Riverland Community College

This is an introductory college writing course designed to help students develop effective writing skills for college level work.  Students learn to generate ideas and organize them into unified, coherent essays.  Methods of instruction vary, but most sections combine individual conferences and peer review with regular class meetings.  Prerequisites:  A grade of C or higher in ENGL 0960 or appropriate placement score.

MnTC (Goals 1/CM and Goal 2/CT); (3 Cr – 3 lect, 0 lab)

This survey course examines U.S. History from pre-contact through the Civil War era. It covers the genesis of American culture, society and politics in the colonial period to the Revolution.  It also includes the study of the early national period to the post-Civil War years.

MnTC (Goals 5/SS and 7/HD); (3 Cr - 3 lect, 0 lab)

This course addresses major health concerns, common health threats, optimal personal health planning and current issues and topics related to overall health. Stress, fitness, nutrition addictive behaviors cardiovascular disease, cancer, infectious disease, sexuality, environmental health and social issues as well as drug and alcohol awareness and prevention are all an integral part of this course.   

(3Cr - 3 lect, 0 lab) 

This course focuses on the theory and practice of public communication including individual and group presentations.  This course emphasizes audience analysis, organization, content development including topic selection and speaking ethics.  Students will prepare and deliver a variety of both individual and group presentations and demonstrate an ability to apply research from diverse sources.  Students should expect to reduce speech apprehension and develop self-confidence in their ability to communicate in public.

MnTC (Goals 1/CM and 9/EC); (3 Cr – 3 lect, 0 lab)

This course covers the basics of college level algebra emphasizing understanding of the basic principles through investigation. The topics covered range from a basic algebra review to exploration of linear, quadratic, exponential, and logarithmic functions along with a study of rational expressions, inverse relations, function operations, complex numbers, and systems of equations. Prerequisites: Math 0670 with a grade of C or better or appropriate placement in course based on Multiple Measures for Course Placement – Math Decision Band Chart. MnTC (Goals 4/MA and Goal 2/CT); (3 Cr - 3 lect, 0 lab)

This course is an introduction of basic statistical methods including sampling, analyzing a research study, measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing of means and proportions, Chi-square, analysis of variance, correlation, and regression. The use of statistical software is included in this course. College-level reading ability in English is strongly recommended. Prerequisite: Math 0660 or appropriate placement in course based on Multiple Measures for Course Placement – Math Decision Band Chart. MnTC (Goals 4/MA and 2/CT); (4 Cr - 4 lect, 0 lab)

This is a second semester composition course focused on the writing of an academic research paper.  Students learn how to employ the resources of an academic library and how to cite those sources in a fully documented analytical/interpretive term paper.  Prerequisites: ENGL 1101.

MnTC (Goals 1/CM and 2/CT); (3 Cr - 3 lect, 0 lab)

This course is for Elementary Education majors only.  It is not a MnTC course but will satisfy General Education requirements.

The major focus of this course is to provide students with foundational knowledge in developing, investigating, exploring, discussing, using, illustrating and explaining mathematics.  Students will also have exposure to and modeling of the NCTM Principles and Standards for School Mathematics.  Students will study the concepts and properties of operations essential to mathematics in the elementary and middle school grades. This course is a math content course, not a methods course. It is designed to help students develop competencies outlined in the Minnesota Rule 8710.3200.  Prerequisite: MATH1110 College Algebra or MATH2021 Fundamentals of Statistics.

(3 Cr – 3 lect, 0 lab)

This course will survey children's literature from the preschool to preteen years. Standards for critical evaluation will evolve through extensive reading, discussion, research, and writing. Course content will focus on the history of children's literature and criteria for selecting and evaluating different genres within literature for children, including the following: picture books, traditional literature, modern fantasy, poetry, contemporary fiction, historical fiction, and multicultural literature. Prerequisite: ENGL 1101 or instructor permission.

MnTC (Goal 6/HU and Goal 7/HD); (3 Cr – 3 lect, 0 lab)

This one semester course is designed to introduce students to key concepts in biology and chemistry using an integrated approach.  Students will learn basic biological and chemical terminology and the connection between biology and chemistry in areas such as the characteristics of life, cell structure and function, metabolism, biotechnology, and genetics.  Enrollment in this course is limited to elementary education majors only.

MnTC (Goal 2/CT and 3/NS); (4Cr – 3 lect, 1 lab)

These courses are 15-hour classes on a variety of topics related to helping relationships. See syllabi for specifics on each course. (1Cr - 1 lect, 0 lab)

This course is designed as an integrative approach to the exploration of key concepts in earth science and physics including the earth’s physical environment, its systems, and the physical processes that drive them. Combining action and analysis, participants will design and conduct experiments in the areas of space science, motion and force, energy, waves, meteorology and climate, earth materials, surface environments, electricity, and sources and production of energy. The instructor and course participants will also facilitate discussions of human/environment interactions such as the impacts of climate change, weather modification, and land-use and land-cover change. Enrollment in this course is limited to elementary education majors only. 

MnTC (Goal 3/NS and Goal 10/PE); (3 Cr - 2 lect, 1 lab)