READ 0090 Reading II
Course Information
| Course Number | READ 0090 |
|---|---|
| Course Title | Reading II |
| Description | This intermediate-to-advanced reading course focuses on applying the reading strategies, concepts, and skills learned in Reading I. This application course utilizes college-level texts of all genres in the application of reading comprehension strategies, concepts, and skills. A grade of "C" or better is required for successful completion of this course. This course does not fulfill General Education requirements. (Prerequisites: Next-Generation Accuplacer Reading score of 237-249, [Classic Accuplacer Reading, 56-74], or completion of READ 0080 and ENGL 0080 or EAP 0080 with a C [2.0] or higher.) |
| Total Credits | 4 |
| Total Hours | 64 |
| Instruction Type | Credits and Hours |
|---|---|
| Individualized | 4 Credits, 64 Hours |
Pre/Corequisites
Prerequisite: Next-Generation Accuplacer Reading score of 237-249, (Classic Accuplacer Reading, 56-74), or completion of READ 0080 and ENGL 0080 or EAP 0080 with a C (2.0) or higher.
Institutional Core Competencies
- Communication - Students will be able to demonstrate appropriate and effective interactions with others to achieve their personal, academic, and professional objectives.
Course Competencies
- Determine two or more explicit themes, arguments, or main ideas in texts. 11.5.2.2
- Determine two or more implicit themes, arguments, or main ideas in texts. 11.5.3.3
- Cite convincing evidence to support analysis of the text. 11.5.1.1
- Determine author's point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective. 11.5.6.6
- Determine an author's tone in texts. 11.5.6.6
- Explain how understanding of an author's point of view or purpose heightens understanding of text. 11.5.6.6
- Explain how understanding of an author's tone heightens understanding of text. 11.5.4.4
- Use, understand, analyze, and evaluate different types of print, digital, and multimodal media. 11.9.7.7
- Use knowledge of the SQ3R textbook reading strategy when analyzing textbook content. 11.5.10.10
- Integrate and evaluate information from various sources and formats in order to answer questions or solve problems. 11.5.7.7
- Evaluate an author's rationale for major claims and arguments in seminal U.S. texts, with focus on U.S. political and legal texts. 11.5.8.8
- Distinguish between facts, opinions, and fallacies in texts. 11.5.5.5
- Analyze how key vocabulary terms are used, refined, and developed throughout the course of a text. 11.5.4.4
- Determine or clarify meanings of unknown words and phrases as they are used in texts, using multiple strategies to do so. 11.5.4.4
- Distinguish between various academic patterns (structures) of organization in texts. 11.5.5.5
- Determine how an author's use of various academic patterns (structures) of organization helps to clarify ideas and connections between ideas. 11.5.5.5
- Determine logical inferences in texts. 11.5.1.1
- Determine meanings of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. 11.11.5.5
SCC Accessibility Statement
South Central College strives to make all learning experiences as accessible as possible. If you have a disability and need accommodations for access to this class, contact the Academic Support Center to request and discuss accommodations.
North Mankato: Room B-132, (507) 389-7222; Faribault: Room A-116, (507) 332-7222.
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