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COURSE NOTES: H=Humanities, H/SP=Humanities/Skills Performance NS=Natural Science, SS=Social Science Course Descriptions Adult Education – ADABE 062–Math 4 NOTE TO STUDENTS: Cr: 1-6 Wkly hrs: 6 hours Lecture Adult Basic Education Students who take this course will be able to Common Course Numbers/Titles problem solve using whole numbers, fractions, ADABE 008–Spelling decimals, percents, ratios, and proportions, To make it easier for students to transfer Cr: 1-6 Wkly hrs: 6 hours Lecture perimeter, area, volume, simple interest, and credits among the State’s 34 community Students will learn how to spell by making charts, graphs, and tables. (Pass/No Credit) and technical colleges, some courses are sense of the English spelling system and Prerequisite: Orientation/placement or numbered and titled in a similar way at every understanding spelling rules. (Pass/No Credit) permission of instructor. community college in the state. Prerequisite: Orientation/qualifying score on state standardized assessment. ADABE 071–Communication Skills 5 Courses that have been identified as Common Cr: 1-6 Wkly hrs: 6 hours Lecture Course Numbers have an “&” sign in the ADABE 009–Orientation to Adult Ed Students who complete this course will be course number, for example: ENGL& 101. Cr: 1 Wkly hrs: 1 hours Lecture able write clearly using standard grammar, An introduction to Olympic College and its usage, and punctuation; collect, interpret, Adult Education Program. Students learn and integrate information using multiple to set goals, make an educational plan, and resources, and use a computer to complete Independent Study assess their own progress. May be taken routine tasks. (Pass/No Credit) twice each academic year. Prerequisite: Orientation/placement or Independent Study (can be offered in all subjects) Prerequisite: Orientation/placement testing. permission of instructor. Cr: 1-5 Wkly hrs: 30 hours per credit Clinic Courses can be offered as: 195/295. May be ADABE 041–Communication Skills 2 ADABE 072–Math 5 repeated for a maximum of 15 credits. Cr: 1-6 Wkly hrs: 6 hours Lecture Cr: 1-6 Wkly hrs: 6 hours Lecture Students who complete this course will Allows the student to pursue topics not Students who complete this course will read further develop their skills to effectively offered in the College Catalog through in- for literal comprehension, find and interpret communicate and use mathematical depth coursework under the direction of an information from common references, write operations up to introductory algebra and instructor. This course may include directed several related sentences, and use a computer geometry. (Pass/No Credit) readings, coverage of special topics, and other for routine tasks. (Pass/No Credit) independent study. The topic and scope of Prerequisite: Orientation/placement or Prerequisite: Orientation/placement or study, learning objectives, work required, permission of instructor. permission of instructor. methods of evaluation, and academic level (195 versus 295) will be determined in conference ADABE 042–Math 2 ADABE 076–Integrated Skills Lab for the Trades between the student and instructor. Cr: 1-6 Wkly hrs: 6 hours Lecture Cr: 1-3 Wkly hrs: 6 hours Lab Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Students who complete this course will identify This course assists students in developing where math is used in real life situations basic skills necessary for success in their trades and can process whole number operations career. (Pass/No Credit) Practicum in addition, subtraction, multiplication and Prerequisite: Orientation/qualifying score on division, and find averages. (Pass/No Credit) state standardized assessment. Practicum (can be offered in all subjects) Prerequisite: Orientation/placement or Cr: 1-5 Wkly hrs: 10 hours Lab permission of instructor. ADABE 077–Integrated Skills Lab for Health Care Courses can be offered as: 199/299. Cr: 1-3 Wkly hrs: 6 hours Lab ADABE 051–Communication Skills 3 A practical application in the working world This course assists students in developing Cr: 1-6 Wkly hrs: 6 hours Lecture of the basic theories studied in the above basic skills necessary for success in their program or discipline. Students who complete this course can professional-technical career. (Pass/No Credit) identify their goals, define and support a Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Prerequisite: Orientation/qualifying score on reading purpose, write clear narratives of a state standardized assessment. paragraph or more, and use a computer to Accounting perform routine tasks. (Pass/No Credit) ADABE 078–GED Preparation Lab Prerequisite: Orientation/placement or Cr: 1-3 Wkly hrs: 6 hours Lab ACCT&201–Prin of Accounting I permission of instructor. Class participants work independently in the Cr: 5 Wkly hrs: 5 hours Lecture lab setting as they select activities in reading, ADABE 052–Math 3 writing, or math. This lab helps students to Accounting as an information system, Cr: 1-6 Wkly hrs: 6 hours Lecture develop the reading, writing, and math skills the accounting cycle, accounting for a Students who complete this course will be necessary for completion of the five tests of merchandising operation, cash, receivables, able to solve problems using whole numbers, the GED through self-directed study. and inventories. fractions, decimals, percents, ratios, and Prerequisite: Orientation/placement or ACCT&202–Prin of Accounting II proportions, and will be introduced to signed permission of instructor/educational planner. Cr: 5 Wkly hrs: 5 hours Lecture numbers and scientific notation. (Pass/No Credit) ADABE 079–GED Preparation Includes accounting for fixed assets, Prerequisite: Orientation/placement or Cr: 1-10 Wkly hrs: 10 hours Lecture liabilities, partnerships and corporations. Also permission of instructor. includes the statement of cash flows as well This course helps students to develop the as the underlying principles of accounting. ADABE 061–Communication Skills 4 reading, writing, and math skills necessary Cr: 1-6 Wkly hrs: 6 hours Lecture for completion of the five tests of the GED. Prerequisite: ACCT& 201. Students who complete this course will be able (Pass/No Credit) ACCT&203–Prin of Accounting III to use reading and writing skills in personally Prerequisite: Orientation/placement testing. Cr: 5 Wkly hrs: 5 hours Lecture relevant contexts, use resources to collect and interpret information, and use a computer to ADABE 081–Communication Skills 6 Development and analysis of accounting perform routine tasks. (Pass/No Credit) Cr: 1-6 Wkly hrs: 6 hours Lecture information for managerial decision-making. Prerequisite: Orientation/placement or Students who complete this course will be Prerequisite: ACCT& 202 and high school permission of instructor. able to write clearly using standard grammar, algebra or its equivalent. usage, and punctuation; collect, interpret, and integrate information using multiple resources; and use a computer to complete routine tasks. (Pass/No Credit) Prerequisite: Orientation/placement or permission of instructor. *See course description for prerequisite. www.olympic.edu |Campus Switchboard: 360.792.6050 or 1.800.259.6718 95 COURSE NOTES: H=Humanities, H/SP=Humanities/Skills Performance Course Descriptions NS=Natural Science, SS=Social Science ADABE 082–Math 6 ADABE 097–ABE Transitions Reading & Writing 6 ADESL 050–ESOL 3 Speaking/Listening Cr: 1-6 Wkly hrs: 6 hours Lecture Cr: 1-6 Wkly hrs: 6 hours Lecture Cr: 1-5 Wkly hrs: 5 hours Lecture Students who complete this course will further Advanced skill development in reading/writing. Built upon language skills beyond low- develop the ability to use skills to effectively Identify parts of a sentence, grammatical beginning English literacy; for students at a communicate and use mathematical concepts, vocabulary building and decoding. high-beginning level of language learning. operations up to and including introductory Prerequisite: HS diploma/GED, Accuplacer (Pass/No Credit) algebra and geometry. (Pass/No Credit) scores, CASAS assessment. Prerequisite: Orientation/assessment; score of Prerequisite: Orientation/placement or 3.0 in the previous level and/or permission of permission of instructor. instructor. Adult Education – ADABE 090–Reading Comprehension 2 ADESL 051–ESOL 3 Reading/Writing Cr: 1-6 Wkly hrs: 6 hours Lecture English Second Language Cr: 1-5 Wkly hrs: 5 hours Lecture Students will learn to read and comprehend Built upon language skills beyond low- words in a simple text, slowly and with ADESL 006–Basic Computer Skills/ESL beginning English literacy; for students who few errors, to independently accomplish Cr: 1-3 Wkly hrs: 3 hours Lecture are at a high-beginning level of language simple, well-defined and structured reading Introduces ESL students to the computer skills learning. (Pass/No Credit) activities. (Pass/No Credit) needed for success in college, family, and Prerequisite: Orientation/assessment; score of Prerequisite: Orientation/placement testing. workplace. (Pass/No Credit) 3.0 in the previous level and/or permission of Prerequisite: Orientation/placement or instructor. ADABE 091–Reading Comprehension 3 permission of instructor. Cr: 1-6 Wkly hrs: 6 hours Lecture ADESL 060–ESOL 4 Speaking/Listening Students will learn to quickly and accurately ADESL 009–Orientation to ESL Cr: 1-5 Wkly hrs: 5 hours Lecture read and comprehend words and word Cr: 1 Wkly hrs: 1 hours Lecture Built upon language skills beyond intermediate groups in simple text to independently An introduction to the ESL program and English. It is designed for