{
  "college": "san-jose-city-college",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "code": "READ",
  "name": "Reading",
  "sourceUrl": "https://catalog.sjcc.edu/course-descriptions-information/course-descriptions/read/",
  "courses": [
    {
      "code": "READ 010",
      "subject": "READ",
      "number": "010",
      "title": "Critical Reading",
      "units": "3",
      "hours": "Lecture Hours: 3",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [
        "CSU",
        "UC"
      ],
      "description": "Students will examine, develop, and apply critical reading strategies to academic reading materials. Emphasis is on advocating critical thinking, reflective judgment, and problem solving skills that lead to the ability to reason inductively and deductively, and interpret and critically evaluate formal and informal fallacies. Students will critically apply reading strategies to reach well-supported factual or judgmental conclusions from multi-discipline and multi-cultural academic texts.",
      "notes": [
        "Repeatable: No",
        "Grading: L",
        "Cal-GETC: None District GE: None",
        "Advisory Level: Read: 4 Write: 4 Math: None",
        "Degree Applicable: AA/AS"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "spring-2027",
          "name": "Spring 2027",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/san-jose-city-college/schedule/spring-2027/read/#read-010",
          "subject": "READ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "READ 101",
      "subject": "READ",
      "number": "101",
      "title": "Analytical Reading",
      "units": "4",
      "hours": "Lecture Hours: 4",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [],
      "description": "Students will read, discuss, and write about a variety of academic topics, contemporary themes, and social problems, using articles, text chapters, and fiction commonly assigned in college-level courses. Students will acquire proficiency in critical analysis and research, as well as vocabulary development, comprehension, and study skills.",
      "notes": [
        "Repeatable: No",
        "Grading: K",
        "Cal-GETC: None District GE: None",
        "Advisory Level: Read: None Write: None Math: None",
        "Degree Applicable: NAA"
      ],
      "offered": []
    },
    {
      "code": "READ 120",
      "subject": "READ",
      "number": "120",
      "title": "Reading Strategies",
      "units": "2",
      "hours": "Lecture Hours: 2",
      "corequisite": "ENGL C1000",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [],
      "description": "Students will examine, develop, and apply reading strategies for college reading materials. Emphasis is on critical reading, logical reasoning, critical thinking, reflective judgment, and problem solving skills that lead to the ability to interpret, analyze, and critically evaluate college texts.",
      "notes": [
        "Repeatable: No",
        "Grading: L",
        "Advisory Level: Read: None Write: None Math: None Cal-GETC: None District GE: None",
        "Degree Applicable: NAA"
      ],
      "offered": [
        {
          "term": "fall-2026",
          "name": "Fall 2026",
          "sections": 1,
          "open": 1,
          "url": "/c/san-jose-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/read/#read-120",
          "subject": "READ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "READ 567",
      "subject": "READ",
      "number": "567",
      "title": "Practical Reading",
      "units": "0",
      "hours": "Lecture Hours: 4",
      "cid": [],
      "transfer": [],
      "description": "Students will develop practical reading, writing, and study skills. Emphasis will be on improving comprehension, increasing vocabulary word base, building study skills and basic computer skills. Students will read a range of materials, including magazines and newspapers, online materials, and fiction.",
      "notes": [
        "Repeatable: Yes",
        "Grading: O",
        "Cal-GETC: None District GE: None",
        "Degree Applicable: NC"
      ],
      "offered": []
    }
  ]
}