Students purchase one packet even if they are enrolled in more than one lab class. Students officially record their attendance on the Timekeeper computer, logging in as they arrive and logging out as they leave. Each program may include computer-assisted instruction, text or multimedia lessons, and individual or group instruction on specific concepts and academic skills. Additionally, to address the diverse interests of students and expand their background knowledge, the Reading and Writing Lab offers a broad array of multimedia software about literature, history, and science. Informative tours of the Reading and Writing Lab, and presentations about the Lab's curriculum and resources, may be arranged through the Learning Skills Center office.
Students arrange their hours of attendance with instructor.
ESL lab courses offer self-paced, individualized instruction to supplement their corresponding lecture courses. Paired lab courses offer self-paced individualized instruction to supplement their corresponding ESL, English, and technical courses. ESL lab courses include vocabulary building, grammar learning, and composition activities. ENG lab courses include grammar learning and composition activities, reading and writing in rhetorical modes, research methods. Paired lab courses do not include revising papers required in the lecture class.