Welcome to Dawson Community College’s Online Education page. Online courses at Dawson Community College are designed and developed in accordance with best practices to emphasize communication, collaboration, and engagement.
If you are wanting to complete your degree fully online or thinking of transferring to a four-year institution, DCC Online can provide you with quality programs to fit your needs.
- Associate of Science Plan of Study
- Associate of Arts Plan of Study
- Associate of Applied Science in Business Management Plan of Study
- Associate of Applied Science in Early Childhood Education Plan of Study
- Associate of Applied Science in Criminal Justice Plan of Study
- Associate of Applied Science – Rural Organization Employee Management (ROEM)
- Certificate of Applied Science – Rural Organization Employee Management (ROEM)
- Certificate of Applied Science – Human Resources
- AA or AS – Chemical Dependency Counseling
For a non degree-seeking student, Dawson Community College offers a large catalog of courses to choose from. Navigate to our Class Schedule Page for a full list of online and on-campus courses.
DCC Online has partnered with CCCOnline to provide students with a variety of online course options available in different sessions. Through DCC Online, you can take courses in 15-week, 10-week, or accelerated 6-week sessions to fit your schedule. CCCOnline is part of the Colorado Community College system and provides online courses to 13 other community colleges in Colorado.
Spring 2019 Critical Dates
Classes Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 28, 2019
Last Day to Add a Course . . . . . . . . . January 30, 2019
Last Day to Pay Tuition . . . . . . . . . . .February 6, 2019
Last Day to Drop a Course . . . . . . . . February 12, 2019
Last Day to Withdraw . . . . . . . . . . . . April 22, 2019
Last Day of Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 11, 2019
Classes Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 11, 2019
Last Day to Add a Course . . . . . . . . . February 12, 2019
Last Day to Pay Tuition . . . . . . . . . . .February 13, 2019
Last Day to Drop a Course . . . . . . . . February 18, 2019
Last Day to Withdraw . . . . . . . . . . . . March 15, 2019
Last Day of Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 23, 2019
Classes Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 4, 2019
Last Day to Add a Course . . . . . . . . . March 5, 2019
Last Day to Pay Tuition . . . . . . . . . . .March 6, 2019
Last Day to Drop a Course . . . . . . . . March 14, 2019
Last Day to Withdraw . . . . . . . . . . . . April 29, 2019
Last Day of Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 11, 2019
Classes Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 1, 2019
Last Day to Add a Course . . . . . . . . . April 2, 2019
Last Day to Pay Tuition . . . . . . . . . . .April 3, 2019
Last Day to Drop a Course . . . . . . . . April 8, 2019
Last Day to Withdraw . . . . . . . . . . . . May 3, 2019
Last Day of Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 11, 2019
Summer 2019 Critical Dates
Classes Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 3, 2019
Last Day to Add a Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .June 4, 2019
Last Day to Pay Tuition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 5, 2019
Last Day to Drop a Course w/ refund . . . . . . . . June 7, 2019
Last Day to Drop a Course w/o grade . . . . . . . .June 13, 2019
Last Day to Withdraw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 29, 2019
Last Day of Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 10, 2019
Classes Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 17, 2019
Last Day to Add a Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .June 18, 2019
Last Day to Pay Tuition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 19, 2019
Last Day to Drop a Course w/ refund . . . . . . . . June 19, 2019
Last Day to Drop a Course w/o grade . . . . . . . .June 24, 2019
Last Day to Withdraw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 19, 2019
Last Day of Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 27, 2019
Fall 2019 Critical Dates
Classes Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 3, 2019
Last Day to Add a Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .September 5, 2019
Last Day to Pay Tuition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 9, 2019
Last Day to Drop a Course w/ refund . . . . . . . . September 12, 2019
Last Day to Drop a Course w/o grade . . . . . . . .September 18, 2019
Last Day to Withdraw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 25, 2019
Last Day of Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 14, 2019
Classes Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 16, 2019
Last Day to Add a Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .September 17, 2019
Last Day to Pay Tuition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 18, 2019
Last Day to Drop a Course w/ refund . . . . . . . . September 18, 2019
Last Day to Drop a Course w/o grade . . . . . . . .September 23, 2019
Last Day to Withdraw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 18, 2019
Last Day of Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 26, 2019
Classes Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 7, 2019
Last Day to Add a Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 8, 2019
Last Day to Pay Tuition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 9, 2019
Last Day to Drop a Course w/ refund . . . . . . . . October 11, 2019
Last Day to Drop a Course w/o grade . . . . . . . .October 17, 2019
Last Day to Withdraw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 2, 2019
Last Day of Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 14, 2019
Classes Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 4, 2019
Last Day to Add a Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .November 5, 2019
Last Day to Pay Tuition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 6, 2019
Last Day to Drop a Course w/ refund . . . . . . . . November 6, 2019
Last Day to Drop a Course w/o grade . . . . . . . .November 11, 2019
Last Day to Withdraw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 6, 2019
Last Day of Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 14, 2019
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Dual Enrollment Students
Dual enrollment students interested in taking DCC Moodle or DCC Online courses will be charged the following rates:
- DCC Moodle courses for dual enrollment students cost half the tutition rate with no applicable course fees.
- DCC Online courses for dual enrollment students cost $130 per credit plus a $76 digital content fee per course and any applicable lab kit fee.
Frequently Asked Questions
DCC Moodle classes are courses that are developed and taught by faculty members of Dawson Community College. These courses will be offered through the online learning platform Moodle. You will receive an email with your Moodle login information from the IT Department at DCC.
In addition to the DCC Moodle courses, students can also take DCC Online courses, which are taught by CCCOnline instructors. Although these courses are taught by CCCOnline instructors, you will receive credit from DCC. DCC Online courses will be offered through the online learning platform D2L. You will receive an email with your DCC Online login information from online@dawson.edu.
- DCC Moodle courses are charged at the same per credit rate as DCC’s on-campus courses.
- DCC Online courses are available for a flat rate fee of $185 ($197 effective Summer 2019) per credit with a $35 ($37.50 effective Summer 2019) non-refundable handling fee. This cost is not inclusive of textbooks and other required course materials. Many courses include a $76 digital content fee, which includes a digital textbook for your course, eliminating the need for a physical textbook. Please contact our Online Specialist for more information.
Although you will be taking classes with a CCCOnline instructor, you will receive credit from DCC that will show on your transcript from DCC.
- For DCC Moodle: To login to Moodle, your username is your last name, first initial, and the last 3 digits of your D16#. Example: smithj123. If you do not know your Moodle password, please contact the IT Department at 406-377-9422 or help@dawson.edu.
- For DCC Online: To login to your DCC Online courses, you will use your D0000# and password that you used to register for your DCC Online classes. For assistance, please contact our Online Specialist at 406-377-9411.
Yes, we are unable to enroll you in the science course without the lab component.
To access your DCC Online class, you will use your D0000# and password to login. Please use the following link to login to your class via Brightspace by D2L: https://dawson.edu/academics/online/ccconline-login/
You will not be able to see your classes or have access to course materials until the first day of classes. Please check the Semester Dates to Remember to see when each session begins.
You should expect to spend at least as much time on your online class as you would an on-campus class. It is recommended that you spend at least 2.5-3 hours per week on each online class you are enrolled in. However, this is a minimum recommendation and you may need to spend more time on each course.
- For DCC Moodle courses, please contact your instructor for information on required course materials.
- Many DCC Online courses include a $76 digital content fee, which includes a digital textbook for your course, eliminating the need for a physical textbook. Please contact our Online Specialist for more information.
