All students interested in taking a CCP course must complete all the required application steps, which are outlined in the annual CCP information meeting. CCP classes are each a semester long and will be offered based on student interest and are not guaranteed from year to year.
Course Descriptions
CCP Science Courses
The student will study integration of structure, function, and diversity among the levels of biological organization, as well as discuss and apply principles of evolution, genetics, physiology, and ecology. Included also is the nature of living systems and the process of science. This course is intended for students not majoring in Biology, and will satisfy part of the science requirement for an AA or AS General Degree at Owens State Community College.
Prerequisites: NONE
Credits: 4 college credit hours; 1 high school credit
A survey of the basic principles of Physical Geology. The first portion of the class examines minerals and rocks and their interaction with the environment. The second portion of class concentrates on earth processes both above and below its surface including earthquakes, volcanoes, streams and ground water flow. The laboratory portion includes appropriate field work.
Prerequisite: NONE
Credits: 4 college credit hours; 1 high school credit
CCP Language Arts Courses
Basic expository writing; emphasis on organizing and developing coherent essays 800 words or more for a college-educated audience. Placement through pretesting.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of pretest placement essay
Credits: 3 college credit hours; 1 high school credit
This course concentrates its emphasis on analytical writing. Students must have completed either WRIT1100 or WRIT1110 or have an approved placement score.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of WRIT1120
Credits: 3 college credit hours; 1 high school credit
CCP Social Studies Course
A CCP survey course of American history from Reconstruction to the present. We will focus on the political, social, and cultural history of the United States since the Civil War, covering many of the familiar events and people of American history: Reconstruction, the Industrial Age, immigration, the Great Depression, World War I and II. But we will also discuss topics that encourage the student to think about history in refreshing and useful ways: the ability of immigrants to creatively adapt to their new homeland; the unique ways in which religion invigorated and guided American societies; the prevalence of war and conflict; the role of technological advances; and the role of historians in shaping American history.
Prerequisite: NONE
Credits: 3 college credit hours; 1 high school credit