Course Title: Integrated Reading and Writing
Title Abbreviation: INTGRTD READING-WRITING
Department: ENGL
Course #: 98
Credits: 10
Variable: No
IUs: 10
CIP: n/a
EPC: n/a
REV: 2018
Course Description
Students will develop reading and writing skills needed for success in college level courses through integrated assignments and intensive practice.
Prerequisite
Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)
Lecture: 110
Lab: 0
Other: 0
Systems: 0
Clinical: 0
Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:
Academic Communication
Equivalencies At Other Institutions
Learning Outcomes
After completing this course, the student will be able to:
General Education Learning Values & Outcomes
Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.
0. Application and Integration
Definition: Applying information from one or more disciplines and/or field experiences in new contexts (Outcome 0.1); developing integrated approaches or responses to personal, academic, professional, and social issues (Outcomes 0.2-0.5).
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 0.3 Identify and evaluate the relationships among different perspectives within a field of study and among different fields of study.
1. Information Literacy
Definition: Recognizing when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 1.1 Determine the extent of information needed. 1.2 Access the needed information effectively, efficiently, ethically, and legally.
2. Critical Thinking
Definition: The ability to think critically about the nature of knowledge within a discipline and about the ways in which that knowledge is constructed and validated and to be sensitive to the ways these processes often vary among disciplines.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 2.3 Identify, interpret, and evaluate pertinent data and previous experience to reach conclusions.
3. Communication
Definition: Understanding and producing effective written, spoken, visual, and non-verbal communication.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 3.1 Recognize, read, and comprehend academic and/or professional writing. 3.4 Produce academic and/or professional writing and integrate it into written and spoken projects.
6. Individual Awareness & Responsibility
Definition: Understanding, managing, and taking responsibility for one’s learning and behavior in varied and changing environments.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 6.3 Apply successful organizational strategies of planning, goal setting, prioritizing, resolving conflict, and managing time to specific goals and/or projects.
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