| DEVELOPMENTAL STUDIES
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If you are coming to the College without some high school courses
or prerequisites needed for admission to a curriculum or if you
wish to upgrade your skills, the developmental studies program
may be the place for you to begin your course of study at NVCC.
Once you are accepted by the College (see "Administrative
Information" section), you may take developmental courses
until you are ready to go into the program of your choice. Developmental
courses are offered at all campuses of the College. These courses
(numbered 1 through 9) are available in English composition,
spelling, English as a Second Language, reading, and mathematics
(arithmetic through trigonometry).
Counselors will help you determine the areas in which your
skills and knowledge are below college entry level. In some
cases you
must complete your developmental courses before enrolling in
certain courses or being admitted to a curriculum. In other
cases, you can take college level courses along with developmental
courses.
The approval of a counselor or faculty advisor in the curriculum
will be required.
Developmental courses carry credits, but the credits do not
apply toward graduation and are not counted in your grade
point average.
A wide variety of instructional methods and materials are
used at the College for developmental courses. In some
courses there
is a choice of either the classroom type of lecture/discussion
or individualized (programmed) instruction in which you
can work at your own rate of learning. Some developmental
courses
are
offered through the Extended
Learning Institute. If you
have any questions, please check with a counselor or faculty
advisor.
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