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Course Descriptions

Developmental Education
DEV 010 - Basic Writing Skills
DEV 010 (Formerly DE 010) - Basic Writing Skills This three-credit course is designed to prepare the student to succeed in upper level writing courses. A basic review of grammar is coupled with extensive practice in sentence recognition and development. Special emphasis is placed on paragraph development techniques, sentence structure, usage and language mechanics.
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DEV 020 - Reading for College
DEV 020 (Formerly DE 020) - Reading for College This three-credit course is designed to develop fundamental reading skills through extensive practice. The purpose of this course is to increase the student’s ability to read efficiently and critically, to improve vocabulary, and to enable the student to make inferences from what is read. This course must be taken during the first semester and be successfully completed (a grade of C or better). The grade received in this course is counted as part of a student's GPA. DEV020 earns institutional credit only. dev030
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DEV 030 - Basic Math Skills
DEV 030 (Formerly DE 030) - Basic Math Skills This three-credit course is designed to reinforce basic arithmetic skills while introducing some fundamental algebraic concepts in preparation for college level math. Concepts and skills are developed through the integration of algebra and arithmetic problem-solving applications.
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