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Integrating Career Awareness into the ABE/ESOL Classroom - SABES

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credit hour<br />

co-requisite classes<br />

developmental courses<br />

elective course<br />

faculty<br />

interdisciplinary course<br />

Major<br />

mandatory/requisite class<br />

online course<br />

prerequisite class<br />

survey course<br />

syllabus<br />

TYPES OF EDUCATIONAL<br />

INSTITUTIONS<br />

private college or university<br />

public college or university<br />

proprietary school<br />

expect students to take a placement test after <strong>the</strong>y<br />

have been accepted at <strong>the</strong> school.<br />

The number of credit hours per course usually<br />

represents <strong>the</strong> number of class hours per week.<br />

two or more classes that are required to be taken<br />

simultaneously<br />

These help students brush up on basic skills like<br />

reading, writing, and math so students will be prepared<br />

for college-level work. Most schools do not offer credit<br />

towards a degree for <strong>the</strong>se classes.<br />

a course a student takes by choice, as distinguished<br />

from a course specifically required by a degree<br />

<strong>the</strong> teachers and professors at a school or college<br />

a course dealing with two or more academic<br />

subjects<br />

Called a concentration at some colleges, a major is<br />

<strong>the</strong> primary subject you choose to study in college.<br />

A majority (but not all) of your college courses will<br />

be related to your major.<br />

a class that is necessary in order to get your degree<br />

Sometimes referred to as web-based courses, <strong>the</strong>se<br />

are regular college credit classes utilizing technology,<br />

including <strong>the</strong> Internet, to deliver course information<br />

and material and to promote class discussion.<br />

a class that is required to be completed before a<br />

student may enroll in a higher-level class<br />

a course designed to provide a general overview<br />

of an area of study<br />

an outline of topics to be covered by <strong>the</strong> instructor<br />

including assignments to be completed by <strong>the</strong> students<br />

during <strong>the</strong> course<br />

a self-supporting institution of higher education<br />

operated with private funds<br />

an institution of higher education operated with state<br />

funds<br />

privately owned and operated post-secondary schools<br />

organized as ei<strong>the</strong>r non-profit or profit-making ventures<br />

primarily to teach vocational skills<br />

College Vocabulary 101 • Section IV: <strong>Career</strong> Planning Skills, Lesson 10 • Page 3<br />

<strong>Integrating</strong> <strong>Career</strong> <strong>Awareness</strong> <strong>into</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>ABE</strong> & <strong>ESOL</strong> <strong>Classroom</strong> | Section IV, Lesson 10: College Vocabulary 101 | 126

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