{"id":44113,"date":"2017-07-14T12:55:35","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T12:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=44113"},"modified":"2017-09-06T17:23:28","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T17:23:28","slug":"new-block-schedules-help-students-fit-college-into-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2017\/07\/14\/new-block-schedules-help-students-fit-college-into-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"New! Block schedules help students fit college into schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starting this fall, Austin Community College introduces a <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/campaigns\/block-schedule-options\/\">blocked scheduling program<\/a> that will make it easier for students to finish college faster.<\/p>\n<p>Block schedules are classes arranged back-to-back that count toward a designated degree or certificate. By signing up for the entire block, students can fit a full course schedule into one or two days a week, in mornings, evenings, online, or weekends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA block schedule of classes will take the guesswork out of college for students because the classes they need will be grouped together,\u201d says Dr. Charles Cook, provost\/executive vice president of academic affairs. \u201cStudents sign up for the same block every semester, and complete all the classes needed to graduate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The predictability of scheduling the same block is one of the key benefits to students. Also, many of the blocks include 9 to 12 credits in order to keep students on track to graduate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlock schedules benefit all students but are particularly helpful for those students who balance their studies with work and family commitments,\u201d Dr. Cook says.<\/p>\n<p>The following programs offer block schedules beginning in fall.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Academic transfer programs offering the Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, and Associate of Arts in Teaching degree<\/li>\n<li>Accounting<\/li>\n<li>Automotive Technology and Outdoor Powered Equipment<\/li>\n<li>Building Construction Technology<\/li>\n<li>Child Care &amp; Development<\/li>\n<li>Criminal Justice<\/li>\n<li>Culinary Arts<\/li>\n<li>Fire Protection Technology<\/li>\n<li>Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Technology<\/li>\n<li>Hospitality, Meeting, and Event Planning, Tourism<\/li>\n<li>Pharmacy Technician<\/li>\n<li>Welding Technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For course details and registration instructions, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/campaigns\/block-schedule-options\/\">austincc.edu\/block<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting this fall, Austin Community College introduces a blocked scheduling program that will make it easier for students to finish college faster. Block schedules are classes arranged back-to-back that count toward a designated degree or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2017\/07\/14\/new-block-schedules-help-students-fit-college-into-schedule\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":470,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,19,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-facstaff-news","category-students-and-alumni","category-updates"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/470"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44113\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}