RDLS 0900 - Critical Reading for Career Success

4.5 Credits

Students learn critical and analytical reading skills essential to college and career success. Students learn how to effectively locate and synthesize information, use library databases and online resources and build vocabulary skills. Students also gain skills in reading textbooks and technical career-related materials, including reading and analyzing tables, graphs, and occupational manuals.

Recommended: Placement testing recommended prior to taking this course, but not required.

Lecture Hours: 4.5
Lab Hours: 0.0
Internship Hours: 0.0
Clinical or Practicum Hours: 0.0

Course Objectives

1. Determine the meaning of unknown words in college and career documents using word-structural analysis and context clues.

2. Apply literal, critical, and inferential comprehension skills to a variety of expository and occupational-based reading materials.

3. Utilize a textbook reading strategy to improve comprehension of written materials and visuals.

4. Locate, analyze, and extract useful information from valid sources.

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