DMACC Boone Campus Academic Achievement Center
Any student enrolled in a DMACC college credit course may come to the AAC for assistance with classroom assignments or projects.
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The Center offers regular help in math, English, reading, study skills, and computer skills. While the Center cannot offer students expertise in every discipline at all times, the staff attempts to provide assistance in as wide a range as possible or to refer students to peer tutoring for help.
All homework help and tutoring are included
as a past of the tuition and student fees.
There is no additional cost to the student.
Developmental Classes
The Center offers small classes in developmental English, reading, study skills, and math for college credit to help students "brush up" on skills before enrolling in college level classes.
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Peer Tutoring
The Center provides students with peer tutors in their respective classes at no charge to the students.
Computer Help
| The Center has many computer programs to help students. CHOICES is a computer based personal interest inventory;
career exploration is available to all students and members of the community at no charge. The Center also has PLATO, a computer-based learning system which has math, English, science, and social studies content. The Center has eleven computers for student use. Staff is available for help. |
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Proctored Testing
The Center gives the Compass Placement Test which helps advise students as to which classes they are prepared for. College Challenge Tests are also given in the Center for students who wish to "pass out" of a specific course. Make-up tests for a class can be taken in the Center after a student has made arrangements with the instructor.
ESL
International students may find help with their spoken English by joining the "Lunch Bunch" where they visit for an hour once a week with an instructor and other ESL students.
For more help, they may be paired with a Conversational Partner, an American student, to practice spoken English.
Four college credit classes are offered for ESL students: ESL Listening / Conversation, Communicative Grammar for ESL, Reading as a Second Language, and Intro. to Writing Skills.
Enrichment Classes
Occasionally a student who is not enrolled at DMACC wishes to receive instruction for personal enrichment. These students are required to pay the $30 fee for six months' or sixty hours instruction. Introduction to the Computer is a popular request.
Pre-Admissions
Because DMACC offers many varied vocational programs, the Academic Achievement Centers provide classes at the high school level for students who wish to qualify for admission to those programs. Any of the high school diploma courses offered in the Centers may be used to gain entrance to a specific vocational program which requires high school level classes as a prerequisite for entrance to the program. Many medical programs such as nursing, for example, require students to have completed two semesters of high school biology and chemistry. Other students might take a geometry course to meet requirements for a university. Students often elect to take these courses in the Academic Achievement Center. The fee is $30.00 for each semester class.
High School Diploma Program
Anyone who is 17 or older may come to the Academic Achievement Center to take courses for high school credit. Some students may wish to take a course or two and transfer the credit back to their home high school. Others may wish to qualify for a DMACC Adult High School Diploma. The fee for each semester course is $75.00 plus books and is taught on an individual basis. Approximately fifty courses are offered.
High School Equivalency Program (GED)
Anyone who is 17 or older may earn a GED through the AAC. Students are strongly encouraged to take diagnostic tests to determine readiness. Students who need instruction have programs of individualized instruction written for them by AAC instructors. Students work at their own pace. Instructors determine when students are ready to take any or all of the five GED tests. The fee to take the actual tests is $50.00. Scholarships are available if needed.
Adult Basic Education (ABE)
Anyone who scores below the ninth grade reading level is eligible for the Adult Basic Education Program. All ABE students receive free instruction. This program may be used to prepare for the GED program or may be used as a general literacy or ESL program. When intensive instruction is needed, a qualified literacy tutor will be found to work with the student on a regularly scheduled basis.
Academic Achievement Center Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Mon.-Thurs. and 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Fri. Summer hours vary. For further information call 515-433-5096.
Academic Achievement Center Staff
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