Adult Literacy
Noncredit Certificate School of Humanities and Liberal Arts · Merced College · 2026-2027 Catalog
The Adult Literacy Program assists students in developing their literacy skills for the workplace or to transition to college-level classes. The courses in the Adult Literacy Program will introduce students to the conventions of writing, support them in vocabulary acquisition, and help them increase their reading skills to the level of high school proficiency.
Program Student Learning Outcomes:
A. Read and analyze written communication leading to the comprehension of texts at a 1100 Lexile level.
B. Compose coherent written communication using different modalities appropriate for introductory academic and workforce audiences.