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3.00 Credits
3 credits, 3 hours Pre-requisite: LEG 8540; Co-requisite: LEG 8530 or approval from department The student will continue the activities as in Legal Practicum I at the same site as in Legal Practicum II unless special problems arise necessitating a change. As in Legal Practicum I, the students will meet as a group with their instructor to discuss cases they are working on at their placement. In addition, in Legal Practicum II, the student will participate in trial advocacy training. The student's grade will be based on his/her performance on the placement institution's evaluation, and his/her participation and attendance at the group meetings.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits, 3 hours Pre-requisite: LEG 8500 Co-requisite: LEG 8530 or approval from department The student will study and practice trial and administrative hearing preparation and courtroom techniques. The student will learn to prepare clients and expert witnesses for direct examination, prepare for cross-examination and learn to present documentary evidence. The student will learn how to assist an attorney in trial preparation and will participate in a mock administrative hearing.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits, 3 hours Pre/Co-requisites: ESL 035 or higher This course will offer an introduction to the field of linguistics, providing students with the basic terms, discourse, and concepts related to the scientific of language. Topics will include the nature of human language; the social and chronological history of language. Students will learn phonology, syntax, lexicon, and non-verbal communication, and apply the principles of linguistics to their chosen fields, and to their own emerging linguistic competence and bilingualism.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits, 3 hours Pre/Co-requisites: ESL 035 or higher This course provides an introduction to contrastive analysis of Spanish and English and develops an understanding of how the two languages are used as communication systems. The course focuses on carrying out descriptions of the two languages, noting similarities and differences, and predicting possible problems when a speaker of Spanish studies English and vice versa. The linguistic subsystems of both languages will be compared and contrasted. Students will specifically study the sound systems and their rules; the spelling patterns of words; word forms and grammar rules; sentence construction and word order; vocabulary words and sentence meaning; and the socio-cultural linguistic conventions appropriate to various situations.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits, 3 hours Prerequisite: ESL 035 or higher This course will explore the nature of bilingualism, both as a societal and an individual human phenomenon. It will include the study of language domains, language acquisition and language loss, the psychological, cognitive, legal, and sociological implications of living with two languages, and the educational and economic aspects of bilingualism. Students will have the opportunity to practice applied linguistics by integrating class materials with first-hand observations of bilingual communities and individuals, and applying theories and empirical evidence to an in-depth study of a bilingual individual. This course is intended for students who are interested in furthering their knowledge of linguistics and language, and/or majoring in Linguistics, TESOL, Speech and Hearing, or English at the senior college level.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits, 3 hours Pre-requisite: LIN 100 Co-requisite: ESL 035 Or Higher This course will focus on the process of language acquisition in normally developing children, from infancy to school age. Theories of language acquisition are explored, including those that are behavioral, psycholinguistic, and sociolinguistic. Students will learn about the developmental stages of language, and learn how to research, record, and interpret the theories. Students will study the relationship between oral and written language as well as language differences related to bilingualism and dialects.
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1.00 Credits
(Formerly MAT 1604) 1 credit, 6 hours (4.5 hours lecture/equated, 1.5 hours tutorial) Pre/Co-requisite: For section taught in English: ESL 025 For sections taught in Spanish: SPA 121 This course provides the basic arithmetic skills that will be utilized in all subsequent mathematics and science courses. Topics: operations with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, ratio, proportion and percent, scientific notation, the metric system, word problems, and applications. Students within a section will be scheduled for 1-1/2 hours of tutoring each week at the same scheduled time at the Hostos Academic Learning Center.
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2.00 Credits
(Formerly MAT 1622) 2 credits, 6 hours (4.5 hours lecture/equated, 1.5 hours tutorial) Pre-requisites: MAT 010 or initial placement through the COMPASS/CMAT Test Pre/Co-requisite: For sections taught in English: ESL 025 For sections taught in Spanish: SPA 121 This course provides basic skills in elementary algebra. Topics: operations with real numbers, operations with polynomials, powers with integral exponents, linear equations, simultaneous linear equations, and the Cartesian plane. Students will be scheduled for 1-1/2 hours of tutoring each week at the Hostos Academic Learning Center.
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2.00 Credits
(Formerly MAT 1624) 2 credits, 6 hours (4.5 hours lecture/equated, 1.5 hours tutorial) Pre-requisite: MAT 020 or initial placement through the COMPASS/CMAT Test. Pre/Co-requisite: For section taught in English: ESL 025. For sections taught in Spanish: SPA 121 This course provides basic skills in intermediate algebra. Topics: system of linear equations in two or more variables, radicals, the system of complex numbers, graphs of conic sections, trigonometry of the right triangle, and graphs of trigonometric functions. Students will be scheduled for 1-1/2 hours of tutoring each week at the Hostos Academic Learning Center
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3.00 Credits
(Formerly MAT 1632) 3 credits, 3 hours Pre-requisite: Passing score on the COMPASS/CMAT Test. Pre/Co-requisite: ESL 035 This course provides skills in finite mathematics. Topics: set theory, symbolic logic, systems of numeration, and the metric system.
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