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By the end of this class, students will be able to approach academic texts with confidence, apply appropriate reading strategies to different types of material, and demonstrate improved comprehension through identifying main ideas, supporting details, and discipline-specific vocabulary. The course ultimately seeks to foster independent, critical readers who can engage with academic content effectively.
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| Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule |
| Week |
Course Content |
| Week 1 |
The European Freshwater Fish Crisis
Early Domestication and Agriculture |
| Week 2 |
Fungi and Forests
The Nabis |
| Week 3 |
Chimpanzee Communication
Agriculture and the classic Maya Collapse |
| Week 4 |
Holiday |
| Week 5 |
Holiday |
| Week 6 |
Building Materials in the Nineteenth Century
Animal Migration Patterns in the Serengeti |
| Week 7 |
The Greenhouse Effect on Venus
Horns in Beetle Competition |
| Week 8 |
Science and Nineteenth-Century Visual Arts
Making the Most of Dark Nights |
| Week 9 |
Midterm |
| Week 10 |
Sunspot Cycles
Transportation and the Roman Empire |
| Week 11 |
New Light on Dinosaur Controversies
Plants in the Diets of Paleo-lndians |
| Week 12 |
Degradation and Erosion of Soil
Creativity |
| Week 13 |
Where Did the Carbon Go?
Early Photography in the United States |
| Week 14 |
Igloos
The Younger Dryas Event |
| Week 15 |
Effects of Plate Tectonics on Species
Animal Farming in the Chesapeake Colonies |
| Week 16 |
Final |
self-directed
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Extra Reading Exercise |
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| Evaluation |
| Attendance: 25% / In-class Quiz: 25% / Midterm: 25% / Final: 25% / Extra points:10% |
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| Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website |
| https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/rui9xksoucfgifaaqxxfc/AC3PO6Y0S5QyQ_qvT6ojRdE?rlkey=gpvbwel1pr993wq3qxvgdfumv&dl=0 |
| Office Hours |
| to be announced |
| Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs(Link URL) |
| include experience courses：N |
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