The Reading department offers classes for students who need to build and/or improve college reading skills or who wish to acquire college vocabulary.

Courses

RDG 91: Reading Skills [RE]

Credits 5

Reinforces essential reading comprehension skills: recognizing vocabulary in context, locating main ideas, understanding supporting details, identifying transitions, making inferences, outlining and summarizing, and recognizing patterns of organization. This class gives students an opportunity to practice and improve these strategies in a supportive environment.

Prerequisite

Appropriate placement or teacher recommendation.

RDG 99: College Reading Skills [RE]

Credits 5

Breaks reading down into the skills necessary for academic success: learning vocabulary in context, locating main ideas and supporting details, and recognizing inferences, transitions, patterns of organization, purpose and tone, support for argument, and fact and opinion.

Prerequisite

Appropriate placement, or completion of RDG 91 with a 0.7 or better, or teacher recommendation.