Stepping Up is pleased to offer our participants the following courses for the 2010 summer and fall semesters, in conjunction with CCRI. Classes will be held on the Rhode Island Hospital and Women and Infants' campuses.

If you are interested in enrolling or would like more information on these classes, please contact your Career Advisor, or email dholoweski@steppingupri.org.

Tuesdays
5:00 - 8:00 pm
May 25th - August 17th

This writing course is for students who need to learn and/or review paragraph form and basic sentence skills: parts of speech, punctuation, capitalization and sentence formation. By writing paragraphs, students will demonstrate their ability to plan, organize and express ideas effectively and in grammatically correct sentences. (Prerequisite: English Placement Exam)

Wednesdays
5:00 - 8:00 pm
June 2nd - August 18th

This course in basic algebra introduces the real number system, properties for solving linear equations and inequalities, formula rearrangement, properties of and operations with polynomials, basic factoring, quadratic equations, operations with rational expressions, roots and radicals, graphs of linear equations and the Pythagorean Theorem. (Prerequisite: MATH 0500)

Mondays and Thursdays
5:00 - 8:00 pm
July 8th - August 19th

This course provides an overview of the health field including the characteristics of health care workers, ethical and legal considerations in health care and selected content common to all health programs. Note: Required of all nursing students prior to Nursing I. Open to all other students. (Prerequisite: Accuplacer reading score of 75 or higher.)

Mondays
5:00 - 7:30 pm
September 13th - December 13th

This course provides students with a thorough foundation in the topics of whole numbers, fractions, decimals, ratios and proportions, percents, geometric figures and measurement.

Tuesdays
5:00 - 7:30 pm
September 7th - December 14th

This course focuses on the writing process: planning, organizing, developing, drafting and revising. Course activities begin with paragraphs and progress to essays and include research documentation assignments. (Prerequisite: English placement exam or successful completion of 0250)

Wednesdays
5:00 - 7:30 pm
September 8th - December 15th

Topics considered in this course include linear equations and their graphs, systems of linear equations, quadratic equations, algebraic fractions, exponents, radicals and logarithms. (Prerequisite: MATH 0600)

Thursdays
5:00 - 7:30 pm
September 9th - December 16th

This course is a survey of the core areas of the science of psychology. Emphasis is placed on theories, methods and findings concerning learning, motivation, physiology, sensation-perception, social behavior, personality, behavior disorders and therapies.