.
3. Apply the steps of the scientific method to everyday situations as well as laboratory investigations.
4. Explain events, procedures, ideas or concepts in a scientific or technical text.
5. Use technology to research and report on topics of scientific significance.

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS 084 - Language Arts in Physical Science Level 4

1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts.
2. Make connections using multiple sources to compare and contrast scientific events, ideas, and concepts.
3. Apply scientific thinking to solve a problem.
4. Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author’s point of view or bias.
5. Paraphrase and summarize texts.
6. Differentiate between opinion and fact in scientific information.
7. Gather relevant historical information from multiple print and digital sources.

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS 085 - Language Arts in Science Level 5

1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts.
2. Apply the steps of the scientific method to solve a problem.
3. Critique information from various sources to determine if the information is scientific and credible.
4. Demonstrate basic lab skills through the collection, synthesis, and analysis of data.
5. Write arguments on science topics using valid reasoning, relevant information, and sufficient evidence.
6. Summarize complex concepts, processes, or information presented in science texts.
7. Complete a research and application project on a scientific topic applying the scientific method.
8. Analyze and report on data drawn from the material world using the tools, data collection techniques, models and theories of science.
9. Integrate quantitative or technical analysis with qualitative analysis.

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS 086 - Language Arts in Science Level 6

1. Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text.
2. Summarize complex concepts, processes, or information presented in a text by paraphrasing them in simpler but still accurate terms.
3. Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how specific individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of the text.
4. Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her exposition or argument, including whether the structure makes points clear, convincing, and engaging.
5. Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words in order to address a question or solve a problem.
6. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
8. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
9. Analyze and report on data gained from direct interaction with the material world, or with data drawn from the material world, using the tools, data collection techniques, models and theories of science.

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS 092 - HS21+ Prior Learning Assessment-Health & Fitness

Credits: 1-15
Allows students to earn high school-level credit for prior experience or learning on an individual basis. Involves documentation of the skill or training in health & fitness, accompanied by a reflection, written by the student/applicant, that describes the importance of this skill and why it should be considered for high school credit. This is a pass/no credit course.

Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

1. Write arguments to support claims on health and fitness using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
2. Write informative/explanatory texts on health and fitness to convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately.

OR

1. Gather relevant information from multiple sources on a health and fitness topic.
2. Integrate and present research on health and fitness in an effective format.
3. Avoid plagiarism by following a standard format of citation.

• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS 093 - HS21+ Prior Learning Assessment-Art

Credits: 1-10
Allows students to earn high school-level credit for prior experience or learning on an individual basis. Involves documentation of the skill or training in art, including student-created art samples accompanied by artist statements or a research paper on other artists’ work. This is a pass/no credit course.

Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

1. Write arguments to support claims on art using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
2. Write informative/explanatory texts on art to convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately.

OR

1. Gather relevant information from multiple sources on an art topic.
2. Integrate and present research on art in an effective format.
3. Avoid plagiarism by following a standard format of citation.

• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS 094 - HS21+ Prior Learning Assessment-Occupational Ed

Credits: 1-10
Allows students to earn high school-level credit for prior experience or learning on an individual basis. Involves documentation of the skill or training in occupational education, accompanied by a reflection, written by the student/applicant, that describes the importance of this skill and why it should be considered for high school credit. This is a pass/no credit course.

Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

1. Write arguments to support claims on occupational education using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

2. Write informative/explanatory texts on occupational education to convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately.

OR

1. Gather relevant information from multiple sources on an occupational education topic.

2. Integrate and present research on art in an effective format.

3. Avoid plagiarism by following a standard format of citation.

• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS 095 - HS 21+ Prior Learning Assessment 1

Credits: 5-20
Allows students to earn high school-level credit for prior experience or learning on an individual basis. Involves documentation of the skill or training in question, including but not limited to health and fitness, occupational education and fine arts, accompanied by a 2-page (750 word) reflection, written by the student/applicant, that describes the importance of this skill and why it should be considered for high school credit. This is a pass/no credit course.

Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

1. Write arguments to support claims using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
2. Write informative/explanatory texts to convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately.

OR

1. Gather relevant information from multiple sources.
2. Integrate and present research in an effective format.
3. Avoid plagiarism by following a standard format of citation.

• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS 096 - HS 21+ Prior Learning Assessment 2

Credits: 5-20
Allows students to earn high school-level credit for prior experience or learning on an individual basis. Involves documentation of the skill or training in question, including but not limited to health and fitness, occupational education and fine arts, accompanied by a 2-page (750 word) reflection, written by the student/applicant, that describes the importance of this skill and why it should be considered for high school credit. This is a pass/no credit course.

Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

1. Write arguments to support claims using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
2. Write informative/explanatory texts to convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately.

OR

1. Gather relevant information from multiple sources.
2. Integrate and present research in an effective format.
3. Avoid plagiarism by following a standard format of citation.

• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS-OD 020 - Academic Orientation and Planning for Open Doors

1. Set meaningful educational and career goals.
2. Demonstrate college readiness skills.
3. Create a portfolio for career and college readiness and/or prior learning assessment.

• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS-OD 052 - Open Doors Adult Basic Math Support

1. Predict number patterns and demonstrate operations fluency.
2. Use navigate technology tools and Green River’s WAMAP assessment tool.
3. Apply math to real-life applications, including financial literacy, situational examples, and workplace computations. 
4. Use math language.
5. Analyze math formulas and texts.
6. Illustrate math resiliency (demonstrating a growth mindset toward learning math).

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

TS-OD 053 - Open Doors Adult Basic Math

1. Read, write, and interpret a variety of common mathematical information about:

• Whole number operations
• Integer operations
• Decimal operations
• Simple Order of operations
• Simple Algebraic expressions
• Fraction operations with benchmark fractions and mixed numbers

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

TS-OD 054 - Open Doors Math Review Support

1. Describe fraction and decimal relationships.
2. Use technology tools and Green River’s WAMAP assessment tool.
3. Apply math to real-life applications, including financial literacy, situational examples, and workplace computations. 
4. Use math language.
5. Analyze math formulas and texts.
6. Illustrate math resiliency (demonstrating a growth mindset toward learning math).

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

TS-OD 055 - Open Doors Math Review

1. Read, write, and interpret a variety of common mathematical information about:

• Linear equations
• Equations with decimals and fractions
• Basic statistics
• Cartesian coordinates
• Rates, ratios, and proportions
• Percents
• Roots and exponents

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

TS-OD 056 - OD Math High School Equivalency 1

1. Read, write, and interpret a variety of common mathematical information about:

• Unit conversion
• Geometry and measurement
• Basic statistics and coordinate graphing
• Pythagorean Theorem
• Introduction to polynomials
• Complex order of operations
• Complex algebraic expressions and linear equations

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

TS-OD 057 - OD Math High School Equivalency 2

1. Read, write, and interpret a variety of common mathematical information about:

• Find real solutions for linear equations using tables, graphs, and algebra
• Simplify expressions involving integer exponents
• Simplify, add, subtract, and multiply polynomials
• Factor polynomial equations
• Graph linear equations
• Use functions in the form of graphs, tables, and linear equations
• Solve systems of linear equations
• Solve linear inequalities with one variable

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

TS-OD 058 - OD Math High School Equivalency 1 Support

Credits: 1-10
A fully integrated support course for TS-OD 056  for Transitional Studies students. Helps students succeed in TS-OD 056  by providing additional coaching in critical thinking skills, time management, and study skills. Provides enhanced instruction in computer literacy, testing literacy, math language skills, college and career math readiness, integrating on-campus resources for additional support.

 

Prerequisite: Appropriate CASAS placement score; and concurrent enrollment in TS-OD 056 ; and instructor’s permission. Students must be admitted through Open Doors.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

1. Compute variable equations and expressions.
2. Use navigate technology tools and Green River’s WAMAP assessment tool.
3. Apply math to real life applications, including financial literacy, situational examples, and workplace computations. 
4. Use math language competencies.
5. Analyze math formulas and texts.
6. Illustrate math resiliency (demonstrating growth mindset toward math).

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

TS-OD 059 - OD Math High School Equivalency 2 Support

Credits: 1-10
A fully integrated support course for TS-OD 057  for Transitional Studies students. Helps students succeed in TS-OD 057  by providing additional coaching in critical thinking skills, time management, and study skills. Provides enhanced instruction in computer literacy, testing literacy, math language skills, college and career math readiness, integrating on-campus resources for additional support.

 

Prerequisite: Appropriate CASAS placement; and concurrent enrollment in TS-OD 057 ; and instructor’s permission. Students must be admitted through Open Doors.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

1. Compute and graph linear equations and systems of equations.
2. Use technology tools and Green River’s WAMAP assessment tool.
3. Apply math to real-life applications, including financial literacy, situational examples, and workplace computations.  
4. Use math language competencies.
5. Analyze math formulas and texts.
6. Illustrate math resiliency (demonstrating a growth mindset toward math).

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.

TS-OD 064 - Language Arts in Social Studies Level 4 Open Doors

1. Analyze complex sets of ideas or sequences of historical events.
2. Identify aspects of a social studies text that reveal an author’s point of view or purpose.
3. Paraphrase and summarize social studies texts.
4. Analyze textual connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events of historical significance.
5. Differentiate between relevant and irrelevant historical information.
6. Gather relevant historical information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively.

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS-OD 065 - Language Arts in Social Studies Level 5 Open Doors

Credits: 5-10
Introduces Level 5 students to the basic principles of civics and government, US history, economics, geography, or current world problems. Students practice critical reading skills in the context of social studies-related texts. Students demonstrate analysis and understanding of social studies readings and concepts through the writing process. Students who successfully complete this course earn High School 21+ credits in social studies.

Prerequisite: Appropriate CASAS placement score and instructor’s permission. Students must be admitted through Open Doors.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
2. Explain how author perspective affects the telling of historical events.
3. Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.
4. Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events to explain how individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of a text.
5. Integrate quantitative or technical analysis with qualitative analysis.
6. Analyze seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance.
7. Complete a research and application project on a social studies topic.

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS-OD 066 - Language Arts in Social Studies Level 6 Open Doors

1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
2. Explain how author perspective affects the telling of historical events.
3. Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.
4. Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events to explain how individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of a text.
5. Integrate quantitative or technical analysis with qualitative analysis.
6. Analyze seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance.
7. Complete a research and application project on a social studies topic.

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS-OD 074 - Language Arts and Literature Level 4 Open Doors

1. Cite strong and thorough evidence and inferences from a text.
2. Determine and summarize the theme, development and conclusion of a fiction or nonfiction text.
3. Analyze and evaluate an author’s claim and the effectiveness of the structure of a text.
4. Use the writing process to convey ideas, concepts, explanations & research.
5. Use technology to produce, publish, and revise writing products.
6. Write a three paragraph essay, including introductory paragraph, body paragraph with supporting evidence, and a conclusion paragraph.

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS-OD 075 - Language Arts and Literature Level 5 Open Doors

1. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
2. Determine the theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text.
3. Interpret figurative, connotative, and technical language.
4. Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence from multiple sources.
5. Assess the credibility and accuracy of sources.
6. Write a minimum of 5-paragraph research essay to answer a question, incorporating several sources to draw an original conclusion.
7. Avoid plagiarism by following a standard format for citation.

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS-OD 076 - Language Arts & Literature Level 6 Open Doors-1

1. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
2. Determine the theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text.
3. Interpret figurative, connotative, and technical language.
4. Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence from multiple sources.
5. Assess the credibility and accuracy of sources.
6. Write a minimum of 5-paragraph research essay to answer a question, incorporating several sources to draw an original conclusion.
7. Avoid plagiarism by following a standard format for citation.

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS-OD 077 - Language Arts and Lit Level 6 Open Doors-2

1. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
2. Determine the theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text.
3. Interpret figurative, connotative, and technical language.
4. Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence from multiple sources.
5. Assess the credibility and accuracy of sources.
6. Write a minimum of 5-paragraph research essay to answer a question, incorporating several sources to draw an original conclusion.
7. Avoid plagiarism by following a standard format for citation.

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS-OD 084 - Language Arts in Physical Science Level 4 Open Doors

1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts.
2. Make connections using multiple sources to compare and contrast scientific events, ideas, and concepts.
3. Apply scientific thinking to solve a problem.
4. Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author’s point of view or bias.
5. Paraphrase and summarize texts.
6. Differentiate between opinion and fact in scientific information.
7. Gather relevant historical information from multiple print and digital sources.

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS-OD 085 - Language Arts in Science Level 5 Open Doors

1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts.
2. Apply the steps of the scientific method to solve a problem.
3. Critique information from various sources to determine if the information is scientific and credible.
4. Demonstrate basic lab skills through the collection, synthesis, and analysis of data.
5. Write arguments on science topics using valid reasoning, relevant information, and sufficient evidence.
6. Summarize complex concepts, processes, or information presented in science texts.
7. Complete a research and application project on a scientific topic applying the scientific method.
8. Analyze and report on data drawn from the material world using the tools, data collection techniques, models and theories of science.
9. Integrate quantitative or technical analysis with qualitative analysis.

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS-OD 086 - Language Arts in Science Level 6 Open Doors

1. Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; summarize complex concepts, processes, or information presented in a text by paraphrasing them in simpler but still accurate terms.
2. Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how specific individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of the text.
3. Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her exposition or argument, including whether the structure makes points clear, convincing, and engaging.
4. Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words in order to address a question or solve a problem.
5. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
6. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
7. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
8. Analyze and report on data gained from direct interaction with the material world, or with data drawn from the material world, using the tools, data collection techniques, models and theories of science.

1. Demonstrate college-ready level reading, writing, digital literacy, and communication skills in social studies, literature, and science.
2. Demonstrate competency in college-ready level mathematics.
3. Demonstrate the skills necessary for successful transition to college credit courses and/or living wage employment.

• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS-OD 092 - HS21+ Open Doors PLA-Health & Fitness

Credits: 1-15
Allows students to earn high school-level credit for prior experience or learning on an individual basis. Involves documentation of the skill or training in health & fitness, accompanied by a reflection, written by the student/applicant, that describes the importance of this skill and why it should be considered for high school credit. This is a pass/no credit course.

Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission. Students must be admitted through Open Doors.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

1. Write arguments to support claims on health and fitness using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
2. Write informative/explanatory texts on health and fitness to convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately.

OR

1. Gather relevant information from multiple sources on a health and fitness topic.
2. Integrate and present research on health and fitness in an effective format.
3. Avoid plagiarism by following a standard format of citation.

• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS-OD 093 - HS21+ Open Doors Prior Learning Assessment-Art

Credits: 1-10
Allows students to earn high school-level credit for prior experience or learning on an individual basis. Involves documentation of the skill or training in art, including student-created art samples accompanied by artist statements or a research paper on other artists’ work. This is a pass/no credit course.

Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission. Students must be admitted through Open Doors.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

1. Write arguments to support claims on art using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
2. Write informative/explanatory texts on art to convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately.

OR

1. Gather relevant information from multiple sources on an art topic.
2. Integrate and present research on art in an effective format.
3. Avoid plagiarism by following a standard format of citation.

• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS-OD 094 - HS21+ Open Doors PLA - Occupational Ed

Credits: 1-10
Allows students to earn high school-level credit for prior experience or learning on an individual basis. Involves documentation of the skill or training in occupational education, accompanied by a reflection, written by the student/applicant, that describes the importance of this skill and why it should be considered for high school credit. This is a pass/no credit course.

Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission. Students must be admitted through Open Doors.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

1. Write arguments to support claims on occupational education using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
2. Write informative/explanatory texts on occupational education to convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately.

OR

1. Gather relevant information from multiple sources on an occupational education topic.
2. Integrate and present research on art in an effective format.
3. Avoid plagiarism by following a standard format of citation.

• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

TS-OD 095 - Open Doors-Prior Learning Assessment 1

Credits: 5-30
Allows Open Doors students to earn high school-level credit for prior experience or learning on an individual basis. Involves documentation of the skill or training in question, including but not limited to health and fitness, occupational education and fine arts, accompanied by a 2-page (750 word) reflection, written by the student/applicant, that describes the importance of this skill and why it should be considered for high school credit. This is a pass/no credit course.

Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission. Students must be admitted through Open Doors.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

1. Write arguments to support claims using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
2. Write informative/explanatory texts to convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately.

OR

1. Gather relevant information from multiple sources.
2. Integrate and present research in an effective format.
3. Avoid plagiarism by following a standard format of citation.

• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.

WWT 172 - Industrial Wastewater Instrumentation

WWT 174 - Industrial Wastewater Regulations

WWT 175 - Industrial Wastewater Treatment Processes 1

WWT 176 - Industrial Wastewater Treatment Processes 2

WWT 177 - Wastewater Work Experience

WWT 180 - Wastewater Collection

WWT 185 - Municipal Wastewater Treatment 1

WWT 186 - Municipal Wastewater Treatment 2

WWT 188 - Wastewater Laboratory

WWT 199 - Independent Study-Wastewater Technology

Credits: 1-5
Allows students to investigate an area of interest in the wastewater technology field with the guidance of an instructor, using a learning contract.

Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

1. Course outcomes to be mutually agreed upon between instructor and student.

WST 177 - Wastewater Cooperative Education

WST 180 - Water Distribution

WST 183 - Water Sources

WST 184 - Water Regulations