COURSE INDEX - LaGuardia Community College
COURSE INDEX - LaGuardia Community College
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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