This Sample Program Pathway is designed to provide an example of course selections in a term by term sequence. Please see an Academic Advisor for a plan specific to your academic needs.
Description: Development of the people of the United States in political, social, economic, and cultural areas from pre-Columbian America through Reconstruction.
Description: In English Composition I students learn reflective, analytical and argumentative writing strategies, incorporating sources and personal experience. Students will negotiate between public and private rhetorical situations and purposes to achieve academic literacy. They will write multiple drafts using a recursive writing process as they work toward fluency in style and mechanics. Note: Students who have not successfully completed the pre-requisites listed can register for ENG 1101 together with the co-requisite course ENG 0101 - English Composition I Booster.
Prerequisites: DEV 0035 or Other (Placement Test Score)
Description: This course is designed to help new students make a successful transition to Sinclair Community College. Topics include college resources; academic, career and personal services available through Sinclair; learning styles; the learning process; financial responsibility; stress and wellness; and computer literacy through eLearn and library resources.
Term hours subtotal:
7
Description: Development of the people of the United States in political, social, economic and cultural areas from Reconstruction to the present.
Description: English Composition II, building on the skills in English Composition I, develops rhetorical literacy through research, critical reading and multigenre writing tasks. Through major and minor, cumulative and stand-alone assignments, students construct arguments and analyses, ethically incorporating academic sources while developing their own voices as writers and citizens.
Prerequisites: ENG 1101
Description: Designed to improve speaking and listening skills through the study and application of public speaking structure, content and style. This course requires 5 speeches in front of a live audience. The online course sections require the recordings to be created by the student with at least 8 adults present for each speech. Any questions, please contact the Communication Department at com.dept@sinclair.edu.
Notes: Program elective. Choose from one of the following courses: COM 2206, COM 2211, or COM 2225
Term hours subtotal:
9
Description: The course will explore various applications of mathematics in the social, finance, health and environmental fields with emphasis on developing informational, technological, logical, and visual reasoning skills. Topics from numeracy, probability and statistics, finance, mathematical modeling with linear, statistical, and exponential functions, and other areas of mathematics will be covered. Note: Students who have not completed the required pre-requisite courses listed, but have successfully completed MAT 0100 with a grade of "C" or better, or MAT 0600 with a grade of "P", can register for MAT 1445 together with the co-requisite course MAT 0445, Quantitative Reasoning Booster. Traditional testing (proctored or in Testing Center) is used in all online sections.
Notes: Program elective. Choose from one of the following courses: MAT 1445 OR MAT 1470
Prerequisites: MAT 0200 and Other (With a grade of C or better or satisfactory score on math placement test)
Description: Use word processing, spreadsheet, database and presentation software applications to create reports, spreadsheets, databases and presentations for business and other applications.
Term hours subtotal:
6
Description: Major trends in the development of Western culture, emphasizing political, economic, social and cultural achievements, from prehistory to the seventeenth century.
Description: Surface processes of wind, water and ice in changing Earth's surface, plate tectonics; interior forces that cause earthquakes, volcanoes, mountain building. Introduction to natural resources; impact of natural hazards on human populations; and impact of human activities in the natural world. Laboratory component stresses introduction to and use of basic scientific method and problem solving. Three classroom, two lab hours per week.
Notes: Any Natural & Physical Science elective from the approved Ohio Transfer 36 List. View electives at: https://sinclair.edu/ot36
Corequisites: GLG 1111
Description: Identification of minerals, sediments and rocks; interpretation of topographic maps and geologic maps. This is a face-to-face laboratory and must be taken concurrently with Physical Geology.
Corequisites: GLG 1101
Term hours subtotal:
7
Description: Major trends in the development of Western culture, emphasizing political, economic, social and cultural achievements from the seventeenth century to the present.
Description: Introduction to minerals, rock cycle, Plate Tectonics. Use/misuse of natural resources, waste disposal, pollution. Analysis of natural hazards: floods, volcanism, earthquakes, mass wasting, and others. Consequences of human activities: population growth, sustainability; mitigation and remediation strategies and processes. Laboratory component stresses use of scientific method, critical thinking, and problem solving. Three classroom, two lab hours per week.
Notes: Any Natural & Physical Science elective from the approved Ohio Transfer 36 List. View electives at: https://sinclair.edu/ot36
Corequisites: GLG 1411
Description: Identification of minerals and rocks. Analysis of natural hazards, natural resources, pollution and anthropogenic problems. Development/proposal of mitigation/remediation strategies. This is a face-to-face laboratory and must be taken concurrently with GLG 1401, Environmental Geology. Two lab hours per week.
Corequisites: GLG 1401
Term hours subtotal:
7
Description: A critical analysis of contemporary American society with review of major sociological theories, research methods, culture, socialization, groups, social structure, social institutions, deviance, social inequalities, social processes and social change.
Notes: Any Social & Behavioral Science elective from the approved Ohio Transfer 36 List (2 disciplines required). View electives at: https://sinclair.edu/ot36
Description: Explores the nature and content of the humanities by examining and analyzing various cultures from the past. In addition, this course provides an introduction to human thought, creativity and human forms of expression by examining the links between historical realities and human culture.
Notes: Any Arts and Humanities elective from the approved Ohio Transfer 36 List (2 disciplines required). View electives at: https://sinclair.edu/ot36 May not be a HIS course.
Term hours subtotal:
6
Description: This comprehensive history survey course will delve into the distinctive journey of individuals of African descent in the United States. It will encompass various subjects, including enslavement, the abolitionist movement, Reconstruction, the emergence of and reaction to segregation laws, the Harlem Renaissance, and the struggles for human and democratic rights.
Notes: Program elective. Choose from one of the following courses: HIS 1105 OR HIS 2218
Description: Survey of eastern Asia from earliest times to the present, including economic, political, religious and colonial influences on modern nations of Asia, with special emphasis on twentieth- and twenty-first- century issues and problems.
Notes: Program elective. Choose from one of the following courses: HIS 2215, HIS 2216, HIS 2217, HIS 2219
Term hours subtotal:
6
Description: A comprehensive exploration of Africa's people, cultures, and states spanning from ancient times to the present day. This course will navigate through the continent, acknowledging its rich diversity. Key topics covered will encompass Africa's role as the cradle of humanity, the legacy of ancient empires, the historical enslavement of its population, cultural developments, the era of colonization, and the subsequent post-colonial period.
Notes: Program elective. Chose from one of the following courses: HIS 2215, HIS 2216, HIS 2217, HIS 2219
Description: American political system at the national level, including process of government; democratic theory and development of the U. S. Constitution; citizen participation through voting; interest groups and political parties; structure, functions and powers of legislative, executive and judicial branches; issues of civil liberties and equal rights.
Notes: Any Social & Behavioral Science elective from the approved Ohio Transfer 36 List (2 disciplines required). View electives at: https://sinclair.edu/ot36
Term hours subtotal:
6
Description: Foundation for understanding, speaking, reading and writing Spanish. Work outside of class and/or in the language laboratory is required.
Notes: Associates of Arts elective: You may choose any college-level course in the Sinclair catalog. (Limited to two hours of PED courses) Students are recommended to complete one year of language while at Sinclair.
Description: Principles and techniques of international politics, including theories, organizations and different world perspectives.
Notes: Any Multicultural elective may be used for this requirement. View options at: https://www.sinclair.edu/about/offices/provost/articulation-transfer/ohio-transfer-36/multicultural-electives/
Term hours subtotal:
7