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ECC offers online, hybrid, and face-to-face classes, so you can choose the format that fits your needs.

Spring 2025 Offerings

Credit Class Learning Options

ECC offers various classes to meet your learning and scheduling requirements. All of these courses have online components. Some also include labs, studios, and clinical requirements in blended face-to-face and online formats (hybrid). Schedule programs with a clinical component into available slots around your schedule at the assigned clinical site(s).

Please use our current catalog to view a description of all the courses offered, including the estimated cost per course.

Narrow your search using the 'Advanced Search' tab; drop-down menus to select a specific date and time range.

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Online-Only

Delivered 100 percent online, these classes offer no face-to-face sessions. Entirely online, following instructor timelines and learning outcomes. Interaction primarily through discussion boards and written messages; assignments submitted online.

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Online-Synchronous

Courses are delivered 100 percent online with real-time, specifically scheduled online interaction with your instructor and/or class. These classes allow for engagement in a remote classroom.

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Hybrid

Classes with both face-to-face and online instruction. The definition of a hybrid course typically requires a 50 percent split between face-to-face and online instruction.

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Face-to-Face

Traditional on-campus classroom instruction at a scheduled time and day in the same physical location. Regular 16-week classes are ideal for students who enjoy direct interaction. The days and times for each section vary.

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Weekend Classes

For weekend classes, use the 'Advanced Search' tab and choose the days of the week: Friday and/or Saturday.

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8 and 12 Week Classes

Classes vary by department and semester, so refer to the accessECC to use the Advanced Search tab and enter the meeting start and end dates. They're a great alternative to the traditional 16-week courses.

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Honors Classes

The ECC honors program offers talented and highly motivated students to cultivate their potential through both classroom-based and co-curricular experiences.

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Classes Haven't Started Yet

To find class offerings that have not started yet, use the 'Advanced Search' tab and enter the meeting start date, using today's date or later and entering a meeting end date.

ECC reserves the right to convert initially designated hybrid courses to alternate forms of delivery depending on the State of Illinois Recovery Plan.

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Continuing Education Classes

Non-credit classes build job-related skills or offer options for non-degree-seeking students to learn something fun.

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