ENGL 051 - College Reading

3 credit (3 lecture, 1 lab) 4 contact hours [Minimum Compass Reading score of 66 or ENGL 050 ; pre- or co-requisite: GNST 100 ]*

This course develops basic reading skills and strategies necessary to successfully meet the demands of college reading. Topics of study include vocabulary skills, active reading strategies, identification of key ideas and details, patterns of organization, and analysis of argument. Emphasis is placed on critical thinking through three levels of comprehension: literal, inferential, and applied. Students who do not meet the exit criteria of C or better for College Reading will be required to repeat the course.
OFFERED: every semester