RDG100 Overview
RDG100: Successful College Reading is designed to help you become a confident, strategic reader in college. In this course, you’ll learn practical skills for understanding and engaging with college-level textbooks and academic materials. You’ll apply these strategies using readings from your other classes or online sources, making the learning immediately relevant and transferable. By strengthening your reading, comprehension, and study habits, RDG100 helps set you up for success across all of your college coursework.
Reading 100 emphasizes reading study strategies for any introductory class in any subject area. The course provides an introduction to Canvas and guides students to successfully read course textbooks. It also provides reading support for assessments and navigating information technology. In Reading 100, students also focus on the development of academic vocabulary.
Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ALT100, or RDG081, or ESL202, or appropriate reading placement, or permission of Instructor.
Corequisites: Any 100-level course in another content area, or permission of Instructor.
Use EdReady to Improve Reading
EdReady is a free online service we provide that determines your skill levels in English, math, and reading. You can then find the best courses to register for based on your EdReady scores. And if you need to strengthen a skill in an area, it helps with that too!
Use EdReady for Reading Placement
First, take the EdReady reading assessment to check your knowledge. EdReady will assign you a score. Don't worry if the score to take a class isn’t quite what you need. EdReady will help you improve by building a personalized study path and going over critical concepts. You can then focus on what you need to learn, skip the areas you understand, and continue working in EdReady until you reach the score you need. It’s that easy!