Center for Academic Success
Room D120 • 217/353-2005
Monday–Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., with some evening hours
All Parkland students are welcome!

Tutoring and Learning Assistance

P16 College Readiness Initiative

Learning Modules & Tutorials

Try our one-credit-hour tutorials to supplement or prepare for chemistry, reading, writing, and math courses. You can even complete some developmental courses using CAS modules. Come to D120 to find out more.

The Center of Academic Success offers one-credit hour courses. These courses have one of the following course prefixes: ALM, ALN, ALR, and ALW. Students receive course credit and a grade for each credit earned. These courses are financial-aid eligible. There are two kinds of one-credit hour courses: (1) Tutorials; and (2) Modules.

Tutorials

CAS offers a variety of one-credit hour supplemental tutorials.

Tutorials in reading, writing, and mathematics are “guided independent study” courses, customized to meet each student’s level of skill. They are designed to supplement what is taught in a regular classroom.
Tutorials in Elementary Chemistry (ALN 135) prepare students to pass the Chemistry Competency Test. Students will learn the basic chemistry knowledge necessary for BIO 121 Anatomy and Physiology (I). This tutorial should be taken the semester before a student intends to enroll in BIO 121.
Tutorials are also offered to prepare pre-nursing students to pass the Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS), a requirement for applying to the Parkland Nursing Program.

Click here for more information on Spring 2008 Specialized Tutorials.

To register for tutorials, see a member of the CAS Advising/Planning team (D 120) or the Counseling and Advising Center (A 251). Interested international students should see Erin Johnson, Asst. Director, International Student Services (X114).

Modules

Modules are one-credit hour courses for developmental coursework completion. These courses are designed to help students who need to repeat developmental courses (CCS 099, ENG 098, ENG 099, MAT 094, MAT 095, MAT 097, and MAT 098) and/or face some learning challenges in acquiring the level of reading, writing, and math skills needed. Modules are self-paced within limits, so that a student who is repeating, say, a CCS 099 course, may work really hard, put in extra hours, and complete course requirements by mid-term. Alternatively, a student who needs a longer time to really understand and master the material of, say, MAT 095, may take two semesters to meet course requirements.

For more information about modules and whether you are eligible for them, see Pam Lau, Director, CAS (D120) or email her at plau@parkland.edu.

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