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 Department:    ENGL

 Course #:    95

 Credits:    10

 Variable:     Yes

 IUs:    10

 CIP:    330102

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2024

 Course Description  

Examine habits, attitudes, and thought processes that lead to academic and professional success. Improve academic confidence through building critical thinking, writing, and reading skills, as well as digital literacy.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: CASAS Reading GOALS score of 217-227 or Accuplacer NextGen Reading Score 200-226.

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 110

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Academic Elective  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Implement metacognition through use of reading strategies to demonstrate comprehension by summarizing main ideas.
2. Demonstrate understanding of multiple discourses to effectively communicate in a variety of settings.
3. Engage with diverse texts to communicate how power, privilege, equity, and empathy affect our daily lives.
4. Demonstrate understanding of basic paragraph elements to produce cohesive written work.
5. Write an original paragraph that uses evidence to support a claim.
6. Apply a multi-step writing process that includes drafting, editing, and proofreading while making use of written and oral feedback to produce a clear and organized final draft.
7. Apply Standard American English conventions of grammar, word choice and sentence structure, punctuation, and spelling.
8. Use technology to produce coursework.
9. Implement college study skills and strategies to successfully complete coursework.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

Course Contents

1. College and career readiness including time management, college success skills, college knowledge, and critical thinking.
2. Reading and writing metacognition and strategies.
3. College study skills, such as consulting reference materials, note-taking, time management, and utilization of college resources.