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FACILITIES AND STUDENT SERVICES

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  • Tutoring Learning Center (TLC)
  • The Tutoring and Learning Center
    300 Library
    Phone: 747-5366
    Fax: 747-5486 DIRECTOR: Gladys R. Shaw



    Tutoring Learning Center (TLC)

    0001 College Reading and Study Skills
    Provides help with goal setting, time management, note-taking, TASP preparation and other basic techniques needed for academic success. No Prerequisites; required of beginning START students. Highly recommended for all beginning students; returning adults; students wanting to study more efficiently; probationary students; and students experiencing motivational, organizational, time management, and/or learning difficulty. (Eight weeks of class instruction plus six hours of lab.)

    0002 Extended START TASP Lab
    Provides extended START students instruction in study skills and preparation for a specific section of the TASP. Prerequisite: Department Approval. (Sixteen hours of instruction over six weeks.)

    0003 College Reading and Critical Thinking
    Emphasizes the active reading skills necessary for the TASP and college reading assignments. No Prerequisites. Open to all UTEP students; required of students scoring 15-16 on the Placement Assessment. Recommended for all students experiencing difficulty in completing and comprehending reading assignments. (Eight weeks of instruction and six hours of lab.)

    0007 TASP Composition Lab
    Prepares students for the "issue style" of writing called for on the TASP and other styles commonly demanded in college courses such as informative, persuasive, narrative, and data-based or research-oriented writing. Prerequisite: department approval. Open to all UTEP students. Required of students in English 0311 who score 30-31 on the TSWE.

    0011 Bilingual College Reading and Study Skills
    Same as TLC 0001 but for ESOL students only. Prerequisite: Department approval.

    0013 Bilingual College Reading and Thinking
    Same as TLC 0003 but for ESOL students only. Prerequisite: Department approval.

    0017 Bilingual TASP Composition Lab
    Same as TLC 0007 but for ESOL students only. Prerequisite: Department approval.

    0021 SSSP Study Skills
    For students in the Student Support Services Program only. Prerequisite: Department approval.

    0023 SSSP College Reading and Critical Thinking
    For students in the Student Support Services Program only. Prerequisite: Department approval.

    0024 Computer Assisted Instruction for TASP Math.
    Prerequisite: Departmental Approval.

    0025 Computer Assisted Instruction for TASP Reading.
    Prerequisite: Departmental approval.

    0026 Computer Assisted Instruction for TASP Writing.
    Prerequisite: Departmental approval.

     

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