Jasper-Troupsburg Central School
ACE courses offered 2020-2021
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Vocabulary and concepts of accounting and bookkeeping for the small business.
Provides some knowledge of accounting for working in a business environment and some
skills to do the accounting in a small business organization. (4 cr. hrs.) Cannot
be taken for credit if credit has already been earned for ACCT 1030.
The four arithmetic processes and the algebra of business. Application of mathematics
to typical business problems. Taxes, insurance, payroll, depreciation, trade and cash
discounts, markup, simple interest and bank discounts, and financial statement analysis.
(3 cr. hrs.)
Understanding of individual and workplace needs as they relate to professionalism,
team building, and career growth. Topic areas include human relations, business ethics,
business etiquette, team building concepts, and career enrichment. (3 cr. hrs.) Discussion/participation
and role-playing exercises. May be taught in a simulated work environment.
Principles of chemistry and its quantitative aspects. Stoichiometry, characteristics
of matter, structure and bonding, elementary thermochemistry, solutions, equilibrium,
thermodynamics and electrochemistry. Descriptive chemistry is integrated throughout
the course. (4 cr. hrs) Lecture/laboratory. Meets General Education requirement in
Natural Sciences. Intended for, but not limited to, math/science students. It is recommended
that students be familiar with algebraic and logarithmic calculations; high school
physics is strongly suggested Maximum of 18 total students in a single LAB section.
If more than 18 students are in the course, they must be broken up into at least 2
sections.
Principles of chemistry and its quantitative aspects. Stoichiometry, characteristics
of matter, structure and bonding, elementary thermochemistry, solutions, equilibrium,
thermodynamics and electrochemistry. Descriptive chemistry is integrated throughout
the course.(4 cr. hrs.) Lecture/laboratory. Meets General Education requirement in
Natural Sciences Intended for, but not limited to, math/science students. It is recommended
that students be familiar with algebraic and logarithmic calculations; high school
physics is strongly suggested Maximum of 18 total students in a single LAB section.
If more than 18 students are in the course, they must be broken up into at least 2
sections.
Essay writing designed to sharpen the student's perceptions of the world through
the study and use of non-fiction writings and to facilitate communications with correctness,
clarity, unity, organization, and depth. Assignments include expository writing, argumentation,
and research techniques.(3 cr. hrs.) Meets General Education requirement in Basic
Communication.
Essay writing course designed to advance critical, analytical, and writing abilities
begun in ENGL 1010. Literary analysis and interpretation on works of fiction, poetry,
and drama.(3 cr. hrs.) Meets General Education requirement in Humanities and Basic
Communication.
Designed to assist first-year students in adjusting to the college environment
as well as becoming familiar with strategies for success. A general orientation to
the resources of the college, essential academic success skills to better understand
the learning process, and career exploration will be covered. (3 cr. hrs.) Lectures/discussions/activities.
Theories and practices of American Federal Government with emphasis on the national
level. Changing relationships between the branches of the national government, policy
formulation, political parties, pressure groups, and the growth of presidential powers.
(3 cr. hrs.) Meets General Education requirement in Western Civilization.
Dreams and concepts brought to the New World and their development into America’s
institutions and social fabric. Conflict and consensus among groups, dilemmas facing
revolutionaries and reformers, and ways economic, political and social changes have
occurred. (3 cr. hrs.) Meets General Education requirement in American History.
End of the Civil War to the present. Topics include: industrial-urbanization,
racism, sexism, the new manifest destiny, political changes, and the growth of a modern
nation. (3 cr. hrs.) Meets General Education requirement in American History.
The characteristics of elementary real functions including algebraic and graphical
analysis, inequalities, absolute values, logarithms, trigonometry of real numbers,
plane analytic geometry, polar coordinates, complex numbers and Binomial Theorem.
(4 cr. hrs.). A graphing calculator without a CAS (Computer Algebra System) is required;
Texas Instruments TI-83 or TI-84 recommended. Meets SUNY General Education requirements
in Mathematics.
The first semester of differential and integral single variable calculus. Basic
theory using algebraic and trigonometric function and applications are covered concurrently.
Topics include limits, derivatives, considered by algebraically and graphically, differentials
and their use as approximations, the indefinite and definite integrals with applications
to areas, volumes, surface area, arc length, moments and center of mass. (4 cr. hrs.)
Graphing calculator required; Texas Instruments TI-83 or TI-84 recommended. Cannot
receive credit for this course and MATH 1510-1520. Meets SUNY General Education requirement
in Mathematics.
Development of facility in reading, writing, speaking and understanding the language
through a systematic review of its structure. Representative readings as an introduction
to Spanish civilizations. (4 cr. hrs.) Lecture/recitation/laboratory. Upper-level
course. Meets General Education requirement in Foreign Languages.
A thorough analysis of the language; intensive discussion of grammar, usage,
style and vocabulary, enhancing expression through composition, oral reports and more
informed class discussions and conversations. (4 cr. hrs.) Lecture/recitation/laboratory.
Essential for Spanish majors who plan to take upper-level language and literature
studies. Upper-level course. Meets General Education requirement in Foreign Languages.