Career training for military spouses – MyCAA program offers up to $4000 scholarship
The MyCAA program, run by the Department of Defense, offers up to $4,000 to eligible military spouses for career training. We include a free laptop for MyCAA students.
Spouses of active-duty Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine, or National Guard/ARG service members in paygrades E1-E5, O1-O2, and W1-W2 are eligible to enroll. Our programs include everything you need to train for a rewarding new career, and with MyCAA, you can go to school with no out-of-pocket expense!
Go to MyCAA scholarship site for further details.
Texas Veterans Commission approved full tuition to train veterans and other eligible persons under the provisions of Title 38. The facility code is 25143443.We provide everything you need, even a free laptop, to train for a rewarding new career, and with VA funding , you can go to school with no out-of-pocket expense!
Professional English – Intensive Program
[This is a stand-alone English program and is not regulated by COE].
The Professional English program is for adult learner whose first language is not English. For non-native English speakers, this program will improve conversation, reading, writing and grammar. The program is designed for learners who are at beginners level, intermediate, advanced or in college preparatory level. The full program length is 1080 contact hours (720 lecture/180 lab/180 practicum hours)
Most classes meet between 9:30am and 5:30pm. The full-time intensive program provides a total of 24 hours of classroom instruction each week. The program also includes cultural activities. In addition to a rigorous English-as-Second Language (ESL) curriculum, there are project-based assignments in which students are able to collaborate. There will be exploration and instruction through dramatic plays, songwriting, poetry, film directing, acting, comic and graphic design, musicals, etc.
This course prepares students to use English with increasing accuracy in most classroom and social situations. Students will develop the reading, writing, and oral presentation skills required for success in all subjects. Students will study and interpret a variety of grade-level texts, develop oral communication skills through participation in informal debates and seminars, and extend their range of research skills. (Costs – $250, Duration – one and half months).
This course prepares students for secondary school English and other courses at the college and university preparation levels. Students will be encouraged to develop independence in reading literary works and academic texts, in writing essays and narratives, and in applying learning strategies and research skills effectively. Students will also learn to respond critically to print and media works. (Costs – $250, Duration – one and half months).
This course prepares students to read and demonstrate comprehension of the main idea and most supporting details of a text on an unfamiliar topic. Students will learn to synthesize concepts and data from a group of readings or a series of graphs and charts in written assignments as well as write a short, academic research paper with appropriate citations, quotations, and references, and single quotation marks, brackets and ellipses when needed. (Costs – $250, Duration – one and half months).
This course preparers students to read and respond to literature; choose and respond to personal reading material comparable in scope and difficulty to materials chosen by their English- speaking peers; extract information from a variety of texts used in subject classrooms; use independently a variety of strategies to build vocabulary; use a range of research strategies independently to gather information for a variety of purposes; organize and link ideas logically and effectively in written texts such as narratives and essays and demonstrate understanding of a range of local, national, and global issues. (Costs – $250, Duration – one and half months).
This course is a beginning introductory college preparatory ESL Listening & Speaking course for non-native English speaking students. It focuses on basic listening and speaking skills, with emphasis on survival communication skills. The course prepares students for the college prep intermediate ESL communication class or selected vocational certificate programs.
This course is a basic Introductory college preparatory ESL course for non-native English speaking students. It focuses on Basic Reading skills with emphasis on survival reading. The course prepares students for the College Prep Intermediate ESL Reading Class or selected Vocational Certificate programs.
This course is a Basic Introductory college preparatory ESL course for non-native English speaking students. It focuses on Basic Writing skills with emphasis on survival writing. This course prepares students for the College Prep Intermediate ESL Writing class or selected Vocational Certificate programs.
This course is the intermediate college preparatory ESL Listening & Speaking course for non-native English speaking residents. It focuses on introductory listening and speaking skills, with emphasis on basic communication. The course prepares students for college preparatory 200 level courses or selected vocational certificate programs.
This course is the Intermediate college preparatory ESL course for non-native English speaking students. It focuses on reading, with emphasis on basic skills. This course prepares students for the College Prep ESL Program or selected Vocational Certificate programs.
This course is the Intermediate college preparatory ESL course for non-native English speaking students. It focuses on Writing, with emphasis on basic skills. This course prepares students for the College Prep ESL Program or selected Vocational Certificate programs.
This course is a college preparatory entry course for non-native speakers of English. The course prepares students for college level coursework through development of speaking and listening skills needed for academic success. It focuses on developing speaking and listening skills through individual and group work in academic settings.
This course is a college preparatory course for non-native speakers of English. The course prepares students for college level courses through development of reading skills needed for academic success. It focuses on developing academic reading skills. Additionally, reading skills that specifically address academic ESL problems will be studied. Students registered for this course must demonstrate competency in basic communications related work.
This course is a college preparatory entry course for non-native speakers of English. The course prepares students for college level work through development of writing skills needed for academic success. It focuses on developing academic writing skills. Additionally, grammar skills that specifically address academic ESL problems will be studied. Students registered for this course must demonstrate competency in intermediate writing level work.
This course is designed for basic writing skills development. It focuses on basic grammar skills and basic paragraph writing skills. The skills will be developed through class lectures, individual and small group activities, writing lab activities, computer lab activities, and homework assignments.
This course is designed to teach skills needed for writing unified, coherent paragraphs with correct grammar, usage, mechanics, punctuation, and sentence structure. Students registered for this course must pass the coursework in ESL205 or other writing related courses.
This course is a college preparatory entry course for non-native speakers of English. The course prepares students for college level coursework through development of speaking and listening skills needed for academic success. It focuses on developing speaking and listening skills through individual and group work in academic settings.
This class is designed to introduce basic mathematics skills. It focuses on addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole numbers, fractions and decimals; operations with signed numbers including solving for missing terms; applied geometry; percent problems; mathematical notations; ratio-proportion and mathematics study skills.
This course integrates college prep arithmetic and college prep algebra skills into one course to allow students to accelerate their college prep mathematics requirements. It is designed for students who would generally test into the upper score range for placement into college prep arithmetic. Topics include integers, percents, sets, linear equations and inequalities, polynomial operations, factoring, exponents, radicals, graphing, solving quadratics and applications for all topics. Students must pass coursework efore moving into college level mathematics course.
This course includes an in-depth study of linear equations and inequalities; integer exponents and their properties; operations on polynomials, including factoring; an introduction to graphing linear functions and interpreting graphs; solving quadratic equations; and applications. Prerequisite: ESL208 or equivalent
This course is designed to develop basic reading and study skills. It focuses on vocabulary development, literal reading skills, and basic critical reading skills. The skills will be developed through class lectures, individual and small group activities, reading lab activities, computer lab activities, and homework assignments. Prerequisite: ESL106 or equivalent
This course is designed to improve basic skills, and critical thinking. It focuses on recognition of main ideas, supporting details, author’s purpose, tone, valid arguments, explicit and implicit relationships within and between sentences, the ability to detect bias, to distinguish fact from opinion, to draw logical inferences and conclusions, and vocabulary and study skills at the college preparatory level. Students must pass the coursework and the state exit exam before they register for designated college courses.
In this course, students understand and improve the critical and creative thinking processes central to college level learning. Students develop an awareness of the general characteristics and practices of an advanced learner, with a major focus on self- monitoring, self-assessing and self-correcting thinking and learning patterns. Students also develop an awareness of the specific attitudes, structures, processes, and applications of thinking central to comprehending and communicating ideas, solving problems, and making decisions. Students develop skills in analyzing and evaluating information, asking probing questions, and drawing logical conclusions with improved accuracy and fair-mindedness.
While this is a college-level course, students who have gone through the college prep reading sequence are required to take this class or exempt out.
Students practice reading and listening with heightened awareness and empathy, writing and speaking with improved clarity and precision; and thinking and inquiring with originality. This course promotes making connections within and between academic disciplines, career areas, and personal life. The course applies core thinking and learning processes to college content areas and real-life scenarios, and it promotes the development of lifelong-learning habits. Prerequisites: College-level reading placement score
This course integrates college prep arithmetic and college prep algebra skills into one course to allow students to accelerate their college prep mathematics requirements. It is designed for students who would generally test into the upper score range for placement into college prep arithmetic. Topics include integers, percents, sets, linear equations and inequalities, polynomial operations, factoring, exponents, radicals, graphing, solving quadratics and applications for all topics. Students must pass coursework efore moving into college level mathematics course.
This course includes an in-depth study of linear equations and inequalities; integer exponents and their properties; operations on polynomials, including factoring; an introduction to graphing linear functions and interpreting graphs; solving quadratic equations; and applications. Prerequisite: ESL208 or equivalent
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