College Reading Strategies ((3 Credit Hours))

Catalog description

Provides students with instruction and practice in using college level reading strategies. Students will learn to manage the reading process by applying reading strategies and techniques to both explicit and implicit passages. Application of comprehension strategies is combined with opportunities for vocabulary growth to strengthen reading skills. Students will read textbook passages from a variety of disciplines to gain knowledge. Textbook passages will provide practice in analyzing new material, evaluating text, and synthesizing ideas from textbooks of various disciplines in order to pre- pare students for all college-level reading. Students who place into the course and do not demonstrate a sufficient mastery of the skills must repeat the course. A maximum of twelve (12) credit hours may be earned in this course.