ESL Pathway STEM Certificate of Achievement
The ESL Pathway Certificate program is designed to prepare English Language Learners (ELLs) for the academic rigor of degree-applicable coursework in the STEM Academic and Career Pathway. Students completing these certificates have achieved academic English reading and writing skills at an advanced, post-secondary level; they have also achieved success in prerequisite or introductory coursework in a variety of degree, certificate, or general education patterns. These two elements combine to demonstrate significant achievement of a milestone along their pathways to degrees, certificates, or transfer. To earn a certificate, complete the required courses as listed with a grade of C or better.
Courses
- BIO 230 — Principles of Cellular, Molecular and Evolutionary Biology
- BIO 240 — Principles of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
- CHEM 120 — Preparation for General Chemistry
- ESL 122 — College Rhetoric
- MATH 120 — Quantitative Reasoning
- PHIL 125 — Critical Thinking and Philosophical Composition
- PHYC 130 — Fundamentals of Physics
- PHYC 201 — Mechanics and Waves