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LTCC CATALOG 2010-2011 151 ESL - ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCEESL 555 U.S. CITIZENSHIPHours per week: 4This course provides an introduction to U.S. history and government,American customs and institutions, and naturalization procedures.Course topics will include development of listening skills andEnglish speaking proficiency. Special emphasis will be placed onunderstanding local, county, state, and federal government agencies.Students will be given the opportunity to become more active incommunity affairs and will be encouraged to participate in thegovernmental process.REPEATABILITY: May be repeated unlimited times.ESL 556 ADVANCED ESLHours per week: 12This course will provide students with continued fluency andcommunication skills in English. Focus will be on reading authenticmaterials on abstract topics, descriptive writing, short essays, andcompletion of more complex forms and applications.REPEATABILITY: May be repeated unlimited times.ESL 561 ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE,LEVEL 1Hours per week: 6This course provides integrated skills which emphasize basic survivalEnglish with reinforcement of oral and written communicationskills. Emphasis is also given to developing vocabulary and readingskills for the workplace. This course is designed for students whohave minimal oral English language skills.REPEATABILITY: May be repeated unlimited times.ESL 562 ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE,LEVEL 2Hours per week: 6This course provides integrated skills for students with limitedEnglish skills. Through listening, speaking, reading and writingactivities, the student will learn basic life skills and begin to utilizespoken and written English. Special emphasis will be given toworkplace English.REPEATABILITY: May be repeated unlimited times.ESL 563 ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE,LEVEL 3Hours per week: 6This course is designed for students who have a basic understandingof oral and written English. The focus of this level is for the studentto become more proficient with oral, reading, and writing skills.Special emphasis will be given to workplace English. Essentialgrammar structures will be introduced in context. The students atthis level have a functional knowledge of English.REPEATABILITY: May be repeated unlimited times.ESL 564 ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE,LEVEL 4Hours per week: 6Students at this level have an intermediate understanding of writtenand oral English. The focus of this level is for the students tobecome more proficient using complex oral, reading, and writingskills. Essential grammatical structures will be introduced in context.Special emphasis will be given to workplace English. The students atthis level have a high intermediate proficiency level of English.REPEATABILITY: May be repeated unlimited times.ENVIRONMENTALSCIENCEEVS 101 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCELecture 4, Lab 0, Units 4This course is designed to introduce students to biological systems andassociated chemical and physical processes and structures. Studentswill also explore human interactions with the environment. Thecourse will include the following topics: basic ecology, populationissues, energy and resource use and consequences, pollution, globalchange, and conservation issues.Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCEVS 131 SPECIAL TOPICSUnits 1-4This course is designed to meet the needs of students for studies inareas of special interest. Topics and credit will vary from quarter toquarter and will be included under this cover title published in theschedule for the quarter in which the course will be offered.Transfers to CSUEVS 132 OCCUPATIONAL WORK EXPERIENCELecture 0, Lab 0, Units 1-6Occupational Work Experience is for students who are employed injobs related to their educational or occupational goals. This programextends knowledge gained in the classroom to the workplace, helpsstudents identify new and challenging objectives at work, andencourages professional growth and advancement.Transfers to CSUCOREQUISITE: Students must be available to work or volunteer 4 to 40 hoursper week for an approved business and must have an application on file each quarterenrolled.REPEATABILITY: May be repeated up to a total of twenty-four (24) units, six unitsmaximum per quarter.EVS 133 OCCUPATIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE –INTERNSHIPLecture 0, Lab 0, Units 1-6Occupational Work Experience Internship is supervised placementat a worksite related to the student’s educational or occupationalgoals. The program will assist students in acquiring desirable workexperience, attitudes, and awareness of career opportunities in theirchosen field of study.Transfers to CSUCOREQUISITE: Students must be available to work or volunteer 4 to 40 hoursper week for an approved business and must have an application on file each quarterenrolled.REPEATABILITY: May be repeated up to a total of twenty-four (24) units, six unitsmaximum per quarter.EVS 191 SPECIAL TOPICSUnits 1-4This course is designed for students in occupational, technical orcollege preparatory areas of special interest. Topics and credits willvary from quarter to quarter and will be included under this covertitle published in the schedule of classes for the quarter in which thecourse will be offered.English - ESL - Environmental Science