CRN# 10230, 10231, 10232, 10233
Sessions: Indep; Hours: 45
This course will help students learn about communication theory and develop business writing skills. Direct and indirect message writing will be covered so that students can communicate effectively in a vocational setting. Different types of reports and their possible formats will also be examined. Students will be required to write some of these reports. Prerequisite: CMM125.

CRN# 10234, 10235, 10236, 10237, 10082
Sessions: Indep; Hours: 45
This course helps students in all programs to develop their ability to communicate effectively. Students are required to meet first-year benchmarks for generic skills in researching, organizing, reframing, analyzing, and presenting information. This course may be applied towards several postsecondary programs.

CRN# 10238, 10239, 10240, 10241
Sessions: Indep; Hours: 45
This course introduces basic report writing and teaches different formats reports can take as well as different types of reports. In addition, it focuses on the organization of routine and informal situations for the workplace and direct and indirect communication of messages. Prerequisite: CMM125 and CMM180.

CRN# 10242, 10243, 10244, 10245
Sessions: Indep; Hours: 45
This course concentrates on researching, writing and orally presenting various types of business reports. Participants will examine the formats of several different types of reports and the procedures followed in writing acceptable business reports. (Satisfies the CGA requirement for a business communication course). Prerequisite: CMM190.

CRN# 10246
Sessions: Indep; Hours: 24
This course will provide students with the general guidelines for creating a professional proposal along with the basic rules for formal business language. Students will learn how to construct and format their arguments to create effective proposals for any professional discipline.

CRN# 10247, 10248, 10249, 10250
Sessions: Indep; Hours: 45
Students in this course will write, respond to the writing of peers and published writers, and present their writing in written form. By providing an atmosphere in which writing is valued, by initiating writing exercises, by focusing attention on patterns that elicit positive responses, and by establishing quotas and timelines, this course will create frameworks that will facilitate students’ creative writing. Prerequisite: First year communications course.

CRN# 10251
Sessions: Indep; Hours: 48
Writing Short Stories is an introductory course for the aspiring story writer that focuses on the particularities of this literary genre. Character development, narrative unity and plot construction are explored by analyzing selected short stories and participating in writing exercises. In the latter part of the course, students follow a step-by-step approach to producing a story suitable for publication.

CRN# 10252
Sessions: Indep; Hours: 42
Science fiction shows you other worlds; it describes possible future societies and the problems lurking ahead. It also shows how human beings can and do create these future worlds - that our future is in our hands. Science fiction stands as a bridge between science and art, between the engineers of technology and the poets of humanity.

CRN# 10253
Sessions: Indep; Hours: 45
The general objective of this course is to introduce students to creative writing and the publishing process. Students will follow the various steps of manuscript preparation including conferencing, editing and proofreading. Students will examine the writer’s craft using a wide range of professional works as models.

CRN# 10254
Sessions: Indep; Hours: 36
Students improve fluency in written English through constant writing and frequent revision; they develop skills in observation and the sharing of personal experience, and become aware of the relationship of form to content (i.e., using language to tell the story effectively). Students have an opportunity to improve their writing skills while fulfilling a desire to tell their own stories.

CRN# 10255
Sessions: Indep; Hours: 48
This course will explore the film genre of Westerns. Major themes, theories and ideas will be examined via the work of selected actors, directors and films. Subjects to be studied via discussion and assignments include The History of the Western Components of the Western/ Landscape and Setting/Actors/Directors/Films/ Indigenous Peoples.

CRN# 10257
Sessions: Indep; Hours: 30
This course emphasizes the skills necessary for developing an original short dramatic script idea. Providing a structured developmental process, we will begin with researching and evaluating story concepts, writing an outline, treatment and first draft, followed by revision and polishing of a final draft which will be marketed for sale before the end of the term.

CRN# 10258
Sessions: Indep; Hours: 48
This course includes various technical writing problems that challenge the learner to generate practical solutions that are clear, focused and expressed in appropriate language style. The course assists learners to develop the sound thinking and planning skills that are fundamental to communicating successfully in technical fields.

CRN# 10259
Sessions: Indep; Hours: 42
Every day, the TV or newspaper’s front page confronts us with people, places, and issues from around the world. Every story has a background: cultural, religious, political, or economic. Without this background, it is hard to make informed judgments. This course focuses on the main international news stories.

CRN# 10260
Sessions: Indep; Hours: 39
This course will look at the wide range of travel writing assignments available to freelance writers, from commercial pieces that border on promotional writing, to literary travel writing and travel memoirs. Along with the pieces themselves, this course will examine the various publishing markets for this type of work, from traditional publishers to online opportunities.

CRN# 10261
Sessions: Indep; Hours: 45
Students will learn the definition of culture and will be introduced to intercultural communication theories. The main objective of this course is to enhance the students’ ability to communicate comfortably with people from different origins. As part of the course, students will communicate with people from other cultures, electronically and in person. This course is of interest to workers in health, education, human services and businesses that have regular interactions with different people of foreign descent.

CRN# 10262
Sessions: Indep; Hours: 42
This course will explore and evaluate the fiction, poetry, and non-fiction genres of children’s literature with their historical contexts as they apply. Prerequisite: College-level English course.

CRN# 10263
Sessions: 15; Hours: 45
This introductory course is for those who have no skills in the French language. Conversation topics include description of people, objects and activities, and information gathering. Basic grammar functions such as gender and number of nouns and present tense of verbs are introduced.

CRN# 10264
Sessions: 15; Hours: 45
This course is designed for those who have some knowledge of the French language. Topics of conversation include leisure activities, entertainment, hobbies, nutrition and travel. Structures include irregular verbs in the present tense, adjectives and comparatives, the immediate future tense and the conversational past tense. Prerequisite: APP672.

CRN# 10265
Sessions: 15; Hours: 45
This course is a continuation of the Basic Level 2 program. Topics of conversation will include everyday activities in the workplace, at home and outdoors. Structures to be studied include the conversational past tense, the descriptive past tense, comparatives, superlatives, and a more advanced level of use of pronouns. Prerequisite: APP673.

CRN# 10266
Sessions: 15; Hours: 45
This course is a continuation of the Basic Level 3 program and is intended for those who wish to build their conversational French skills. Topics of conversation will include everyday activities in the workplace, at home and outdoors. Structures to be studied include the conditional, ordering pronouns, reviewing past and future tenses, comparatives and superlatives, adjectives and adverbs. A greater emphasis is put on French media and French films as a means of developing listening skills. Prerequisite: APP674.

CRN# 10268
Sessions: 15; Hours: 45
This course will introduce the student to the basics of the Spanish language and grammar. It will involve intensive practice in conversation, composition and basic translation. Emphasis will be on pronunciation, listening/comprehension, and the development of communication skills.

CRN# 10269
Sessions: 15; Hours: 45
This course is a continuation of the basics of the Spanish language acquired in Basic Level 1. It involves intensive practice in conversation, phonetics and composition. Students have the opportunity to become more familiar with verbs ending in -er and -ir in past tense, as well as learning the use of the comparative and superlative forms. Prerequisite: CEA141.

CRN# 10270
Sessions: 15; Hours: 45
This course will concentrate on the proper arrangement of words and phrases in the sentence structure. More verb tenses will be learned, including the imperfect and subjunctive. Expanded knowledge of descriptive words will include comparative and superlative adjectives. As students improve their conversational style, they will increase their reading and writing skills. Prerequisite: CEA142.

CRN# 10271
Sessions: 15; Hours: 45
This course will continue developing conversational skills as well as style. The course will concentrate on learning more verb tenses, including the conditionals: indicative vs. subjunctive. Discussion of different topics of interest in Spanish will be an important part of this course. English-to-Spanish translation skills will be developed. Prerequisite: CEA267.

CRN# 10272
Sessions: 15; Hours: 45
This course, which is conducted entirely in Spanish, applies the language skills learned to date. Students improve their reading, writing, and translation skills as well as their everyday basic vocabulary, including such topics as La Familia, Hispana, Deportes, Empleo, and others. In addition to studying the essential syntactic structures, the grammar component includes a variety of verb tenses. Prerequisite: CEA268.

CRN# 10273
Sessions: 15; Hours: 45
In this course, which is conducted entirely in Spanish, students will build upon already strong conversational and comprehension skills in all facets of the language. Students will perform novel studies and/or reviews of works by Miguel de Cervantes and other prominent Spanish writers, discuss current events and topics related to Spanish culture, and continue with essential syntactic and grammatical studies. Prerequisite: CEA369.

CRN# 10274
Sessions: Indep; Hours: 42
This course will help students to develop the fundamental ability to comprehend the basic Italian vocabulary and structures. Grammar and writing skills are introduced as well as early reading skills. While using the reading passages, the student will be introduced to the fundamental aspects of the Italian culture.

CRN# 10275
Sessions: Indep; Hours: 45
This course is designed for the business traveller, individuals employed in the tourism and hospitality fields, and any member of the general public who would like to gain a basic understanding of conversational Japanese. Elementary Japanese vocabulary and grammar, phrases, expressions, and dialogue drills will be studied. Students will also examine Japanese culture, customs, and society.