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In Spring 2009, there are paired courses available at Germantown, Rockville, and Takoma Park/Silver Spring. To see the course descriptions and details, click the name of the Learning Community in the list, below:

Campus Courses Name
Rockville (R)
CA190/ HE100 EXERGAMING
EN102/ MU131 SOUNDS OF BLACK DIASPORA
RD103/ EL110 EXPLORING ACADEMIC WORLDS: THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
RD103/ EL104 CHANGING TIMES, CHANGING LIVES
EN102/ WS101 WOMEN'S STORIES, WOMEN'S LIVES
Takoma Park/
Silver Spring (T)
EL001/ DS107 SUCCESS IN COLLEGE AND BEYOND
RD095/ EN001 "DONT BELIEVE THE HYPE": DISCOVERING POPULAR CULTURE THROUGH READING AND WRITING
EL101/ RD101 RACE AND IMMIGRATION IN AMERICA: PAST, PRESENT, AND CONTINOUS
RD102/
EL102
CULTURAL IDENTITY IN A CHANGING WORLD
EL103/
RD103
MAKING A DIFFERENCE: EXPLORING WAYS TO CHANGE OUR WORLD THROUGH READING AND WRITING
EL104/
AR101
ARTRAP
HE 100/
EN101A
BE WELL, WRITE WELL

MA101/
EN101A

WORDS AND NUMBERS: NUMBERS AND WORDS

BI107/
RD120/
BI107L

CRACK THE CODE: THINK LIKE A BIOLOGIST
EN102/
LR110
WIRED AND WIRELESS: RESEARCH WRITING AND ARGUMENT IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD

HS130/
EN102

AFRICAN AMERICAN VOICES: FROM QUEEN HATSHEPSUT TO FREDERICK DOUGLASS
Germantown(G) EN190/
EN 101
ARE YOU LIVING IN THE MATRIX? ATTEMPTS AND FAILURES AT CONSTRUCTING THE PERFECT SOCIETY
MA130/
PC 101/ PC101D/PC101L
TEACHING WELL:  MATH AND SCIENCE IN EFFECTIVE EDUCATION
EC202/
PS101
POLITICS, ECONOMICS, AND POLICY IN AMERICA

Exergaming

M 1:00 - 2:55, 3:00 - 4:00

Play video games! Work out! Explore cutting-edge video games for health and fitmess in this Blended Online + On-Campus learning community, and develop your own creative ideas about entrepreneurial new games to address health needs. See http://www.studygaming.com or contact deborah.solomon@montgomerycollege.edu, 240-567-5136.

R CA190 33175 Introduction to Games and Simulation M 1:00 - 2:55 Solomon
R HE100 34104 Principles of Healthy Living M 3:00 - 4:00 Turnbow

Fulfills graduation requirements

Blended Online and On-campus format

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Sounds of Black Diaspora

TR 6:30pm - 9:10pm

Take your required EN102, as you learn to research and write while focusing on music of the African Diaspora, from Blues, Jazz, Calypso, Hip-Hop, Samba, Reggae, Chant and Classical.  Contact swift.dickison@montgomerycollege.edu, 240-567-4044.

R EN102 30266 Techniques of Reading and Writing II T 6:30pm - 9:10 pm Dickison
R MU131 34785 The Black Music Experience R 6:30pm - 9:10pm Avery

Fulfills graduation requirements

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Exploring Academic Worlds: The Past, Present, and Future

MWF 8:15-9:40, 9:50-11:20

Travel and experience new adventures through powerful listening, speaking, and reading activities. Contact henry.caballero@montgomerycollege.edu, 240-567-4038.

R RD103 34148 Reading for Non-Native Speakers II MWF 8:15 - 9:40 Ejzenberg
R EL110 33968 Spoken American English MWF 9:50 - 11:20 Caballero

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Changing Times, Changing Lives

MWF   9:55 - 11:20, 11:30 - 12:55

Learn how globalization, immigration, environmental problems, and advances in technology are affecting society and out lives through college-level reading/ writing and critical thinking.
Contact ray.gonzales@montgomerycollege.edu 240-567-7439.

R RD103 30556 Reading for Non-Native Speakers III MWF

9:55-11:20

Gonzales
R EN104 30792 American English Language IV MWF 11:30-12:55 Martinovic-Zic

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Women’s Stories, Women’s Lives

TR  9:30 - 10:45, 11:00-12:15

What is a woman?  What is a man?  Does it matter?  Think you’d like to try to find out?   Learn to research and write strong college essays while exploring important gender issues that affect our lives.  Contact: genevieve.carminati@montgomerycollege.edu 240-567-7446.

R

EN102

33959

Techniques of Reading and Writing II

TR

9:30-10:45

Carminati

R

WS101

33960

Introduction to Women's Studies

TR

11:00-12:15

Freedman

Fulfills graduation requirements

 

Success in College and Beyond

TR    9:30-11:35,  T 11:45-12:35

Explore the qualities that lead to success of people such as Oprah Winfrey, Lance Armstrong, the Williams sisters, and Will Smith and apply this knowledge to your personal success plan through discussion and writing.  Contact cathy.wilson@montgomerycollege.edu, 240-567-1475.

T

EN001

31579

Basic English I

TR

9:30-11:35

Wahl

T

DS107

33097

First Year Seminar

T

11:45-12:35

Wilson

Grants transferable First Year Experience credit

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“Don’t Believe the Hype”: Discovering Popular Culture through
Reading and Writing

MWF 9:35-11:00, 11:10-12:35

Did you hear what Kanye West just said? Studying TV, movies, music, and urban legends makes it fun to acquire college writing and reading skills and protect yourself from misinformation. Contact gregory.wahl@montgomerycollege.edu, 240-567-1554.

T

RD095

33083

College Reading Skills I

MWF

9:35-11:00

Simon

T

EN001

32754

Basic English I

MWF

11:10-12:35

Wahl

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Race and Immigration in America: Past, Present, and Continuous

TR 10:15-12:20, 12:30-2:35

Adventurer – pioneer – slave – witch!  Read and write about the lives, loves, and stories of race and immigration that shaped American freedoms.  Contact maria.donahue@montgomerycollege.edu, 240-567-1384.

T EL101 30505 American English Language I TR 10:15 - 12:20 Donahue
T RD101 30696 Reading for Non-Native Speakers I TR 12:30 - 2:35 Bronstein

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Cultural Identity in a Changing World

TR 10:15-12:20, 12:30-2:35

Investigate the impact of culture on the personal choices you make through museums, films, the Internet, readings, and oral histories.  Strengthen your reading, grammar, and writing skills.  Contact sharyn.neuwirth@montgomerycollege.edu, 240-567-1686.

T RD102 30698 Reading for Non-Native Speakers II TR 10:15 - 12:20 Neuwirth
T EL102 30509 American English Language II TR 12:30 - 2:35 Kirkland

Internationalized curriculum

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Making a Difference:  Exploring Ways to Change Our World Through Reading and Writing

TR 8:00-10:05, 10:15-12:20

What's wrong with your world? How can you make a difference? Build the skills for academic success and understand community action through critical reading, writing, discussion, and volunteer work. Contact angela.nissing@montgomerycollege.edu, 240-567-1661.

T EL103 30513 American English Language III TR   8:00 - 10:05 Miller
T RD103 30701 Reading for Non-Native Speakers TR 10:15 - 12:20 Nissing

Offers service learning

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Artrap

MW 9:40-11:45, 12:00-2:40

Pick up your pencils and sketchbooks and step away from boring textbooks into a world of culturallly diverse art and intriguing novels.  Explore your own creative vision as you develop basic drawing and writing skills.  Contact carrie.shaw@montgomerycollege.edu, 240-567-1358.

T EL104 30521 American English Language IV MW  9:40 - 11:45 Shaw
T AR 101 30452 Introduction to Drawing MW 12:00 - 2:40 Price

Fulfills graduation requirements

 

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Be Well, Write Well

R  9-9:50, TR 10:15-12:20

Improve your writing skills and your health as you examine lifestyle choices about fitness, diet, sexuality, and drugs through interactive discussion, projects and writing. Contact Sadi.sahbazian@montgomerycollege.edu, 240-567-1694.

T HE100 33067 Principles of Healthier Living R 9:00 - 9:50 Baca
T EN101A 34448 Techniques of Reading and Writing I MWF 10:15 - 12:20 Sahbazian

Fulfills graduation requirements

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Words and Numbers:  Numbers and Words

TR 11:00-12:15, 12:30-2:35

Don't let your future be controlled by numbers or words.  Profit from effective control of math and writing to achieve academic and life goals.  Contact Marykay.abbey@montgomerycollege.edu, 240-567-1434.

T

MA101

33010

Intermediate Algebra for Liberal Arts

TR

11:00-12:15

Abbey

T

EN101A

34449

Techniques of Reading and Writing

TR

12:30-2:35

Daudu

 

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Crack the Code:  Think Like a Biologist

TR 9:30-10:45, 11:00-12:15, and R 1:00-3:40

Use scientific methods and techniques to decode the text of Biology and improve your test scores, reading rate and information retention along the way.  Designed for natural and health science majors.  Contact nidhi.verma@montgomerycollege.edu, 240-567-1679.

T BI107 32817 Principles of Biology I TR   9:30 -10:45 Verma
T RD120 34455 Reading & Study College Content Area TR 11:00 - 12:15 Teuben-Rowe
T BI107L 32818 Biology Lab  R   1:00 - 3:40 Verma

Fulfills graduation requirements

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Wired and Wireless:  Research Writing and Argument in the Contemporary World

TR 8:00-9:15, T 9:30-10:20

Learn the fundamentals of argument and receive instruction in college-level research, including how to use electronic resources.  This learning community teaches you how to integrate research into college papers, a skill that will inprove your writing at Montgomery College and transfer institutions.  Contact mark.miller@montgomerycollege.edu, 240-567-1538.

T EN102 30592 Techniques of Reading and Writing II TR 8:00 - 9:15 Maley
T LR110 33772 Fundamentals of Library Research T 9:30 - 10:20 Miller

Fulfills graduation requirements

 

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African American Voices:  From Queen Hatshepsut to Frederick Douglass

TR 8:00-9:15, T 9:30-10:45

Uncover the real America through the eyes of African Americans.  Perfect research, writing, and debating skill online.  Think and work like historians at sites of African American history.  Contact leigh.fought@montgomerycollege.edu, 240-567-1330.

T HS130 31928 History of African Americans since 1965 TR 8:00 - 9:15 Fought
T EN102 30594 Techniques of Reading and Writing II TR 9:30 - 10:45 TBA

Fulfills graduation requirements: Multicultural, Humanities, English

Offers service learning

 

Are You Living the Matrix?  Attempts and Failures at Constructing the Perfect Society

TR 11:00 - 12:15, 12:30 - 1:45

When and why does the dream turn into a nightmare?  What is a utopia versus a dystopia?  Through a study of literature, art and film, explore the human search for the perfect society and why such societes fail.  Contact sharon.anthony@montgomerycollege.edu, 240-567-7769.

G EN190 32646 Introduction to Literature TR 11:00 - 12:15 Smith
G EN101 30933 Techniques of Reading and Writing 1 TR 12:30 - 1:45 Anthony

Fulfills graduation requirements

 

Teaching Well: Math and Science in Effective Education

MW  12:00-1:50, 2:00-2:50, 3:00-3:50 & M 4:00-5:00

Math and science can strike fear into the bravest of elementary education majors.  Pairing them makes good sense, because math is a crucial part of doing good science, and each subject helps in the understanding of the other.  Contact diane.mcdaniel@montgomerycollege.edu, 240-567-7804.

G MA130 30221 Elements of Mathematics I MW 12:00 - 1:50 Hamman
G PC101 30978 Physical Sciences I Lecture MW   2:00 - 2:50 McDaniel
G PC101D 31828 Physical Sciences I Discussion MW   3:00 - 3:50 McDaniel
G PC101L 30977 Physical Sciences I Lab M   4:00 - 4:50 McDaniel

Fulfills graduation requirements

Offers Service Learning

 

Politics, Economics, and Public Policy in America

TR  6:30-7:45, 7:55-9:10

How can our government make America a better place to live?  This learning cvommunity will combine knowledge and perspectives from political science, economics, and applied ethics to study America's most important public policy problems including poverty, crime, pollution, education, and international problems.  Contact prof.madariaga@montgomerycollege.edu, 240-567-7868.

G EC202 34486 Priniciples of Economics II TR   6:30 - 7:45 Madariaga
G PS101 34475 American Government TR   7:55 - 9:10 Hessami

Fulfills graduation requirements