Houston Community College Adult Online Education.

Discover all the knowledge of a traditional college education brought to you via cutting-edge technology.

The Houston Community College Adult Education Program has removed the barriers of location and time, making a college education accessible and affordable for every student at any age. Adult Education comes to you either online, on television, and/or via videocassette! Far different and vastly improved from the outdated correspondence courses of old, modern Adult Education Courses combine the best of on-campus support and feedback with the convenience of 21st Century technology.

Houston Community College Adult Education is offered in several formats, carefully designed to provide independent study courses with minimum barriers and maximum educational support for each Adult Education student.

Online Adult Education Courses.

Online Adult Education courses are offered throughout the academic year - Fall, Spring, and Summer, Web-based courses equivalent to on-campus courses earning 3-4 semester hours of credit. Adult Online Education students do weekly assignments at their own computers and communicate directly with the instructor via e-mail. In addition, online courses require assigned readings from course textbooks and/or study guides. 

Video Cassette Adult Education Courses.

Video Cassette Adult Education students check out a quantity of video cassettes for the semester and view them on their home television sets. Video Cassettes are issued to students during their required course orientation at the beginning of the semester. All Video Cassette Adult Education courses require assigned reading from textbooks and/or study guides. Some Video Cassette Adult Education courses also require written assignments.

Important Requirements for All Houston Community College Adult Education Courses:

Adult Education Course Orientation - meet your instructor and classmates, receive a course syllabus and handouts, and review your exam schedule. Also, receive information on contacting your Distance Education instructor and classmates and submitting Distance Education class work (All students are required to attend orientation for each Distance Education Course taken-NO EXCEPTIONS.) Most class orientation are on-line, others are in-person at the HCC Administration Building, 3100 Main Street. Please check the printed or on-line class schedule to determine your classes orientation requirement. 

Adult Education Course Textbooks - Available at the Houston Community College Bookstore or online booksellers. Required text information will be included in the class orientation. 

Optional Adult Education Test Review Sessions  - Some instructors offer in-person review sessions which will be scheduled before each of 2-4 Distance Education class exams during the semester. The availability of review sessions will be included in the class orientation.

Adult Education Course Testing - All testing for Distance Education Courses are taken on an Houston Community College campus. Monitored Distance Education exams are administered on weekends at the HCC Administration Building, 3100 Main Street, Friday evenings from 4-7 p.m. and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Students are made aware of their required test weekends for the semester during the course orientation.

Choose Adult Education Courses at the Houston Community College.

Houston Community College has developed its Adult Education Program with the adult student as a priority. Courses chosen for the Adult Education Program are of the highest quality and cover subject matter that can be delivered in a timely, cost-efficient manner. Houston Community College is continuously evaluating and improving Adult Education course content and their delivery systems to make the Adult Education experience equal to or even more rewarding than traditional Adult Education instruction in on-site classrooms.

Advising can be accomplished by telephone at 713/718-5275 - press option #4, via email at decounseling@hccs.edu, by visiting the Distance Education Office at the HCC Administration Building, 3100 Main Street, 3rd floor and/or by on-site advising at other HCC locations upon request. Confidential sessions with the distance education counselors will help students understand course transfers, college regulations or education plan options. Houston Community College counselors also maintain a local referral base in order to provide appropriate referrals to students with personal or family issues that may require long-term solutions.

The highest quality courses and professors are chosen, based on their ability to provide the best educational opportunity for Adult Education students in a non-traditional environment.  Professors, instructors, technical support, Distance Education staff members, and counselors are available to assist and motivate Adult Education students while enrolled in the distance education program. Adult Education students are expected to provide the extra amount of self-discipline and personal resolve required by Adult Education courses.

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