Siena Heights University
Prerequisite: ENV 110
Course is offered: WI 2018
ENV 452
HYDROGEOLOGY
3
This course will cover surface water and water budgets, floods and flood frequency analysis, groundwater supply,
steady state and non-steady state flow, hydrogeologic regimes, and introductory groundwater chemistry.
Prerequisite: CHE 141
Course is offered: WI 2018
ENV 495
SENIOR SEMINAR I
1
Students will work on their senior projects, and each student will give a practice paper presentation. Seminars
will cover topics such as how to give scientific presentations, how to prepare posters, planning for graduate and
professional schools, preparation for GRE, MCAT, and other national exams, and other professional concerns.
Prerequisite: ENV 396
Laboratory Fee: $50
Course is offered: FA Every Year
ENV 496
SENIOR SEMINAR II
1
Students will finish their senior project research, write it up, and prepare their finishing seminar and their poster.
Prerequisite: ENV 495
Laboratory Fee: $50
Course is offered: WI Every Year
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
ESL 071
BEGINNERS READING
This course serves as an introduction to reading for learners of English as a second language. The course will
stress the following skills: simple reading comprehension, vocabulary enrichment, and basic paraphrase and
discussion skills.
2
ESL 072
BEGINNERS GRAMMAR
2
As in reading, the focus in the Grammar 072 course is speaking and listening comprehension. Students will learn
basic English language structures (subject, verb, object), basic English syntax, essential simple (present) verb
tenses, and the basics of English parts of speech (nouns, adjectives, pronouns, prepositions, articles, verbs,
adverbs, and conjunctions).
ESL 073
BEGINNERS WRITING
This course reinforces Reading 071. Toward the beginning of the course, students learn the alphabet and
transcribe words from simple dictation. Students learn to read aloud. As in reading 071, students play word
games that help them learn simple, important everyday questions and how to answer the same. In some
activities, students work in small groups and interview one another. As the term progresses, students begin to
compose compositions from models made available to them. The course includes fundamental practice with
simple description in the present tense. 2
ESL 074
BEGINNERS SPEAKING
This course combines speaking and pronunciation. Students learn to converse in standard, daily situations
(common greetings, simple conversations) with emphasis on pattern practice, question and answer drills and
listening comprehension from slow dictation. 2
ESL 081
INTERMEDIATE READING
2
The course focuses on reading comprehension, vocabulary enrichment, and speaking skills. The reading
materials and companion exercises progress from very simple passages to grammatically more sophisticated
selections. The readings are longer, as well. Reading assignments consist of the following phases: pre-reading
(vocabulary work), reading (first reading without pause, second reading to identify problem words and phrases,
third reading for more complete comprehension), and paraphrase and discussion (in class).
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