Course Descriptions

Course Numbering Information

Prerequisites

Many courses require prior satisfactory completion of another course to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in the course. For example, EGL-1020  Composition II: Writing About Literature cannot be taken unless EGL-1010  (the prerequisite) has been satisfactorily completed. In addition, for a number of introductory-level credit courses, a minimum level of readiness in reading, writing, and mathematics, as determined by the college’s placement tests, is required as a prerequisite. In such cases, satisfactory completion of the appropriate developmental studies course will satisfy the prerequisite. Students should be certain to check for prerequisites in the course listings that follow. Except when specifically authorized by the department chairperson or dean, registration will not be permitted if prerequisites have not been fully satisfied.

Course Contact Hours

At the end of some course descriptions is a phrase such as “3 studio hours” or “3 class/2 lab hours.” This indicates the actual time a student should expect to spend per week in a course, broken down by the type of contact—classroom/lecture, laboratory, studio, or clinical. If there is no such indicator for a course, students may assume there will be one class hour per week for each credit awarded for completion of the course. (Courses which meet in an accelerated or nontraditional format rather than in the usual full-semester, 15-week format will meet more than the hours indicated per week in order to reach the same number of total contact hours for the semester.)

General Education Requirements Key

Information Technology

Information and Engineering Technology Department
Center for Advanced Technology, Room 129 | 301-546-0752

Mathematics

Mathematics Department
Marlboro Hall, Room 3046 | 301-546-0421

Students must enroll in a general education math course appropriate for their program of study within their first 18 hours of credit-bearing courses.

A grade of C or higher is required for any course used to satisfy a prerequisite for any other math course. Course descriptions should be checked for specific prerequisites. In addition, all math courses have a prerequisite of reading proficiency.

All mathematics courses require extensive use of a computer and/or a graphing calculator.

Medical Assisting

Allied Health and Nursing Department
Center for Health Studies, Room 1402 | 301-546-0733

Music

Music
Humanities Department
Center for Performing Arts, Room 327 | 301-546-0954
 
There is a music theory prerequisite for all incoming music majors. Students must have basic knowledge of fundamentals in order to take  MUS-1145 .
 
Music Fundamentals knowledge list:
 
1.   Identify the principles of notation, including meter, key signature, and texture, by analyzing a musical score.
2.   Construct scales, intervals, and triads, using music notation.
3.   Identify aurally and notate intervals, scales, triads, and rhythmic patterns.
4.   Read and sing intervals, scales, and simple phrases.
5.   Play scales, intervals, triads, and simple phrases on the keyboard.

Those students whose fundamental skills are less developed are required to take MUS-1005 Fundamentals of Music Theory.

Nuclear Medicine Technology

Allied Health and Nursing Department
Center for Health Studies, Room 1402 | 301-546-0733

NUM courses are offered once per year in the fall, spring, or summer. Prerequisites require a grade of C or higher.

Nursing

Nursing Department
Center for Health Studies, Room 1402 | 301-546-0731

RN Nursing Program prerequisites: EGL-1010 , NUR-1010 , BIO-2050 , BIO-2060 , PSY-1010 , and MAT-1250  or higher.
All require a grade of C or higher.
No RN Nursing Program prerequisite can be repeated more than once.

LPN program prerequisites: EGL-1010 , NUR-1010 , BIO-2050 , BIO-2060 , and PSY-1010 .
All require a grade of C or higher.
No LPN Program prerequisite can be repeated more than once.

Students must achieve a 2.50 GPA in the required prerequisites for either program

Nutrition

Wellness, Culinary Arts, and Hospitality Department
Center for Health Studies, Suite 1400A, Room 1402 | 301-546-0504 | WellnessCulinaryHosp@pgcc.edu