Reading and Teacher Preparation
The Reading and Teacher Preparation Department offers a variety of courses to help students successfully navigate the rigorous demands of college-level academic texts. Classes focus on vocabulary development, reading comprehension and critical analysis and interpretation while students engage in individual and collaborative learning environments. The program curriculum fosters critical and strategic reading and thinking to enhance student confidence, concentration and understanding of text in a variety of formats and genres. Dedicated faculty empower students for success across academic disciplines, careers and lifelong learning.
This course provides instruction in the strategies necessary for college reading with an emphasis on the application of comprehension, vocabulary and critical reading skills to academic and technical reading assignments. Students are required to complete 3 hours of Supplemental Learning Assistance activities in designated Success Centers.
Transferable to CSU OnlyThis course focuses on power reading through the application of efficient and flexible reading techniques to professional and academic reading. It is designed for students with strong comprehension skills. Students are required to complete 3 hours of Supplemental Learning Assistance activities in designated Success Centers.
Transferable to CSU OnlyThis course provides instruction in the strategies needed for logical thinking, critical reading and analysis of argumentative writing. Emphasis is placed on the ability to analyze and evaluate written material by establishing claim and support, identifying patterns of logic and reason, and determining point of view and authority. READ 84 enables students to gain efficiency with the challenges of critical reading and analytical thinking in all academic disciplines.
Transferable to both UC and CSU; see counselor for limitationsThis course provides a study of methods to expand general word knowledge and build academic vocabulary across the disciplines, emphasizing conceptual development and effective communication. The course is specifically designed to develop a comprehensive academic vocabulary for general education courses or a specific discipline.
Transferable to CSU OnlyThis course provides literacy instruction in preparation for prerequisite courses such as Human Anatomy, Physiology, and Microbiology, and prepares students to use reading skills within their careers.
This course focuses on fundamental reading skills and strategies with an emphasis on reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Students will be able to comprehend and respond to text with scaffolding as needed.
This course focuses on essential literacy skills and strategies with an emphasis on comprehending and analyzing texts. Students will be able to comprehend and respond to text through writing with instructor's scaffolding as needed.
This course focuses on essential literacy skills and strategies with an emphasis on comprehending and analyzing texts. Students will be able to comprehend and respond to text through writing with instructor's scaffolding as needed.
This course develops essential reading concepts and strategies to comprehend and analyze literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.
This course develops foundational reading concepts and strategies to comprehend and analyze complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently with scaffolding as needed through a highly intensive, accelerated format. Students are required to complete 3 hours of Supplemental Learning Assistance activities in designated Success Centers.