Introduction to Writing (ENGL 1010) | UVU Concurrent Enrollment - Full Year

• SUGGESTED GRADES: JUNIORS ONLY

• 1 Credit HS (A44210C)

• 3 Credits CE

• PreReq:  ACT English/Reading score of 19+ or UVU Accuplacer Test with a score of 250+

English 1010, beginning composition, is a college course designed to prepare you for other university writing and for writing throughout your life.  After this course you will have improved knowledge in understanding and using:

• Rhetoric, critical thinking, reading like a writer, and writing for an audience.

• The writing process through prewriting, multiple drafts and revisions, peer reviewing effectively, and collaboratively.

• Using research in writing and validating or invalidating sources for authenticity.

• Using MLA 9.

Introduction to Writing (ENGL 1010) | UVU Concurrent Enrollment – 1st Semester

• SUGGESTED GRADES: SENIORS ONLY

• 1 Credit HS (A44212C)

• 3 Credits CE

• PreReq:  ACT English/Reading score of 19+ or UVU Accuplacer Test with a score of 250+

Must be taken together as a year block with ENGL 2010.

English 1010, beginning composition, is a college course designed to prepare you for other university writing and for writing throughout your life.  After this course you will have improved knowledge in understanding and using:

• Rhetoric, critical thinking, reading like a writer, and writing for an audience.

• The writing process through prewriting, multiple drafts and revisions, peer reviewing effectively, and collaboratively.

• Using research in writing and validating or invalidating sources for authenticity.

• Using MLA 9.

Intermediate Writing (ENGL 2010)  | UVU Concurrent Enrollment – 2nd Semester

• SUGGESTED GRADES: SENIORS ONLY

• 1 Credit HS (A44222C)

• 3 Credits CE

• PreReq: English 1010, B- or higher

Must be taken together as a year block with ENGL 1010. 

English 2010, intermediate composition, is a college course designed to improve your university and life writing and prepare you for some of the writing you will do in senior seminars and even advanced degrees.  After this course you will have improved working knowledge of:

• Academic inquiry and research.

• Looking at issues from multiple perspectives.

• Reasoning carefully.

• Rhetorical awareness of purpose, audience, and genre.

• Critical evaluation of sources.

Ethics and Values (PHIL 2050)  | UVU Concurrent Enrollment – 1st or 2nd Semester

• SUGGESTED GRADES: SENIORS ONLY

• 1 Credit HS (A66002C)

• 3 Credits CE

• PreReq: English 1010

Philosophy 2050, Ethics and Values, is a college course designed to challenge students to:

• Explore and clarify their values.

• Critically read works of philosophy, literature, religion, and history towards understanding ethical views.

• Read, study, research, discuss, and write about difficult ethical issues.

• Focus on issues of good vs evil, justice vs injustice, equality vs inequality, care vs harm, and what is happiness.

• Examine and explain different theories of ethics and values.

American Civilization (HIST 1700) | UVU Concurrent Enrollment - Full Year

• SUGGESTED GRADES: 10-12

• 1 Credit HS (A62710C)

• 3 Credits CE

• Fulfills High School US Studies and College American Institutions GE Requirements

Understanding United States history is essential for the continuation of our democratic society. This course will:

• Make connections between the world and the rich heritage of United States history.

• Stress movements and developing institutions from the Pre-Columbian period to the present.

• Discussions include analysis of:

  • Political, economic, and social institutions and their interrelationships with and impact upon the geographical features of the land.

Public Speaking (COMM 1020) | UVU Concurrent Enrollment - Semester

• SUGGESTED GRADES: 11-12

• 1 Credit HS (A41372C)

• 3 Credits CE

• Fulfills College Humanities GE Credit

Communications 1020, Public Speaking, is a college course focused on gaining skills in public speaking, including:

• Completing several public speeches with a specific audience and a specific context and purpose.

• Connecting course material to effective and responsible civic engagement beyond the classroom.

• Constructing public speeches.

• Delivering speeches in several modes.

• Analyzing sources to support ideas.

• Improving listening and observational skills.

• Understanding and applying the components of public speaking across diverse situations.

• Critiquing and evaluating others' speeches for their effectiveness in communication.

General Psychology (PSYCH 1010) | UVU Concurrent Enrollment - Semester

• SUGGESTED GRADES: 11-12

• 1 Credit HS (A81522C)

• 3 Credits CE

• Fulfills High School Social Studies and College Social Science GE Requirements

An introductory course in modern scientific psychology.  Examines major psychological and professional applications.  Covers major domains of scientific psychology including:

• Biological foundations.

• Sensations

• Perception

• Learning

• Motivation

• Human development.

• Abnormal psychology.

Human Development (PSYCH 1100) |  UVU Concurrent Enrollment - Semester

• SUGGESTED GRADES: 11-12

• 1 Credit HS (A63462C)

• 3 Credits CE

• Fulfills High School Social Studies and College Social Science GE Requirements

Explores human development from conception and birth to old age and death. Examines the growth and developmental patterns and describes the characteristics of various developmental stages. Studies the major physical, cognitive and psychosocial themes and issues of human development, including:

• Genetics

• Prenatal development.

• Birth

• Early/middle/late childhood.

• Adolescence

• Early/middle/late adulthood.

• Death

Sociology (SOC 1010) | UVU Concurrent Enrollment - Full Year

• SUGGESTED GRADES: 11-12

• 1 Credit HS (A99150C)

• 3 Credits CE

• Fulfills High School Social Studies and College Social Science GE Requirements

Studies and compares social groups and institutions and their inter-relationships, including:

• Culture

• Socialization

• Deviance

• Stratification

• Race

• Ethnicity

• Social change.

• Collective behavior.