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Johnson County Community College:
At JCCC, learning comes first.

• Experience the Excellence of the Intensive English Program
• About Johnson County Community College
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• Location: Near Kansas City, Missouri

Experience the Excellence
of the Intensive English Program
at Johnson County Community College

JCCC's Intensive English Program is an affordable, quality English program located at one of the top community or two-year colleges in the Midwestern United States. Since 1997, the IEP has served English language learners who want to improve and strengthen their English proficiency and cultural understanding for academic, career-enhancing, or personal reasons.

Many students choose the IEP because they have heard about the program's advantages from friends and family who have studied in the program and have achieved tremendous results. A few advantages:

• 15-week courses are available from August to December, or from January to May each year
• Limited number of students in each class
• Diverse students from more than 20 countries on six continents
• Qualified, advanced-level students may be admitted to JCCC without a TOEFL score
• Efficient, effective, integrated, focused and challenging program
• Outstanding instructors with master's degrees in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) and years of teaching experience
• Low-cost tuition; five percent tuition discount and scholarships for qualified students
• Specialized language and culture programs for groups
• Certificate of Completion or Attendance, along with grade transcript
• Variety of courses and curriculum for beginning to advanced learners
• The Intensive Program features up to six English classes per week (18 hours per week)
• Students may enroll in morning or afternoon classes:
  • Oral communication
  • Pronunciation
  • Writing
  • Reading
  • Short stories
  • Vocabulary
  • Structure
  • American Idioms
• Free student services:
  • English conversation partner
  • Housing locator assistance
  • Computer lab access with Internet, e-mail, and software resources
  • Academic, visa and health insurance counseling
  • Orientation session
  • Airport pick-up
• Homestay with American hosts

Want to learn more? Click here to proceed with the inquiry process.

Johnson County Community College is a comprehensive two-year community college which has more than 50 one- and two-year career degree and certificate programs of study in high-employment fields. JCCC offers a great education at an affordable price with the option to transfer to any U.S. university or college. JCCC classes help students earn a degree, provide successful transfer courses to another U.S. university and contribute to personal enrichment. Other facts about JCCC:

• JCCC is accredited by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
• More than 34,000 students are enrolled in credit and continuing education classes each semester
• JCCC is the third-largest institution of higher education in Kansas, and the largest of its 19 community colleges
• JCCC offers a full range of undergraduate credit courses that form the first two years of most university curricula
• The college has more than 100 transfer agreements with U.S. colleges and universities that ensure admittance to specific programs
• JCCC maintains extensive student support services such as computer labs, math labs, a writing center and a learning center
• The campus is located 15 minutes from downtown Kansas City

Why choose JCCC?
Watch these videos to learn more:
http://www.jccc.edu/home/depts/5104/site/WhyJCCC

One of the interesting facts about community or two-year colleges is that more Americans are enrolled in community colleges than in four-year universities or colleges. Community colleges provide a wise choice for Americans and international students, in that they offer distinct advantages over four-year universities or colleges for many reasons. A few benefits at Johnson County Community College:

• Low-cost tuition
• Completion of the first two years of a four-year bachelor's degree program
• Most credits transfer to a four-year university
• Easy, open admission
• Wide selection of programs
• Quality academic, technical and vocational instruction
• Comfortable, safe, friendly campus environment
• Individual attention in small classes from exceptional instructors
• Supportive commitment to help students achieve an excellent academic experience

Interested?
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you want to pursue,
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Academics at Johnson County Community College: JCCC offers a curriculum that focuses on today's important issues. Here is a sample listing of courses:

Click here
for a more comprehensive list of academic programs.
You may also download our viewbook:
http://www.jccc.edu/home/download/15583/viewbook.pdf

Location: Near Kansas City, Missouri: Johnson County is located on the eastern edge of the state of Kansas, minutes from the neighboring state of Missouri. Because of its position at the geographical center of the 48 contiguous states in the USA, the region is well-known as The Heart of America. Its history is based on the momentous westward movement of thousands of people into relatively unchartered territory, beginning in earnest in the 1830s and 1840s. The phenomenon doubled the United States' geographical size, and expanded the young nation's global perspective to include the Pacific Rim nations.

Kansas City is famous for having more boulevards and avenues in the world than any city except Paris, and more fountains than any other city except Rome.

The city of Overland Park has about 170,000 residents, making it the second most populous city in Kansas. Overland Park is the second smartest city in the United States, according to a study that examined cities with the highest percentage of residents age 25 and older with four-year college degrees. The Kansas City metropolitan area ranks well above the national average in the proportion of the adult population with at least a high school education. Johnson County has one of the highest levels of educational attainment of any county in the nation.

Overland Park, Kansas has been widely recognized in recent years:

• Expansion Management magazine named the city One of the Best Places to Live and Work in 2005
• Money Magazine ranked Overland Park sixth on its annual list of America's Best Places to Live in 2006
• The city is one of only 27 cities in the United States to be named a Sterling Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation

We look forward to welcoming you to Johnson County Community College! To learn more, go to http://www.jccc.edu/iep/ or review our academic programs and select the ones that interest you. Then be sure to complete all fields on the inquiry form; we'll respond to you directly.