Reading
10 courses · Santiago Canyon College · 2025-2026 Catalog
READ 101 Introduction to Academic Reading
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU
Instruction toward students' mastery of higher-level vocabulary, reading comprehension at the level of proficiency, critical evaluation of college-level text, and improvement of reading rate.
READ 102 Academic Reading
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU
Introduces a repertoire of reading strategies aimed at preparing students for comprehension of complex college-level reading material. Advanced reading strategies provide the foundation for the development of critical reading and the recognition of patterns of academic thought. Reading strategies for specific disciplines, including the Social Sciences, Business, Humanities and the Arts, Mathematics and the Natural Sciences are presented.
READ 128 Expanding ESL Reading Skills
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 18 contact hours total
- Advisory
- ACE 052 (Expanding Academic Writing and Reading) Students are advised to concurrently enrolled in American College English 052 or Qualifying profile from the placement process.
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course is designed to help students approach intermediate-level reading materials in their ACE/ESL courses by introducing several effective reading strategies, such as those from the Reading Apprenticeship Project. This is a support course for American College English (ACE) courses, including: ACE 052 and ACE 053.
READ 129 Refining ESL Reading Skills
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 18 contact hours total
- Advisory
- ACE 102 (Refining Academic Writing and Reading) Students are advised to concurrently enroll in American College English 102. or Qualifying profile from the placement process.
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course is designed to help students approach low-advanced reading materials in their content area courses by introducing several effective reading strategies, such as those from the Reading Apprenticeship Project. This is a support course for American College English (ACE) courses, including: ACE 093 and ACE 102.
READ 130 Reading Strategies for Across the Curriculum
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 18 contact hours total
- Advisory
- Concurrently enrolled in another discipline course.
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course is designed to help students approach difficult reading materials in their content area courses by introducing several effective reading strategies, such as those from the Reading Apprenticeship Project. This is a support course for discipline specific courses.
READ 131 Reading in Apprenticeship
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 18 contact hours total
- Advisory
- Concurrently enrolled in an SCC Apprenticeship course
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course is designed to help students approach challenging and varied reading tasks on topics related to Apprenticeship courses by introducing several effective reading strategies, such as those from the Reading Apprenticeship Project. This is a support course for discipline-specific courses in Career Education-Apprenticeship, which includes: Carpentry, Cosmetology, Electrician, Maintenance Mechanic, Operating Engineers, Power Lineman, and Surveying.
READ 132 Reading in Career Education
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 18 contact hours total
- Advisory
- Concurrently enrolled in an SCC Career Education (CE) course.
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course is designed to help students approach challenging and varied reading tasks on topics related to Career Education courses by introducing several effective reading strategies, such as those from the Reading Apprenticeship Project. This is a support course for discipline-specific courses in Career Education (CE), which includes: American Sign Language, Biotechnology, Business and Computer Related Programs, Careers in Education, Child Development, Code Enforcement, Criminal Justice, Digital Media Arts, Graphic Design, Gemology, Public Works, Real Estate, Survey/Mapping Sciences, TV/Video Communications, and Water Utility Science.
READ 134 Reading in the Social Sciences
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 18 contact hours total
- Advisory
- Concurrently enrolled in an SCC Cultural, Behavioral, or Social Science course.
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course is designed to help students approach challenging and varied reading tasks on topics related to Social Science areas by introducing several effective reading strategies, such as those from the Reading Apprenticeship Project. This is a support course for discipline-specific courses in Cultural, Behavioral, and Social Sciences, which includes: Anthropology, Chicano Studies, Economics, Ethnic Studies, Gender Sexuality, and Women's Studies, Geography, History, Global Studies, International Development, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology.
READ 136 Reading in STEM
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 18 contact hours total
- Advisory
- Concurrently enrolled in an SCC STEM course
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course is designed to help students approach challenging and varied reading tasks on topics related to STEM areas by introducing several effective reading strategies, such as those from the Reading Apprenticeship Project. This is a support course for discipline-specific courses in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), which includes: Anatomy, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Geology/Earth Science, Kinesiology, Microbiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Oceanography, Physics, and Computer Science; Aerospace, Architectural, Biomedical, Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Environmental, Geomatics, Industrial, and Mechanical Engineering; Algebra, Calculus, Liberal Arts Math, Statistics and Probability, and Trigonometry.
READ 138 Reading in the Humanities
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 18 contact hours total
- Advisory
- Concurrently enrolled in an SCC Humanities course.
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course is designed to help students approach challenging and varied reading tasks on topics related to the Humanities areas by introducing several effective reading strategies, such as those from the Reading Apprenticeship Project. This is a support course for discipline-specific courses in the Humanities, which includes: Art, Communication, English, Literature, Modern Languages, Performing Arts, and Philosophy.