READ 102 — Academic Literacy in the Content Areas
This course incorporates reading and study skills customized to a student’s particular major/field. The course is designed to give students the skills and abilities needed to read and analyze the complex informational text found typically in Social Studies, Sciences, and Medical and Health fields, etc. Content area reading skills are explicitly taught, modeled, and practiced, using the student’s own textbooks from courses in their major content areas. Attention is given to building vocabulary in content areas, including use of Latin and Greek roots, affixes and contextual clues and, most importantly, word lists specific to the student’s major area of study. Students will read scientific papers, historical documents, etc.... while learning comprehension strategies that help them make sense of content-area texts. Students will also examine and appreciate the diversity of the people and cultures that have contributed to developments in the student's area of study. Digital literacy is covered as well, incorporating the critical thinking skills necessary to locate and evaluate online sources of information for five criteria. Transfer credit: CSU