COLL 190 Academic Reading Strategies (3 Hours)
This course is designed for students who wish to improve their high-level understanding of written expression. First, students will enhance higher-level comprehension and vocabulary skills through reading strategy instruction. Second, the course has a strong focus on practicing strategy usage and student metacognitive reflection with the goal of transfer to concurrent and future coursework. Professors will model strategy usage, students will engage in small group work to further understanding, and students will independently practice with professor feedback. The ultimate focus of this course is to enhance student success and retention through both general reading skill growth and specific strategy usage.