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GED - Essential Academic Skills (ASE/GED)

Continuing Education Workforce Certificate

Format

In-person, Online

Location

Catonsville, Dundalk, Essex, Owings Mills, Online

These classes help students who do not have their high school diploma improve their basic adult education skills - reading and writing, math, social studies and science- that are needed to prepare for and successfully pass the GED exam and earn their high school diploma.

Program Course Sequence

Students are expected to attend all classes and will be responsible for completing all in-class and homework assignments each week.

​Course Number

Course Title

Course Hours

Textbook Information ( approximate cost; subject to change)

Costs

T=Tuition/F=Fees

ADS311

Essential Skills I

72

Fee to cover the cost of required books and materials distributed in class is $25

$25

T-$0/F-$25

Partially Grant Funded **

ADS312

Essential Skills II for Adult Learners

72

Fee to cover the cost of required books and materials distributed in class is $25

$25

T-$0/F-$25

Partially Grant Funded **

ADS313

Essential Skills III for Adult Learners

72

Fee to cover the cost of required books and materials distributed in class is $25

$25

T-$0/F-$25

Partially Grant Funded **

ADS159

GED Preparation

72

Required text included and distributed in class.

$80

T-$24/F-$56

Partially Grant Funded **

ADS160

GED Mathematics Preparation

72

Required text included and distributed in class.

$80

T-$24/F-$56

Partially Grant Funded **

ADS098 GED Content Distance Learning 45 Required text included and distributed in class.

$40

T-$5/F-$35

Partially Grant Funded *

Totals:

405

$275

T-$53/F-$222

Depending on placement scores, students do not necessarily take all courses in succession

** All classes are supported by grant funding from the Maryland Department of Labor

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