This pathway is built upon the transfer agreement from Sinclair to Wright State for student pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in English with Integrated Language Arts concentration. Wright State recommends students complete the second year of their chosen foreign language at Sinclair before transfer, though these courses are not required by Sinclair for the degree.
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: 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.
Prerequisites: DEV 0035 or Other (Placement Test Score)
Description: University-parallel course covering history and systems of psychology, behavioral research methods, physiology of behavior, sensation, perception, learning, memory, consciousness, cognition, personality, lifespan development, gender, social psychology, motivation, emotion, stress, mental disorders and therapies.
Prerequisites: DEV 0035
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.
Prerequisites: DEV 0015
Description: Foundation for understanding, speaking, reading and writing Spanish. Work outside of class and/or in the language laboratory is required.
Notes: Choose one of the following sequences: SPA 1101, SPA 1102, SPA 2201, & SPA 2202 FRE 1101, FRE 1102, FRE 2201, & FRE 2202 CHN 1101, CHN 1102, CHI 2201, & CHI 2202 JPN 1101, JPN 1102, JPN 2201, & JPN 2202 ASL 1111, ASL 1112, ASL 1228, & ASL 1229
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:
14
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: A chronological survey of major writers of English poetry, drama and prose from the beginnings through the eighteenth century (through 1785).
Notes: Per WSU articulation, choose LIT 2201 or LIT 2202
Description: Introduction to Literature introduces students to the major literary genres of literature, including narrative fiction, poetry, and drama. Emphasis is placed on literary terminology and interpretation. Upon completion, students should be able to analyze and respond to literature. Students will effectively and ethically argue their interpretations of literary works using textual evidence and Modern Language Association (MLA) documentation.
Prerequisites: DEV 0035
Description: Principles of learning and development applied to educational settings emphasizing research-supported development of effective learning in varied educational environments.
Prerequisites: PSY 1100
Description: Foundation for understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Spanish. Work outside of class and/or in the language laboratory is required.
Notes: Choose one of the following sequences: SPA 1101, SPA 1102, SPA 2201, & SPA 2202 FRE 1101, FRE 1102, FRE 2201, & FRE 2202 CHN 1101, CHN 1102, CHI 2201, & CHI 2202 JPN 1101, JPN 1102, JPN 2201, & JPN 2202 ASL 1111, ASL 1112, ASL 1228, & ASL 1229
Prerequisites: SPA 1101
Term hours subtotal:
16
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.
Prerequisites: DEV 0035 or Other (Any other college level English course)
Description: Major trends in the development of Western culture, emphasizing political, economic, social and cultural achievements from the seventeenth century to the present.
Notes: Per WSU articulation, choose HIS 1111 or HIS 1112
Term hours subtotal:
6
Description: Introduction to the teaching profession. A variety of experiences to facilitate exploration of the role of school and its relationship to society. The knowledge, skills, dispositions and performances necessary for an individual to become an effective teacher.
Description: A chronological survey of major writers of American poetry, drama and prose from the Colonial Period through the Civil War (through 1865).
Notes: Per WSU articulation, choose LIT 2211 or LIT 2212
Description: This course is designed as the first in a series of two general education science courses. Covers basic chemistry and biochemistry; cellular and molecular biology. Three classroom, two lab hours per week.
Notes: Student may choose any two sciences from Ohio Transfer 36, but they should check with the UD advisor: www.sinclair.edu/ot36
Prerequisites: DEV 0015 and MAT 0100 or MAT 0600 or MAT 1130
Corequisites: BIO 1117
Description: The lab for this course is the first in a series of two general education science courses. Covers laboratory exercises relevant to basic chemistry and biochemistry; cellular and molecular biology.
Corequisites: BIO 1111
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: Per UD articulation, students should choose between MAT 1445 and MAT 1450.
Prerequisites: MAT 0200 and Other (With a grade of C or better or satisfactory score on math placement test)
Term hours subtotal:
13
Description: Introduction to the identification, developmental characteristics, foundations, theory, legal issues and intervention strategies for exceptional children and youth across educational and community settings.
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: Student may choose any two sciences from Ohio Transfer 36, but they should check with the UD advisor: www.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
Description: Major images of women in literature, with emphasis on contemporary literature's role in both reflecting and shaping society's views of women.
Notes: Per WSU articulation, choose LIT 2217 or LIT 2234
Description: Examines historical and current racial, ethnic, gender, sexual orientation, linguistic, and social class stereotypes and biases as related to youth in the United States and globally. Students identify personal preconceptions and learn ways of becoming culturally responsive working with youths.
Term hours subtotal:
13