Developmental Education

The Developmental Education Program provides students with the opportunity to build academic skills and acquire the background that should facilitate success in their desired curriculum program. Applicants to degree, diploma, and certificate programs are required to complete a placement test which provides placement information for reading, English, and math. Once the placement scores are determined, students are counseled about the courses needed in order to reach their academic and career goals. Students in developmental courses may concurrently register for certain courses within their desired curriculum if those courses do not require completion of one of the developmental courses as prerequisite.

Developmental courses include basic college preparatory courses in reading, writing, and mathematics. In addition, the program offers a study skills class that teaches strategies for successful learning. Students placing into two or more developmental classes should also take College Study Skills (ACA) course work.

Developmental Education Courses

Developmental English  

• ENG 080 Writing Foundations (4 Credit Hours) 
• ENG 090 Composition Strategies (3 Credit Hours) 
• ENG 090A Comp Strategies Lab (1 Credit Hour) 

Developmental Reading

• RED 070 Essential Reading Skills (4 Credit Hours) 
• RED 080 Intro to College Reading (4 Credit Hours) 
• RED 090 Improved College Reading (4 Credit Hours) 

Developmental Math

• DMA 010 Operations With Integers (1 Credit Hour) 
• DMA 020 Fractions and Decimal (1 Credit Hour) 
• DMA 030 Propor/Ratio/Rate/Percent (1 Credit Hour) 
• DMA 040 Express/Lin Equat/Inequal (1 Credit Hour) 
• DMA 050 Graphs/Equations of Lines (1 Credit Hour)
   
• DMA 060 Polynomial/Quadratic Applications (1 Credit Hour) 
• DMA 070 Rational Express/Equation (1 Credit Hour) 
• DMA 080 Radical Express/Equations (1 Credit Hour)