READ 0095 Integrated Literacy
Course Information
| Course Number | READ 0095 |
|---|---|
| Course Title | Integrated Literacy |
| Description | Integrated Literacy provides intensive instruction in critical thinking, reading, and writing in preparation for English 100 (Composition) and other 100-level courses. Coursework will emphasize independent reading of complex academic texts, critical response to ideas and information in academic texts, and writing essays that integrate ideas and information from academic texts. Note: This course fulfills the requirements of READ 0080, READ 0090, ENGL 0080, and ENGL 0090. (Prerequisite: Next-Generation Accuplacer Reading score of 230 or higher, OR Classic Accuplacer Reading score of 50 or higher, OR MCA Reading score of 900 or above.) |
| Total Credits | 8 |
| Total Hours | 128 |
| Instruction Type | Credits and Hours |
|---|---|
| Individualized | 8 Credits, 128 Hours |
Pre/Corequisites
Prerequisite: Next-Generation Accuplacer Reading score of 230 or higher, OR Classic Accuplacer Reading score of 50 or higher, OR MCA Reading score of 900 or above.
Institutional Core Competencies
- Communication - Students will be able to demonstrate appropriate and effective interactions with others to achieve their personal, academic, and professional objectives.
- Critical and Creative Thinking - Students will be able to demonstrate purposeful thinking with the goal of using a creative process for developing and building upon ideas and/or the goal of using a critical process for the analyzing and evaluating of ideas.
Course Competencies
- Use pre-reading strategies to facilitate understanding of texts.
- Read actively and critically.
- Identify and deconstruct abstract ideas found in complex academic texts.
- Formulate and explain valid inferences based on information from texts.
- Write and evaluate arguments for validity and credibility.
- Synthesize ideas and information from multiple sources and varying points of view.
- Write well-organized, unified, coherent essays with a clear, purposeful thesis statement.
- Support ideas with adequate and varied evidence.
- Tailor language to address a specific audience.
- Detect and correct major grammatical and mechanical errors.
- Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
- Use, analyze, and evaluate different types of print, digital, and multimodal media.
- Distinguish between facts, opinions, and fallacies in texts.
- Use knowledge of the SQ4R textbook reading strategy when analyzing textbook content.
- Determine how an author's use of various academic patterns (structures) of organization helps to clarify ideas and connections between ideas.
- Distinguish between various academic patterns (structures) or organization in texts.
- Cite convincing evidence to support analysis of what the text says.
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.
Additional information and forms can be found at: southcentral.edu/disability
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