ENGL 098 - Integrated College Reading & Writing Skills

Credit(s): 4
Contact Hours: 4

This course is designed to help students develop the reading and writing skills necessary to succeed in ENGL 101 - Rhetoric & Composition. Students will learn strategies to improve their reading comprehension, word recognition, critical thinking, and active reading skills to become more proficient readers. Students will also learn to write unified paragraphs and essays that are supported by concrete details and organized logically. Practice in sentence construction, punctuation, grammar, and vocabulary is also emphasized. The computing center will be utilized throughout the course. Prerequisites: Appropriate scores on writing and reading placement tests. Completion of this course with a grade of “C” or better satisfies both the E and the R prerequisites.