Placement Courses

This course contains two components. The first component introduces the student to basic writing concepts such as basic grammar, sentence structure, spelling, and punctuation. The second component introduces the basic guidelines of MLA and provides the student with practical applications of basic writing skills to increase the student's self-confidence in his or her writing abilities. Journal writing, reader response, drafting, peer response, and revision will be employed to focus on strengthening competence and confidence in writing ability. The student must earn a C or better in this course before enrolling in the communications cluster (ICM10100, ICM10200, and ICM20000). This course is not offered for credit and does not count toward the 120 semester hour degree requirement. Enrollment fee required.

Topics covered in this course include order of operations, exponents, rounding and estimating, fractions, decimals, ratio and proportion, percent, measurement, graphs, signed numbers, scientific notation, variables, linear equations, and word problems. In order to advance to the Math Cluster (IMH 13200, IMH 14200, and IMH 22000), students must earn a “C” or above in ICM 05100. This course is not offered for college level credit and does not count toward the 120 semester hour degree requirement. Enrollment fee required.