Students

When a class is full, but students are still signing up to take the course. This creates a “waitlist” in case a current student registered to takes the class decides not to take the course. If you are on a waitlist and interested in taking the class, contact the instructor via their email (which can be found on our campus directory).

This is when one course requires a different course to be taken, and passed, before students can register. A good example of this is Spanish P102. It has a pre-requisite for Spanish P101. Students would need to pass Spanish P101 before they can take Spanish P102.

Cancelling registration in a course. When a student is no longer wanting to take a college course, they’ll “drop” the course. If you want to drop a college course, contact your high school counselor or the instructor of the college class.

This is a document that is provided by the college instructor to their students that goes over important items for the class, such as grading policies, late work, due dates for assignments, contact information, etc. Save this and refer to it regularly through out your class.

This is our online platform for students taking an online course. You’ll find all your course information in the canvas course, which can be referred to as a “Canvas shell."

Each college course has a census date, which is when students really shouldn’t be added or “dropped” anymore in the course. Being aware of the census dates for your classes is important in case you realize you may need to drop the college course.

Community college students can pursue a transfer degree that allows them to transfer to another college. This term is used most often when transferring to a 4-year college or university.

As a student, you have an academic record that is a document that has followed you through out your education. When you get to college, your college transcript becomes very important as the grades in college stay on your college transcript. The only way to avoid having a course on your college transcript is if you drop before the census date. Be aware that college transcripts are asked for in most employment applications as well as from 4-year institutions for transfer.

There is a small window of time after census date that students can earn a “W” on their transcripts for dropping the course. The class would be listed on your transcript, but instead of a grade you would see a “W” for choosing to withdrawal from the course.

We have a firm FERPA policy in place that hinders us from sharing any student information with anyone that is not that student (or the partnering high school where that student attends). If you want to have your college information shared with your parent or guardian then you will have to complete our Authorization to Release Student Records form.