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2023 - 2024 Catalog Year
Mathematics (Full-time)

Degree: Associate of Science
Division: Science, Mathematics and Engineering

Template based on WSU transfer guide. Also appropriate for Miami University. Please see Academic Advisor for other transfer plans.

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.

Fall Semester (First Year)
Elective course signified by
Hours
 

Description: The first course of a three-semester sequence of courses. Topics include limits and continuity, the derivative and its applications including related rates and optimization, L'Hopital's rule, antiderivatives, the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, integration by substitution. Traditional testing (proctored or in Testing Center) is used in all online sections.

Prerequisites: MAT 1570 or MAT 1580 and Other (with a grade of C or better or satisfactory score on math placement test)

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.

Notes: Choose any Social & Behavioral Science Elective (must be from 2 different subjects). View all course options here: https://www.sinclair.edu/about/offices/provost/articulation-transfer/ohio-transfer-36/

Prerequisites: DEV 0035

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.

Notes: Education Pathway Requirement

 

Term hours subtotal:

14

Spring Semester (First Year)
Elective course signified by
Hours
 

Description: The second course of a three-semester sequence of courses. Techniques of integration, applications of integration, numerical integration, improper integrals, infinite sequences and series, power series, parametric equations, polar coordinates, conic sections.

Prerequisites: MAT 2270 and Other (with a grade of C or better or satisfactory score on math placement test)

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: Principles of learning and development applied to educational settings emphasizing research-supported development of effective learning in varied educational environments.

Notes: Education Pathway Requirement

Prerequisites: PSY 1100

Description: Introduction to the identification, developmental characteristics, foundations, theory, legal issues and intervention strategies for exceptional children and youth across educational and community settings.

Notes: Education Pathway Requirement

 

Term hours subtotal:

14

Summer Semester (First Year)
Elective course signified by
Hours
 

Description: Major trends in the development of Western culture, emphasizing political, economic, social and cultural achievements from the seventeenth century to the present.

Notes: Choose any Arts & Humanities Elective (must be from 2 different subjects). View all course options here: https://www.sinclair.edu/about/offices/provost/articulation-transfer/ohio-transfer-36/

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: Choose any Social & Behavioral Science Elective (must be from 2 different subjects). View all course options here: https://www.sinclair.edu/about/offices/provost/articulation-transfer/ohio-transfer-36/

Prerequisites: DEV 0015

 

Term hours subtotal:

6

Fall Semester (Second Year)
Important message signified by
Elective course signified by
Hours
 

Description: Vectors in the plane and space, dot and cross product of two vectors. Lines, planes and surfaces in space, vector-valued functions, arc length and curvature. Functions of several variables, partial derivatives with applications, multiple integrals with applications, line integrals, surface integrals, vector fields, Green's Theorem, the Divergence Theorem and Stokes' Theorem.

Prerequisites: MAT 2280 and Other (with a grade of C or better or satisfactory score on math placement test)

Description: Fundamentals of mechanics including kinematics, dynamics, work and energy, momentum, oscillations, gravity, fluids, waves and sound, thermodynamics and kinetic theory, using calculus as appropriate. Four classroom, three lab hours per week.

Prerequisites: MAT 2270

Corequisites: PHY 2207

Corequisites: PHY 2201

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.

Notes: Fall Only - Education Pathway Requirement

Description: An examination of what is meant by culture and a review of the various theories and methods in Cultural Anthropology. Includes a comparison of the similarities and differences among world cultures as well as comparative analysis of family organization, religious beliefs, educational systems, economics and governmental systems.

Notes: Multicultural Elective - Choose one from these courses: AFR-1100, ART-2236, GEO-1101, GEO-1201, HUM-1130, LIT-2217, LIT-2234, PLS-2200, PLS-2220, PSY-1160, PSY-2225, REL-1111, REL-1112, SOC-1145, SOC-1219, SOC-2215

 

Term hours subtotal:

16

Spring Semester (Second Year)
Elective course signified by
Hours
 

Description: Systems of linear equations, matrices, determinants, linear transformations, Euclidean n-space, coordinate vectors, abstract vector spaces, dimension and rank, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, orthogonal vectors, least-square problems, diagonalization, quadratic forms, singular-value decomposition. Applications such as Markov chains and computer graphics will be covered. Students will be introduced to the use of MATLAB for Linear Algebra. Two classroom, two lab hours per week.

Prerequisites: MAT 2280 and Other (with a grade of C or better or satisfactory score on math placement test)

Description: Electrostatics, DC conduction and circuits, magnetism, electromagnetic induction, quantum mechanics, optics and special relativity. Calculus used extensively. Four classroom, three lab hours per week.

Prerequisites: PHY 2201 and MAT 2280

Corequisites: PHY 2208

Corequisites: PHY 2202

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: Basic parameters of music through a survey of styles from Gregorian Chant to jazz and current popular styles focusing on melody, rhythm, harmony, performance media and form.

Notes: Choose any Arts & Humanities Elective (must be from 2 different subjects). View all course options here: https://www.sinclair.edu/about/offices/provost/articulation-transfer/ohio-transfer-36/

 

Term hours subtotal:

14

This information is for planning purposes only. Sinclair College will make every effort to offer curriculum listed above but reserves the right to change, add and cancel curriculum offerings for unforeseen circumstances. View current catalog.