NOTE: 500 level courses require graduate standing

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Academic Skills Program

Location: 2900 SSB; Phone: (312) 413-0031. Academic skills courses are designed to help students meet the reading, writing, study and learning demands at UIC. ASP courses carry no graduation credit, but they do contribute toward the calculation of tuition, full and part-time enrollment status, and financial aid eligibility.

ASP            050
         Speaking, Reading, and Writing in English as a Second Language
       3 hours.  Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. No graduation credit.    

ASP            055
         Communication Skills for International Graduate Students
       3 hours.  Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. No graduation credit.    

ASP            060
         Studying/Learning Across the Disciplines
       3 hours.  Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. No graduation credit.    

ASP            062
         Topics in Learning Support Instruction
       2 hours. Meets 19-Oct-09 - 04-Dec-09. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. No graduation credit. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.   Instructor Approval Required 

ASP            063
         Topics in Learning Support Instruction for LARES Students
       2 TO 3 hours.  Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. No graduation credit. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. Restricted to students in the Latin American Recruitment and Educational Services Program.    

ASP            086
         Critical Reading and Thinking I-LARES
       3 hours.  Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. No graduation credit. Restricted to students in the Latin American Recruitment and Educational Services Program.    

ASP            087
         Critical Reading and Thinking II-LARES
       3 hours.  Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. No graduation credit. Prerequisite(s): ASP 086; or an appropriate score on the reading placement test or consent of the instructor. Restricted to students enrolled in the Latin American Recruitment and Educational Services Program.    

ASP            090
         Critical Reading and Thinking I
       3 hours.  Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. No graduation credit.    

ASP            091
         Critical Reading and Thinking II
       3 hours.  Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. No graduation credit. Prerequisite(s): ASP 090 or an appropriate score on the reading placement test, or consent of instructor.    

ASP            092
         Vocabulary Enrichment
       2 hours.  Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. No graduation credit. Meets 8 weeks of the semester.    

ASP            095
         Academic and Professional Writing
       3 hours.  Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. No graduation credit.    

ASP            096
         Independent Study
       0 TO 3 hours.  Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. No graduation credit. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the department.