ABED 050 Basic Skills for High School Equivalency

5 credits

This adult basic education class is for students pursuing an adult high school completion diploma. It contextualizes basic skills (reading, writing, and math) with science, history, and literature (content).

Prerequisites: A minimum of 221 on the CASAS Reading Assessment, and a writing sample.

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Construct and complete independent learning contracts
Determine most appropriate high school equivalency pathway and make college transition plans
Utilize a variety of writing strategies appropriate for college, personal, and work-related communication
Demonstrate effective reading strategies for understanding main idea, inference, and multiple vocabularies in discipline-specific content
Analyze contemporary/historical or civic issues from a variety of perspectives
Demonstrate knowledge of appropriate online learning platforms
Apply online research skills for a variety of content-related projects (history, science, etc.)

Total Hours: 100 Lecture Hours: 100