This course will help students strengthen their critical reading and thinking skills, improve their academic and electronic literacy, and expand their general knowledge across the disciplines, especially the Humanities. Students will read various written, visual, electronic and cultural texts to improve their analytical, interpretive, and evaluative skills. Students will synthesize text in all its forms through a variety of thematic approaches to develop new ideas and conclusions. They will apply these critical and evaluative skills through presentations, discourse, and written assignments.