Course Title: Reading Improvement
Title Abbreviation: READING IMPROVEMENT
Department: READ
Course #: 97
Credits: 5
Variable: Yes
IUs: 5
CIP: 330102
EPC: n/a
REV: 2018
Course Description
Strengthening of reading skills through comprehension and vocabulary strategies. Course activities include classroom, group process, and occasional computer-aided instruction, with practical applications. (No computer experience necessary.)
Prerequisite
None
Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)
Lecture: 55
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:
General Education Learning Values & Outcomes
Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.
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 . . . 2.8 Describe how one’s own preconceptions, biases and values affect one’s response to new and ambiguous situations.
Course Contents