Las Positas College - Spring 2025 - Class Schedule

55 SPRING 2025 9 25. 424. 1 000 | l p c - a d m i s s i o n s @ l a s p o s i t a s c o l l e g e . e d u S P R I N G 2025 - C O U R S E L I S T I N G S Please refer to the onl ine schedule on CLASS-Web to access course section detai ls and the course record numbers (CRNs) for registration. NESL 221A INTERMED. READING ANDWRITING 0.0 Units This is the first semester of a one-year course in intermediate academic writing and reading. Classes will focus on writing sentences, paragraphs and compositions, developing strategies for reading comprehension and flexibility, on interactive reading, and on academic vocabulary development. Students will develop cultural understanding, vocabulary, and fluency through a variety of academic writing and reading tasks. Prerequisite: NESL 231B or ESL 131B with a minimum grade of P or placement through ESL assessment process Students are advised to enroll concurrently in NESL 220A and NESL 221A, and ESL 123 or ESL 126. NESL 221B INTERMEDIATE READING &WRITING 0.0 Units This is the second semester of a one-year course in intermediate academic writing and reading. Classes will focus on writing sentences, paragraphs and compositions, developing strategies for reading comprehension and flexibility, on interactive reading, and academic vocabulary development. Students will develop cultural understanding and fluency through a variety of academic writing and reading tasks. Prerequisite: NESL 221A or ESL 121A with a minimum grade of Pass or Placement through ESL assessment process. Students are advised to enroll concurrently in NESL 221B and NESL 220B, and ESL 123 or ESL 126. NESL 230A BEG. GRAMMAR READING &WRITING 0.0 Units This is the first semester of a one-year course in beginning grammar for academic purposes designed to enable students to understand and use English accurately, meaningfully and appropriately. The course focuses on the connection between vocabulary and grammar, simple and compound sentences, phrases, verb forms, and verb tenses, especially simple and compound sentences, phrases, verb forms, and verb tenses, especially simple present, simple past, and present progressive. Recommended Course Preparation: Placement through the ESL assessment process Students are advised to enroll concurrently in NESL 230A and NESL 231A, and ESL 133 or ESL 136. NESL 230B HIGH-BEGINNING GRAMMAR 0.0 Units This is the second semester of a one-year course in beginning grammar for academic purposes designed to enable students to identify and use linguistic forms accurately, meaningfully and appropriately in written expression. The course focuses on simple and compound sentences, word order, verb tenses: simple present, past, and future as well as present and past progressive, verb forms, modals, phrases, and vocabulary development. Prerequisite: NESL 230A or ESL 130A with a minimum grade of P or placement through the ESL assessment process Students are advised to enroll concurrently in NESL 230B, NESL 231B, and ESL 133 or ESL 136. NESL 231A BEGINNING READING ANDWRITING 0.0 Units This is the first semester of a one-year course in beginning academic writing and reading. Classes will focus on writing simple and compound sentences in short paragraphs, on developing strategies for increasing reading comprehension and flexibility, on interactive reading, and on developing academic vocabulary. Students will develop cultural understanding and fluency through a variety of writing and reading tasks. Recommended Course Preparation: Appropriate skill level demonstrated through the ESL assessment process Students are advised to enroll concurrently in NESL 231A and NESL 230A, and ESL 133 or ESL 136. NESL 231B HIGH- BEG. READING ANDWRITING 0.0 Units This is the second semester of a one-year course in beginning academic writing and reading. Classes will focus on writing simple, compound, and complex sentences in structured paragraphs, on developing strategies for increasing reading comprehension and on developing academic vocabulary. Students will develop cultural understanding and fluency through a variety of writing and reading tasks. Prerequisite: NESL 231A or ESL 131A with a minimum grade of Pass or Placement through ESL assessment process Students are advised to enroll concurrently in NESL 231B and NESL 230B, and ESL 133 or ESL 136. NESL 236 BEGINING PRONUNCIATION&FLUENCY 0.0 Units Focused practice on recognizing and producing individual speech sounds, stress patterns, rhythm and intonation patterns, and grammatical signals through activities such as oral presentations, role play, authentic dialogue, and presentations. Students will focus on developing listener friendly pronunciation. Course content includes individual as well as group work. Recommended Course Preparation: Placement through the ESL Assessment process. NONCREDIT ENGLISH NENG 215 PERSONALIZED COACHING 0.0 Units This noncredit course provides whole group, small group, and individualized support with writing and reading assignments. Students meet regularly with an English 215 instructor during prescribed hours as well as with English tutors, on a customized learning plan. Student hours spent with Reading and Writing faculty tutors and in Smart Shops also count towards the variable hours of this course. Students can choose to focus on developing their skills in academic reading, composition, research, sentence- level writing skills, or some combination of these. Students may repeat this course until mastery of the skills is met. This course is intended to help students be successful in college-level credit coursework and must be taken concurrently with at least one credit course. Prerequisite: ENG 1A or ENG 1AEX with a minimum grade of C May be taken concurrently NONCREDIT KINESIOLOGY NKIN FCOA FITNESS CENTER-OLDER ADULTS 0.0 Units Individualized exercise program will be created for older adults based on training principles and personal goals. The following considerations for older adult populations will be incorporated: Maintaining bone density, improving balance, coordination, and mobility, as well as appropriate strength training exercises. Also, a health risk appraisal will be conducted. NONCREDIT MATH - CONCURRENT SUPPORT - NMAT 200C CONCURRENT SUPPORT SLAM MATH 0.0 Units Concurrent Support for SLAM Math is for students interested in disciplines that require Statistics and Liberal Arts Mathematics (SLAM) courses. This course offers structured support to students who are concurrently enrolled in a first-level transfer course, such as Statistics and Mathematics for Liberal Arts, and Finite Mathematics. The support course includes material to prepare students for the rigor of the transfer math course by teaching Scan here to visit the current Spring 2025 class schedule online