Program/elective recommendations will vary based on intended transfer school/program. Please see an Academic Advisor for guidance.
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: 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.
Notes: PREREQ: MAT 1570 or MAT 1580
Prerequisites: MAT 1570 or MAT 1580 and Other (with a grade of C or better or satisfactory score on math placement test)
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: 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: University-parallel course covering topics such as 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: Social & Behavioral Science Elective
Term hours subtotal:
14
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.
Notes: PREREQ: MAT 2270
Prerequisites: MAT 2270 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.
Notes: PREREQ: MAT 2270
Prerequisites: MAT 2270
Corequisites: PHY 2207
Description: Lab for General Physics I.
Corequisites: PHY 2201
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: PREREQ: EDU-1100
Description: Principles of learning and development applied to educational settings emphasizing research-supported development of effective learning in varied educational environments.
Notes: PREREQ: PSY 1100
Prerequisites: PSY 1100
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.
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: Choose any OT36 Social & Behavioral Science Elective that is not PSY (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:
6
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.
Notes: PREREQ: MAT 2280
Prerequisites: MAT 2280 and Other (with a grade of C or better or satisfactory score on math placement test)
Description: This course serves as a bridge between Calculus and more abstract upper-level mathematics courses like Real Analysis and Abstract Algebra. Students are first introduced to logic and basic concepts in writing mathematical proofs. Then topics such as sets, induction, relations, partitions, functions, and sequences provide experience in constructing proofs.
Notes: PREREQ: MAT-2280 Take in place of EDU-1109/1111 for WSU Transfer
Prerequisites: MAT 2280
Description: Electrostatics, DC conduction and circuits, magnetism, electromagnetic induction, and geometric and physical optics. Calculus used extensively. Four classroom, three lab hours per week.
Notes: PREREQ: MAT 2280 and PHY-2201/2207
Prerequisites: PHY 2201 and MAT 2280
Corequisites: PHY 2208
Description: Lab for General Physics II.
Corequisites: PHY 2202
Description: Major trends in the development of Western culture, emphasizing political, economic, social and cultural achievements from the seventeenth century to the present.
Notes: Arts & Humanities Elective - Choose any OT36 History (HIS) course. View all options here: https://www.sinclair.edu/about/offices/provost/articulation-transfer/ohio-transfer-36/
Term hours subtotal:
16
Description: Solutions and applications of ordinary differential equations including separable, exact, homogeneous and non-homogeneous linear equations and others. Numerical approximation methods as well as substitutions, the total differential, separation of variables, integrating factors, undetermined coefficients, variation of parameters, Laplace Transforms and power series methods are covered.
Notes: PREREQ: MAT 2280
Prerequisites: MAT 2280 and Other (with a grade of C or better or satisfactory score on math placement test)
Description: Covers sample spaces and probability laws; discrete and continuous random variables with special emphasis on the binomial, Poisson, hypergeometric, normal and gamma distributions; fundamental sampling distributions and data descriptions; use of computer software packages for simulating, summarizing, and displaying data. Provides a foundation for the further study of statistics.
Notes: SPRING ONLY - PREREQ: MAT-2280 Take in place of EDU-1109/1111 for WSU Transfer
Prerequisites: MAT 2280
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.
Notes: PREREQ: ENG-1101 Or MAT-2320 Linear Algebra PREREQ: MAT-2280
Prerequisites: ENG 1101
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: Take in place of EDU 1103 for WSU transfer
Description: Basic nature of philosophy, its relationship to physical and social sciences and theology and its value to the individual.
Notes: Arts & Humanities Elective - Choose any OT36 Course that is NOT History (HIS). View all options here: https://www.sinclair.edu/about/offices/provost/articulation-transfer/ohio-transfer-36/
Term hours subtotal:
16
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.
Notes: PREREQ: MAT-2280, Additional coursework required beyond Associates
Prerequisites: MAT 2280 and Other (with a grade of C or better or satisfactory score on math placement test)
Term hours subtotal:
3