WEST PLAINS, Mo. – A new writing class, Writing II: Academic Writing (ENG 210) and an additional section of College Algebra (MTH 135) have been added to the 2015 fall semester course schedule at Missouri State University-West Plains’ campus in Mountain Grove.
Mountain Grove Campus Coordinator Lu Adams said the writing class will be held 4 to 5:20 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, and the math class will meet from 5:30 to 8:20 p.m. Wednesdays at Shannon Hall, 401 E. 17th St.
Writing II: Academic Writing is a three-credit-hour class in which students will study and practice the discourse conventions of academic writing and writing about public affairs from the perspective of an educated person, according to the university’s course catalog. Students will have needed to earn a grade C or better in Writing I (ENG 110) before enrolling in this class.
College Algebra is a three-credit-hour class that covers problem solving, polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions, equations, inequalities and their applications; coordinate geometry, including conic sections and systems of equations/ inequalities; and an introduction to sequences and series, according to the course catalog. Students who have not taken Intermediate Algebra (MTH 103) should have two units of high school algebra and an approved score on a departmental placement test to take this class.
Registration for these and other classes scheduled for the 2015 fall semester at the Mountain Grove or West Plains campuses, as well as online, will continue through Aug. 16. A complete course schedule can be found at http://wp.missouristate.edu/admissions/schedule.htm.
For more information about admission and registration procedures, contact Adams at 417-547-7575 or visit www.wp.missouristate.edu.