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     051            Advanced Communication Skills in English as a Second Language
         3 hours.
        Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. No graduation credit. Prerequisite(s): ASP 050 or an appropriate score on the reading placement test, or consent of the instructor.   

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.
        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
         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     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     088            Intensive Writing Workshop for LARES Students
         3 hours.
        Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. No graduation credit. Restricted to students 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.