RW 500 - Advanced Critical Reading

0 lecture hours 0 lab hours 0 credits

Course Description
The development of critical reading skills is essential to success in post-secondary academic studies. Advanced Critical Reading is designed to improve upon students’ standard reading skills, such as comprehension and vocabulary development, while concurrently developing their higher-order critical thinking skills. Students will work with authentic texts on a variety of subject matters, taken from academic journals, professional and general-interest magazines, opinion columns, and websites. Working with these texts, they will utilize skills that are fundamental to developing critical awareness. This course also enhances students’ understanding of American culture by engaging them in the reading of classic American novels. This course is required for program completion. (prereq: none)

Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Build an understanding of critical, academic vocabulary
Consider place and date of publication
Identify author bias and purpose
Evaluate the scope of research
Distinguish fact from opinion
Compare the author’s argument to alternative points of view
Evaluate the strength of an argument and the validity of a text
Critically review an article
Read, analyze, and discuss 1-2 classic American novels

Prerequisites by Topic

None

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Katherine Toske

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RW 500 - Advanced Critical Reading