Mar 16, 2026  
2025-2026 Catalog SVC 
    
2025-2026 Catalog SVC

ENGL 095 - Transitional Reading and Writing


Credits: 10
Variable Credit Course: Yes

Lecture Hours: 110
Lab Hours: 0
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: Examine habits, attitudes, and thought processes that lead to academic and professional success. Improve academic confidence through building critical thinking, writing, and reading skills, as well as digital literacy.

Prerequisite: CASAS Reading GOALS score of 217-227 or Accuplacer NextGen Reading Score 200-226.
Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes
  1. Demonstrate metacognition by using reading strategies. (CCRS R2)
  2. Apply study skills and strategies by successfully completing coursework.
  3. Use multiple discourses, including academic discourse, to communicate in a variety of settings. (CCRS L3)
  4. Demonstrate comprehension of a text by summarizing main ideas. (CCRS R2)
  5. Communicate how power, privilege, equity, and empathy affect our daily lives by engaging with culturally and linguistically diverse texts. (CCRS R6; CCRS R7)
  6. Demonstrate understanding of basic paragraph elements by producing cohesive written work. (CCRS W2)
  7. Write an original paragraph that uses evidence to support a claim. (CCRS W1; CCRS W2)
  8. Apply a multi-step writing process that includes drafting, editing, proofreading, and using feedback to produce a clear and organized final draft. (CCRS W5)
  9. Apply Standard American English conventions of grammar, word choice, sentence structure, punctuation, and spelling to produce written work.
  10. Use technology to produce coursework. (CCRS W6)

Course Contents
  1. College and career readiness including time management, college success skills, college knowledge, and critical thinking.
  2. Reading and writing metacognition and strategies.
  3. College study skills, such as consulting reference materials, note-taking, time management, and utilization of college resources.


Instructional Units: 10