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2014-2015 Undergraduate Academic Catalog 
    
2014-2015 Undergraduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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RW 201 - Intermediate Academic Reading and Writing I


Course Description
The Intermediate Academic Reading and Writing I core course is the first of six integrated course sequence that develops needed academic skills within the context of different academic areas with built-in academic vocabulary workshops. The reading strand focuses on guessing meaning from context, parts of speech, dictionary use, recognizing main idea and details, phrases and clauses, punctuation, and connecting with topic sentences and main ideas. The writing strand develops critical writing strategies such as choosing a topic, planning, writing, editing and rewriting descriptive and process paragraphs. Using simple graphic organizers, making inferences, having questions in mind, classifying and applying information are the critical thinking strategies highlighted in this course. Test-taking strategies skills include locating key words, finding grammatical errors, and understanding pronouns. This course is required for program completion.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
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Prerequisites by Topic
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Course Topics
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