Extended Learning Services (ELS)

• Provides off-campus credit courses including those available at companies and agencies in the community. Contact (240) 567-7870 if you are interested in having classes provided at a specific company/agency site.  Check the schedule or contact options@montgomerycollege.edu. for courses, locations, and restrictions:

• Provides information and support to students who are seeking to demonstrate that they have knowledge and skills comparable to the knowledge and skills gained in credit classes. These “prior learning” options provide time- and cost-saving ways of obtaining credit.

Get started by visiting the Extended Learning Services website http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/wdce/extendedlearning.html 

 

Germantown Options for Adult Learners (G.O.A.L.) Program

Support Group for Adult Students with Multiple Responsibilities

Many evening, distance and blended courses are already offered at the Germantown Campus and more are being developed. These are good opportunities for adult learners who need flexibility and are self motivated.  Check the Schedule of Classes for specific courses.

Beginning this fall, Germantown will be offering a pilot online community designed for multi-tasking adult students who are balancing work, home, and school and who want to be connected to other students like themselves. It will be supported by periodic face-to-face opportunities to get together on the Germantown campus. The topics are identified by the group members and College faculty and staff, as well as student members themselves, will provide information, insights, and perspectives. Want insights on courses? To hear about a “hot program”? To make connections so that you can take courses together and cover for each other? Or just hints on how to successfully and efficiently navigate MC?  These are just of few of the topics that we can address.  If you are interested in being involved, email us at: options@montgomerycollege or leave a message at 301-601-6950 and a staff member will respond.

First-Year Experience (FYE) course called "Choices" (DS 107)

This course is geared to the adult student who needs to sharpen their "success skills" as they re-renter the educational environment, but doing so in a traditional 15-week classroom might not provide the individual, self-paced format that many adults want. 

At the workshop the students will be given a self-assessment that will help them identify areas needed for further exploration, such as life planning, wellness, career decision-making, and academic planning.  Assignments and activities are then chosen that will fit busy adult schedules and individualized needs.  Contact the Dean of Student Development at Germantown for further Information. (240) 567-1993 or

Career Development Course Designed for Adult Learners

Teaches how to plan, establish, or change a career.  Includes process of establishing or implementing career goals; assessment of values, interests, and skills plus their relationship to occupations; analysis of labor market needs; identification of employers and sources of occupation information; and means of securing employment.  The course will also cover adult learner success strategies, second career planning and key employment opportunities.

Adult Re-Entry Program

Are you…. Starting new? Coming back? Changing Career?

 

If you answered “Yes” to any of the questions, the Montgomery College Adult Re-Entry Program welcomes you and will assist you in a variety of ways by: Starting and/or completing your Educational Action Plan Honing your computer, time management, and study skills Planning your transfer to the University of your choice Developing an internship that will link you to your future Earning credit for your work experience Creating that new career you are looking for!

 

Get started by visiting the Adult Re-Entry Program

Starting Out or Coming Back: Student Development Freshman Experience Course for Non-traditional Aged and Returning Students: DS 107-26575

Returning to school from a long absence can be filled with anxiety. It can be just as scary for returning students as can be for first timers. Some older students can feel out of place with younger students. There can be many reasons for this for example, older students may feel out of touch with the advances in technology so widely used in education today or just plain behind the academic curve.  This course will allay those fears by offering the returning, non-traditional aged student the opportunity to learn among their peers.  Not only will the class offer returning students a homogenous environment, it will inspire them to share their rich life experiences with younger students as they pursue their academic goals.

This First-Year Experience course meets on Mondays from 5:00-5:50 PM for the entire fall semester.   Professor Jacqueline King will lead this exciting welcome/ welcome back course for non-traditional aged students. For more information email Professor King.