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ENG 105L - Critical Reading Lab

(1 unit)
Introduction to critical skills applicable across the disciplines. Emphasis on analyzing scholarship; audience, purpose, thesis, support, logic, style, conventions. Attention to writing summary, synthesis, analysis.

Corequisite(s): ENG 100I ENG 100L . Enroll in ENG 100I first. 

Grading Basis: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Units of Laboratory/Studio: 1
Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. engage in close reading and critical interpretation of a wide range of texts across different genres. 
2. use a variety of strategies to comprehend, analyze, and interpret texts.
3. identify the defining characteristics of major academic genres. 
4. identify and discuss authorial intention, tone, and bias, and to differentiate between literal and interpretive meanings. 
5. evaluate and interpret examples of a variety of text forms (e.g. print, web-based, visual). 


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