MATC 2022-23 Catalog

700 - LEVEL COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

SCIENCE – ADULT HIGH SCHOOL SCIHS-701 Credits: 1 General Science 1 Designed to give students a better understanding of the environment, this course demonstrates the importance of the sciences in everyday life. Topics include matter, energy, electricity, and heat. Includes class demonstrations and group experiments. SCIHS-702 Credits: 1 General Science 2 This course is a study of our changing planet and the makeup of our living world. Topics include geology, weather, climate, the universe, life on Earth, ecology, our human body, and environmental problems. SCIHS-703 Credits: 1 Biology 1 Students obtain an overview of biology and learn about the basic tools for biology, the chemical and structural basis of life, genetics, and microbiology through lecture and labs. SCIHS-704 Credits: 1 Biology 2 Students develop an understanding of the anatomy and physiology of animals, with an emphasis on human biology, through lecture, dissections, and experiments. SCIHS-705 Credits: 1 Chemistry 1 The language and logic of chemistry are developed by studying elements, compounds, and mixtures; atomic structure; the periodic table and the Periodic Law; chemical bonding; the naming of compounds; the writing of formulas; and other topics. Prerequisite(s): Complete MATHHS-716 or MATHPH-716. SCIHS-706 Credits: 1 Chemistry 2 Instruction is continued in the laws and principles of chemistry through a study of oxygen, hydrogen, carbon, the properties of gases, the kinetic theory of matter, ionization, solutions, oxidation-reduction, radioactivity, and other topics. Prerequisite(s): Complete SCIHS-705 or SCIPH-705. SCIHS-750 Credits: 1 Physical Science 1 Physical Science 1 teaches the nature of science while incorporating physics, chemistry, Earth science, and space science. Topics include nonliving matter, scienti fi c problem-solving, metric measurement, nature of chemicals, periodic tables, force, acceleration, momentum, work, power, and machines.

writing. Learners identify spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors and follow simple multi-step directions. Learners identify the main idea in reading selections and use context to determine meaning. Learners who successfully complete Level 4 Reading achieve low secondary education benchmarks according to NRS guidelines. READING – BASIC SKILLS Pre-College Reading 5 Level 5 Reading (grade equivalent 9.0-10.9) emphasizes comprehension of a variety of literary works, including primary source materials and professional journals. Learners explain and analyze information, use context cues and higher order processes to interpret meaning of written material, and read technical information and complex manuals. Learners who successfully complete Level 5 Reading achieve high adult secondary education benchmarks according to NRS guidelines. READING – BASIC SKILLS LEVEL 5 READB5-757 Credits: 4 Pre-College Reading 6 Level 6 Reading (grade equivalent 11.0-12.9) emphasizes adapting strategies and skills to a variety of reading tasks and becoming a critical reader. Learners apply prior experience and knowledge, use study skills, and transfer reading and vocabulary skills to a variety of printed and illustrative materials found in the workplace, school, and everyday life. Learners who successfully complete Level 6 Reading achieve a reading level comparable to the Wisconsin 12th grade exit standards for reading and are prepared to enter postsecondary education and/or obtain and maintain employment. READING – POST HIGH SCHOOL READPH-772 Credits: 5 READPH2: Advanced Comprehension This Reading Post High School course is designed for students who have graduated from high school or have earned a GED or HSED. This course emphasizes adapting strategies and skills to a variety of reading tasks and becoming a critical reader. Learners apply prior experience and knowledge, use study skills, and transfer reading and vocabulary skills to a variety of printed and illustrative materials found in the workplace, school, and everyday life. Learner responds to reading in written form. Learners who successfully complete the course are LEVEL 6 READB6-767 Credits: 4

prepared to enter postsecondary education and/or obtain and maintain employment. The class assumes competence in use of basic reading strategies. RLGED/RLGEDF – READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS FOR GED RLGED-766 Credits: 3 RLA for GED Extended This course requires the GED learner to read closely, write clearly, and apply editing strategies to complex texts appropriately. The content in Reading Comprehension, Writing, and Language Conventions and Usage will be the context for the development of the needed critical-thinking, reading and writing read closely, write clearly, and apply editing strategies to complex texts appropriately. The content in Reading Comprehension, Writing, and Language Conventions and Usage will be the context for the development of the needed critical-thinking, reading, and writing strategies. Prerequisite(s): Eighth grade reading level. RLGEDF-765 Credits: 3 RLA for GED Fundamentals This course requires the GED learner to read closely and write clearly. The content in Reading Comprehension, Writing, and Language Conventions and Usage will be the context for the development of the needed critical-thinking, reading, and writing strategies. SCIENCE ( DEPARTMENT: 856 ) SCIENCE FOR GED SCIB3-798 Credits: 2 Science for GED Students apply scienti fi c terminology and concepts to develop job skills and learning skills, and integrate the scienti fi c method to aid in the discovery of speci fi c science content of biology, earth science, chemistry, and physics, as well as prepare the student for the GED Science test. The student’s observation and practical skills will be enhanced through lab and hands-on experience. SCIGED-768 Credits: 1 Science for GED This course introduces foundational skills crucial to your success on the GED Science test. The content in Life Science, Earth and Space, and Physical Science will be the context for the development of scienti fi c reasoning in both textual and quantitative practices. strategies. RLGED-768 Credits: 3 RLA for GED This course requires the GED learner to

700-Level Courses for Adult High School/GED/HSED, College Support and Learning English

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