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COURSE INDEX - LaGuardia Community College

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Communication Skills Department<br />

preparation for general reading proficiency exams. The process of<br />

reading is explained and experienced using student’s own selfmonitoring<br />

strategies. Critical reading of one or more full-length<br />

texts is required.<br />

Admission to this course is based on placement test scores.<br />

CSE103 Critical Reading and Academic Literacy<br />

3 credits; 3 hours<br />

This course is designed for students who want to develop sophisticated<br />

analytical skills for critical reading. It aims to develop<br />

proficiency in higher levels of reading and thinking — analysis,<br />

inference and evaluation. Through intensive reading and analysis<br />

from the various academic disciplines, students will be able to<br />

process and organize complex concepts. The course will have an<br />

ePortfolio component comprised of written assignments developed<br />

throughout the semester.<br />

Prerequisite: CSE099<br />

Pre- or Corequisite: ENA/ENG/ESA099/ENC101, MAT095<br />

CSE105 Academic Vocabulary<br />

3 credits; 3 hours<br />

This course introduces students to methods of expanding their<br />

vocabulary, from contextual readings to conceptual frameworks.<br />

The development of modern English is studied to explain the state<br />

of current vocabulary. Subject area dictionaries, Greek and Latin<br />

word elements and meanings derived from context are explored.<br />

Special consideration is given to introducing the students to the<br />

vocabulary essential to their major area of study.<br />

Pre- or Corequisite: CSE099, ENA/ENG/ESA099/ENC101<br />

appreciation of biographical narratives and their uses in selfunderstanding.<br />

The materials to be read in class will vary by<br />

semester and the course may be thematically organized.<br />

Pre- or Corequisite: ESL/ESR098<br />

CSE150 The Evolution of the Reading Experience<br />

3 credits; 3 hours<br />

This course is designed to familiarize the student with the cultural<br />

and technological factors which have defined and influenced the<br />

activity of reading. The emphasis of the course will be on the<br />

evolution of reading and the gradual changes affecting the reading<br />

experience. Students will be expected to understand significant<br />

developments that relate to reading: the invention of writing, the<br />

creation of books, the invention of the printing press and more<br />

recent changes in print communication. This course will explore<br />

reading from the perspectives of other cultures and will trace the<br />

varieties of reading experiences that have been key features in the<br />

transformation of Western and non-Western cultures.<br />

Prerequisite: CSE099, ENA/ENG/ESA099/ENC101<br />

CSE200 Speed Reading<br />

2 credits; 3 hours<br />

This course is offered for students who are interested in power<br />

reading techniques. Emphasis is placed on the development of<br />

effective reading habits and the techniques of rapid reading,<br />

identifying authors’ patterns of writing, skimming, scanning and<br />

ongoing practice with mechanical aids and timed exercises.<br />

Prerequisite: CSE099, ENA/ENG/ESA099/ENC101, MAT095<br />

CSE110 Literacy and Propaganda<br />

3 credits; 3 hours<br />

This course introduces students to methods of understanding a<br />

highly developed and pervasive discourse: propaganda. Emphasis<br />

is placed on reading materials that use the persuasive and argumentative<br />

language of politics, advertising, cultural discussions<br />

and the media. Political speeches, essays, editorials, and articles<br />

are used to enlarge the student’s experience with the materials and<br />

tools of propaganda. The student will acquire the intellectual<br />

framework and sophisticated level of literacy needed to recognize<br />

and respond to the aims of propaganda.<br />

Prerequisite: CSE095, ESL/ESR099<br />

Pre- or Corequisite: CSE099, ENA/ENG/ESA099/ENC101<br />

CSE120 Reading the Biography<br />

3 credits; 3 hours<br />

This course will introduce students to the critical reading and<br />

evaluation of biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, diaries and<br />

journals. The aims of the course will be to: evaluate claims to truth<br />

and truthful recollections; examine historical claims through first<br />

person accounts; develop awareness of the methods and techniques<br />

of biographical and autobiographical writing; understand<br />

the uses of biographical writing and its place in society; explore<br />

biographies and autobiographies as vehicles for the creation of the<br />

self. The student will become proficient and develop a deeper<br />

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