Project DEgree
What is Project DEgree?
Project Degree…
- is for 18-24 year olds who have earned a high school diploma or GED, but who still require further developmental education in order to be ready for college-level coursework.
- provides students with intensive individualized academic and social supports, offers an engaging project-based curriculum within a learning community.
- helps students structure their lives so they can build and maintain the momentum necessary to complete a college certificate or degree.
How Does Project DEgree work?
Project DEgree gets you to college level courses in two semesters.
- All students begin in a learning community of 20-25 students. In the first semester students take College Preparatory Reading and Writing, and a Student Success course. These courses include learning projects that integrate the material of the three classes. Each learning community is assigned a Resource Specialist who works intensively with each student. In addition, students receive remediation in math at the Learning Resource Center.
- Students progress as a learning community in the second semester, taking Reading, Writing, and Introduction to Psychology together. They are enrolled in an appropriate Math course based on placement test scores.
Project DEgree in Subsequent Semesters
Students who complete the first two semesters will fully transition into college-level coursework and work toward the certificate or degree of their choice. Students are encouraged to continue to take a 12 credit load each semester. They are supported by a Completion Specialist who works in collaboration with other advising staff and provides advising and connects students to college resources and supports as needed.
Contact:
Joseph Metts
North Campus bldg. 46/238
jmetts@broward.edu
(954)201-2015
Broward College
North Campus 46/238
1000 Coconut Creek Blvd
Coconut Creek, FL 33066
How much does it cost?
Students pay tuition for the classes they take the first semester. If successful, students receive a $500 scholarship for tuition and $100 for books for enrollment in the second semester. Students receive many additional services and supports (listed above) free of charge to help them progress toward a degree.
What are the benefits?
Research shows that students enrolled in learning community programs like Project DEgree are significantly more engaged in their education and much more likely to stay in college so that they can finish their degree. Experience shows that learning communities make class time more interesting, students learn more and feel more connected to classmates and instructors.
Some of the other benefits of Project DEgree are:
- A resource specialist who will serve as an advisor, coach, and mentor (one on one)
- A scholarship upon successful completion of the first semester and enrollment for the second semester.
- A $100 textbook voucher is also available upon successful completion of the first semester and enrollment for the second semester.
