Course Descriptions

Courses listed alphabetically:

All credit and non-credit courses at Manchester Community College are assigned a course number. Course numbers begin with a letter code designating the course's academic area. The following course descriptions are arranged alphabetically, by academic code, beginning with "ACCT" (Accounting) and ending with "WELD" (Welding).

Courses with numbers between "0 - 99" are considered developmental and any credit awarded cannot be used toward graduation requirements. Courses with numbers between "100 - 199" are considered beginning level courses and courses with numbers between "200 - 299" are considered upper level courses.

Prerequisites for courses are identified after each description and may be waived only by the instructor. A Prerequisite Waiver Form must be completed prior to registration. These forms can be obtained online or in the Registrar's Office.

Before students may register for college-level English courses, they must demonstrate mastery of English at the high school level. Placements are determined as follows:

Placement Criteria	Course Placement
Accuplacer reading score of 54 or below	ENGL 094
Accuplacer reading score of 55-79 OR completion of ENGL 094 with grade of C+ or better	ENGL 097
Writeplacer score of 2 or 3 below.	ENGL 098
Writeplacer score of 4; Writeplacer score of 5 or above PLUS Accuplacer reading score below 80.	ENGL 099
Writeplacer score of 5 - 8 PLUS college-level reading skills determined by one of the following criteria: Accuplacer score of 80 or above Completion of ENGL 097 with a grade of C or better	ENGL 110

Elective Course Information
In addition to the required courses in a student's program, students are given the choice to select from a variety of elective courses. Each program offers a different set of electives so please refer to each individual program for specific options.

The following information will assist students with the variety of elective categories and the selection of elective courses. All academic subject codes and course numbers refer only to Manchester Community College courses.

English Elective: any course with the academic subject code of ENGL and a course number of at least 100.

Social Science Elective: any course with the academic subject code of AN, ECON, POL, PSYC, SOC, and a course number of at least 100.

Foreign Language/Humanities Elective/Fine Arts: any course with the academic subject code of ARTS, ASL, ENGL literature courses listed below*, FREN, HIST, HUMA, PHIL, SPAN, and a course number of at least 100.

*ENGL Literature Courses: ENGL114, ENGL127, ENGL200, ENGL209, ENGL218, ENGL220, ENGL221, ENGL222, ENGL223, ENGL224, ENGL225.

Math Elective: any course with the academic subject code of MATH and a course number of at least 100.

Science Elective: any course with the academic subject code of BIOL, CHEM, PHYS and a course number of at least 100.

Business Elective: any course with the academic subject code of ACCT, BUS, MKTG and a course number of at least 100.

Liberal Arts Elective: any course listed under the categories of English elective, Social Science elective, Foreign Language/Humanities/Fine Arts elective, Math elective or Science elective with a course number of at least 100.

Open Elective: any course that the college offers with a course number of at least 100.