What Are Basic Skills Reading And Writing Courses?
Basic Skills reading and writing courses CSE095/99 and ENA099, respectively, are courses to make you stronger readers and writers. If you score below a 65 on theCUNY-ACTtest of reading or below a 7 on the CUNY-ACT test of writing (see below), you must take these courses. In the basic reading course, you discuss and read and write about various themes, using a variety of books, news articles, and essays. An Internet research project is built into all courses. You are taught to summarize, respond to as well as question your reading. You are also taught how to best use a dictionary to figure out the meaning of words you do not know. The lab component of this course prepares you to take the CUNY-ACT test of reading (see below). The basic writing course prepares you to write college-level essays the kind of writing expected in Freshman Composition (English 101). You should expect to write about 9 essays, some of which will be practice essays for the CUNY-ACT test of writing (see below). Gra
