Aspirations to College Transitions

The Aspirations program offers adults the opportunity to take TUITION FREE college courses. In collaboration with Kennebec Valley Community College, adults can take College Composition (ENG 101), College Algebra (MAT 117), and/or Human Biology (BIO 115). These are 3 or 4 credit core courses and are required for many community college degree programs. Students registering for these courses must intend on enrolling in vocational/technical programs at a community college. These courses are offered at the local high schools with supportive instruction and are an excellent way for adults to get started with college level work. Students pay for their own textbooks and applicable fees. Fee waivers are available for students having economic need. Call 626-2470 to schedule an enrollment appointment with Karen Drinkuth (includes taking the Accuplacer College Placement test).

Students enrolling in this program must agree to the following:

·         Must take pre- and post-Accuplacer tests

·         Must meet with College Transition Coach

·         Must enroll in class

·         Must attend approved College Transition activity

College Composition is a basic course that emphasizes the writing process to strengthen the student’s ability to think logically and write clearly. Various writing skills will be practiced and applied through numerous writing assignments. In addition, students will be required to do research and write a research paper. Students will work in a computerized writing lab; therefore, keyboarding skills are required. Prerequisite: Satisfactory performance on the Accuplacer test.

TUE/January 29, 2008, 6:00-9:00, 15 weeks, Gardiner Area High School Room 117

The emphasis of this course is on problem solving. This course unifies the traditional analytical methods of Algebra with the modern graphing technologies in order to solve problems modeled by a variety of functions such as linear, quadratic, absolute value, polynomial, exponential and logarithmic. This course is appropriate for students whose future studies of mathematics include application – based courses such as Statistics or Math for Business and Economics. Pre-requisite: high school algebra and satisfactory performance on the Accuplacer.

This combination lecture/laboratory course is designed to introduce students to the basic concepts and principles of biology through studies of the human organism.