Social Sciences Healthcare Bridge

This course will focus on critical reading skills in the social sciences while preparing for the General Education Development exam and/or the college placement test using contextualized reading materials related to the healthcare field. In addition, this course will prepare students to transition into college entry level allied healthcare coursework. The course will allow students to apply critical inquiry and investigative skills, as well as develop questions and form hypotheses about carious social science healthcare topics; Discussions and case studies will be reviewed through contextualized readings. Graphics will be used to predict outcomes to improve visual literacy skills.Prerequisite: Must have a 6.0 or higher on the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) Level D and Department Consent.Corequisite: Must be enrolled in or previously enrolled in ESL 52 or 60 or ABE 38 or 40 or GED 10 or 20.