Academic Reading
College Major and Career Applications

In Academic Reading: College Major and Career Applications, Kathleen McWhorter offers a unique, contextualized approach that develops higher-level comprehension, vocabulary, and thinking skills while introducing readers to the six most popular academic disciplines and career fields and how to adapt their reading skills for these fields.

Brief Contents
Detailed Contents
vi
Preface
xii
The Top Ten College Majors
xx
Academic Success in College
1
Part 1
Fundamental Reading Strategies
21
Chapter 1
Strategies for Active Reading
21
Chapter 2
Fundamental Comprehension Skills
54
Chapter 3
Essential Vocabulary Skills
75
Part 2
Critical Reading Strategies
103
Chapter 4
Evaluating the Author's Message
103
Chapter 5
Evaluating the Author's Techniques
130
Chapter 6
Reading and Evaluating Arguments
154
Part 3
Academic Reading Strategies
177
Chapter 7
Patterns of Academic Thought
177
Chapter 8
Reading and Evaluating Graphics and Online Sources
222
Chapter 9
Using Writing to Learn
252
Part 4
Strategies for Specific Disciplines
277
Chapter 10
Reading in the Social Sciences
277
Chapter 11
Reading in Business
300
Chapter 12
Reading in the Liberal Arts, Humanities, and Education
323
Chapter 13
Reading in Mathematics
355
Chapter 14
Reading in the Life and Physical Sciences
382
Chapter 15
Reading in Technical and Applied Fields
407
Online Chapter: Reading Research, Practice, and Collateral Assignments
Credits
435
Index
441