Written Communication Developing effective and efficient ENGL 106
writing, composition, and rhetorical skills. Assignments ranging from evaluation of an article to research papers and annotated bibliographies to digital media projects. Information Literacy Developing modeling and ENGR 131 designing skills, career exploration Transforming Ideas to Innovation I as a new department visits every class, and developing professional habits as a practicing engineer. Oral Communication Practical communicative COM 114 experiences ranging from Fundamentals of Speech interpersonal communication and Communication small group processes to informative and persuasive speaking in standard speaker- audience situations. Science Developing hands-on laboratory CHM 115 skills. New topics ranging from General Chemistry nuclear chemistry to quantum theory to thermochemistry to models in bonding to organic chemistry. Science, Technology, and Society Introducing statistical ideas and STAT 11300 their impact on public policy and Statistics and Society the sciences. Applying these ideas to current issues and controversies. Mathematics/Quantitative Differential and integral calculus of MA 165 Reasoning one variable with applications, as Analytic Geometry and Calculus I well as, conic sections. Human Cultures: Humanities Development of knowledge on SPAN 10100 Hispanic culture and basic survival Spanish Level I skills in Spanish for most everyday situations. Human Cultures: Behavioral and Knowledge of economic AGEC 21700 Social Sciences measurement, the economic model, Economics and the history of US economic policy.