LUCES Academy

About Academy

Mid Michigan Community College (MMCC)’s LUCES Academy is an exciting and unique program designed to help international students transition into American college academic life by bridging the gap between traditional ESL programs and regular academic class. All LUCES Academy courses are taken for college credit, mix international and domestic students, and have the same learning outcomes as the regular sections of the same courses. The difference is that the LUCES courses are taught by specially trained faculty who make the content more accessible to non-native English speakers. MMCC’s LUCES Academy is the perfect place for who do not want to come to America just to study in ESL courses but who also might not quite be ready for regular college course.

All courses offered in the LUCES Academy are taught by faculty who have undergone special training in teaching sheltered courses and courses for international students.

A preparatory year program is designed to help students prepare to take university level courses. It typically includes courses in reading, writing, and history. A heavy emphasis is placed on learning and interpreting foreign languages. Students can choose from a number of different disciplines such as natural sciences, arts, life sciences, humanities, technology, and engineering. Programs typically take one year to complete.

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Description: English + 3-4 subjects like Mathematics, Physics, Business etc

Period of study: 1-2 semesters

Requirements:

• English translations of a high school diploma/transcript and/or all college diplomas/transcripts.

About Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern state of US. The name is derived from a French word meaning large water or large lake. Tourism is one of the major industries of the state. There are numerous universities and private colleges spread throughout the country. More than 10 of the universities are classified and research universities.

Michigan is the tenth most populous of the 50 United States. Its capital is Lansing, and its largest city is Detroit.

The state has the longest freshwater coastline of any political subdivision in the world, being bounded by four of the five Great Lakes, plus Lake Saint Clair. As a result, it is one of the leading U.S. states for recreational boating. Michigan also has 64,980 inland lakes and ponds.

With its position in relation to the Great Lakes and the countless ships that have foundered over the many years in which they have been used as a transport route for people and bulk cargo, Michigan is a world-class scuba diving destination. The Michigan Underwater Preserves are 11 underwater areas where wrecks are protected for the benefit of sport divers.

Michigan’s education system provides services to 1.6 million K-12 students in public schools. More than 124,000 students attend private schools. Michigan has a number of public universities spread throughout the state and numerous private colleges as well. Michigan State University has the eighth largest campus population of any U.S. school.

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Student life is a constant source of fun moments, knowledge of the world, exploring each of its particles. Education abroad opens up not only a quality education in a selected country for you, but also the opportunity to make friends from every corner of the world. For students of European universities is open the whole of Europe, this old lady with her unique combination of skyscrapers, provincial colored houses, gothic and romantic architecture.

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