ODBI 070 - GED Prep Social Studies & Language Arts

Credits: 7
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 77
Lab Hours: 0
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: Students work towards knowledge and competencies required to pass GED exams in Social Studies and Language Arts. Instruction offered bilingually in Spanish and English.

Prerequisite: Basic computer and typing skills or ODHS 24 or ODBI 24 with a C or better.
Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Analyze and interpret charts, maps, and graphs to identify relevant information for supporting claims.
Identify causal relationships versus correlation or sequential order of events in a text.
Apply reading strategies to understand, analyze, summarize, and compare arguments, passages, and texts.
Apply writing skills to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using relevant and sufficient evidence and valid reasoning.
Apply test-taking skills to successfully pass GED tests.

Course Contents

Critical reading strategies.
Writing for effective communication.
Topics in social studies.
Test-taking strategies, including overcoming test anxiety and time management strategies for timed tests.

Instructional Units: 7