Introductory Science

Nervous about taking college courses such as BIO 1410, BIO 1310, CHEM 1410, or CHEM 1510?  Are you in these courses and feeling completely lost and frustrated?  Did you have poor science experiences in high school?  Did you take plenty of science courses, but it was 15 years ago or more?  We in SAGE Science are here for YOU!

SAGE offers two courses to help students get ready for college level science courses.  Biology 0950 and Chemistry 0950 introduces basic concepts and study skills that will prepare you for next-level success. Both courses offer scaled-down content and hands-on activities to enhance your learning experience and decrease student anxiety.  Many students tell us that they came into these classes nervous, scared, or with a severe dislike for the sciences.  They leave with the knowledge, confidence, skills, and excitement about science to begin the next step in their educational journey.

Description of Courses:

BIO 0950 – Introduction to Biology:  Prerequisites: MATH 0750 or Accuplacer Arithmetic score of 57 or equivalent, RDG 0750 or Accuplacer Reading score of 69 or equivalent. Recommended: RDG 0950.  Explores basic topics such as characteristics of life, biological molecules, cells, anatomy, and classification, while developing a sense of scale, observation and diagramming skills, familiarity with the microscope, reading and note-taking skills.  Complements, but does not replace, CHEM 0950. Provides essential background for BIO 1410, BIO 1310 and other next-level Biology courses.  (60 theory/lab hours per term)

CHEM 0950 – Basics of Chemistry:  Prerequisites: MATH 0750 or Accuplacer Arithmetic score of 57 or equivalent.  Recommended: MATH 0930.  Focuses on the study of chemistry: the periodic table, chemical bonds and reactions, solutions and energy.  Integrates applied math (metric system, unit analysis, significant figures), reading academic text and study skills.  Provides essential background for CHEM 1410, BIO 1410 and BIO 1310.  (60 theory/lab hours per term)