Critical Reading Skills

Catalog description

Critical Reading Skills (3-6) This course introduces students to the skills necessary for critical reading in an academic context and serves as a complement to ELTA-070. The course focuses on developing students' rhetorical reading skills in order to actively engage with texts in a deeper and richer way. The content of the course covers an identified theme that integrates a variety of academic subject areas, utilizing lectures, films, podcasts, and other listening materials to provide background and context to the texts. Grading: A-F only. Restriction: Graduate Gateway Program, International Accelerator Program (Undergraduate), or American Collegiate at American University (Undergraduate). Note: No academic credit is received for this course. Credit equivalent is listed only for the purpose of determining full-time student status. Three-credit sections are offered for graduate-level students; six-credit sections are offered for undergraduate-level students and require additional class time.