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Reading Improvement Healthcare Bridge

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Overview

Subject code

BRGA

Course Number

50

Description

This course will focus on critical reading skills while preparing for the General Education Development exam and/or the college placement test using contextualized reading materials related to the health field. In addition, this course will prepare students to transition into college entry level allied healthcare coursework. The course will allow students to apply critical inquiry and investigation skills, as well as develop questions and form hypotheses about health care topics and issues through contextualized readings. Topics will include career exploration of the health field, Wellness and Complementary Medicine and Ethics in Healthcare.Prerequisite: Must have a 6.0 or higher on the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) Level D and Department Consent.Corequisite: Must be enrolled in or previously enrolled in ESL 52 or 60 or ABE 38 or 40 or GED 10 or 20.

Career

ACAD

Credits

Value

0

Max

6

Min

0.5

Course Count

1

Number Of Credits

24

Number Of Repeats

4

Repeatable

Yes

Generate Attendance

No

Auto Create

No

Code

LEC

Instructor Contact Hours

0

Default Section Size

30

Final Exam Type

No

Include in Dynamic Date Calc

No

Name

Lecture

OEE Workload Hours

0

Optional Component

No

Workload Hours

0.5

Requisites

Free Form Requisites

Prerequisite: Must have a 6.0 or higher on the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) Level D and Department Consent.

Corequisite: Must be enrolled in or previously enrolled in ESL 52 or 60 or ABE 38 or 40 or GED 10 or 20. (1.8)

Course fee

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