Course Catalog: Academic Year 2009-2010

This is the course catalog for the current bulletin year. Click on a letter below to view the course subjects that begin with that letter.

All of the community colleges in Iowa are participating in a joint project to develop common numbers for all of our courses. Because of this initiative, all of our course subject names and most of our course numbers at DMACC changed effective fall semester, 2006. This page will help you find the new course subject names and the new numbers

Note: If and how DMACC courses transfer to other colleges and universities is determined by the receiving institution.

Accounting (credit) | Administrative Assistant | Aging Services Management | Agriculture - Animal Science | Agriculture - Farm Management | Agriculture - Horticulture | Agriculture - Mechanics | Agriculture - Precision Ag | Agriculture - Vet Tech | Agriculture-Agronomy | American Sign Language | Anthropology | Apparel Merchandising | Arabic - Foreign Language | Architectural Millwork | Architectural Technologies | Art (credit) | Associate Degree Nursing | Auto Tech ASEP (GM) | Auto Tech CAP (Chrysler) | Automotive Technology | Aviation (credit) | Aviation Maintenance | Biology (credit) | Bioprocess Technology | Building Maintenance (credit) | Business | Business Computer Application | CET-Civil Engineering Tech | Chemistry | Chinese - Foreign Language | Coaching Officiating | Collision Repair/Refinish | Communication | Computer Aided Drafting | Computer Networking | Computer Programming | Computer Science | Construction | Criminal Justice | Dental Assistant | Dental Hygiene | Diesel | Diesel - Caterpillar | Dietary Management | Drama - Film and Theatre | Early Childhood Education | Economics | Education (credit) | Electrical Technology | Electronics | Emergency Medical Serv- credit | Engineering | English (credit) | Environmental Science | ESL - Non-intensive | Finance | Fire Science ( credit) | Ford ASSET | French - Foreign Language | Geography | German - Foreign Language | Global Studies (credit) | Graphic Design (credit) | Graphic Technologies (credit) | Health Sciences | Heating and Air Conditioning | History (credit) | Hospitality, Culinary and Mgt | Human Services (credit) | Humanities | Industrial Technology | Intercollegiate Physical Educ | Interior Design | Interpretation and Translation | Interpreting | Italian - Foreign Language | Japanese - Foreign Language | Journalism | Land Surveying | Literature | Management (credit) | Manufacturing | Marketing (credit) | Mathematics (credit) | Medical Assistant (credit) | Medical Lab Tech | Medical Transcription | Mortuary Science | Music-applied (credit) | Music-general (credit) | Optometric/Ophthalmic Assist | Paralegal | Pharmacy Tech (credit) | Philosophy | Phlebotomy | Physical Ed and Health - General | Physical Education Activities | Physical Education Training | Physical Science | Physics | Political Science | Practical Nursing | Psychology | Railroad Operations | Reading | Religion | Respiratory Therapy (credit) | Sociology | Spanish - Foreign Language | Speech | Student Development | Surgical Technology | Telecommunications Technology | Viticulture | Welding (credit) | Wind Energy and Turbine Tech |

Course: ESL - Non-intensive

ESL 93 - High Inter ESL Listening/Conv
Credits: 3 (includes lab)
For intermediate-level students to improve the accuracy of their pronunciation and to develop the listening and speaking skills needed to communicate in diverse settings. Classroom activities are supplemented by individualized listening and pronunciation exercises. College preparatory courses cannot be used to fulfill degree requirements.

ESL 94 - Adv ESL Listen/Convers Skills
Credits: 3 (includes lab)
For advanced students to develop fluency in English and to improve the listening and conversation skills needed for careers and academic study. Classroom activities are supplemented by individualized listening and pronunciation exercises.

ESL 95 - Communicative Grammar for ESL
Credits: 3 (includes lab)
This course provides non-native speakers of English with intensive practice in advanced English grammar while promoting the development of communicative skills. Areas of instruction include tenses, passive voice, reported speech, conditions, etc. This course cannot be used to fulfill degree requirements. Prerequisite: Minimum scores on the TOEFL or Michigan Test

ESL 96 - Read English as a 2nd Language
Credits: 3 (includes lab)
This course is designed for non-active speakers of English. Reading comprehension skills are developed through vocabulary work, guided reading activities and discussion. Reading material is intellectually stimulating but not beyond the student's level of comprehension. Cannot be used to fulfill degree requirements. Prerequisite: Minimum scores on the TOEFL or Michigan Test

ESL 97 - Intro to Writing Skills-ESL
Credits: 3
An introduction to the mechanics of word order and sentence patterns of English. Writing skills are designed to meet the needs of ESL students preparing to take Basic Writing.

ESL 103 - Advanced Academic ESL Grammar
Credits: 4
This is an advanced-level academic English grammar course for students whose first language is not English. This course emphasizes the usage of systematic functional grammar through the practice of studying complex grammatical structures as used in authentic academic settings integrated with writing skills. This course addresses the linguistic and instructional needs of non-native English speaking students. It may be taken concurrently with carefully selected college courses. Prerequisite: 84 or above on ESL Test in COMPASS - Grammar Usage

ESL 104 - Advanced Academic ESL Writing
Credits: 3
This course develops academic writing skills for students whose first language is not English. The course emphasizes familiarizing students with writing academic essays in the traditional modes: observing, describing, informing, explaining process and/or classifying, and explaining cause(s) and/or effect(s). This course addresses the linguistic and instructional needs of non-native English- speaking students. It focuses on sentence expansion and modification, the writing process and developing research skills. It may be taken concurrently with carefully selected college courses. Prerequisite: 84 or above on ESL Test in COMPASS - Grammar Usage

ESL 160 - ESL Multicultural Literature
Credits: 3
This course addresses academic needs of advanced non-native English language students by exposing them to engaging traditional and multicultural literary works to further immerse them in a scholarly environment. Through appreciation and interpretation of a culturally diverse range of fiction, poetry, and drama students relate their immigrant experiences to the literary world while working at an advanced level of academic English. Prerequisite: 84 or above on Reading ESL COMPASS test.

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