Class Schedule

COM100 - Introduction to Human Communication

COM 1100

(Communication) Theory and practice of communication skills in public, small group, and interpersonal settings. Includes study of the speech communication process. Prerequisites: None.  See Mini Syllabus for full course description. 

General Education Designations: SB

COM225 - Public Speaking

(Communication) Designed to enhance the student's ability to present public speeches confidently and competently. Also designed to improve information literacy and critical thinking skills.  See Mini Syllabus for prerequisites and full course description.  In order to register for this course, Rio will need to verify that you have completed the prerequisite(s). How do I do this?

General Education Designations: L

ENG101 - First-Year Composition

ENG 1101

(English) Emphasis on rhetoric and composition with a focus on expository writing and understanding writing as a process. Establishing effective college-level writing strategies through four or more writing projects comprising at least 3,000 words in total.  See Mini Syllabus for prerequisites and full course description.  In order to register for this course, Rio will need to verify that you have completed the prerequisite(s). How do I do this?

General Education Designations: FYC

ENG102 - First-Year Composition

ENG 1102

(English) Emphasis on rhetoric and composition with a focus on persuasive, research-based writing and understanding writing as a process. Developing advanced college-level writing strategies through three or more writing projects comprising at least 4,000 words in total.  See Mini Syllabus for prerequisites and full course description.  In order to register for this course, Rio will need to verify that you have completed the prerequisite(s). How do I do this?

General Education Designations: FYC

FSC202 - Supervisory Training For Firefighters

(Fire Science Technology) Administrative methods applied to the fire service, departmental organization, and personnel management. Includes fire alarm signaling systems, fire service planning, and relationships with other city departments. Prerequisites: None.  See Mini Syllabus for full course description. 

General Education Designations:

HIS102 - History of Western Civilization 1789 to Present

(History) Survey of origin and development of Western civilization and its institutions from French Revolution through the present. Prerequisites: None.  See Mini Syllabus for full course description. 

General Education Designations: G, H, HU, SB

HIS103 - United States History to 1865

(History) The political, economic, and social development of the United States from the Pre-Columbian period through the end of the Civil War (1865). Prerequisites: None.  See Mini Syllabus for full course description. 

General Education Designations: H, HU, SB

HUM210 - Contemporary Cinema

(Humanities) A study of contemporary films, directors and critics with emphasis on evaluating film as an art form. Prerequisites: None.  See Mini Syllabus for full course description. 

General Education Designations: HU

MAT092 - Introductory Algebra

(Mathematics) Linear behavior; linear equations and inequalities in one and two variables; graphs; systems of equations in two variables; function notation, graphs, and data tables; operations on polynomials; properties of exponents; applications.  See Mini Syllabus for prerequisites and full course description.  In order to register for this course, Rio will need to verify that you have completed the prerequisite(s). How do I do this?

General Education Designations:

MAT122 - Intermediate Algebra

(Mathematics) Quadratic, rational, radical, exponential, and logarithmic functions and equations; graphs of quadratic, exponential, and logarithmic functions; equations quadratic in form; operations on rational expressions, radical expressions, and complex numbers; rational exponents; applications.  See Mini Syllabus for prerequisites and full course description.  In order to register for this course, Rio will need to verify that you have completed the prerequisite(s). How do I do this?

General Education Designations:

MAT151 - College Algebra/Functions

MAT 1151

(Mathematics) Analysis and interpretation of the behavior and nature of functions including polynomial, rational, exponential, logarithmic, power, absolute value, and piecewise-defined functions; systems of equations, modeling and solving real world problems. Additional topics may include matrices, combinatorics, sequences and series, and conics.  See Mini Syllabus for prerequisites and full course description.  In order to register for this course, Rio will need to verify that you have completed the prerequisite(s). How do I do this?

General Education Designations: MA

MHL153 - Rock Music and Culture

(Music: History/Literature) History of Rock music and how cultural, social, political, and economic conditions have shaped its evolution. Prerequisites: None.  See Mini Syllabus for full course description. 

General Education Designations: HU

PHI101 - Introduction to Philosophy

PHI 1101

(Philosophy) General consideration of human nature and the nature of the universe. Knowledge, perception, freedom and determinism, and the existence of God. Prerequisites: None.  See Mini Syllabus for full course description. 

General Education Designations: HU

POS110 - American National Government

POS 1110

(Political Science) Study of the historical backgrounds, governing principles, and institutions, of the national government of the United States. Prerequisites: None.  See Mini Syllabus for full course description. 

General Education Designations: SB

PSY101 - Introduction to Psychology

PSY 1101

(Psychology) To acquaint the student with basic principles, methods and fields of psychology such as learning, memory, emotion, perception, physiological, developmental, intelligence, social and abnormal. Prerequisites: None.  See Mini Syllabus for full course description. 

General Education Designations: SB

SOC101 - Introduction to Sociology

SOC 1101

(Sociology) The systematic study of social behavior and human groups, particularly the influence of culture, socialization, social structure, stratification, social institutions, differentiation by region, race, ethnicity, sex/gender, age, class, and socio/cultural change upon people's attitudes and behaviors. Prerequisites: None.  See Mini Syllabus for full course description. 

General Education Designations: SB