Critical Thinking and Reading of Academic Texts

Catalog description

This course is designed to address the needs of any university student who wishes to become a more critical, proficient college reader. The course is characterized by providing multiple opportunities for students to apply critical thinking and reading skills to a variety of academic texts. It will provide multiple opportunities to learn and apply a variety of strategies needed to successfully negotiate academic texts and academic vocabulary across a broad spectrum of majors. Critical thinking and reading skills, effective communication, decision making and self-management skills will be emphasized.