Careful reading of a text with commentary or exposition, often used for academic courses (e.g., a reading seminar). As a verb it appears as 'to read and analyze' (講読する).
今学期は古典ギリシャ文学を講読する科目を取った。
This semester I took a course that reads (and discusses) classical Greek literature.
講読の授業では原文を一章ずつ詳しく解説する。
In the reading course, the original text is explained in detail chapter by chapter.
学生は講読の課題として論文を一つ選んだ。
The students chose one paper as an assignment for the reading course.