Classroom exercises and assignments are geared to the needs of individual students. Further, a variety of content material used in the courses helps students increase their store of general knowledge in the liberal arts. Students taking primarily noncredit courses must include at least one required Reading and Study Skills course before enrolling in RS electives. The credit course RS 101 is part of the core curriculum. This first semester Integrated Language Curriculum course focuses on the intensive study of the sounds of English, how they relate to letters and form predictable patterns in words.
Emphasis is on accurate decoding and spelling and improving reading fluency.
In this second semester I.L.C. course, students continue studying the sound system of English as they learn to decode increasingly difficult words. Students are encouraged to apply their reading skills to more advanced texts while practicing accuracy and fluency. Academic Computer Literacy Students learn how to use computers to become a better student in this first semester Integrated Language Curriculum course. They will be familiarized with word processing, e-mail, internet access, PowerPoint, tables, and Inspiration and will also be introduced to basic study skills such as organizing and maintaining a Master Notebook. Applied Study Skills Students learn the essential study skills of previewing, highlighting, and margin noting to understand texts.