Catalog Year:
2019 - 2020, 2020 - 2021, 2021 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 - 2024, 2024 - 2025, 2025 - 2026

This is a noncredit basic skills certificate that consists of completing two college success studies courses:  CSS 758:  Grammar Strategies and CSS 789:  Integrated Reading and Writing.  Upon completion of this certificate, students will be better prepared for college level coursework in reading and writing.

Career Opportunities

Required Courses (0.0 credits)
Total Hours: 90.0-126.0
CSS 758
GRAMMAR STRATEGIES
36.0
CSS 789
INTEGRATED READING AND WRITING
54.0-90.0
Total: 90.0-126.0

Program Outcomes

Outcome
Identify and correct common grammatical errors in writing.
Assessment
Reading quizzes/tests Paragraph writing assignments
Outcome
Identify main ideas and details and analyze text components in a variety of college level readings.
Assessment
Reading quizzes/tests Reading response
Outcome
Employ the writing process to produce well organized and grammatically correct paragraphs.
Assessment
Paragraph writing assignments/tests