Personalized Curriculum Institute
Christ Andronis
Dennis
Whitesidet
Personalized Curriculum Managers
312/850-4502
Room 0536.
The Personalized Curriculum Institute (PCI) is designed
to help students who need extra academic skill
development to be successful in college-level courses.
PCI instructors are specially trained in the direct instruction
method to assist the students in developing
academic skills in reading, writing, mathematics and
critical thinking.
The Personalized Curriculum Institute provides
assistance to students with deficiencies in requisite
college-level math, writing and reading skills. This
Institute uses accelerated teaching practices to remediate
problem areas rapidly. The Testing and Assessment
Department administers the COMPASS Exam
and a variety of other tests to determine student
academic level, course readiness and placement.
To enroll in PCI, students must have a high
school diploma or GED certificate and qualify for PCI
courses based on college placement test scores. Most
students will find that one or two semesters in the PCI
curriculum are sufficient to prepare them for collegelevel
courses. However, all students
