RD 115 - Speedreading for College

3 Credit(s)

Prerequisite(s): RD 90 or WR 91 or designated placement.

Course Description: Teaches an effective speedreading process. The goal is for students to improve reading rate, vocabulary and comprehension. It also develops skills needed to become a more intelligent reader and a more accomplished college level student. These skills include efficient reading habits such as speed studying and speed researching; recognition of writing structures of fiction and various types of non-fiction; and inferential and critical reading.

Course Level: Lower Division Collegiate

Course Learning Outcomes:

CLO#1: Define and demonstrate knowledge of the speed-reading process.
CLO#2: Improve college level reading rate while improving comprehension. (ILO: Communication)