Hartnell College Allows you to take Classes from Home!

Learn Dreamweaver while still in Bed! Study Biology from your kitchen table! Earn your degree from the convenience of your home and computer.

Hartnell College currently has over 35 courses available online, ranging from Administration of Justice Programs, Anthropology, Biology, Business, English, History, Math and Political Science! Here's a list of current offerings!

ADJ-1 Intro to Admin of Justice

ADJ-11 Law Enforcement Report Writing

ADJ-3 Concepts of Criminal Law

ADJ-4 Criminal Evidence

ADJ-5 Criminal Procedures

ADJ-21A Narcotics & Dangerous Drugs

ADJ-51 Criminology

ANT-1 Physical Anthropology

ANT-2 Intro to Cultural Anthropology

ANT-10 California Indians

BIO-12 Introduction to Genetics

BIO-42 Human Biology

BUS-18 Legal Environment of Business

BUS-32 Introduction to Business

BUS-194 Human Relations in Business

COU-21 SSS: Orientation

CSS-126 Dreamweaver

CSS-29 Programming for Multimedia

CSS-43 Comp Systems & Info Literacy

CSS-90 Internet Literacy

ENG-1A College Composition & Reading

ENG-1B College Literature and Comp.

ENG-2 Critical Thinking and Writing

ENG-31 Beg Creative Writing/Intro

ENG-32 Interm Creative Writing

ENG-33 Adv Creative Writing/Mag Pub

HES-10 Intro to Clinic Lab Profession

HIS-17A United States History A

HIS-17B United States History B

LIB-5 Inf Comp in the Sci & App Tech

LIB-6 Inf Comp in the Soc Sciences

LIB-7 Inf Comp in Lit and Fine Arts

LIB-90 Internet Literacy

MAT-123 Intermediate Algebra

MAT-13 Elementary Statistics

POL-1 American Political Institution

PSY-2 General Psychology

Online learning allows you to learn whenever and wherever it is convenient for you. You have the flexibility of taking Hartnell College courses without coming to campus on a regular basis.

You can participate in our online classes anywhere you have access to a computer and the Internet. Our online courses provide the same quality of instruction and cover the same material as Hartnell’s on-campus courses while allowing you flexibility in your schedule.

Visit www.hartnell.edu/ecampus/ to learn more!

Why did you enroll this semester?

In an April 30th, 2009 article from the California Community Colleges an article was published titled, "Community College Enrollments Surge, Outpace Available Resources".

SACRAMENTO – Newly tabulated attendance data indicate that student enrollments at California’s 110 community colleges are surging at a dramatic rate. Reports submitted by the community colleges to the State Chancellor’s Office show that enrollments are up at 103 of the state’s 110 community colleges. Statewide, enrollments have increased by 6.4 percent, or over 150,000 students, compared to last year.

“These enrollment reports are confirming what college leaders have been saying from the beginning of the academic year—the demand for community college education and training is surging,” said State Chancellor Jack Scott. “With statewide unemployment at 11.2 percent, California’s displaced workers are pursuing the training they need to get back in the workforce. The colleges are also seeing more demand from students who were not able to enter the University of California or California State University due to restricted admissions.”
(read the full article here)

So our question is what are your goals and why did you choose to enroll at Hartnell this semester? Are you trying to acheive a certificate? Transfer to a four year college? Are you looking for workforce training? Tell us!

Wolfram! Good or Bad?

Jeffrey R. Young recently published an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education titled: "A Calculating Web Site Could Ignite a New Campus 'Math War'" here's an excerpt:

The long-running debate over whether students should be allowed to wield calculators during mathematics examinations may soon seem quaint.

The latest dilemma facing professors is whether to let students turn to a Web site called WolframAlpha, which not only solves complex math problems, but also can spell out the steps leading to those solutions. In other words, it can instantly do most of the homework and test questions found in many calculus textbooks.

The new tool will be a bane to teaching, some professors say—but others see a blessing.

(click here to read the entire article)

I was intrigued and checked out Wolfram and was amazed!! If you have 13 minutes and 23 seconds please watch this incredible video. And if you think that was intriguing then try it for yourself and let us know what you think. Is this a great resource or a bane to teaching?