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General NoncreditNoncredit Classes for AdultsThe goal of adult education in California is to provide citizensof every age and educational level the opportunity to developcivic responsibility, a realization of the human potential,effective human relationships, and economic self-sufficiency.This broad goal forms the basis for the courses and programsMiraCosta College offers in each of the authorized categories oftuition-free noncredit instruction.

General Noncredit continuing education at MiraCosta Collegeincludes the following areas:

Basic Skills for Adults with Developmental DisabilitiesHealth and SafetyOlder AdultsParenting 

Contact InformationChair: Erica DuranDean: John Makevichhttps://www.miracosta.edu/academics/continuing-education/index.html

Department: GeneralNoncreditOffice: Community LearningCenter, 1831 Mission Avenue,Oceanside, CA 92058,760.795.8710

CertificatesCertificate of CompletionBasic Computer SkillsThis certificate demonstrates successful completion ofBasic Computer Skills 1 for Learners with Intellectual andDevelopmental Disabilities (NCSPC 27) and Basic ComputerSkills 2 for Learners with Intellectual and DevelopmentalDisabilities (NCSPC 28), which prepare students for othercomputer courses and for entry-level employment.

Program Student Learning Outcome Statement

Upon completion of this program, students will demonstratecomputer knowledge, including computer terminology,emailing, file management, and the basics of Windows 10,word processing, and the Internet.

Required courses:  

NCSPC 27 Basic Computer Skills 1 for Learnerswith Intellectual and DevelopmentalDisabilities

NCSPC 28 Basic Computer Skills 2 for Learnerswith Intellectual and DevelopmentalDisabilities

Total Required Courses: 2

Certificate of CompetencyEnglish Fundamentals - GrammarThis certificate provides a supportive, noncredit, competency-based pathway for students wishing to improve theirfoundational English language and grammar skills.

Program Student Learning Outcome Statement

Upon completion of this program, students will be able tocompose grammatically correct sentences for personal,professional, and academic documents.

Core Preparation Courses

Students must earn a passing grade in at least one ofthe following courses:

NCENG 15 English Grammar 1

or HSENG 15 English Grammar 1

NCENG 16 English Grammar 2

or HSENG 16 English Grammar 2

Capstone Course

Students must earn a passing grade in the followingcapstone course:

NCENG 30 Sentence Crafting

Total Required Hours: 96

Certificate of CompetencyEnglish Fundamentals - ReadingThis certificate provides a supportive, noncredit, competency-based pathway for students wishing to improve their basicliteracy and comprehension skills.

Program Student Learning Outcome Statement

Upon completion of this program, students will be able toread personal, professional, and academic documents andtexts with clarity, comprehension, and confidence.

Core Preparation Courses

Students must earn a passing grade in at least one ofthe following courses:

NCABE 90 Adult Basic Education: Reading

NCENG 17 Basic Skills: Reading and StudyStrategies

or HSENG 17 Basic Skills: Reading and Study Strategies

Capstone Courses

Students must earn a passing grade in at least one ofthe following capstone courses:

NCENG 21 The Single Paragraph

or HSENG 21 English 1

Total Required Hours: 96

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Certificate of CompetencyEnglish Fundamentals - WritingThis certificate provides a supportive, noncredit, competency-based pathway for students wishing to improve their basiccomposition skills.

Program Student Learning Outcome Statement

Upon completion of this program, students will be able tocompose personal, professional, and academic documentswith clarity and organization.

Core Preparation Courses

Students must earn a passing grade in at least one ofthe following core courses:

NCABE 94 Adult Basic Education: Writing

NCENG 17 Basic Skills: Reading and StudyStrategies

or HSENG 17 Basic Skills: Reading and Study Strategies

NCENG 21 The Single Paragraph

or HSENG 21 English 1

Capstone Courses

Students must earn a passing grade in at least one ofthe following capstone courses:

NCENG 22 Basic Composition: The FiveParagraph Essay

or HSENG 22 English 2

Total Required Hours: 96

Adult Basic Education CoursesNCABE 70: Job Readiness for the WorkplacePrerequisites: NoneLecture 3 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This course is designed for students who are entering orre-entering the workforce, who need workforce-relatedprofessional development, or who have an interest inmaintaining meaningful employment. The course emphasizesworkplace diversity and essential skills for searching and findinga new job or for keeping and succeeding in a current job.

NCABE 90: Adult Basic Education: ReadingPrerequisites: NoneLecture 3 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This course helps build a solid foundation of basic vocabularyand reading. Topics include finding main ideas and details inexpository text and delivering oral summaries of paragraphsand articles. This course is recommended for students whoneed an intensive review of basic reading and vocabulary skills.

NCABE 92: High School Equivalency PreparationPrerequisites: NoneLecture 6 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This course prepares students to pass a high school diplomaequivalency exam. It provides both online and in-personinstruction as well as individualized coaching. The courseintroduces students to each of the high school equivalencysubject tests, determines their present readiness, and providesan individualized course of study for each subject area. Thecourse also provides students with information on exam costs,testing options, the scheduling process, information on furtheracademic and/or career pathways, and more. Students mayenroll in this course as many times as needed to support theirsuccess and completion of the diploma equivalency exams.

NCABE 94: Adult Basic Education: WritingPrerequisites: NoneLecture 3 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This course helps build a solid foundation of grammar andwriting skills. Topics include writing complete sentencesin Standard American English and a foundation in basicgrammar. This course is recommended for students who needan intensive review of basic writing skills. (May be repeatedonce.)

NCENG 15: English Grammar 1Prerequisites: NoneLecture 3 hours. (1501.00)Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This course provides a review of basic English grammar skills,such as parts of speech, including nouns, verbs, adjectives,and adverbs, and basic punctuation. This course is the first ina series of grammar courses that assist emerging writers with aprecollegiate review of these skills.

NCENG 16: English Grammar 2Prerequisites: NoneLecture 3 hours. (1501.00)Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This course provides a review of advanced English grammarskills, such as sentence structure, including fragments, run-ons, and misplaced modifiers, as well as other conventionsof Standard American English. This course is the second in aseries of grammar courses that assist emerging writers with aprecollegiate review of these skills. Students are encouraged totake English Grammar 1 before enrolling in this course.

NCENG 17: Basic Skills: Reading and Study StrategiesPrerequisites: NoneLecture 3 hours. (1520.00)Course Typically Offered: ALTERNATING TERMS

This course is designed to help students improve their readingcomprehension and vocabulary in various academic subjects.Students critically analyze content-area readings, such asarticles, novels, and short stories. The course emphasizesfundamental reading comprehension skills, general andacademic vocabulary enhancement, study skills strategies, andprinciples of study reading.

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NCENG 21: The Single ParagraphPrerequisites: NoneLecture 3 hours. (1501.00)Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This course introduces basic academic reading and writingfor students who require a review of basic English standardsand practices. It focuses on the single-paragraph responsein autobiographical and narrative writing assignments, topic-sentence development, vocabulary development, and basicoral presentations.

NCENG 22: Basic Composition: The Five Paragraph EssayPrerequisites: NoneLecture 3 hours. (1501.00)Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This course continues to build upon basic academicreading and writing skills. It focuses on the five-paragraphliterary/expository essay for both in-class and at-home essaycompositions, basic MLA formatting for in-text citations,vocabulary development, and an intermediate-level oralpresentation.

NCENG 23: Intermediate Composition: The Argument EssayPrerequisites: NoneLecture 3 hours. (1501.00)Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This course develops intermediate academic reading andwriting skills. It focuses on the argumentative essay on culturallyrelevant literature and topics, and it requires both in-classand at-home essay compositions, advanced MLA formattingfor essays, intermediate vocabulary development, and oralpresentations.

NCENG 25: Advanced Composition: The Research EssayPrerequisites: NoneLecture 3 hours. (1501.00)Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This course develops advanced academic reading andwriting skills for students. It focuses on the research essay oncontemporary literature and issues and requires both in-classand at-home essay compositions, advanced MLA formattingfor essays, advanced vocabulary development, and an oralpresentation.

NCENG 30: Sentence CraftingPrerequisites: NoneLecture 3 hours. (1501.00)Course Typically Offered: Fall or Spring

This course emphasizes sentence craft and effectivecommunication in prose by reviewing basic grammarconventions while considering different audience expectationsand circumstances. Topics include audience awareness,editing strategies, prescriptive versus descriptive conventions,voice, and sentence types. This course is intended for studentswho want to improve the efficacy and complexity of their proseat the sentence level.

NCENG 40: Information Literacy & College SuccessPrerequisites: NoneLecture 3 hours. (4930.14)Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This course is designed for students wishing to improve theirinformation literacy and their knowledge and use of informationsystems and technology as they relate to school and/or theworkplace. It introduces a variety of services, programs, anddegrees at the college and requires that students learn how toobtain information about them online as well as through face-to-face and written communications.

NCENG 52: College Composition Skills and SupportPrerequisites: NoneLecture 2 hours. (1501.00)Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

This course offers intensive practice in the skills needed toread college-level texts and compose college-level essays. Itprovides support in developing skills and strategies for successin transfer-level writing classes. Students enrolling in this coursemust also enroll in ENGL 100.

NCMTH 11: Basic Skills Math 1Prerequisites: NoneLecture 3 hours. (1701.00)Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

Basic Skills Math 1 is designed to meet the basic skillsmathematics improvement needs of students. Topics includethe study of whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.

NCMTH 12: Basic Skills Math 2Prerequisites: NoneLecture 3 hours. (1701.00)Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

Basic Skills Math 2 is designed to meet the basic skillsmathematics improvement needs of students. Topics includethe study of percents, measurement, probability, and statistics.

NCMTH 13: Basic Skills Math 3Prerequisites: NoneLecture 3 hours. (1701.00)Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

Basic Skills Math 3 is designed to meet the basic skillsmathematics improvement needs of students. Topics includethe study of elementary algebra and geometry.

NCMTH 20: Algebra Essentials 1Prerequisites: NoneLecture 3 hours. (1701.00)Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

Algebra Essentials 1 is intended for students with little or noprevious algebra experience. Topics include the real numbersystem, operations with algebraic expressions, linear equationsand inequalities, graphing linear equations in two variables,and solving systems of linear equations.

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NCMTH 21: Algebra Essentials 2Prerequisites: NoneLecture 3 hours. (1701.00)Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

Algebra Essentials 2 is intended for students with somebeginning algebra experience. Topics include exponents andpolynomials, factoring, an introduction to quadratic equations,rational expressions and equations, and solving appliedproblems.

NCMTH 30: Geometry EssentialsPrerequisites: NoneLecture 3 hours. (1701.00)Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

Geometry Essentials is intended for students with little or noprevious geometry experience. Topics include segments andangles, triangles, parallel and perpendicular lines, polygons,special quadrilaterals, the coordinate plane, circles, area,and volume. This course incorporates many of the skills andtechniques outlined in the Secretary's Commission on AchievingNecessary Skills (SCANS) report as fundamental skills andworkplace competencies.

Health and Safety CoursesNCHLT 11: Spinal FitnessPrerequisites: NoneLaboratory 4 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This course is designed to optimize strength and flexibility ofthe back and body. Students learn a variety of exercises andrhythmic movements, including low-impact weight-bearingexercise, resistance work with light weights, static stretches, andrelaxation routines.

NCHLT 15: Arthritis Exercise ProgramPrerequisites: NoneLaboratory 2.75 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This group exercise regimen is designed to help those whohave joint and/or muscle problems achieve joint mobility,muscular strength, and endurance in order to improve theperformance of their daily activities. The program consists ofspecific exercises, including stretching and range of motionexercises, strengthening and endurance routines, healtheducation, movement activities, and relaxation exercises.

NCHLT 75: Balance and MobilityPrerequisites: NoneLaboratory 3 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This course is designed for individuals at moderate risk for fall(e.g., self-identified balance problems, existing fall history,including the ability to stand and ambulate independently).Students must be able to stand and ambulate independently.The course adopts a multidimensional approach to balance-related problems. Activities target specific balance problems ina challenging training environment.

Older Adults CoursesNCART 11: Painting, IntermediatePrerequisites: NoneLecture 2.75 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This course is intended for students who already know how todraw and have done some painting. It covers more advanceddrawing, use of color, and advanced picture composition.Painting subjects range from still life to flowers and fromabstract pictures to landscapes. Students use acrylic, oils, watermedia, pastels, and other mixed media, and they are expectedto furnish their own supplies.

NCART 12: Painting, AdvancedPrerequisites: NoneLecture 2.75 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This course is designed for students who know how to paint anddraw and who feel confident about their abilities. The coursecovers advanced composition, color use, landscapes, andportraits. Students create a suite of paintings on a theme oftheir choice or follow a class syllabus designed to challenge themore experienced artist. Students are encouraged to use allmedia, including acrylic, watercolor, pastel, pencil, pen, andink, and they are expected to furnish their own supplies.

NCART 13: Acrylic PaintingPrerequisites: NoneLecture 2.75 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This course introduces students to the use of color and basictechniques of acrylic painting. After lecture and demonstration,students plan, compose, and execute a variety of paintings,such as still life, abstraction, seascapes, and perspective.Students are expected to furnish their own supplies.

NCART 15: Portrait and Figure Drawing and PaintingPrerequisites: NoneLecture 2.75 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This course teaches the basic principles of drawing andpainting portraits and figures as well as the correct andeffective use of materials and tools. Students learn techniquessuch as sighting and measuring for correct anatomy andproportions to ensure likenesses, and studies may be done fromnude or clothed models, photographs, masterwork, and artfilms presented in class. Students are expected to furnish theirown supplies.

NCART 17: Painting and DrawingPrerequisites: NoneLecture 2.75 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This course uses drawing as a way to inform and enrichthe student’s work in painting. Students draw mainly withgraphite and charcoal and explore color through water-basedpaint, such as gouache, watercolor, and acrylic. They alsoexperiment with mixed media, such as ink, pastel chalk, oilpastels, and ink. Students are expected to furnish their ownsupplies.

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NCART 20: Basic Drawing and SketchingPrerequisites: NoneLecture 2.75 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This course covers the basic principles and techniques indrawing and sketching. Topics include the use of line to defineform, cross-hatching, shading, rubbing, blending, values, andcolor. Students practice thumbnail sketches and use a varietyof materials, such as graphite, colored pencils, markers, penand ink, charcoal and pastel chalks, and oil pastels. Studentsare expected to furnish their own supplies.

NCART 31: Watercolor Painting, BeginningPrerequisites: NoneLecture 2.75 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This class is designed to acquaint beginners with thetechniques, properties, and materials of transparentwatercolors. It exposes students to basic art elements, suchas value, composition, color, textures, and drawing principles.Students plan and create several watercolor pieces that arecritiqued by the instructor, and students must provide their ownmaterials.

NCART 32: Watercolor Painting, IntermediatePrerequisites: NoneLecture 2.75 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This course in transparent watercolor painting is designed toimprove the watercolor skills of an intermediate watercolorstudent. Assignments stress more advanced compositionelements and originality. Students practice planning andexecuting watercolor pieces after faculty lecture anddemonstration, and their work is evaluated during groupcritique sessions. Students are expected to provide their ownsupplies.

NCART 35: Watercolor Painting on LocationPrerequisites: NoneLecture 2.75 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

In this watercolor painting course, students practice theskills learned previously in a classroom setting in a variety ofoutdoor sites in North County San Diego. Students explore basicwatercolor techniques, principles of design and composition,and drawing tips. The course encourages students to explorecreative ways of seeing color and light through increasedawareness and sensitivity to the environment. Students areexpected to provide their own materials and arrange for theirown transportation to preassigned locations.

NCART 70: Multimedia SculpturePrerequisites: NoneLecture 2.75 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

Students learn sculpture techniques through a variety ofmedia, including paper, plaster, clay, and assembly as wellas from a variety of artists working in various media. The classoffers creative ideas for the novice as well as new techniquesfor practicing artists. Students are expected to provide thematerials needed to complete class projects.

NCHAS 12: Weight Management for SeniorsPrerequisites: NoneLecture 2 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This course is designed for seniors who desire to lose betweenfive and forty pounds. The course emphasizes the developmentof nutritionally sound eating habits to reduce by one to twopounds per week. It also examines a variety of issues involvedwith successful weight management, including exercise, stressmanagement, strategies for eating out, evaluation of fad diets,building confidence, and changing habits.

NCHAS 70: Body Conditioning Over EasyPrerequisites: NoneLaboratory 4 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This course is designed for older adults with physical limitationsin their feet, knees, and hips who still want to exercise. Classbegins with a seated segment to warm-up and range-of-motionexercises and is followed by standing/seated low impact cardioand balance exercises. The next segment includes seatedstrength exercises using light hand weights and resistancebands, exercises to improve brain fitness, and range of motionexercises using small balls. The class concludes with standingand seated cool-down and relaxation exercises.

NCHAS 71: Body Conditioning for Older AdultsPrerequisites: NoneLaboratory 2.75 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This course teaches exercise techniques that meet the needsof older adults at all levels of fitness (beginning throughadvanced). Exercises include warm-ups, semi-cardio andcardiovascular workouts, mat routines, repetitious exercise formuscular toning, strength and endurance, balance, stretching,flexibility, and cool-downs. Students work at their own pace andlevels of fitness. Pulse rates may be taken before, during, andafter various exercises to gauge appropriateness of exerciselevel. As with any exercise program, a physician’s approval isrecommended.

NCHAS 81: Tai Chi Chuan for Seniors, BeginningPrerequisites: NoneLaboratory 3 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

This introductory course teaches the first 16 steps of the Chineseexercise/discipline Tai Chi Chuan. Students learn and practiceindividual positions each week, and the positions are linkedtogether in a continuous, smooth-flowing form. The coursefocuses on balance, flexibility, and ease of movement. Thisslow, non-strenuous, effective form of exercise emphasizes theconditioning of the whole person, including the mind, body,and spirit.

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NCHAS 82: Tai Chi Chuan for Seniors, IntermediatePrerequisites: NoneLaboratory 2 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

This course provides continuing exposure to the Chineseexercise/discipline Tai Chi Chuan. Students complete thefirst 32 of the 64 steps of Tai Chi Chuan. They learn slow, fluidmovements that promote balance, grace, and enduranceas well as clarity of thought, clarity of intent, and stability ofemotion. The course also covers simple forms of meditation.

NCHAS 83: Tai Chi Chuan for Seniors, AdvancedPrerequisites: NoneLaboratory 2 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

This course provides continuing training in the Chineseexercise/discipline Tai Chi Chuan. Students complete the lasthalf of the 64 steps and refine skills while exploring a deeperunderstanding of the Tai Chi Chuan philosophy.

NCHAS 85: Chair Yoga for Older AdultsPrerequisites: NoneLaboratory 2.75 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This course is designed for older adults who desire to improvemuscular endurance, flexibility, and balance and to reducestress. Students learn about the benefits of yoga as related tovarious age-related health issues. Using a chair for seated orstanding support, students practice various yoga poses andbreathing techniques to achieve range of motion, muscularendurance, and balance.

NCMUS 10: Music Appreciation for SeniorsPrerequisites: NoneLecture 2.75 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

This course is designed for older adults who want to increasetheir understanding and enjoyment of music by learning how tolisten to music with a discerning ear. The course includes basicmusic history, musical terms, and discussion of musical styleand performance.

NCPSY 11: Self-Awareness Through ImprovisationPrerequisites: NoneLecture 2.25 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

Especially for older adults, this course uses improvisation asa means of developing self-awareness, imagination, andcreativity, thus enhancing the ability to interact socially.Classroom improvisation emphasizes thinking, listening, andreacting to others.

NCPSY 13: The Impact of Radio on Our LivesPrerequisites: NoneLecture 2.75 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

This course is designed especially for older adults who havehad the unique experience of living through the “golden age”of radio. The course gives students the opportunity to reflect onhow the values, attitudes, and entertainment of their favoriteradio shows shaped their lives. Students work collaboratively toread, rehearse, and perform some of the actual radio scriptsthat were broadcast during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.

NCWRT 10: Creative WritingPrerequisites: NoneLecture 2.75 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

This creative writing workshop accommodates all levels ofwriters and/or poets, from beginning to experienced, as wellas all styles and forms of writing, including prose (fiction andnonfiction/memoir) and poetry. Each session consists of sharingand critiques of student writing, an instructional period, andan assignment. Students are encouraged to write on a regularbasis, to write different kinds of materials, to develop a personalstyle, and to submit works for publication following submissionguidelines.

NCWRT 20: Life Story WritingPrerequisites: NoneLecture 2.75 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

This introductory creative writing workshop in life story writingand personal narrative emphasizes the essay as an artform. Readings and frequent writing assignments providebackground and practice in writing memoir/personal narrativesthat are informed by one's experiences. Class sessions consistof writing exercises and improvisations designed to focusmemory and strengthen perception. This class is organized in aworkshop model to allow students to present works in progressto the group and to receive useful feedback and advice inorder to engage more deeply and with greater insight duringthe revision process.

Parenting CoursesNCPAR 20: Parent - Toddler WorkshopPrerequisites: NoneLecture 3.50 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

Parents and their toddlers meet on a weekly or twice-weekly basis to participate in various guided class activities.Students learn how to diagnose parenting issues and how todevelop useful problem-solving techniques utilizing effectiveparenting models. Participants learn the value of ritualand routines, consistency, and how to analyze and modifyparenting techniques, such as logical consequences, positivecommunication skills, modeling behavior expectations as wellas values/ethics education.

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Special Education CoursesNCSPC 25: Effective Life Skills for Adults with DevelopmentalDisabilitiesPrerequisites: NoneLecture 10 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

This course provides students with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities the skills to increase theirindependence in daily life. The course supports students'personal growth skills (identifying interests, aptitudes, values,needs, and personality characteristics; increasing self-esteemand self-advocacy; and setting goals), social development(improving conversational and social networking skills), andpractical living skills (using community resources, managingmoney and time, solving problems, and making decisions).

NCSPC 26: Basic Academic SkillsPrerequisites: NoneLecture 5 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This course focuses on increasing basic academic skills forstudents with intellectual and developmental disabilities.Students work in areas of reading, writing, mathematics,use of basic computer applications, health and safety,communication skills, and overall problem solving. Class timeincludes individual and/or small group work with an emphasison understanding the application of basic skills to real life withincreased independence.

NCSPC 27: Basic Computer Skills 1 for Learners withIntellectual and Developmental DisabilitiesPrerequisites: NoneLecture 5 hours.Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This course introduces students with intellectual anddevelopmental disabilities to the Windows environment andbasic computer terminology, hardware, and software. Throughhands-on instruction, students also focus on increasing skillsin basic keyboarding and accessing the course enrollmentsystem.

NCSPC 28: Basic Computer Skills 2 for Learners withIntellectual and Developmental DisabilitiesPrerequisites: NonePrerequisites: NoneCourse Typically Offered: Lecture 5 hours. (0702.10)

In this course, students with intellectual and developmentaldisabilities focus on increasing skills in using email, a wordprocessing software, and a web browser. Students conductbasic Internet searches and learn to document and shareinformation via email.

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