Avoca Central School
ACE courses offered 2024-25
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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.
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.
Meets SUNY General Education requirement in Natural Sciences and Critical Thinking.
Credits: 4
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.
Meets SUNY General Education requirement in Social Sciences.
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.
Meets SUNY General Education requirement in Written Communication and Information
Literacy.
Credits: 3
Essay writing course designed to advance critical, analytical, and writing abilities
begun in ENGL 1010. Literary analysis essays and interpretation on works of fiction,
poetry, and drama.
Meets SUNY General Education requirement in Humanities.
Credits: 3
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.
Credits: 3
Theories and practices of American Federal Government with emphasis on the national
level. Changing relationships between the branches of the national government, policy
formulation, political parties, pressure groups, and the growth of presidential powers.
Credits: 3
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.
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.
Credits: 4
