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ENG 101 builds upon already acquired high-school level writing skills to prepare you for the more advanced writing that you will do in your college career and beyond. It gives you extensive practice in the writing process, with emphasis on crafting texts appropriate to academic contexts. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in ENG 100 or appropriate scores on the UMA Placement Test. 3 Credits

A survey of representative British poetry, prose, and drama from the medieval period through the eighteenth century. In addition to close analysis of individual texts, authors, and movements, students will examine the historical and cultural contexts of the works, as well as their aesthetic dimensions, variant themes, cultural diversities, and rhetorical strategies. 3 credits Prerequisite: ENG102W

This introductory course examines the social history of the United States from 1877 to the present. It focuses on broad themes, including immigration, race and ethnicity, war, social and political movements, religion, and popular culture. Students will study both history--meaning things that happened in the past--and historical analysis--meaning how those past events are interpreted and put into context by the modern historian. 3cr Prerequisite: ENG 101.

Topics include a review of fundamentals, real numbers, algebraic expressions, first degree equations in one variable, polynomials, factoring, rational expressions, graphing, square roots, quadratic equations, and exponents. Problem solving and informal geometry will be integrated throughout the course. Credits for this course do not fulfill degree requirements. Prerequisite: A grade of C, not C- or higher in MAT 9, MAT 20, or an appropriate score on the math and reading versions of the UMA placement test.