Dates for the summer 2001 program are Sunday, June 10 through Thursday, July 19. However, students must pay tuition and books for the summer transition program courses. A fee schedule for summer 2000 is provided at the end of this page. Summer Course Offerings 16-100 Remediating Specific Language Handicaps in Reading and Spelling. Systematic drill and phonemes, affixes, and roots is used to develop the ability to read and therefore, comprehend college-level textbooks and materials.
Similar drill is employed to teach spelling.
In addition, syllabication for both reading and spelling purposes is also taught. This course also offers direct instruction to remediate the writing skills deficits by providing the participant with a variety of methods and applications aimed at increasing the participants' knowledge and skill with the intent that participants will apply these skills to passing English 101. Students also learn study skills such as notetaking and reading texts for comprehension through integration of activities in this course with the required 2 credit Active Lifestyle course. This course does not count toward the 120 credits necessary for graduation. 77-105 Active Lifestyle.