Academic Advising. Ultimately the college experience you build is your responsibility. Office: Phone: Web: Advising Hours:

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2 ! C C M T o e m o c l We y. ne ur jo l na io a uc ed ur yo ou gh ou hr o be used ed nd e in is ok bo de ui g en ud s is Th TMCC Mission emic suden success, acad es o om pr ge lle Co mmuniy y educaion and li ua -q gh hi g in Truckee Meadows Co or by supp ss o lifelong learning ce ac d an e nc lle ce e communiy. ex rs ve di r ou in ih w es servic

3 Academic Advising Welcome o Academic Advisemen, Transfer Cener, and Inernaional Suden Advising Services a Truckee Meadows Communiy College. We are here o help you achieve your educaional goals. Academic advising and ransfer services are an essenial elemen of he Truckee Meadows Communiy College suden suppor sysem. Academic Advisors are available hroughou he year o help sudens explore educaional planning, majors, ransfer procedures, class selecion and oher informaion abou he college. Office: Phone: Web: Advising Hours: Red Mounain 111, Dandini Campus (fax) advisemen.mcc.edu 8 a.m. o 5 p.m., Monday hrough Friday Evening and weekend appoinmens available. Ulimaely he college experience you build is your responsibiliy. An advisor will assis you by providing informaion and resources, bu you are responsible for your individual educaional decisions and for meeing academic requiremens and deadlines. As you creae your college experience, remember ha college is a big ime commimen. I is imporan o build a plan ha bes suis you. This is your plan, bu advising is here o help you every sep of he way. Remember, we wan o see you reach your goal. S.O.A.R. o New Heighs a TMCC Guidebook * 1

4 Caalog The TMCC caalog, locaed a caalog.mcc.edu, describes programs, courses and requiremens in a wide variey of areas, including universiy ransfer, career and echnical degrees, and cerificae programs. These are subjec o modificaion a any ime o accommodae changes in college resources or educaional plans. How o check for updaes o your degree: Mee wih an Advisor in RDMT 111 regularly Go o he deparmen or program websie Check for communicaions from TMCC Caalog Year The caalog year seleced may no be more han six years old. Choose from he following: 1. MATRICULATION: The caalog year in which you iniially enroll a TMCC. 2. DEGREE DECLARATION: The caalog year in which you officially declare a degree, emphasis or cerificae. 3. FIRST OFFERED: If a degree or emphasis is offered for he firs ime afer you have enrolled, you may follow he caalog year in which he degree or emphasis is firs offered. 4. GRADUATION: The caalog year in which you will graduae. Noes: Summer session is included in he previous caalog year. Some degrees require sudens o declare he curren course caalog. For example, healh science degrees require sudens o follow he caalog year in which hey are acceped ino he program. Jus recommended, no required Required Suggesed course sequence 2 * S.O.A.R. o New Heighs a TMCC Guidebook Sample Degree Workshee

5 Degree program workshees are available for all of TMCC s programs and conain informaion abou he degree, oucomes ha you are expeced o learn, general educaion requiremens, and degree requiremens. I is imporan o become familiar wih your degree requiremens. Some courses or programs require prerequisies, a requiremen ha mus be compleed before enrolling ino a course, or co-requisies, a requiremen ha mus be compleed in he same erm as anoher course. General Educaion courses are required for all degrees and cerificaes. When a general educaion secion of a program workshee does no recommend or require a paricular course you may refer o he general educaion workshee ha corresponds wih your degree for he lis of courses which will saisfy each secion. Three (3) credis ypically means one course is required for ha general educaion caegory. Six (6) credis ypically means wo courses are required for ha general educaion caegory. Read course descripions in he caalog o selec he course ha is righ for you. Las bu no leas: Be sure he General Educaion Workshee and he Degree Program Workshees mach. For example, he Chemisry Emphasis is an Associae of Science. Use he Associae of Science general educaion workshee o review your course opions. Caalog Degree program workshee from he caalog General educaion workshee (available a advisemen.mcc.edu) S.O.A.R. o New Heighs a TMCC Guidebook * 3

6 Building Your Educaional Plan An educaional plan - ed plan - is an individualized sequence of courses required for he program you are working o complee, based upon your program workshee from he caalog, your es scores, and he number of credis you plan o complee each semeser. Review your degree program workshee from he college caalog, he maching general educaion workshee, and your es scores o begin planning your required courses on he nex page. The general educaion workshees are available in he Documens & Forms secion of he Academic Advisemen websie a advisemen.mcc.edu. English & Mah Placemen Using your ACCUPLACER, SAT, or ACT scores, plan your firs semeser English and Mah (if required) courses. You may view your es scores in your MyTMCC Suden Cener. Please refer o he Mah and English deparmen websies for appropriae course placemen. See degree program workshee for required courses. English: Mah: Tess I have aken for college credi: Lis subjec and scores if known (AP, IB, CLEP) Transfer Sudens If you have previously compleed coursework a anoher college or universiy, visi ransfer.mcc.edu o learn abou ransferring credis ino TMCC. 4 * S.O.A.R. o New Heighs a TMCC Guidebook

7 Building Your Educaional Plan Now ha you have reviewed your degree program workshee and general educaion course opions, begin planning your courses below. Choose a leas wo opions for general educaion courses, unless your degree requires a specific course. Please be sure ha you have read he course descripions carefully in he caalog o ensure you have he necessary prerequisies compleed before creaing your plan. Choose he degree/cerificae ha maches your educaional goal. This is my educaional goal! Associae of Ars: (wrie he emphasis or ransfer) English 101 or 113 English 102 or 114 Fine Ars Humaniies Mah Science 1 Science 2 Social Science Addiional degree requiremen: Diversiy US/Nevada Consiuion Foreign Language This is my educaional goal! Associae of Applied Science: (wrie he emphasis or ransfer) English Communicaions Fine Ars/Social Science/ Humaniies Mah Science Human Relaions Addiional degree requiremen: Diversiy US/Nevada Consiuion This is my educaional goal! Associae of Science: (wrie he emphasis or ransfer) English 101 or 113 English 102 or 114 Fine Ars Humaniies Mah Science 1 Science 2 Social Science Addiional degree requiremen: Diversiy US/Nevada Consiuion Addiional Science Course(s) This is my educaional goal! Associae of General Sudies English Communicaions 1 & 2 Compuer Science Fine Ars Social Science Human Relaions Humaniies Mah Science Addiional degree requiremen: Diversiy US/Nevada Consiuion This is my educaional goal! Cerificae of Achievemen: (wrie he emphasis) Communicaions: Human Relaions: Mah: S.O.A.R. o New Heighs a TMCC Guidebook * 5

8 Ed Plan Firs Semeser & Beyond On he previous page, you began planning General Educaion courses and your degree-specific Mah and English courses. I is imporan o creae an ed plan ha akes course sequencing and prerequisies ino consideraion. For example, if your degree requires Mah 126, bu you placed ino Mah 96, you need o plan o complee Mah 96 hen Mah 126. See he sample ed plan below: Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Course 4 Course 5 Firs Semeser MATH 96 ENG 98R MUS 121 or THTR 105 (Fine Ars*) Degree Emphasis Course** Second Semeser MATH 126 ENG 101 PSY 101 or ANTH 101 (Social Science*) Degree Emphasis Course** Degree Emphasis Course** *General Educaion see page 5 for he courses you chose **Degree Emphasis Course review your degree program workshee in he College Caalog Now i's your urn! I am pursuing: (Degree or Cerificae) Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Course 4 Course 5 Firs Semeser Second Semeser Remember, you will creae an ed plan ha works for you! 6 * S.O.A.R. o New Heighs a TMCC Guidebook

9 Building Your Schedule Grea! You have sared planning he courses you would like o ake during your firs wo semesers a TMCC. I is imporan o creae a balanced schedule by undersanding your weekly ime obligaions in order o be successful in college. Take a momen o review he ime obligaion for college, and add up your personal ime commimens below: How busy are you? When are you busy? 12 credi hours X 2 hours of sudy per credi = 24 hours of sudy ime 12 hours in class + 24 hours sudying = 36 hours per week Classes... hrs. Sudy ime... hrs. Work hours per week... hrs. Voluneer hours... hrs. Family obligaions... hrs. Social commimens... hrs. Household (laundry, shopping, cooking, ec.)... hrs. Travel o/from school*... hrs. Toal ime commimens per week... hrs. Keep hese ime commimens in mind as you begin building your 1s semeser schedule below. Remember, here are only 168 hours in a week! Course & Number Days Sar Time End Time Locaion* Credis Example ENG 98R M / W 9:30 a.m. 10:45 a.m. Dandini 3 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) Refer o pages 8-10 for seps o search for classes and regiser in your MyTMCC Suden Cener. Toal number of credis (do no include example credis): S.O.A.R. o New Heighs a TMCC Guidebook * 7

10 Suden Cener MyPlanner Communicaion Cener Enrollmen Holds Accoun balance Financial aid award leer To Do Lis Enrollmen Daes and Times Paymen plan Scheduling Terms: Fall and Spring 15-week semeser Mos classes mee wo imes per week Summer Two erms Mos classes are five weeks, four imes per week Winer One erm Mos classes are hree o five weeks, four imes per week Locaions: Dandini Campus: Red Mounain (RDMT), Sierra (SIER), Visa (VSTA) 7000 Dandini Boulevard IGT Applied Technology Cener (EDSN) 475 Edison Way Nell J. Redfield Foundaion Performing Ars Cener (RPAC) 505 Keysone Avenue Healh Science Cener (HTCR) Wedge Parkway Meadowood Cener (MDWS) 5270 Neil Road For class locaion maps, please visi maps.mcc.edu. Web-based Classes: Delivered hrough WebCollege. The WebCollege online uorial is highly recommended. Please visi webcollege.mcc.edu for more informaion. HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER 8 * S.O.A.R. o New Heighs a TMCC Guidebook

11 Anaomy of a Course Course Prefix Course Number Course Name Locaion Session Class sar and end daes associaed wih a semeser or erm. Regular: Class mees hroughou he enire 15-week semeser Dynamic: Meeing daes vary Five Wk 1: 1s Summer Term Five Wk 2: 2nd Summer Term Day Abbreviaions Mo Monday Tu Tuesday We Wednesday Th Thursday Fr Friday Sa Saurday Su Sunday TBA To be announced Enrollmen Requiremens Provides informaion regarding prerequisies, co-requisies and special insrucions for he class. Insrucion Mehod/Mode In Person Web Course Hybrid In Person: Class mees in person on specified days and imes. Web Course: Class offered enirely online, hough someimes you will be asked o ake exams on he Dandini Campus or one of he oher educaional sies. Hybrid: Class consiss of boh in-class meeings and Web-based lessons. Class meeings are mandaory and are held half of he ime of a radiional inperson class. Wih a hybrid class, sudens mee on campus half he ime, and complee he oher porion online. S.O.A.R. o New Heighs a TMCC Guidebook * 9

12 How o Enroll in Classes 1. Go o MyTMCC a my.mcc.edu. 2. Ener your TMCC username and password. 3. Click on Suden Cener. 4. Click on Search For Classes, locaed in he upper righ corner. 5. Selec he correc erm (e.g. Fall 2015, Spring 2016) 6. Type he name of he class ha you are rying o find (e.g. ENG) or click Selec Subjec. 7. Type in he number of he class you are rying o find (e.g. 101). 8. Click Search. 9. Review he days, imes, locaions and daes. 10. Click Selec Class. 11. Click Nex o add he class o your shopping car. 12. Go o your Shopping Car; selec he courses you wan, and click Enroll. 13. Click Finish Enrolling. If you are unable o add a class, he error message provides an explanaion as o why you are unable o enroll (eg. a prerequisie/co-requisie or deparmen consen is needed, ec.). If you are a new ransfer suden, you may need deparmen permission o enroll ino courses. See ransfer.mcc.edu for more informaion. 14. Click My Class Schedule o review your schedule. 15. From your class schedule, click Buy Books o view he exbooks required for each course. 16. From your Suden Cener, click Accoun Inquiry o display correc charges for he erm. 17. Click Accouning Services o creae an opional paymen plan. Congraulaions! You are ready o begin your educaional journey a TMCC. We highly recommend ha you seek academic advisemen before you regiser each semeser, periodically during your sudies, before ransferring o anoher college or universiy and/or before graduaing. We are here o help you soar o new heighs a TMCC and beyond. 10 * S.O.A.R. o New Heighs a TMCC Guidebook

13 To Do Lis Geing Sared New Degree-Seeking Sudens: Complee S.O.A.R. I and II Suden Orienaion, Advising and Regisraion. New Transfer Sudens: Complee he Seps o Enroll for Transfer Sudens. Visi ransfer.mcc.edu for more informaion. Firs Semeser Sign up and complee an On Track o Graduae workshop. Visi onrack.mcc.edu for more informaion. Ge a suden ID card. Second Semeser Sign up and complee an individual appoinmen wih an Academic Advisor. Visi advisemen.mcc.edu for more informaion. Third Semeser Schedule and complee an individual appoinmen wih an Academic Advisor o say on rack for graduaion and/or ransfer. Final Semeser Coninue working wih an Academic Advisor for a graduaion and/or ransfer check. Apply for graduaion! Visi graduaion.mcc.edu for more informaion. Every Semeser (opional) Aend ransfer workshops and evens (ransfer.mcc.edu). Aend major exploraion workshops (majorexploraion.mcc.edu). Check your /communicaion cener frequenly. Use he Tuoring & Learning Cener (TLC). Use he library. Ge involved wih he Suden Governmen Associaion, clubs or organizaions. Visi he Veerans Resource Cener. Check ou Veerans Educaion Benefis (veerans.mcc.edu). Use he Disabiliy Resource Cener. Sign up for a Finess Cener membership. See a Counselor for personal suppor. Connec wih he Child Care Cener. Every Spring Semeser (opional) Apply for financial aid. Apply for scholarships. S.O.A.R. o New Heighs a TMCC Guidebook * 11

14 Financing Your Educaion Ge your Federal PIN a You will need a PIN (and one of your parens will also need a PIN if you are dependen) o sign your FAFSA. You can use your Federal PIN o sign and complee he applicaion. Afer January 1 Complee he FAFSA a www. Wha do I do o ge sared? fafsa.gov. You will need your income informaion (and your parens informaion if you are dependen) from he prior ax year. The TMCC Federal School code is Complee a FAFSA. Submi he Free Applicaion for Federal Suden Aid (FAFSA) a o be considered for federal and sae grans, federal and sae work sudy programs, and federal suden loans. Use he IRS Daa Rerieval ool o fill in he income fields on your FAFSA. Complee your financial aid file. Afer you submi your FAFSA, review your MyTMCC To Do lis. Prin necessary forms from Documens and Forms a Check your Financial Aid Award. Once your file is complee, we will process your applicaion and deermine your financial aid award offer. You can check View Financial Aid or check your Communicaions Cener on MyTMCC. If eligible, aid will disbursed owards he TMCC ousanding balance firs. Any residual funds will be refunded by he Cashier s Office. For disbursemen daes, visi Abou Financial Aid Grans Grans are aid which does no need o be repaid (excep under limied circumsances). Eligibiliy is deermined based upon he suden s FAFSA financial need, and in some cases, oher crieria. Grans are provided by boh federal and sae agencies. Scholarships Scholarships are funds ha are awarded based on crieria se by a foundaion or organizaion and do no need o be repaid. The TMCC Foundaion Scholarship applicaion is available January 1 and due by May 1 a 5 p.m. for he upcoming academic year. We also pos scholarship opporuniies year-round from ouside agencies on our websie. Go o scholarships.mcc.edu and use he Online Scholarship Board link o learn more. We also sugges sudens sign up for one scholarship search engine. Visi scholarships.mcc.edu for links o exernal search engines. Suden Loans Suden Loans are aid ha mus be repaid wih ineres. Sudens ineresed in federal loans mus enrolled in a minimum of 6 credis and follow he nine seps o apply for he loan found online a sudenloans.mcc.edu. Work Sudy Work Sudy allows a suden o receive financial aid as wages earned hrough on-campus or cerain off-campus jobs. Work Sudy funding is limied and is awarded o sudens on a firs-come, firs served basis. Ineresed sudens mus indicae heir ineres by answering yes o he Work-Sudy quesion on he FAFSA. Conac Financial Aid RDMT 315C financialaid.mcc.edu 12 * S.O.A.R. o New Heighs a TMCC Guidebook

15 Take 15 credis a semeser and finish your degree sooner. Mee wih an Academic Advisor o learn more!

16 S.O.A.R. o New Heighs a TMCC Revised Sepember TMCC is an EEO/AA (equal opporuniy/affirmaive acion) insiuion and does no discriminae on he basis of sex, age, race, color, religion, physical or menal disabiliy, creed, naional origin, veeran saus, sexual orienaion, geneic informaion, gender ideniy, or gender expression in he programs or aciviies which i operaes.