Horseheads High School

ACE courses offered 2023-2024

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Vocabulary and concepts of accounting and bookkeeping for the small business. Provides some knowledge of accounting for working in a business environment and some skills to do the accounting in a small business organization. Cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been earned for ACCT 1030.

Credits  4

The modern aspects and techniques of biology will be emphasized. BIOL 1510 will cover scientific methodology, biochemistry, cell structure and physiology, genetic mechanisms, plant structure and physiology, taxonomy, and bacterial, protist, fungal, and plant diversity. For math/science students. Lecture/Laboratory.

Prerequisites: Placement into college-level math; eligible to enroll in ENGL 1010, 75% or higher in high school biology and high school chemistry or 75% or higher in high school biology and concurrent enrollment in CHEM 1010 or 1020. Successful completion of any 3 or 4 credit college biology course may substitute for high school biology. Meets SUNY General Education requirement in Natural Sciences.

Credits 4

Emphasizes the modern aspects of biology and its techniques. Includes evolution, animal diversity, human and animal anatomy/physiology, animal behavior, reproduction and development, and ecology. Laboratory requires dissection of a preserved fetal pig and various vertebrate organs, as well as the use of living invertebrates and fish. For math/science students. Lecture/Laboratory. Lab fee.

Prerequisites: Placement into college-level math; eligible to take ENGL 1010 and 75% or higher in high school biology and high school chemistry or 75% or higher in high school biology and concurrent enrollment in CHEM 1010 or 1020 or BIOL 1510. Successful completion of any 3 or 4 credit college biology course may substitute for high school biology. Meets SUNY General Education requirement in Natural Sciences.

Credits 4

This is the first course in a two-course sequence, which covers the principles of chemistry and its quantitative aspects. Topics include the atomic theory of matter, characteristics of structure and bonding, reactions and stoichiometry, electronic structure, and the periodic table of the elements. Descriptive chemistry is integrated throughout the course. This course is intended for math/science students. Lecture/Laboratory.

Prerequisites: Eligible to enroll in ENGL 1010. 75% or higher in high school chemistry and placement into MATH 1215 or higher, or CHEM 1020 and placement in MATH 1215 or higher, or CHEM 1010. High school physics and a familiarity with algebraic calculations is strongly recommended. Meets SUNY General Education requirement in Natural Science.

Credits 4

This is the second course in a two-course general chemistry sequence, which covers the principles of chemistry and its quantitative aspects. Topics include intermolecular forces and the phases of matter (gases, liquids, and solids), chemical kinetics, chemical equilibrium, properties of solutions, chemical thermodynamics, and electrochemistry. Descriptive chemistry is integrated throughout the course. This course is intended for math/science students. Lecture/ Laboratory.

Prerequisites: CHEM 1510. High school physics and a familiarity with algebraic/logarithmic calculations is strongly recommended. Meets SUNY General Education requirement in Natural Sciences.

Credits 4

U.S. macro-economic goals, the American market system, price determination, distribution of income, government taxation and spending, national income accounting, fiscal policy, and monetary policy. Upper- level course.

Prerequisites: MATH 1110 or higher and eligible to enroll in ENGL 1010. Meets SUNY General Education requirement in Social Science.

Credits 3

Elasticity of supply and demand, utility theory, production cost analysis, profit maximization, monopoly and government regulation, labor organization, international trade and finance, economics of growth, resource depletion, and pollution. Upper-level course.

Prerequisites: MATH 1110 or higher and eligible to enroll in ENGL 1010. Meets SUNY Gen Ed requirement in Social Science.

Credits 3

Essay writing designed to sharpen the student's perceptions of the world and to facilitate communications with correctness, clarity, unity, organization, and depth. Assignments include expository writing, argumentation, and research techniques. Writing Process.

Prerequisites: Placement, ENGL 0980, or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 0999. Meets SUNY General Education requirement in Written Communication and Required Competency in Information Literacy

Credits 3

Techniques and practices of engineering graphics for communication and interpretation of engineering design intent through the use of the three- dimensional parametric modeling program (SolidWorks) and international standard governing geometric dimensioning and tolerancing. (ASME/ANSI Y14.5 and ISO) Engineering freehand sketching and graphically solving problems including pictorial and multiview drawings, geometric constructions, plane and descriptive geometry, sectioning conventions and coordinate dimensioning and tolerancing.

Prerequisite: MATH 1412 or higher. Lecture/ Laboratory. Lab fee.

Credits 3

Development of greater facility in reading, writing, speaking, and understanding the language through a systematic review of its structures. Representative readings introduce the civilization of France. Lecture/ Recitation/Laboratory. Upper level course.

Prerequisites: FREN 1020 or three years of Regents high school French. Meets SUNY General Education requirement in World Languages.

Credits 4

Designed to assist first-year students in adjusting to the college environment as well as becoming familiar with strategies for success. A general orientation to the resources of the college, essential academic success skills to better understand the learning process, and career exploration will be covered. Lectures/Discussions/Activities.

Credits 3

A comprehensive course addressing the use and abuse of drugs in contemporary society, with emphasis on motivation for drug use and abuse; specific types of drugs and their identification; physiological and psychological implications of drug abuse; legal aspects of drug abuse; and treatment of the person with drug dependence.

Prerequisite: Eligible to enroll in ENGL 1010.

Credits 3

The characteristics of elementary real functions including algebraic and graphical analysis, inequalities, absolute values, logarithms, trigonometry of real numbers, plane analytic geometry, polar coordinates, complex numbers and Binomial Theorem. Cannot take both MATH 1411-1412 and 1413 for credit. A graphing calculator without a CAS (Computer Algebra System) is required; Texas Instruments TI-83 or TI-84 recommended. Meets SUNY General Education requirements in Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning. 

Prerequisites: MATH 1411

Credits 4

The first semester of differential and integral single variable calculus. Basic theory using algebraic and trigonometric function and applications are covered concurrently. Topics include limits, derivatives, considered algebraically and graphically, differentials and their use as approximations, the indefinite and definite integrals with applications to areas, volumes, surface area, arc length, moments and center of mass.

Prerequisite: MATH 1411-1412 or MATH 1413 or placement. Cannot receive credit for this course and MATH 1510-1520. A graphing calculator without a CAS (Computer Algebra System) is required; Texas Instruments TI-83 or TI-84 recommended. Meets SUNY General Education requirement in Mathematics. and Quantitative Reasoning.

Credits 4

A continuation of Calculus I. Topics include calculus of conics, logarithmic, exponential, and hyperbolic functions, techniques of integration, infinite series, parametric equations and polar coordinates.

Prerequisite: MATH 1610. A graphing calculator without a CAS (Computer Algebra System) is required; Texas Instruments TI-83 or TI-84 recommended. Meets SUNY General Education requirement in Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning.

Credits 4

The first semester of a three semester sequence in calculus-based physics. Mechanics, including vectors, particle kinematics and dynamics, work and energy, impulse and momentum, rotational motion, and certain aspects of gravitational and fluid mechanics, if time permits. The three-semester, calculus-based sequence, PHYS 1820, 2830, 2840, is intended for students majoring in engineering, mathematics, physics, and computer science. Lecture/laboratory.

Prerequisite: MATH 1610. Meets SUNY General Education requirement in Natural Sciences.

Credits 4

Development of facility in reading, writing, speaking, and understanding the language through a systematic review of its structure. Representative readings as an introduction to Spanish civilizations. Prerequisite: SPAN 1020 or equivalent or three years of Regents high school Spanish. Lecture/Recitation/Laboratory. Upper-level course. Meets Meets SUNY General Education requirement in World Languages.

Credits 4

A thorough analysis of the language; intensive discussion of grammar, usage, style and vocabulary, enhancing expression through composition, oral reports, and more informed class discussions and conversations.

Prerequisite: SPAN 2010 or equivalent. Lecture/Recitation/Laboratory. Essential for Spanish majors who plan to take upper-level language and literature studies. Upper level-course.

Credits 4

Advanced study in the language with an introduction to serious readings of some of the great writers of literature. Conveys ideas and develops the ability to exchange ideas through writing and discussion in the language.

Prerequisites: ENGL 1010, SPAN 2020 or equivalent. Upper-level course. Also fulfills 2000-level English requirement.

Credits 3