Academic Advising
Academic advising is a critical part of the college experience. Taking the wrong classes can significantly put you off track, which can cost you time and money. To improve your success, you should meet your advisor to plan your course schedule. Faculty advisors are very helpful in advising you about your schedule, particularly in helping you choose courses that are offered only one time each year. Advisors post office hours outside their offices each semester, it is helpful to make an appointment, especially if you cannot meet during the posted hours. You can also use email and the telephone to stay in contact with your advisor. If you decide to register without meeting with your advisor, you have decided to take full responsibility for choosing courses, which could result in academic and financial liabilities. You should monitor your progress through Degree Works in myCCTC.
Advisement and Support Center
The mission of the Advisement and Support Center is to retain students in Associate in Arts, Associate in Sciences, and Pre-Nursing programs through exceptional advisement, connection to college resources and support with COL 105 assignments. Each student listed in the Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, and Pre-Nursing programs will be assigned an advisor in the ASC. This advisor, along with their email address, will be listed in Degree Works, and will work with the student each semester until graduation, or until they have been accepted into their program of choice. Once accepted into their program, the Program Advisor will assume the advising responsibilities. The ASC is located in Building M500 in Room M533 on the Main Campus in Sumter. ASC staff can be reached by phone at (803)778-7892 or (803)778-6615
Registration
After you contact your advisor, you may register in the Registration Lab on the main campus, at off-site College locations, or on-line through the web at www.cctech.edu. New students are encouraged to register in the Registration Lab where assistance is available. You may not register if you owe more than $500 from a prior semester or have holds on your account.
Adding/Dropping Courses
You may add courses online through the Add/Drop period provided the courses are not closed. You may drop courses online through the designated drop period. Add/Drop dates are published in the current course schedule and in the academic calendar. Course(s) may be dropped during the drop period without academic penalty. In order to receive a tuition refund or credit, you must drop before or during the add/drop period for that course. After add/drop, discuss withdrawal from courses with your advisor and a financial aid counselor. Withdrawal may affect the time it will take to complete your program of study and/or your financial aid awards.
Change of Program
The first step in the process to change to a different program is to complete a change of program form on CCTC’s website at http://www.cctech.edu/service-and-support/forms-library/ in the Forms Library. Once received, an admissions counselor will discuss available programs of study based on your interest and career goals. If you have already changed your program twice, you may be referred to the Career Services Center for career counseling. If you are using Financial Aid, Veterans’ Benefits, or WIA/TAA funds, a financial aid counselor may verify eligibility to change your program prior to admissions counselor approval.
A counselor will finalize the change of program and assign you to a new faculty advisor. You should complete the change of program process as early as possible to reduce delays in registering for the next semester. If you request a change of program, you will be required to complete the program requirements as outlined in the catalog in effect at the time of the change in program. Program changes requested after add/drop will be effective for the following semester.
Email
At Central Carolina Technical College, you have an email account. Your myCCTC Email (gmail) should be checked frequently for important college and course information. This is the official method of communications from the College for communications such as financial aid, advisement, college events, bills, etc. This email is located within your myCCTC account. You can email into and out of this email account. It is your responsibility to check, read, and respond to your email account in a timely manner. Email sent from D2L will also go to your myCCTC email account.
Withdrawing from College Courses
It is not wise just to quit going to classes. If you realize you can no longer meet the attendance requirements of a class, you may withdraw from the class for academic, personal, or military/work related reasons before the published withdrawal deadline and receive a grade of “W.” You must request a withdrawal from your instructor(s) prior to violating the attendance policy and being withdrawn for attendance or you must provide documentation to the department chair/program manager of the department in which the course resides. The last date of attendance will be the official withdrawal date. Understand that withdrawing from classes may result in serious financial and academic consequences including debt owed to the College.
If you initiate withdrawal from a class after the published deadline, you will receive a grade of “WF”. The last date of attendance provided by the instructor will be the official withdrawal date. If you receive a grade of “WF”, you may present official documentation of medical/personal reasons to the Vice President for Student Affairs for consideration of changing the grade from “WF” to “W”. The Vice President for Student Affairs will review the documentation and consult with the faculty member to determine if the documentation merits support to change the grade from “WF” to “W”. Examples of medical/personal documentation are: (a) hospitalization of student or immediate family member; (b) relocation from college’s service area; (c) change in employment hours; (d) military orders - TDY or PCS; (e) other extenuating circumstances. Detailed withdrawal procedures can be found in myCCTC under Academic Links/Course Syllabi, Information & Policies.
Attendance Policy
The faculty, administrators, and staff of Central Carolina Technical College believe that it is in your best interest to have an attendance policy that will promote academic success and effective workplace skills as required by employers.
The attendance policy of Central Carolina Technical College states that a student may not be absent more than 20 percent of the attendance period which begins with the first day of class and ends with the date designated as the withdrawal deadline. An absence is defined as missing the entire class session. In addition, tardiness and early exit from class are disruptive to the learning environment. Students coming in late (tardy) after the instructor has taken roll, or leaving before class is dismissed will incur a one half (1/2) absence. Absences in excess of 20 percent of the attendance period will result in a grade of WA. Each instructor will clearly define to each class how many absences equate to “20 percent” of the attendance period. When the student’s absences exceed 20 percent of the attendance period, the instructor will withdraw the student from the class by recording a grade of WA. The student’s last date of actual class attendance will be entered. Absences after the withdrawal deadline will be recorded by the instructor but will not result in a grade of WA. Students who attend class after the withdrawal deadline will receive a grade of A, B, C, D, F, or I. Students who do not attend class after the withdrawal deadline will receive a grade of WF and the last date of attendance will be recorded.
If students have extenuating circumstances that cause them to exceed the 20% limit on absences, they may present documentation for each absence to the department chair/program manager of the appropriate department. Such documentation may support a grade change from WA to W. Attendance is important to student success at all times but especially during the initial class sessions at the beginning of the semester. Therefore, if a student has not attended class prior to roster verification by the faculty member and is designated as “Never Attended,” the student will not be allowed to attend classes unless documentation is presented for each absence to the Vice President for Student Affairs for consideration for readmission into the class.
Individual departments may have more stringent requirements than those stated in this attendance policy. If departmental requirements are more stringent, the departmental requirements should be communicated to you in the course syllabi and/or departmental orientation. (See Health Sciences Attendance Policy, for example.)
Financial Aid and Tuition and Fees
Please consult the section on “Financial Aid ” in this catalog/handbook to learn how financial aid and/or scholarships may help you pay for college. Go to the Student Services Center or Outreach Campuses where counselors are ready to assist you in applying for and explaining the requirements of the various programs that are available.
Then, if you qualify for financial aid, persevere every semester to finish your classes satisfactorily. If you withdraw from all of your classes, you may owe money. Financial aid is just that - an aid to help you complete your education. Central Carolina must follow federal and state guidelines to ensure that students are making progress toward graduation from their program of study.
Also, become familiar with College tuition and fees, listed in the section labeled “Tuition and Fees” in order to plan for the costs of your College education. All debts (parking fines, overdue books, etc.) owed to Central Carolina must be paid before transcripts or diplomas are released. If you have any outstanding debts, you will not be allowed to register for classes for the next semester.
BankMobile
Central Carolina Technical College has partnered with BankMobile, a financial services company to bring a more efficient, convenient and easy-to-use solution to handle financial disbursements. For more information about BankMobile, visit this link: https://bankmobiledisbursements.com/student-experience/.
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