Northern Essex offers two reading improvement classes, Basic Reading and College Reading. If you would to go directly to the course page, click on the course name.

Anyone interested in improving his/her reading, vocabulary, and study skills. However, matriculated NECC students may be required to take the courses, based on their reading assessment score.

Basic Reading is a course in reading fundamentals. In Basic Reading, you learn how to expand your vocabulary and improve your level of reading comprehension.
College Reading is a more advanced course, in which you will learn how to read and study at a college level. Advanced vocabulary instruction is also a part of the College Reading course.

Placement in the courses is determined by the college's assessment process. For more information, check the assessment center's Web site at http://cit.necc.mass.edu/assessment

Both courses are offered every semester (fall, spring and summer) in the day and evening. click here for the schedule for the Summer session or here for the Fall semester.

Both courses are offered each semester on both the Haverhill and Lawrence campuses.

Yes, but the credits may not be used toward graduation requirements.

Usually not. All Massachusetts public colleges follow the same guidelines: courses which teach students to improve their reading and study skills may not be used to meet graduation requirements. Some private colleges will accept the credits for these courses as electives.

All sections are taught by highly qualified, experienced instructors with Master's Degree's in reading or a related field (such as English). All of our instructors have been trained in developmental reading methods, and follow approximately the same curriculum outline. You can learn more about our instructors at the NECC reading instructors page.

$222 for Massachusetts residents;
$273 for residents of other New England states.
For more information about costs, call the Bursar's Office at (978) 556- 3895 and financial aid at (978) 556-3650.

After taking the NECC reading placement test, you can register by mail, phone, FAX, or at the registrar's office on either campus. For more info, call (978) 556-3700 in Haverhill and (978) 738-7485 in Lawrence.