Course Descriptions:
READ 0800 Learning Support Reading I 3 credit hours
READ 0800 Learning Support Reading I 3 credit hours
This course focuses on reading completion that demonstrates mastery of essential topics such as vocabulary development, literal comprehension, and inferential comprehension. Students reading assignments will be based on a diagnostic reading assessment. Upon successful completion of the READ 0800 course, the student will have the ability to read, comprehend, and analyze college entry-level passages. The student must master one of the two required Learning Support Reading Competencies to receive a passing grade for this course. (Prerequisite: 13 to 18 Reading ACT or comparable placement score.) (This course is institutional credit only.) 3 hrs. lecture/lab.
READ 0802 Learning Support Reading II 2 credit hours
This course is a continuation of the READ 0800 course. The course allows a student to complete additional lab time in the Learning Support Reading Lab to obtain the mastery level required to exit Learning Support Reading without repeating content material from READ 0800. The student is required to attend a scheduled lab 2 hours per week until exit mastery level is documented at the critical reading and analysis stage of college entry-level passages. This course is institutional credit only. Prerequisite: Mastery level of Learning Support Reading outcomes at the 1st of two competency levels. (This course is institutional credit only.) 2 hrs. lecture/lab.