The Open Campus provides access to courses via distance learning and telecommunications-based courses. The content and transferability to four-year colleges is the same as courses offered on campus.
Students follow the same admissions and registration procedures as on-campus students.
Instead of attending on-campus classes, students participate in an orientation session, complete readings in texts and study guides, take periodic exams, and, in some cases write papers or reports. Exams are taken at ACC Testing Centers. For some courses, students use their personal computers and modems to access the Internet and email. ACC also offers live televised instruction courses. Some are shown on various cable TV channels and students can call in questions and comments during class.