GCC Catalog 2023-2024 - Flipbook - Page 100
This course will improve the economic literacy of our citizens
through a survey of both macro and microeconomics. By
examination of recent historic events and by the study of theories
and principles that explain economic events that shape their lives.
These events include inflation, unemployment, national income,
money and banking, government, prices and output, monopoly,
wages and profit, international trade, and economic growth.
This fulfills a social science requirement for non-business majors
only.
EGR 101 ENGINEERING GRAPHICS
2 (1-2)
The course includes the following units of instruction: Proper use
and care of drafting instruments, triangles, scales, geometric
curves; drawing geometry; freehand lettering; technical sketching;
theory and principles of orthographic projection; basic and
precision dimensions; primary auxiliary projection; sections;
pictorial representation; and working drawings.
Prerequisite None
Prerequisite None
EGR 102 DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY
2 (1-2)
In this course, the student will learn to solve engineering problems
graphically by using the relationship between points, lines, planes,
and curved surfaces. The CAD system will be used with special
emphasis on engineering applications.
ECO 201 MACROECONOMICS
3 (3-0)
This course is designed to provide a study of aggregate behavior;
how consumers, businesses, and society choose, and what
determines the level of output that our economy chooses. Topics
include GNP, GDP, unemployment, inflation, monetary policy,
fiscal policy, & national debt.
This fulfills a social science
requirement.
Prerequisite EGR 101, DWG 105, or EGR 103
EGR 103 CAD CONCEPTS
2 (1-2)
This course is designed to familiarize the student with CAD
concepts such as the drawing editor, graphic entities, editing
capabilities, display manipulation, symbol and attribute creation,
layer and output. 2D and 3D techniques will be employed.
Prerequisite None
ECO 202 MICROECONOMICS
3 (3-0)
The Microeconomics course is designed to provide a study of
individual markets in our economy. We will examine price-output
behavior in purely competitive, oligopolistic, monopolistically
competitive, & monopolistic markets. Other topics reviewed in this
course include - resource markets, concentration ratios, labor &
unions, pollution, agriculture, & international trade. In summary,
our studies will emphasize how households and firms make
decisions & interact within the economic markets in which we live.
This fulfills a social science requirement.
Prerequisite None
ENGLISH (ENG)
Courses listed with numbers below the 101 level are
designed to assist the student in preparing for college level
coursework. They may be recommended on the basis of
placement assessment scores and/or referral by faculty
advisors, counselors, or the Vice President of Student
Services. If one of these courses is recommended for a
student, the student has three options:
• The student may elect to take the course.
• The student may demonstrate, through testing, his/her
competency in the subject matter. (The student may test
out of the course.)
• The student may elect not to take the course and sign
out of it. If the student signs out of the course, the
Gogebic Community College guarantee is void for that
student.
Prerequisite None
EDUCATION (EDU)
EDU 104
WORKING WITH SPECIAL POPULATIONS
3-6
This is an Internet-based course which covers an overview of
the field of special education, including characteristics,
programs, adaptive teaching methods, and supporting
research.
Prerequisite None
EDU 201 INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATION
3 (3-0)
This program enables the student to explore a career in education.
In addition to providing background information on the
organization, control, supervision, financing and professional
aspects of American schooling, various assessment and
observational activities have been designed to determine the
individual’s potential for teaching.
ENG 100 ACCELERATED LEARNING PROGRAM
3 (3-0)
This course is a co-requisite of ENG101 for those students assessed
at a level below college-level English. This class emphasizes
active learning, improved reasoning skills, engaged reading, and
effective editing skills to maximize the likelihood of success in ENG
101. This developmental level course does not transfer to other
institutions.
This course does not count toward an Associate of Arts or Associate
of Science degree.
Prerequisite None
ENGINEERING GRAPHICS (EGR)
The primary content of EGR courses is directly related to the
Mechanical Engineering Technology occupational program.
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