ACC expects 34,000-plus fall students

August 02, 2008 02:43 pm

— Registration for the fall semester has started at Austin Community College with more than 34,000 students expected to take advantage of classes in more than 180 programs of study.
In-district tuition rates are $39 per credit hour. Classes begin Aug. 25.

Highlights at ACC
this fall include:
Gaming Institute – ACC now offers three associate degree choices in gaming - Game Design, Game Art and Game & Visualization Programming.
Healthcare programs – ACC trains and retrains allied healthcare professionals and offers programs from nursing to pharmacy tech to paramedic to occupational therapy assistant and more.
Five-week classes – ACC is introducing a new type of weekend class that lets students earn three college credits in just five weekends. Each class meets Friday evenings and Saturday days at the Rio Grande Campus.
Early College Start - High school students can take up to two ACC classes per semester and earn up to 30 credit hours of college credit for free before they graduate.
Weekend College – Enrollment for this program grew 24 percent last year and is expected to continue growing as ACC adds a fifth campus to the program. Weekend College allows residents to complete a college degree, certificate or transferable core curriculum on weekends. Cypress Creek will begin offering Weekend College classes in spring - www.austincc.edu/weekend.
Tech Prep – As early as ninth grade, students can take technical classes taught at their high school that count toward a technical degree at ACC.
Quick Careers – ACC offers dozens of credit and noncredit programs to take students from the classroom to the workplace in one year or less.
Aesthetic laser technician program – ACC has partnered with Kushan LLC to begin the Aesthetic Laser Technician Program this fall.