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    Oct 11, 2024  
American University Catalog 2024-2025 
    
American University Catalog 2024-2025

ELTA-072 Critical Reading Skills (6)


This course introduces students to the skills necessary for critical reading in an academic context and serves as a complement to ELTA-070 . The course focuses on developing students’ rhetorical reading skills in order to actively engage with texts in a deeper and richer way. The content of the course covers an identified theme that integrates a variety of academic subject areas, utilizing lectures, films, podcasts, and other listening materials to provide background and context to the texts. Grading: A-F only. Permission: advisor. Note: No academic credit is received for this course. Credit equivalent is listed only for the purpose of determining full-time student status.