Reading Center
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Reading Center Director
Carolyn Rubin-Trimble
 

Tutoring Hours

Reading Center Purpose

Located in the Academic Support Center (N925), the Reading Center offers free assistance to reading students. In addition to helping students registered for the Reading 1300 class, the Reading Center offers assistance to any student interested in improving his/her study skills, reading for content, or test-taking abilities. The Reading Center provides a wide range of materials at all levels, including vocabulary development, grammar practice and reading. Support made available to students include Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP), Reading 1001, and Reading 1300 tutoring.

Texas Academic Skills Program

Students who have not earned at least three credit hours of college-level work prior to Fall 1989 are required to participate in the Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP). Students must take the TASP test prior to end of the semester in which they accumulate nine or more college-level semester credit hours. In order to help students pass the TASP examination, the Reading Lab offers developmental and college level material on six TASP skills:

Reading 1101

The reading skills tutorial Reading 1001 is intended for students who have failed TASP and need further remediation. It offers individual tutorial help for students and carries no credit toward graduation.

Reading 1300

The Reading 1300 class is a review in successful techniques to improve vocabulary, comprehension, interpretation and evaluation, and basic study skills. This course may not be used to satisfy degree requirements.