COL 110 - BW FiRST, 1 credit hour

Prerequisite(s): Freshmen who report a score below 20 on the ACT Reading Subtest, below 26 on the SAT Reading Subtest, or below 471 on the SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing Subtest are selected and pre-registered for BW FiRST and the paired course. Students who qualify will take the course in the fall and spring semester of their first year.
Corequisite(s): Each section of BW FiRST is taught in conjunction with a specific section of a 100-level core course. The two courses must be taken concurrently.

The goal of BW FiRST (Freshmen in Reading Support Teams) is to teach students to use research-based strategies to successfully read and learn from the complex texts required in the paired core course.