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The Department of Education Services
The mission of the Department of Education Services is to assist students toward success in their goals by strengthening and supporting their academic and personal development. This is accomplished through building partnerships with faculty, providing academic advising, offering group and individual tutoring, directing the six-week First-Quarter Seminar curriculum, facilitating math and English workshops, supervising testing, registration assistance, and creating opportunities for students to become effective decision makers and critical members of society. Education Services includes the Academic Advising Office (Room 616) and the Education Services Center (Room 614).

Tutoring Programs
The Tutoring program includes tutoring sessions in both one-on-one and group formats as well as in-class tutors. Sessions are offered by peer tutors and some faculty on either an appointment basis or during drop-in hours. Academic skills include math, reading, writing, history, basic computers, public speaking, test preparation, and note taking. Peer tutors also offer tutoring in core subjects that relate to students' programs through a Peer Tutor referral service. Peer tutors' specialties and contact information are available in Education Services and on the web at peertutors.com.

Testing Center
The Department of Education Services provides testing as a service to faculty and for students who have missed tests, who need disability accommodations, or who choose to take one or more assessment or proficiency tests. Make-up tests need to be arranged between instructors and Education Services staff before students actually take the tests. All testing for students with disabilities must be coordinated with faculty. Students must have documentation on file with the Director of Disability Services. Placement as well as proficiency tests in English and Math are offered to students during New Student Clearance, Orientation, and at other times during the quarter. A Proficiency test for Basic Computers is also available. Students who meet the requirement on a proficiency test waive the related course but are still responsible for the credits, which are taken as an additional technical elective. Detailed schedules are posted in Education Services.

Math and English College Preparatory classes GE82, GE83
Math and English are taken prior to the related General Education courses as a prerequisite (English Composition or College Mathematics). Passing scores on the ASSET, COMPASS, ACCUPLACER, SAT, or ACT tests for Math and English may qualify students for exemption from these courses.

Students who enroll in college preparatory courses GE82 and GE83 will do so in addition to their program course load within their scheduled quarter. While they do carry institutional credit, the credit does not count toward their program's credit requirements.

Since test scores determine placement in or out of GE82 and GE83, students cannot enroll in English Composition or College Mathematics until they have taken these tests. If students choose not to take these tests, they will automatically be placed into the preparatory courses.

A grade of "C" or better must be earned in the preparatory classes in order to move onto English Composition and/or College Mathematics.

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