Credit Hours:3 Lecture Hours:3 Lab Hours:2 Contact Hour Total:80 Not counted toward a degree or certificate. This is a combined lecture/lab, performance-based course designed to develop students’ reading comprehension, vocabulary, and academic writing skills by teaching the fundamentals of written language that contributes to clear, concise, well-organized sentences, paragraphs, and essays. Emphasis is placed on improving reading efficiency and recognition and comprehension of implied or stated purpose of a text. This course fulfills TSI requirements for level I reading and writing (previously developmental ENGL 320.and READ 305). This is a course with a required lab. Prerequisite(s): Appropriate scores on the TSIA for READ 305 and ENGL 320 or completion of READ 304 with a grade of “C” or better. Co-enrolled: Students enrollilng in DIRW 0325 must also enroll in EDUC 1300Notes: International students should see paired co-requisite courses ESOL 335 and ESOL 324. Course Fee:$18.00 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Lower Division Academic Course Guide Manual (ACGM) course