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Active as of Fall Semester 2019
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Critical Literacy
2. Course Prefix & Number:
READ 1505
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 2
Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
Critical Literacy provides advanced instruction in critical academic discourse to support success in Composition I and other college-level courses. Using theme based readings from a variety of academic disciplines, students analyze complex academic texts, critically respond to ideas and information in academic texts, and construct essays and other written responses that integrate ideas and information from academic texts.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
Writing Introductory College Level or Writing College Level CLC or Writing College Level or Writing Honors College Level |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
READ 1505 - Critical Literacy
There are no prerequisites for this course.
7. Other Prerequisites
C or Better in Academic Literacy
9. Co-requisite Courses:
READ 1505 - Critical Literacy
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
St. Cloud State University, ENGL 190, Introduction to Rhetorical and Analytical Writing: Supplemental, 4 credits
Community College of Baltimore County, ACLT 053, Advanced Academic Literacy, 3 credits
Century College, RDNG 1000, Critical Reading and Thinking for College. 3 credits
III. Course Purpose
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate oral communication skills |
Demonstrate communication and listening skills by asking questions. |
| Demonstrate written communication skills |
Demonstrate written communication skills by annotating and note taking. |
| Demonstrate reading and listening skills |
Apply appropriate critical reading strategies such as self-monitoring, meta cognition, active reading techniques, and adjusting reading rate to the difficulty of reading materials and purpose of reading. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Read actively and critically, and effectively use textual annotation;
- Identify and deconstruct abstract ideas found in complex academic texts;
- Formulate and explain valid inferences based on information from texts;
- Write and evaluate arguments for validity and credibility;
- Locate, evaluate and synthesize ideas and information from multiple sources and varying points of view;
- Support ideas with adequate and varied evidence;
- Summarize, paraphrase and quote information from source materials;
- Create citations using information from source materials;
- Tailor language to address a specific audience;
- Employ syntax and usage appropriate to academic disciplines and the professional world; and
- Use strategies to effectively address the non-cognitive issues that could affect students’ academic success.
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Modes of Academic Discourse
- Definition
- Narration
- Comparison and Contrast
- Process
- Cause and Effect
- Critical Reading Processes
- Understanding an Assignment
- Pre-Reading Strategies
- Determining Purpose
- Deep Reading
- Note Taking
- Summarizing
- Questioning for analysis and evaluation
- Responding
- Descriptive Writing versus Critical Writing
- Setting Background
- Participating in Academic Debate
- Evaluating Evidence and Arguments
- Identify Key Points
- Considering Alternatives
- Presenting Arguments
- Evaluating Information Sources
- Currency
- Relevance
- Authority
- Accuracy
- Purpose
- Reader response
- Paraphrasing
- Comparing and Contrasting
- Analyzing for Meaning
- Research Writing
- Understanding Purpose
- Structuring Academic Writing
- Quoting, Summarizing and Paraphrasing
- Documenting and Citing Sources
- Language usage
- General Formatting Guidellines (APA, MLA, Chicago)
- Non-cognitive academic strategies
- Metacognitive Learning Strategies
- Building Achievement Motivation and Confidence
- Community Responsibility and Communication
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Critical Literacy
2. Course Prefix & Number:
READ 1505
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 2
Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
Critical Literacy provides advanced instruction in critical academic discourse to support success in Composition I and other college-level courses. Using theme based readings from a variety of academic disciplines, students analyze complex academic texts, critically respond to ideas and information in academic texts, and construct essays and other written responses that integrate ideas and information from academic texts.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
Writing Introductory College Level or Writing College Level CLC or Writing College Level or Writing Honors College Level |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
READ 1505 - Critical Literacy
There are no prerequisites for this course.
7. Other Prerequisites
C or Better in Academic Literacy
9. Co-requisite Courses:
READ 1505 - Critical Literacy
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
St. Cloud State University, ENGL 190, Introduction to Rhetorical and Analytical Writing: Supplemental, 4 credits
Community College of Baltimore County, ACLT 053, Advanced Academic Literacy, 3 credits
Century College, RDNG 1000, Critical Reading and Thinking for College. 3 credits
III. Course Purpose
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate oral communication skills |
Demonstrate communication and listening skills by asking questions. |
| Demonstrate written communication skills |
Demonstrate written communication skills by annotating and note taking. |
| Demonstrate reading and listening skills |
Apply appropriate critical reading strategies such as self-monitoring, meta cognition, active reading techniques, and adjusting reading rate to the difficulty of reading materials and purpose of reading. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Read actively and critically, and effectively use textual annotation;
- Identify and deconstruct abstract ideas found in complex academic texts;
- Formulate and explain valid inferences based on information from texts;
- Write and evaluate arguments for validity and credibility;
- Locate, evaluate and synthesize ideas and information from multiple sources and varying points of view;
- Support ideas with adequate and varied evidence;
- Summarize, paraphrase and quote information from source materials;
- Create citations using information from source materials;
- Tailor language to address a specific audience;
- Employ syntax and usage appropriate to academic disciplines and the professional world; and
- Use strategies to effectively address the non-cognitive issues that could affect students’ academic success.
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Modes of Academic Discourse
- Definition
- Narration
- Comparison and Contrast
- Process
- Cause and Effect
- Critical Reading Processes
- Understanding an Assignment
- Pre-Reading Strategies
- Determining Purpose
- Deep Reading
- Note Taking
- Summarizing
- Questioning for analysis and evaluation
- Responding
- Descriptive Writing versus Critical Writing
- Setting Background
- Participating in Academic Debate
- Evaluating Evidence and Arguments
- Identify Key Points
- Considering Alternatives
- Presenting Arguments
- Evaluating Information Sources
- Currency
- Relevance
- Authority
- Accuracy
- Purpose
- Reader response
- Paraphrasing
- Comparing and Contrasting
- Analyzing for Meaning
- Research Writing
- Understanding Purpose
- Structuring Academic Writing
- Quoting, Summarizing and Paraphrasing
- Documenting and Citing Sources
- Language usage
- General Formatting Guidellines (APA, MLA, Chicago)
- Non-cognitive academic strategies
- Metacognitive Learning Strategies
- Building Achievement Motivation and Confidence
- Community Responsibility and Communication