Oct 10, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Catalog

ACL 040 - Academic Literacies

5 equivalent hours - Five hours weekly; one term.
Explore and critically evaluate a variety of academic texts. Identify, discuss, and write about abstract ideas from a variety of complex academic texts. Expand and connect readings to other meaningful texts, to the world, and to lived experiences. Develop an understanding of the writing process in order to produce authentic academic writing, thus preparing students for success in college level reading and writing.

Prerequisite(s): Appropriate placement into ACL 040.

Note: ACL 040 is offered in an accelerated format, allowing students to complete their developmental reading and English requirements in one semester. A grade of at least C is required to enroll in ENG 101A .

Location(s) Typically Offered: Arnold Main Campus (MC), Arundel Mills (AM), Glen Burnie (GB), and Online (OL)

Term(s) Typically Offered: Fall, spring, and summer

Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1.  Apply metacognitive awareness to the learning, reading, and writing processes.

2.  Use pre-reading techniques to help facilitate understandings of a variety of academic texts.

3.  Apply active reading strategies.                    

4.  Identify and discuss abstract ideas from readings.  

5.  Use academic written English.

6.  Apply the writing processes.

7.  Use proper essay structure.

8.  Differentiate between personal ideas and those of an author.