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About ACE In Madison and Dane County

Expand your mindMATC's Adult and Continuing Education (ACE) is committed to promoting and providing a variety of non-credit courses throughout the greater Madison area and Dane County. MATC is able to offer these courses, which include nontraditional offerings not usually associated with a formal classroom setting, with the cooperation of school districts and community organizations throughout the district. Courses are offered at MATC campuses and facilities, public schools, senior centers, neighborhood centers, libraries, and area churches. See ACE’s courses, participating locations, and profiles.

By cooperating with business and industry, public and private agencies, community groups and other institutions of learning, ACE is able to sponsor and develop a wide variety of special institutes, seminars and workshops. In conjunction with MATC Business and Industry, ACE also offers customized training and technical assistance to meet the needs of businesses, community organizations and public agencies.

Typical course offerings include foods and nutrition, arts and related arts, business and professional skills, basic computer literacy, do-it-yourself, sign language, general studies, medical terminology, retirement and financial planning, upholstery, sewing, and photography. See Dane County ACE Course Information for schedule information.

MATC ACE offers popular global language courses such as Arabic, Chinese, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Japanese, Norwegian, and Russian as non-credit enrichment courses. MATC also offers International Studies with credit courses in French and Spanish as well as a Global Studies certificate program. Special workshops and classes are presented for targeted occupational groups and for other topics of interest.

For these non-credit classes, students are issued (S)atisfactory, (U)nsatisfactory, (N)o Show or (W)ithdrawal as grades in these classes. The letter grade units are unofficial grades and do not constitute any grade point value. Nondegree transcripts for these courses can be provided upon student request.

The ACE schedule of course offerings is continually evaluated and improved in an effort to provide the most effective adult continuing education possible. Student and public inquiries and suggestions are welcome as an aid to this effort.

Last Modified: October 29, 2008

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