Success Systems

Cultural Centers

African-American Cultural Center

The African-American Cultural Center at the Eastview Campus strives to increase understanding in the ACC and Central Texas communities of the culture, history, and contributions of African-Americans. The African-American Cultural Center offers many opportunities to students:

• A comfortable academic environment as they pursue their educational goals
• A respect for, knowledge of, and appreciation for their heritage by offering history and English courses with an emphasis on the African-American experience
• Opportunities for faculty members to increase their awareness of and sensitivity to the cultural dynamics of African-American students
• A variety of activities focusing on the recruitment and retention of African-American students

For more information, contact Director Roland C. Hayes at 223.5166 or Associate Director Stacey Thompson Stover at 223.5165.

Latino/Latin American Studies Center

The Latino/Latin American Studies Center, or “El Centro,” provides students a portal to college services and friendly staff to make them feel welcome and appreciated.

El Centro hosts an annual Hispanic Student Reception to connect Latino students and their families with ACC’s Latino faculty, staff, and administrators. El Centro also oversees the Latino American Student Organization to provide opportunities for Latino students to share academic experiences, cultural values, and ethnic identities, and to serve the college and the community.

El Centro is at the Riverside Campus, Building G, Room 9155. Call 223.6360, or email the Center.

Distance Learning

Distance Learning provides students an opportunity to earn college credit by participating in a variety of non- classroom oriented courses. The content and transferability to four-year colleges is identical to the courses offered on campus. Students also follow the same admissions and registration procedures as on-campus students. Instead of attending on-campus classes, students participate in an orientation session, online discussions and activities, complete readings in textbooks and study guides, take periodic exams, and in some cases write papers or reports. Exams are taken at an ACC Testing Center or other designated site. Each course has an instructor for students to contact when they need assistance.

Distance Learning offers the following types of courses:

• Online courses (PCM) – Require students to have an Internet connection to complete coursework. Students may use their personal computers from home, or they may use ACC computer labs. ACC uses the Blackboard course management system for most of its online courses.
• Telecourses (ITV) – Use recorded video programs that students may access on cable television or in ACC libraries and centers. Some ITV courses are available in a streamed format and may be viewed from any personal computer with Internet access. For most ITV courses, videotapes may be rented from a commercial distributor for the semester.
• Print-based courses (PRN) – Textbook-based versions of a course that offer the same course content, college credit, and transferability as the classroom-based version.
• Directed study courses (DIR) – Students spend time at a social service, health, or governmental institution or other sites as a major part of their coursework. Offered on a limited basis. DIR courses also have some meetings on campus.

Orientations
Students are required to participate in course specific orientation sessions for Distance Learning courses. The course schedule provides orientation information for the courses.

VCT
Austin Community Colleges participates in VCT – Virtual College of Texas

General Information
For general information and new Distance Learning course offerings, see the ACC Course Schedule, visit http://dl.austincc.edu or call (512) 223.8026, toll-free (888) 223.8026, or email dl@austincc.edu with your questions.