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Academic Skills Program (ASP)

Course Descriptions

ASP Courses Fall 2020: Heading link

    • ASP 055:  Communication Skills for International Students
      Instruction and practice in formal and informal English language usage in the context of intercultural learning are provided for international graduate students with limited English proficiency.3 hours. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. No graduation credit.
    • ASP 090:  Critical Strategies for Reading and Writing Success
      Critical reading and thinking strategies for comprehending, writing about, and learning textbook material representing different academic disciplines. Instruction in writing summaries and syntheses of readings included.3 hours. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. No graduation credit.
    • ASP 092:  Vocabulary Enrichment
      Strategies for increasing the number of words students understand in their reading/ listening and use in their speaking/writing. Techniques for learning unfamiliar technical terms in textbooks.2 hours. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. No graduation credit.Meets 8 weeks of the semester: Meets 24-Aug-20 – 16-Oct-20

For more information about ASP Courses, please visit https://catalog.uic.edu/ucat/course-descriptions/asp/