FRESHMAN PRIORITY REGISTRATION College Connection New Rules: - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

FRESHMAN PRIORITY REGISTRATION College Connection • New Rules: High School vs. College • Educational Options • General Education Patterns • English and Math Sequences • What is DegreeWorks? • Building your First Semester • Schedule Planner • Searching the Class Schedule • Course by Course: Gathering CRN’s • Adding classes • Paying for classes • Class Schedule •

College Connection WHO is in your group? WHY have members decided to attend college? DO you know what your Major is already? WHAT classes are you thinking of taking your first semester? WHAT are you most excited about? Most concerned about? WHAT do you want from GOLDEN WEST COLLEGE?

New Rules: High School vs. College UNITS / COLLEGE CREDITS / HIGH SCHOOL • 3 units = 3 hours / week 5 units = 5 hours / week • • 1.5 hours M/ W or T/ TH 1 hour/ day Monday - Friday • H.S. COURSE SEMESTERS • 38 weeks • 16 Weeks • 1 st Term/ 2 nd Term • 1 st 8 weeks / 2 nd 8 weeks

New Rules: High School vs. College GWC Counselor GWC Student Provide in-depth services • Registering / Dropping classes • Career counseling • Using Student Services – Educational options – • Counseling Transfer Process – • Financial Aid Counseling by Major • Writing / Tutoring Center • • Transfer Center / Career Center We do not register you in • • Student Health Center classes!

Educational Options • Certificate Programs – CTE (Career, Technical Education) • Associate of Arts Degree • Transfer to a University – University of California – California State University – Private/ Independent Colleges and Universities

General Education Options IGETC CSU GWC UC/CSU Option 2 Option 1 Option 3 Yellow Pink Blue

English Sequence ENGLISH 110 Critical Thinking, Reading and Writing through Literature ENGLISH 100 Freshman Composition ENGLISH 090 ENGLISH 095 ENGLISH 099 ACCELERATED PREPARATION for ENGLISH BASIC SKILLS COLLEGE WRITING COREQUISITE ENGLISH 098 Students can choose EITHER Students who placed into sequence to reach ENGLISH 100 ENGLISH 099 can choose to enroll in to ENGLISH 100, but are ENGL 098 > ENGL 099 > ENGL 100 REQUIRED to enroll in or ENGLISH 095 ENGL 090 > ENGL 100 ENGL 095 + ENGL 099 = ENGL 100

Math Sequence NOTE: MATH 180 MATH 115 + MATH 120  Calculus I MATH 080 PRE-STATISTICS MATH 170 MATH 140 Designed for students who want Pre-Calculus Business additional preparation for MATH 160 Calculus MATH 100 MATH 104 MATH 120 MATH 115 MATH 160 MATH 040 Liberal Arts Mathematics Trigonometry College Introduction ACCELERATED ELEMENTARY / Mathematics for Algebra to Statistics INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA Students can choose EITHER Elementary sequence to reach Transferable Math Teachers MATH 010 > MATH 030 > MATH 100+ *MATH 030 * Counts for the AA degree or Intermediate Algebra but is not transferable. MATH 040 > MATH 100+ MATH 010 Elementary Algebra

What is DegreeWorks? DegreeWorks is a web based tool to help You & a Counselor develop your SEP (Student Educational Plan) and monitor progress towards degree completion. Provides 24-7 access to: A full description of specific requirements. • An easy way to see what requirements are not yet met. •

Building your First Semester Plan 1. Log into MyGWC 2. Click on STUDENT tab 3. Click on LAUNCH DEGREEWORKS 4. Click on PLANS tab 5. Click on BLANK PLAN 6. Title: FPR / Major/ Undecided/ CSU/ UC

Schedule Planner 1. Log into MyGWC 2. Click on STUDENT tab 3. Find under REGISTRATION TOOLS

Add Courses/ Breaks

Add Course: By Subject/ DegreeWorks

Potential Schedules

Send to Shopping Cart and Register/ Pay

Searching the Class Schedule Search the Class Schedule at: www.goldenwestcollege.edu

1. Select Term 2. Select Subject

Searching the Class Schedule Need CRN # Course Name / CRN (Course Registration Number) / Units / Meeting Days & Times Capacity vs. Waitlist / Location on Campus vs. Online / Start-End Date / # Weeks

Course Description and Details Click on CRN to view Course Description / In-Person, Online / Capacity Waitlist Availability / Important Dates

Adding classes Click on Add or Drop Classes

Select GWC Registration Term

Paying for classes Click PAY NOW You must pay your fees before the drop for non-payment deadline or you will be dropped from your classes!

Class Schedule

Days • Tim es • Building • Room # • Start Date • Bookstore: • Take this to the bookstore to buy your textbooks! Student ID Station: • Get your Student ID card.

PRINT! Student Class Program (This is your Class Schedule) Have a great Sum m er and visit us in COUNSELING in the FALL to set your STUDENT EDUCATION PLAN WELCOME TO GOLDEN WEST COLLEGE