2015-16 Catalog (Archived Catalog)
Courses
- ELA 099 - Preparatory Language Arts for the College Student
This course centers on developing the necessary reading and writing skills required for success in college-level courses. Students will be asked to demonstrate paragraph and essay development, emphasizing purpose, organization, and support, as well as sentence-level grammar skills. In addition, students will achieve college-level reading skills, including basic comprehension, analytical reading, and vocabulary strategies. Mastery of discrete skills will be demonstrated in a concurrent lab course; application of combined skills will be demonstrated in classroom activity.
Prerequisite: ACT standard score in English of 16-21, required scores on the current English placement test, or a grade of "pass" in ELA 095.
4 Semester hour(s)
3 lec/2 lab