If you need to get your AA degree right away but can't leave your job, then check out Brookdale Community College's online and distance learning courses. Using state-of-the-art WebCT software, you will find a rich learning environment that can fit in with your work or other personal schedule requirements.
MyLearningGuide Says: Brookdale Community College provides some state-of-the-art distance learning options. Using the WebCT software package, you can participate in classes from your home or office, whenever it is convenient for you. The WebCT package is a very powerful tool that makes it easy for you to successfully complete courses online.
Online Courses
The online courses are offered over the Internet and can be accessed, with your assigned password, at any time, day or night. You stay in contact with your instructor via email. A textbook packet is required and is available for purchase at the College Store. You can view current online courses below.
Telecourses
Telecourses use telecommunications (cable television and radio) as a means of delivery. You watch a series of instructional video programs at home or at Brookdale. Each telecourse has an instructor who creates the assignments (the video portions of the telecourse are just one component), grades them, and is available by mail and telephone to answer your questions and provide guidance during the semester. A textbook, a study guide and various assignments, papers and exams are used at the instructor`s discretion.
ITV Courses
ITV courses are broadcast from either the Lincroft or Western Monmouth campus to the Brookdale Learning Centers in Asbury Park, Long Branch, Bayshore and Western Monmouth. You use interactive technology to connect with the instructor, and you are able to see, hear and participate in the class in real time.
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Current Online Courses
ACCT 101 - Principles of Accounting I
ACCT 102 - Principles of Accounting II
ACCT 115 - Federal Income Tax
BTEC 101 - Computer Keyboarding I
BTEC 105 - Introduction to Computer Keyboarding
BUSI 105 - Introduction to Business
BUSI 165 - Computer Applications in Business
CHEM 116 - Chemistry In Life
COMM 102 - Communication Media
ECON 105 - Macro Economics
ECON 106 - Micro Economics
ELEC 242 - Introduction To Microprocessors
ENGL 121 - English Composition: The Writing Process
ENGL 122 - Writing and Research
ENGL 127 - Business Writing
ENGL 155 - The Short Story
ENGL 246 - 20th Century American Literature
MATH O25 - Elementary Algebra
MATH 136 - Math For The Liberal Arts -- on WebCT
MATH 151 - Intermediate Algebra
MRKT 101 - Principles of Marketing
MUSI 115 - Music Appreciation
PSYC 202 - One Stop, Workforce and Career Development
PSYC 206 - Human Growth and Development
TRVL 102 - Computerized Reservations
More Company Details: What Brookdale Community College Says:
"Brookdale Community College, located in the Lincroft section of Middletown Township, is an excellent resource for residents of Monmouth County, New Jersey. The College offers associate (2-year) degrees in over 50 programs, plus noncredit classes and certificate programs in many areas of personal and professional interest.
The College was founded in 1967 and is sponsored by the citizens of Monmouth County through the Board of Chosen Freeholders.
Equal opportunity for all is a mandate; Brookdale does not discriminate against anyone on any basis, either in education or in employment practices. An appointed Board of Trustees sets policy, fixes tuition and fees and continually monitors education programs.
Our enrollment in Fall 2002 was 12,456 full and part time students: the highest fall term full-time headcount in Brookdale`s history. Of these students, 80.4 percent have declared themselves degree-seeking, many with the goal of transferring to a four-year institution (72 percent of Brookdale graduates move on to a 4-year college). Find more statistical information in the "Fast Facts" page compiled by the Research Office.
Many students are eligible for various forms of Financial Aid administered through Brookdale, including federal and state grants and loans, and private scholarships offered through the Brookdale Foundation.
In the 30+ years since Brookdale opened its doors, both the College and Monmouth County have grown tremendously. The 220-acre main campus in Lincroft today comprises 22 buildings totaling 731,353 square feet, with construction during the late 1990s resulting in the new 100,000 square foot classroom building, Larrison Hall, the Center for the Visual Arts, the Bankier Library, and the new Student Life Center.
The campus also includes a 380-seat Performing Arts Center, an Advanced Technology Center with state-of-the art television and electronic music studios, 10 athletic fields, Brookdale public radio 90.5 The Night, the Children`s Learning Center, and some 60 computer labs with about 1,600 fully networked PCs running all today`s mainstream applications.
The Monmouth Museum is also located on the Brookdale campus.
Brookdale Community College is an open admission college, available to anyone 18 years of age or older, anyone who is a high school graduate or holder of an equivalency diploma. If you do not have a high school diploma or an equivalency diploma, you may still enroll at Brookdale as long as you are 18 or older.
VISION
Brookdale Community College is a dynamic, responsive, community based postsecondary educational institution committed to excellence. Brookdale is a gateway offering access and opportunity for persons of all ages and backgrounds to pursue learning and enrichment; the College enables and empowers all persons to fulfill their aspirations to the maximum of their capabilities.
VALUES
We Value Students
As a learner-centered institution, Brookdale Community College focuses its efforts on the capability of all students to grow academically and personally while achieving success.
We Value Excellence Brookdale Community College provides excellence in teaching and support services, enabling all students to have the opportunity to succeed.
We Value Freedom and Integrity Brookdale Community College practices, at all times, the principles of academic freedom and freedom of speech.
Brookdale is accountable for its programs and its services to students, its public, and its accrediting bodies, continually assessing outcomes in the context of vision, values, mission and goals.
We Value Diversity Brookdale Community College incorporates experience with and exposure to a diverse, socially conscious, multicultural global society in its curricula and in its student life and cultural experiences.
Brookdale Community College champions education and service to persons of all cultures and backgrounds, all ages and beliefs. And, through its affirmative efforts to build diversity in staffing, Brookdale seeks to represent the mosaic of many cultures and identities in one institution.
We Value Innovation Brookdale Community College incorporates innovative and creative methods and processes to assure the currency of experience for all students engaged in the pursuit of learning and personal development.
Brookdale Community College embraces technology as an enhancement of teaching and learning and as an enabling resource to provide effective access to service, information and knowledge.
We Value Our Employees Brookdale Community College fosters a working environment that is professional, fair, stimulating, and challenging. The College takes pride in employees` competence, loyalty, dedication to service, and high level of integrity and it seeks to acknowledge these values through fairness, appropriate recognition, and respect.
We Value Communication and Inclusion
Through collegial governance and the provision of a Student Life and Activities Board, all members of the Brookdale community have a role of influence in the College`s future.
Through ongoing dialogue and discussion with all constituencies of the College, internal and external, Brookdale Community College seeks to clearly represent all that it does and seeks to achieve.
We Value Our Legacy and History Brookdale Community College recognizes its alumni as well as graduates as the primary outcome of its educational efforts. It encourages all who have benefited from the Brookdale experience to actively support the College`s future while providing counsel and guidance.
Brookdale Community College values all of its alumni, graduates, and attendees and their active support of the College`s future by providing counsel and guidance. In addition, the College values its founding traditions of caring for individual students, engaging the entire County in the educational initiatives of the institution, maintaining an outstanding professional and support staff, and keeping on the forefront of educational innovation.
We Value Learning
Learning is the core value of the Brookdale Community College Mission. The College seeks to provide opportunities for all personnel of all ages, backgrounds and cultures to learn and grow through the College`s courses, programs, activities and services.
MISSION
Brookdale Community College is a comprehensive, public community college providing affordable, open access for all individuals to a wide variety of high-quality associate degree and certificate programs, and coursework, for both transfer and vocational entry opportunities.
The College also provides personal and economic growth through life-long learning, personal enrichment, and business and community development activities, in both credit and noncredit formats, at a wide variety of locations.
Through partnerships with other educational providers, Brookdale Community College affords expanded access to post-associate degree learning at the baccalaureate and graduate levels, through joint admission and detailed course and program articulation.
As a learning-centered environment, characterized by teaching excellence, Brookdale Community College provides assessment of student academic capabilities and offers basic skills development with access to a wide range of appropriate student and academic support systems, enabling the individual to have the full opportunity to succeed in postsecondary learning environments.
Brookdale Community College is committed to opportunity with excellence, opportunity with accessibility, and opportunity with appropriate support, to enable success.
Ongoing Institutional and Organizational Goals as Generated by the Vision, the Values, and the Mission
Commitment to the "Open Door" Brookdale Community College is an “open door,” comprehensive community college with support services available to provide all individuals with a reasonable opportunity for success in fulfilling their academic goals.
Commitment to Student Achievement of Core Competencies for All Graduating Students Brookdale Community College, in its academic program, requires its graduates to think critically, communicate clearly, be capable of solving mathematical problems, illustrate the social skills necessary for personal and career success, be knowledgeable of historic, scientific, aesthetic, and global perspectives, demonstrate technological and information literacy, and be knowledgeable about the fundamental values of a democratic society.
Commitment to Outcomes Assessment Brookdale Community College is committed to assessing student outcomes to measure its levels of achievement in pursuing its vision and mission and preserving its values.
Commitment to Periodic Review and Staff Development Brookdale Community College encourages and strengthens the highest levels of teaching and service excellence through the employment of the most qualified and most skillful employees, periodic review of their performance, and appropriate development of efforts to enable them to continue their pursuit of excellence in teaching and service.
Commitment to Quality and Excellence Brookdale Community College unequivocally promotes quality in all programs, course offerings, and activities. Facilities are state-of-the-art, appropriately equipped, clean and safe. All employees represent the commitment to Brookdale quality through their professional actions and behavior as well as their commitment to students and the community.
Commitment to the Appropriate Incorporation of Technology in Learning Environment and in Operation Brookdale Community College incorporates and uses technology in its academic and learning environments as well as its operations, not just as an end in itself but as a means of exposing students to technology’s use in learning, research, and vocational applications, and as a tool for improving communications and expanding knowledge and skills. Further, operational technology is directed toward creating improved services to students and members of the community, as well as improving the efficiency, effectiveness, and diversity of services Brookdale can provide.
Commitment to the “Total” Student Brookdale Community College is committed to the development of the whole student—intellectually, culturally, and socially—including access to opportunities to enhance wellness and physical development. Through the provision of a comprehensive student life and activity program, cultural events, intercollegiate athletics, international experiences, intramurals, fitness, and general health services programs and information, and counseling, the College enables the full capabilities of the student and members of the community to grow and thrive socially
Commitment to Extended Access in the Context of “One Brookdale”
Through its community-based and comprehensive Learning Centers, Brookdale Community College provides extended access to all persons in Monmouth County and central New Jersey. Although Brookdale’s primary location continues to be the Lincroft campus, the Learning Centers are an integral part of “One Brookdale,” an institutional commitment to achieve a consistent and comparable level of quality and appropriate levels of service at all sites. The Centers are a coordinated, integrated network of locations committed to common values, common levels of quality and service, and a common institutional mission operating within the framework of common rules and governance. Community Learning Centers are specifically responsible for learning and activity that may be unique to that community. In addition to their community role, Comprehensive Learning Centers may provide access to full degree programs through the College’s partnerships with other higher education institutions. “One Brookdale” represents a commitment to achieve a consistent and comparable level of quality and appropriate levels of service at all sites.
Commitment to Economic Growth Brookdale Community College develops and promotes, in the context of its mission, the economic growth and vitality of Monmouth County. The College seeks active partnerships with agencies, businesses, and other educational institutions to strengthen its capability to enhance the economic capability of the region as well as other intellectual and cultural opportunities to strengthen the community.
Commitment to Effective and Efficient Management and Maintenance of Accrediting Standards Brookdale Community College maintains an efficiently and effectively managed environment. It is compliant with all laws and regulations governing higher education in New Jersey and the United States, and it meets or exceeds all standards stipulated by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Universities as well as other accreditation bodies certifying Brookdale programs and services."
