College Catalog 2018-19

EAST CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE

TRAVEL PROGRAMS Travel programs are offered periodically to provide educational and personal enrichment. College faculty has served as directors for trips to such destinations as England, France, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Australia, and New Zealand. College credit may be earned. EXTENSION CENTER Classes may be organized which give credit beyond junior college credit. The college has served as an Extension Center for Mississippi State University and the University of Southern Mississippi at various times in the past. THE SUCCESS CENTER The Success Center at ECCC is a support service for students. Through the Center, students can increase their educational self-awareness and develop the most current learning and study strategies necessary for success in the college environment. The purpose of the Success Center is to provide success skills and tutorial and computer-assisted instruction for students who need assistance with academic studies. The ECCC Success Center provides faculty-led individualized tutoring to support student learning; relevant, updated academic support resources to students; and a powerful resource in the attainment of educational goals. The Center’s components will be implemented by the Director of Success Center/Testing/Continuing Education with the advice of the Success Center Advisory Committee in policy recommendations and performance assessment activities. The following services are provided: 1. Coordination: The Director of Success Center/Testing/Continuing Education will meet with the Success Center Advisory Committee to facilitate services and determine needs of students. 2. Subjects: Assistance and tutorial services will be provided for all academic subjects following a published tutoring schedule. 3. Referral: Students may be referred to the Success Center by faculty or counselors or may seek assistance upon their own initiative. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CENTER The mission of the Workforce Development Center staff is to support businesses, industries, individuals, and communities with assessment, training, job placement, consultation, and educational “solutions” designed to improve the economy by enhancing the employability skills of the citizens in the East Central Community College district. Specialized advanced technical training classes and apprenticeship programs are available at East Central Community College main campus in Decatur or any of the College’s Workforce Development training locations. Short-term computer applications training classes are offered at Workforce Development computer labs in each county. Short-term medical training classes are offered at our at East Central Community College main campus in Decatur, at the Integrated Technologies Training Center in the Choctaw Advanced Tech Parc, at the Productivity Enhancement Lab in Philadelphia and at the Louisville Career Advancement Center in Louisville. Customized sessions are designed, curricula developed and training facilitators provided to businesses and 4. Schedule: The Success Center is open the following hours: Monday through Thursday...........................8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Friday................................................................8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Evening hours to follow published tutoring schedule. 5. The Success Center is located in the Burton Library.

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