| 11/9/2026 8:02:19 AM |
| Changed Course |
| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
ENGL 770 | Title:
READING & WRITING STUDIO |
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| Full Title:
Reading and Writing Studio |
| Last Reviewed:10/20/2025 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 0 | Lecture Scheduled | 0 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 0 |
| Minimum | 0 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 1 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| | Contact DHR | 10.00 | | Contact DHR | 175.00 |
| | Contact Total | 10.00 | | Contact Total | 175.00 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 0.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 175.00 | |
Title 5 Category:
Non-Credit
Grading:
Non-Credit Course
Repeatability:
27 - Exempt From Repeat Provisions
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
Catalog Description:
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In this course students will collaborate with Reading and Writing Studio staff to practice and develop essential academic reading and writing skills. In partnership with staff, students will engage in a reflective process to identify areas of inquiry and growth and to apply skills in practice to reading and writing assignments. Students can choose to work on academic assignments from across the disciplines as well as college transfer and job preparation writing tasks.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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In this course students will collaborate with Reading and Writing Studio staff to practice and develop essential academic reading and writing skills. In partnership with staff, students will engage in a reflective process to identify areas of inquiry and growth and to apply skills in practice to reading and writing assignments. Students can choose to work on academic assignments from across the disciplines as well as college transfer and job preparation writing tasks.
(Non-Credit Course)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:27 - Exempt From Repeat Provisions
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
| Associate Degree: | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| CSU Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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| C-ID: |
Certificate/Major Applicable:
Not Certificate/Major Applicable
Approval and Dates
| Version: | 07 | Course Created/Approved: | 3/10/1989 |
| Version Created: | 5/20/2025 | Course Last Modified: | 12/19/2025 |
| Submitter: | Sheryl Cavales Doolan | Course Last Full Review: | 10/20/2025 |
| Version Status: | Approved Changed Course | Prereq Created/Approved: | 10/20/2025 |
| Version Status Date: | 10/20/2025 | Semester Last Taught: | |
| Version Term Effective: | Fall 2026 | Term Inactive: | |
COURSE CONTENT
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Demonstrate increased skill or knowledge in the reading or writing topics for which students sought assistance.
Objectives:
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At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Identify specific reading or writing goals for current and future reading and/or writing consultations.
2. Actively participate in reading and/or consultations in collaboration with staff.
3. Improve understanding of and skills in active reading, academic writing, and/or research.
4. Apply feedback from consultations to specific college or course-related assignments.
5. Engage in college reading or writing assignments with greater confidence.
Topics and Scope
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Tutoring sessions may include one or more of the following topics:
I. Academic Reading
A. Pre-reading
B. Active reading strategies
C. Summary, analysis, and response
II. Writing
A. Understanding writing prompts and assignments
B. The writing process
C. Essay genres and organization patterns
D. Content development
E. Research and ethical use of sources
1. Integration of sources as support
2. Documentation of sources
F. Confluence of purpose, voice, and audience
1. Grammatical and mechanical choices for communicative effectiveness.
2. Rhetorical and stylistic choices to enhance student voice and effectively appeal to the intended audience in support of the writer's purpose.
Assignments:
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Students will work independently or one-on-one with Studio staff, focusing on specific learning needs as identified by the student in collaboration with staff.
1. Additional assignments as determined by instructor may include:
a. Using pre-reading strategies to determine purpose and focus for reading.
b. Understanding, analyzing, and interpreting assigned texts.
c. Using prewriting techniques to generate, organize, and explore ideas related to specific reading and/or writing assignments.
d. Assignments related to writing-intensive courses.
e. Writing and revising essays for English composition courses.
f. Writing and revising research papers.
g. Conducting library and internet research.
h. Writing personal essays or statements for transfer and scholarship applications.
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
100 - 100% |
| Attendance and participation; additional assignments (if assigned) | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Instructor prepared materials
OTHER REQUIRED ELEMENTS
| Student Preparation |
| Matric Assessment Required: | X | Exempt From Assessment |
| Prerequisites-generate description: | NP | No Prerequisite |
| Advisories-generate description: | NA | No Advisory |
| Prereq-provisional: | N | NO |
| Prereq/coreq-registration check: | N | No Prerequisite Rules Exist |
| Requires instructor signature: | N | Instructor's Signature Not Required |
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| BASIC INFORMATION, HOURS/UNITS & REPEATABILITY |
| Method of instruction: | 04 | Laboratory |
| | 71 | Internet-Based, Simultaneous Interaction |
| | 72 | Internet-Based, Delayed Interaction |
| Area department: | ENGL | English |
| Division: | 71 | Language Arts & Academic Foundations |
| Special topic course: | N | Not a Special Topic Course |
| Program Status: | 2 | Not Certificate/Major Applicable |
| Repeatability: | 27 | Exempt From Repeat Provisions |
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| SCHEDULING |
| Audit allowed: | N | Not Auditable |
| Open entry/exit: | Y | Open Entry/Open Exit |
| Credit by Exam: | N | Credit by examination not allowed |
| Budget code: Program: | 0000 | Unrestricted |
| Budget code: Activity: | 1501 | English-General |
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| OTHER CODES |
| Disciplines: | English |
| Basic Skills: | B | VOC, OCC, or General Basic Skills |
| Level below transfer: | B | 2 Levels Below the Transferable Level |
| CVU/CVC status: | Y | Distance Ed, Not CVU/CVC Developed |
| Distance Ed Approved: | Y | Either online or hybrid, as determined by instructor |
| Emergency Distance Ed Approved: | Y | Fully Online
Partially Online
Online with flexible in-person activities
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| Credit for Prior Learning: | N | Agency Exam |
| N | CBE |
| N | Industry Credentials |
| N | Portfolio |
| Non-credit category: | C | Elementary and Secondary Basic Skills |
| Classification: | L | Not eligible for enhanced funding |
| SAM classification: | E | Non-Occupational |
| TOP code: | 1501.00 | English |
| Work-based learning: | N | Does Not Include Work-Based Learning |
| DSPS course: | N | NO |
| In-service: | N | Not an In-Service Course |
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