Thomas Edison High School

The modern aspects and techniques of biology will be emphasized. BIOL 1510 will cover scientific methodology, biochemistry, cell structure and physiology, genetic mechanisms, plant structure and physiology, taxonomy, and bacterial, protist, fungal, and plant diversity. For math/science students. Lecture/Laboratory.

Prerequisites: Placement into college-level math; eligible to enroll in ENGL 1010, 75% or higher in high school biology and high school chemistry or 75% or higher in high school biology and concurrent enrollment in CHEM 1010 or 1020. Successful completion of any 3 or 4 credit college biology course may substitute for high school biology. Meets SUNY General Education requirement in Natural Sciences.

Credits 4

Emphasizes the modern aspects of biology and its techniques. Includes evolution, animal diversity, human and animal anatomy/physiology, animal behavior, reproduction and development, and ecology. Laboratory requires dissection of a preserved fetal pig and various vertebrate organs, as well as the use of living invertebrates and fish. For math/science students. Lecture/Laboratory. Lab fee.

Prerequisites: Placement into college-level math; eligible to take ENGL 1010 and 75% or higher in high school biology and high school chemistry or 75% or higher in high school biology and concurrent enrollment in CHEM 1010 or 1020 or BIOL 1510. Successful completion of any 3 or 4 credit college biology course may substitute for high school biology. Meets SUNY General Education requirement in Natural Sciences.

Credits 4

Surveys the cultural and continuities of selected world societies during the early modern and modern eras, from the sixteenth century CE to the present. Students will utilize methods of the social sciences by researching, interpreting, and communicating and understanding of primary and secondary historical sources. This world history course studies human patterns of interaction with a particular focus on change over time, global exchange, and those phenomena that connect people, places and ideas across regional boundaries, with an emphasis on the shaping of the modern age and the implications for the future of the global community. Writing in content area.

Prerequisite: Eligible to enroll in ENGL 1010. Meets SUNY General Education requirement in World History and Global Awareness.

Credits 3

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. Meets SUNY General Education requirement in US History and Civic Engagement.

Prerequisite: Eligible to enroll in ENGL 1010.

Credits 3

End of Civil War to the present. Topics include industrial-urbanization, racism, sexism, the new manifest destiny, political changes, and the growth of a modern nation. Meets SUNY General Education requirement in US History and Civic Engagement.

Prerequisite: Eligible to enroll in ENGL 1010.

Credits 3

An intuitive approach to statistics. Analysis and description of numerical data using frequency distributions, histograms and measures of central tendency and dispersion, elementary theory of probability with applications of binomial and normal probability distributions, sampling distributions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, chi-square, linear regression, and correlation. Spreadsheet application and other appropriate technology will be used. A graphing calculator without a CAS (Computer Algebra System) is required; Texas Instruments TI-83 or TI-84 recommended. 

Prerequisites: Eligible for ENGL 1010, MATH 1150 or higher. MATH 1150, 1215, or 1230 or higher MEET the prerequisite for MATH 1310. Meets SUNY General Education requirement in Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning.

Credits 4

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. Cannot take both MATH 1411-1412 and 1413 for credit. 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 and Quantitative Reasoning. 

Prerequisites: MATH 1411

Credits 4

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 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.

Prerequisite: MATH 1411-1412 or MATH 1413 or placement. Cannot receive credit for this course and MATH 1510-1520. A graphing calculator without a CAS (Computer Algebra System) is required; Texas Instruments TI-83 or TI-84 recommended. Meets SUNY General Education requirement in Mathematics. and Quantitative Reasoning.

Credits 4

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. Prerequisite: SPAN 1020 or equivalent or three years of Regents high school Spanish. Lecture/Recitation/Laboratory. Upper-level course. Meets Meets SUNY General Education requirement in World Languages.

Credits 4

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.

Prerequisite: SPAN 2010 or equivalent. Lecture/Recitation/Laboratory. Essential for Spanish majors who plan to take upper-level language and literature studies. Upper level-course.

Credits 4