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3.00 Credits
Instruction focuses on the processes of culture learning and intercultural communication. Activities include using ethnographic research methods, including observations and interviews, in the Chicago and Columbia arts and media communities. Students leave the class with tools that enable them to continually broaden and deepen their cultural knowledge. Students also visit areas and institutions of cultural importance in Chicago.
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1.00 Credits
Enrollment for this course is open to all Columbia students. Students enrolled in Introduction to College Reading are required to enroll concurrently for Tutoring in College Reading. Students attend the Reading Center at least one hour per week for individual or small group tutoring related to reading. Students receive help with assignments from their Reading course or reading demands of other courses. CONCURRENT: 52-1301 INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGE READING
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1.00 Credits
Course is for students who need to improve their reading abilities in order to succeed at Columbia College. Through extensive, guided reading, students improve their reading comprehension skills and strategies. Students read narrative (stories) and expository (informational) texts, improve their abilities to recognize main ideas and supporting details, increase their vocabulary, and learn to take notes on text. Students are required to register concurrently for one hour of tutoring each week in the Reading Center. Students who successfully complete this course register for College Reading the next semester. 3 CRE DITS CONCURRENT: 52-1300 TUTORING IN COLLEGE READING
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3.00 Credits
Course improves students' abilities to succeed with the wide range of reading that college requires. Students read fulllength books and short stories, improve their comprehension of narrative text, and explore interpretations of stories through artistic creation. Students learn several reading and notetaking strategies appropriate for different types of expository (informational) text. Students also learn to conduct library reading research. 3 CRE DITS PREREQUISITES: PLACEMENT
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1.00 Credits
Oral Expression for Non-Native Speakers of English is reserved for students who do not speak English as their first language. This course addresses specific barriers to effective public speaking for English as a Second Language students, such as stage fright, poor pronunciation/rhythm patterns, and intercultural communication difficulties. The course introduces students to basic principles of communication theory and informative, persuasive, and occasional models of public speaking. Instruction focuses on planning, organization, argumentation, delivery and posture, use of gestures and voice, and U.S. academic audience expectations. Oral Expression for Non-Native Speakers of English meets the LAS Core requirement for Oral Communications. (Requires one hour of tutoring.) 3 CRE DITS
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3.00 Credits
Students overcome difficulties they may have in public speaking, such as stage fright and poor diction. Students are made aware of important elements such as delivery and posture, use of gestures, and good grammar. Course introduces students to informative, persuasive, and occasional modes of public speaking and helps students develop well-organized and purposeful speeches. 3 CRE DITS
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3.00 Credits
Through in-class writing exercises, reading of model poems, and discussion of student work, this course encourages students to produce poetry of increasing quality. 3 CRE DITS COREQUISITES: 52-1151 WRITING AND RHETORIC I OR PLACEMENT
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3.00 Credits
Course introduces students to genres of fiction, drama, and poetry. By studying important works by writers of culturally diverse backgrounds, students gain experience in reading, analyzing, interpreting, and writing about literature. Course establishes connections between literature and other areas of arts and communications. 3 CRE DITS PREREQUISITES: 52-1151 WRITING AND RHETORIC I OR PLACEMENT
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3.00 Credits
Students study poetry ranging from traditional forms and figures to contemporary experimental forms. Course may include selected significant poems from all major periods. This is primarily a literature course, not a writing workshop. 3 CRE DITS PREREQUISITES: 52-1152 WRITING AND RHETORIC II
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3.00 Credits
A survey class in Creative Nonfiction which will focus on several genres of nonfiction writing: autobiography/memoir, the essay, travel writing, aphorism, prose poetry, biography, etc. This class will introduce students to some of the larger issues in nonfiction and some of the more specific questions that arise within its sub-genres. 3 CRE DITS PREREQUISITES: 52-1151 WRITING AND RHETORIC I OR PLACEMENT
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