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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Placement Test Score within the designated range for this course or successful completion of ESLS 053 - Academic English Speaking & Listening IV. 170 RVCC 2008-2009 Catalog ? For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu This is the last in a five-part series of ESL courses designed to prepare students for listening and speaking at the college level. This is an advanced-level course in academic English speaking and listening skills for students whose first language is not English. Students will learn advanced academic language skills, such as how to challenge an argument and respond to complex or controversial questions. Credit for this course does not apply to credit hours earned, grade point average, or graduation requirements.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Placement Test score within designated range. American Readings & Conversation I is a two-semester companion course designed to provide reading, speaking, listening, and writing practice for non-native speakers of English who are not intending to enter a degree or certificate program at Raritan Valley Community College. Non-fiction articles, fiction stories was well as readings and listening activities on current events will be used to increase students' vocabularies and provide them the opportunity to engage in discussions and presentations that will strengthen oral fluency in and comprehension of English. Students will also engage in informal writing assignments which will allow them to broadly develop their English language abilities. In American Readings and Conversation I, students will discuss such topics as: dating and marriage, raising children, customs and traditions, careers, and crime and punishment. For billing purposes, this course is considered 3 credits. Credit for this course does not apply to credit hours earned, grade point average, or graduation requirements.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Placement Test score within designated range. American Readings and Conversation II is a two-semester companion course designed to provide reading, speaking, listening, and writing practice for non-native speakers of English who are not intending to enter a degree or certificate program at Raritan Valley Community College. Non-fiction articles, fiction stories as well as readings and listening activities on current events will be used to increase students' vocabularies and provide them the opportunity to engage in discussions and presentations that will strengthen oral fluency in and comprehension of English. Students will also engage in informal writing assignments which will allow them to broadly develop their English language abilities. In American Readings and Conversation II, students will discuss such topics as: gender roles, sports and leisure activities, popular culture, and cultural values and morals. Credit for this course does not apply to credit hours earned, grade point average, or graduation requirements.
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6.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Placement test score within the designated range for this course and an acceptable writing sample or successful completion of ESLS 026 - Academic English Reading & Writing IV. This course satisfies six credits of free elective and may satisfy the foreign language requirement for RVCC graduation only. Advanced Reading and Writing for Non-Native Speakers addresses the most advanced aspects of academic literacy and challenges students with the rigors of college-level discourse. Reading and writing are taught as related processes. This course emphasizes higher-order proficiency with the English lexicon, written expression, textual analysis, critical thinking, and information technology. Students in this course read college-level texts, both intensively for analysis and extensively for fluency, and write five- paragraphs essays of various types.
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2.00 Credits
An entry-level course designed to provide the student with the essentials of DC and AC electricity, as well as the necessary electrical background to pursue the more advanced instrumentation and RVCC 2008-2009 Catalog ? For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu 163 control courses. Instruction will also include instructor-directed bench work using the latest in electrical instrumentation to introduce the student to basic electrical testing and troubleshooting procedures.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ESTC 101 - Electricity I. This course exposes the student to a variety of controls which are part of refrigeration and air-conditioning schematics and wiring diagrams. (cooling) units, and aims at integrating such controls into fully-operational electrical circuits. This course develops a working knowledge of refrigeration and air-conditioning circuits by assembling groups of controls in simulators and actual equipment. The student will get to see first-hand the actual operation of motor starters, refrigerating equipment and air-conditioning equipment ranging in size from the small window mounted unit to the more complex home and office central air-conditioning system.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to basic computer aided drafting (CAD) techniques using AutoCAD software. Fundamentals of drawing and editing are presented and practiced.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ESTC 110 - Computer Aided Drafting I. This is a continuation of CAD I. Emphasis will be advanced functions including 3D and menu customization.
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3.00 Credits
Astudy of the behavior of metals and their alloys. The Astudy of the behavior of metals and their alloys. The effects of metal working and heat treating methods are effects of metal working and heat treating methods are studied to enable the student to select metals and specify studied to enable the student to select metals and specify their treatments effectively. Laboratory experiments are their treatments effectively. Laboratory experiments are performed to demonstrate the properties and structures of performed to demonstrate the properties and structures of various engineering materials. various engineering materials.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: MATH 030 - Intermediate Algebra. Fundamentals of Structural Design covers the fundamentals of statics, strength of materials and basic design considerations applicable to beams, columns, and retaining walls utilizing structural steel, reinforced concrete, and timber.
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