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Your advisor is responsible for helping you meet the essential learning outcomes necessary for your academic success. Advisors outline the steps for students to achieve personal, academic and career goals.
At MCC, academic advising offers students the opportunity to build partnerships with their advisors. Doing so helps you plan your education, explore career options and learn how to access the variety of resources and services available at the College. The partnership with your academic advisor is a collaborative effort requiring participation and involvement from both advisor and student. Each player has a clear responsibility for ensuring the partnership is successful and we encourage students to be prepared and involved.
The student's role includes:
- Taking initiative and scheduling a meeting
- Actively participating
- Owning your education
- Following through
- Seeking help early
- Monitoring academic records frequently
The advisor's role includes:
Providing accurate information
- Being available to meet
- Listening and sharing information honestly
honestly
- Helping with goal setting
- Discussing academic performance
performance
- Encouraging career exploration
- Providing referrals to other services
Orientation is an online program to introduce you to MCC. Access New Student Orientation Online.
A credit hour is based on the number of hours per week spent in the classroom throughout a quarter. A general measure equates a 4.5 credit-hour class to classroom work for three hours a week plus additional online work. This measure does not include homework.
A major indicates a specific group of classes needed to complete a certificate or degree program. It is also referred to as the programs of study.
Required core classes (general education) that are a part of your degree and help to ensure that every student receives a well-rounded education. They include core courses in math, english, social science, humanities, information literacy and natural science.
- Students enrolled in 12.0 or more credit hours during a quarter are considered full-time students. Anything less than 12.0 credit hours is considered part time.
- While you are not required to be enrolled in any certain number of credit hours for academic purposes, if you are receiving funding for your school you should be aware of the requirements of your funding source. Some benefits packages such as financial aid, scholarship and VA benefits base their award funds on the requirement that you are to be enrolled in a certain number of credit hours. If you are receiving financial assistance for college, make sure you understand the enrollment requirements of your aid package.
- F-1 international students need to enroll full-time, unless they have authorization from International Student Services.
The catalog contains College policies, programs of study and course descriptions. It is your student contract for completing your degree.
- The class schedule is where you can find times, dates and locations for all courses offered in a quarter.
- Each course is assigned a section and synonym number. The section number or synonym number identifies the course day, time, location and instructor.
- MCC has transfer agreements, called articulation agreements, with many area colleges.
- Use the Transfer/Articulation page to see if your prospective college is listed and how it might transfer.
- Still not sure? Check with the prospective institution.
- If you are an F-1 International Student, adding and dropping classes may impact your financial aid or immigration status.
- Each class has a noted last day to withdraw. Dropping a class will spare the impact of an "F" grade on your GPA if the class is dropped before the last day to withdraw.
- Depending on when the courses are dropped, students are not always entitled to refunds for classes that are dropped. Please note important dates on Academic Calendar to avoid dropping a class without receiving a refund.
- Withdrawing from a class will not affect your GPA. Instead of receiving a grade for the course, a "W" will be listed on your transcript. Withdrawing from a course is a last resort based on your ability to be successful in that course. Withdrawals may impact your financial aid and Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP). Please check with financial aid before withdrawing from a course.
- If you are an F-1 int'l student, withdrawing from a course may impact your immigration status. Please check with International Student Services before withdrawing from a course.
- Advisors assist students with developing an educational plan, promoting successful student practices, and providing general direction to support their academic and career goals. Advisors connect students to valuable resources and information about MCC academic programs, services, policies and procedures. Advisors also guide students through career exploration, utilizing interest and assessment tools.
- Advocacy counselors provide intervention or professional community referrals to students experiencing personal problems and/or crisis situations.
Want to thank the advisor who helped you get started at MCC? Use the form below to recognize them! If you don't recall the staff member's full name, visit Student Success Teams to find their full information.