Mission
The GED Program's mission is to provide remedial education to those
students ineligible or unprepared to enter college credit courses and
to give them the basic academic, language, and personal skills needed
for future academic and vocational success. The program accomplishes its
purpose by offering GED test preparation classes to help students pass
the General Educational Development (GED) test.
Program
Design
Through small group instruction and one-to-one tutoring, deficiencies
in writing, math, or reading are removed under
the guidance of an instructor. Computer technology is integrated with
curricula to provide computer literacy skills. Workplace skills are also
integrated with curricula to help prepare students for successful employment.
Progression through the program is self-paced. Once GED students can demonstrate
the required proficiencies in Social Studies, Science, Literature
and the Arts: Writing, Literature and the Arts: Reading and Mathematics they are referred for testing. Instruction
is planned to correspond to the sixth through twelfth grade levels of
public education.
Class Offerings
Classes are offered Monday
through Thursday in the morning and evening based on demand. Admission
is open to anyone 17 years of age or older. Prior to registration, new
students must complete a four-day orientation. Tuition waivers are available
to anyone who cannot pay tuition. The GED (General Educational Development)
certificate is accepted as equivalent to a high school diploma. The GED
Program at Del Mar College helps prepare students to take and pass the
GED test. Presently, there are five different subtests students must take
to get their GED. The five subtests are Social Studies, Science,
Literature and the Arts: Writing, Literature and the Arts: Reading and Mathematics. Classes are offered in all areas
but special emphasis is placed on reading, writing, and mathematics. The
program is designed not only to help students pass their GED test but
also to help prepare them for college after they have received their GED.
STUDENTS MAY ENROLL AT NO CHARGE.
Students must attend a week of orientation before starting GED classes. Call the GED Hotline for the latest orientation schedule or click on the Academic Calendar link, www.delmar.edu/dmc/calendar.php and look for GED Orientation Week.
All students must register by the registration deadline. Students may register between 7:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on Monday - Thursday or on Friday between 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Adult Basic Education students may enroll at no charge.
Classes are offered at the beginning of each month and are scheduled to meet at the following times:
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Monday-Thursday
6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m., Monday-Thursday
Location
We are located on the West Campus of Del
Mar College, 485 Airport Road at Santa Elena, Corpus Christi, Texas, 78408.
Our mailing address is 101 Baldwin, WEST, Corpus Christi, 78404. Don't know where we are located? Click on this link to view a map of the West Campus. www.delmar.edu/maps/west.html
Look for us at the North end of the campus.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!
On January 1, 2002 a new version of the
GED test was released. If you did not obtain your GED certificate before
that date, you will be required to start all over again. You cannot carry
over old test scores. The new GED test requires skills that were not tested
on the old version.
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