Higher Colleges of Technology
Common Course Outline
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Course Title: Academic Reading and Writing 2
Course Number: LSC 2103
Course Credit Units: 3.00
Total Contact Periods Per Week: 4
Degree Level: AAS/BAS
Course Description:
This course is recommended for BAS students in their fourth semester and focuses on refining the skills needed for
understanding longer academic texts and developing competency in writing academic English on a researched topic,
to a professional standard, following APA guidelines.
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Additional Information:
This course equips students to access information and argument provided in longer academic texts, including
textbooks and journals, more effectively to prepare them for successful study in years three and four. It also enables
students to produce written English which successfully demonstrates both their learning and their critical
understanding of a topic, and clearly use of academic honesty principles using standard APA guidelines. The level
expected is approximately CEFR mid-B2.
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Grading Mode: N - Normal Grading Mode
Prerequisite Course(s):
Corequisite Course(s):
Equivalent Course(s):
Course Learning Outcomes:
CLO1- Successfully apply information literacy skills to locate online or published sources of information for
a given topic or question requiring research, and be able to document each source and evaluate its
reliability.
CLO2- Independently use a range of top-down reading skills to identify and then successfully comprehend
sections of a book, article or chapter of relevance to a given research topic or question.
CLO3- Plan a structured answer to a given question requiring research, including appropriate format
(essay, report etc) and proposed contents of appendices (if any), and prepare their own supporting
bibliography of reliable sources, fully referenced (APA).
CLO4- Draft, revise, edit and proofread written work largely independently, using appropriate reference
materials where necessary, to reach a high standard of linguistic and factual accuracy.
CLO5- Understand and be able to effectively use the words and word -families from the first 5 bands of the
academic wordlist, and demonstrate a systematic approach to learning the entire list.
Delivery Framework:
This course equips students to access information and argument provided in longer academic texts, including
textbooks and journals, more effectively to prepare them for successful study in years three and four. It also enables
students to produce written English which successfully demonstrates both their learning and their critical
understanding of a topic, and clearly use of academic honesty principles using standard APA guidelines.
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Teaching and Learning Strategies:
The breakdown of the 70% coursework assessment is at the discretion of the department. The following breakdown
is a suggestion only:
Individual Assignment: 20%
Campus designed and administered. (Outcomes: 1,2,3,4)
Coursework: 20%
Campus designed and administered. (Outcomes: 1,2,3,4)
Portfolio: 20%
Campus designed and administered. (Outcomes: 1,2,3,4)
Participation: 10%
Assessed to campus specifications. (Outcomes: 1,2,3,4)
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Assessment Strategies:
Coursework - : 70%
Campus designed and administered.
(Outcomes: 1,2,3,4,5)
Final Assessment - : 30%
Campus designed and administered.
(Outcomes: 1,2,3,4,5)
Total Weight: 100%