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  • ENGRD 117: Reading Center: Reading Skills

    2.00 - 5.00 Credits
    American River College

    Prerequisite: Placement through assessment process. Advisory: ENGRD 12. Hours: 108 hours LAB The Reading Center offers individualized instructional modules designed to strengthen reading skills in specifi c areas. Course offerings vary, depending upon needs and abilities. A partial list includes the following: Comprehension (advanced levels), Vocabulary Development (advanced levels), Speed Reading, Critical Reading, Textbook Reading, Reading for the Profi ciency Exam, Study Skills, Tutor Training. Credit/No Credit only. The same module may not be repeated for credit and is not a substitute for any Reading or ESL course. Scheduling is fl exible. Enrollment is open through the 12th week of the semester. Units are awarded upon the successful completion of modules. May be taken four times for maximum of six units.
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  • ENGRD 12: Reading Center: Basic Reading Skills

    2.00 - 5.00 Credits
    American River College

    Prerequisite: Placement through assessment process or completion of ESLR 50 with a grade of "C" or better.Hours: 108 hours LAB The Reading Center offers individualized instructional modules designed to acquire or improve reading skills in specifi c areas. Course offerings vary, depending upon needs and abilities. A partial list includes the following: Comprehension (beginning-intermediate levels), Vocabulary Development (beginning-intermediate levels), Critical Reading, Study Skills, Spelling Improvement, and ESL Reading/Conversation (non-degree applicable modules). Credit/ No Credit. The same module may not be repeated for credit and is not a substitute for any Reading or ESL course. Enrollment is open through the 12th week of the semester. Units are awarded upon the successful completion of modules. May be taken four times for credit with a maximum of six units.
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  • ENGRD 15: Basic Reading Skills

    3.00 Credits
    American River College

    Prerequisite: ENGRD 12; or placement through the assessment process. Advisory: Concurrent or previous enrollment in ENGWR 51. Hours: 54 hours LEC This course provides instruction in techniques for improving basic skills in reading. It involves intensive work with word attack, literal comprehension, vocabulary and study skills, including practice with multicultural reading materials and strategies. Individual work in the Learning Resource Center may be required by instructor.
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  • ENGRD 17: Vocabulary and Spelling with Study Strategies

    2.00 Credits
    American River College

    Hours: 36 hours LEC This course emphasizes the improvement of vocabulary and spelling with the use of learning and study strategies. Individual learning styles are utilized to learn new words in a number of contexts. Thematic readings, writing, and individual word journals are required throughout the course to supplement and reinforce spelling rules and the use of new vocabulary.
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  • ENGRD 310: Prose Analysis and Interpretation

    3.00 Credits
    American River College

    Prerequisite: ENGRD 116 with a grade of "C" or better; or placementthrough the assessment process. Advisory: Concurrent enrollment in ENGWR 300. General Education: AA/AS Area II(b) Course Transferable to CSU Hours: 54 hours LEC This overview course covers the theory and practice of critical and speed reading skills needed for successful academic performance with an emphasis on the following: (1) critical and analytical evaluation of college-level expository and argumentative essays, (2) development of fl exible reading rate and speed, (3) critical analysis and evaluation of research, (4) vocabulary development, and (5) application in multicultural essays, journals, fi ction and nonfi ction reading. Individual reading practice and exercises in the Reading Center, Writing Across the Curriculum or Reading Across the Disciplines programs may be required.
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  • ENGRD 312: Academic Textbook Reading

    3.00 Credits
    American River College

    Prerequisite: ENGRD 116 with a grade of "C" or better; or placementthrough the assessment process. Advisory: Concurrent enrollment in ENGWR 300 General Education: AA/AS Area II(b) Course Transferable to CSU Hours: 54 hours LEC This course will concentrate on the refi nement of the ability to read, understand and respond to college-level textbooks across the curriculum. Emphasis is on critical thinking, graphs, discipline-based vocabulary, and reading rates as they relate to academic success.
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  • ENGRD 314: Reading Across the Disciplines

    1.00 - 5.00 Credits
    American River College

    Corequisite: Enrollment in a transfer level content area course. Course Transferable to CSU Hours: 54 hours LAB This course offers individualized instructional modules designed to improve reading skills in the various content area classes. Course offerings vary, depending upon the needs and abilities of the student. A partial list may include the following: textbook comprehension, principles of learning and retention, notetaking, annotating, discipline- based vocabulary, paraphrasing, reading graphics, test taking, speed reading and research techniques. Credit/No Credit. Registration is open through the twelfth week of the semester. May be taken four times for a maximum of two units.
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  • ENGRD 56: Integrated Reading, Writing and Study Skills

    6.00 Credits
    American River College

    Same As: ENGWR 56 Hours: 108 hours LEC This course emphasizes the interrelationships among reading, writing, and study skills at the basic skills level. Course content, activities, and assignments integrate all three areas, providing opportunities to improve reading and writing skills in a student-centered environment. The course includes reading and writing in response to a variety of fi ctional and non-fi ctional materials and reviews basic rules of grammar and usage to develop skills in sentence, paragraph, and essay writing. Additional topics include a review of campus services and programs and effective study strategies. This course requires a
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  • ENGWR 103: Practical Communication

    3.00 Credits
    American River College

    Prerequisite: ENGWR 51 with a grade of "C" or better; or placementthrough the assessment process. Advisory: ENGRD 15; Concurrent enrollment in ENGRD 015. General Education: AA/AS Area II(a) Hours: 54 hours LEC This course will present methods of organizing ideas and writing for college and career: reports, resumes, and business correspondence. It will include research techniques and intensive review of grammar, spelling, and mechanics. The course is designed for students who do not plan to transfer. One or more additional hours per week in the Learning Resource Center may be required.
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  • ENGWR 104: Writing Center: Writing Skills

    2.00 - 5.00 Credits
    American River College

    Prerequisite: Completion of at least 1 unit of ENGWR 53 or placement through assessment process. Advisory: BUSTEC 300 or CISC 300. Hours: 108 hours LAB This course offers individualized instruction modules (mini English courses) that focus on improving writing skills, including intermediate to advanced sentence, paragraph, and essay writing, research paper writing, literary analysis, as well as editing and proofreading. Course offerings vary depending on a student's needs and skill levels. Computers will be used to produce writing assignments. The same module may not be repeated for credit. This course is not a substitute for any other English courses. Registration is open through the twelfth week of the semester. Credit/No Credit only. May be taken three times.
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