General Information

• Name: College Reading Strategies
• Discipline: Reading (READ)
• Units (Credits): 3
• Schedule History: See when this course was offered over the last three years.
• Transfer Information: Courses with numbers 100 to 299: This course is designed to apply toward a WNC degree and/or transfer to other schools within the Nevada System of Higher Education, depending on the degree chosen and other courses completed. It may transfer to colleges and universities outside Nevada. For information about how this course can transfer and apply to your program of study, please contact a counselor.
• Academic Division: Communications and Fine Arts

Prerequisites and Recommended Courses

• Prerequisites: READ 093 with a C or better, reading placement exam, or consent of instructor

Course Outline

I: Catalog Course Description

Helps the average reader improve reading efficiency through practice with advanced comprehension skills. Reading rate is thereby improved indirectly. Students with heavy academic or on-the-job reading will benefit. Attention is also given to expanding reading vocabularies.

II: Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course the students should be able to:

• Use contextual clues to hypothesize the meanings of new terms met while reading.
• Use a dictionary effectively and increase personl sight vocabulary by 50 new words (minimum), and master the method for this on-going process.
• Identify the main ideas of paragraphs and the central points of essays/articles.
• Identify key supporting details which develop main ideas in paragraphs.
• Identify the relationship of ideas through organizational patterns.
• Read critically: Discriminate between fact and opinion; Make valid inferences; Undersand purpose and tone; Read for reasoning (recognizing valid/invalid arguments).

III: Course Linkage

Linkage of course to educational program mission and at least one educational program outcome.

Students should:
1. Have college-level skills in reading, writing, and oral communication appropriate to their degree and/or emphasis
2. Have problem solving, creative, and critical thinking skills
3. Have effective and efficient learning skills, including the location and evaluation of information
4. Understand the importance of cultural traditions, diversity, and ethics in the modern world