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Contact Information
Please feel free to call or e-mail for
more information about college
reading or MCC’s REA courses
Terry Shamblin, 292-2344
tshamblin@monroecc.edu
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Judi Salsburg Taylor, 292-3275
jsalsburg@monroecc.edu
REA 100:
Reading and
Thinking
in the
Disciplines
Reading and High-Impact Practices
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Enhance Reading and Thinking
in the Disciplines
Offer Contextualized Reading
and Learning Experiences
Form Communities of Readers,
Learners and Thinkers
Increase Success & Completion
Improve Reading, Speaking,
Listening and Presenting Skills
A person who won’t read has no
advantage over one who can’t read.
--Mark Twain
Experience
Deeper Engagement in
Content-Area Classes!
******Spring 2014 Offerings!!******
REA 100
Reading and Thinking
in the Disciplines
3 General Elective Credits
Reading Strategies
Accuplacer Reading Scores: 71-80.9
Description: This course is designed
specifically to enhance the reading and
thinking needs in a particular discipline.
Learning strategies will focus on skills
necessary for success in the content
course, such as note-taking, graphic or
visual materials, and/or laboratory
preparation and application. Likewise,
critical and active reading performance
will focus on the needs of the discipline:
understanding and evaluating scholarly
research, developing discipline-based
vocabulary, textbook management,
improving reading flexibility, and other
higher-level thinking appropriate to the
discipline.
This course is intended to be taken in
conjunction with another course in a
different discipline.
Reading and Thinking in Psychology
for students enrolled in any PSY 101
 REA 100-002 (#30259), full
semester on TR 9:30-10:50
 REA 100-CC1 (#30260), full
semester on TR 11:00-12:20
 REA 100-003 (#30261), late
start in week 5, MWF 12:40-1:50
 Learning community, REA 100007 on MW 9:30-10:50 linked
with PSY 101-007 on MWF 11
(#30258 linked with #20669)
Reading and Thinking in History
 REA 100-008 (#30331) co-enroll
with ANY 100-level History
course. TR 12:30-1:50
Reading and Thinking in English
for students enrolled in any ENG 101
 REA 100-004 (#30264), full
semester on Fridays 8-10:50
 REA 100-001 (#30257), late
start in week 3 on MW 7:50-9:20
 REA 100-005 (#30265), later
start in week 5 on TR 2:00-4:00
Reading and Thinking in Mathematics
 Learning community, REA 100013 on TR at 11:00 linked with
MTH 098-013 on TR 9:30 & F 10
(#30263 linked with #21217)
REA 101
Critical Reading
A Higher-Level Reading Course
3 SUNY Humanities Credits
Writing-Intensive, Critical Thinking
Accuplacer Reading Score of 81 or
higher, completion of REA 100,
completion of TRS 200
Description: This course will help
students strengthen their critical reading
and thinking skills, improve their
academic literacy, and expand their
general knowledge across the disciplines,
especially the Humanities. Students will
read a variety of written, oral, visual, and
cultural texts in order to improve their
analytical, interpretive, and evaluative
skills. Student will synthesize text in all
its forms through a variety of thematic
approaches in order to develop new ideas
and conclusions. They will apply these
critical and evaluative skills through
research, presentations, discourse, and
written assignments. This course is
recommended for all students.
Spring 2014 Offerings
REA 101 Critical Reading
 REA 101-008 (#24620), full
semester on TR 11:00-12:20