Watkins Glen High School

Theories, principles and procedures related to financial or general accounting. Generally accepted accounting principles as they relate to the valuation of assets and equities and the measurement of accrual-based income.

Prerequisites: Eligible to take ENGL 1010 and MATH 1110 or higher.

Credits:  4

Development of greater facility in reading, writing, speaking, and understanding the language through systematic continued study of its structures. Attention to the culture of Chinese-speaking countries. Lecture/ Recitation/Laboratory. Upper-level course.

Prerequisites: CHIN 1020 or equivalent. Meets SUNY General Education requirement in World Languages.

Credits 4

Essay writing designed to sharpen the student's perceptions of the world and to facilitate communications with correctness, clarity, unity, organization, and depth. Assignments include expository writing, argumentation, and research techniques. Writing Process.

Prerequisites: Placement, ENGL 0980, or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 0999. Meets SUNY General Education requirement in Written Communication and Required Competency in Information Literacy

Credits 3

Essay writing course designed to advance critical, analytical, and writing abilities begun in ENGL 1010. Literary analysis essays and interpretation on works of fiction, poetry, and drama. Writing Process.

Prerequisites: ENGL 1010. Meets SUNY General Education requirement in Humanities

Credits 3

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. Lectures/Discussions/Activities.

Credits 3

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.

Prerequisites: Eligible to enroll in ENGL 1010.

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

Requirements, obligations, and strategies for successful volunteering. Historical impact of volunteering in U.S. society. Emphasis on benefits of civic engagement and lifelong community involvement. Setting work and commitment expectations, identifying skills, and learning basic skills essential to volunteer situations. May be taken up to 3 times for a total of not more than 3 credit hours.

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

Fundamental elements of pitch, rhythm, musical notation and symbols, major and minor scales, intervals, and tonality. Course work will involve both written and aural skills.

Prerequisite: Eligible to enroll in ENGL 1010. Meets SUNY General Education requirement in The Arts.

Credits 3

Part writing, harmonic analysis, modulation, melodic and harmonic dictation.

Prerequisite: MUSC 1110. Upper-level course.

Credits   3

Develop knowledge and skills to manage aquatic emergencies. Satisfies NYS requirement to become a lifeguard.

Prerequisite: At least 15 years of age; strong swimming skills. Lecture/Activity.

Credits 1

Development of conversational fluency in ASL. Students will accurately recognize and produce ASL with appropriate non-manual behaviors and grammatical features. Development of linguistic/ cultural behaviors conducive to the deaf community and awareness of, and respect for deaf culture. Receptive and expressive skills are fostered. 

Prerequisite: Eligible to enroll in ENGL 1010. Lecture/ Laboratory. Meets SUNY General Education requirement in World Languages.

Credits 4

Continued development of conversational fluency in ASL. Emphasis on the production and comprehension of increasingly complex linguistic expressions through dialogue and conversation. More complex receptive and expressive skills are fostered through interactive ASL lessons and participatory activities. 

Prerequisite: SIGN 1010. Lecture/Laboratory. Meets CCC General Education requirement in Foreign Language for students who transfer to programs leading to certification in elementary and secondary education or to careers in health or social service agencies where there is likely to be significant contact with the deaf.

Credits 4

Continued focus on specific grammatical and cultural topics using non-manual signals and markers. Emphasis is on greater fluency in idiomatic language usage and mastery of vocabulary and syntax. Skill is enhanced through in-class interactions with native language users. 

Prerequisite: SIGN 1020. Lecture/ Laboratory. Meets CCC General Education requirement in Foreign Language for students who transfer to programs leading to certification in elementary and secondary education or to careers in health or social service agencies where there is likely to be significant contact with the deaf. Upper-level course.

Credits 4

Continued development of grammatical features of ASL, specialized vocabulary and the use of locatives, numbers and fingerspelling. The use of space in ASL discourse will be expanded. Deaf culture will continue to be focused. 

Prerequisite: SIGN 2010. Lecture/ Laboratory. Meets CCC General Education requirement in Foreign Languages for students who transfer to programs leading to certification in elementary and secondary education or to careers in health or social service agencies where there is likely to be significant contact with the deaf. Upper-level course.

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