Registering for Classes

Pre-Advising Workshop

Before We Begin: Meet with Your Advisor

• Your assigned advisor will be listed on the school website with your registration time. Your advisor will help you decide which classes you can or should take.

• This session is meant to help you be more self sufficient as a student, but does not replace advising with your assigned advisor.

What you need to know:

*Who is my advisor?

*When can I register?

*What tools can I use to help me figure out what to take next quarter?

*How do I register for next quarter?

Moving from ABE to English 90

There are two ways you can move. Here is one:*If you attend the ABE Transition class regularly, have turned in work, and have a passing grade, your instructor will recommend you for full “Transition Testing.” You must earn a minimum of these scores: • 230 or higher on the CASAS reading test• 8.3 G.E. or higher on the GMRT (academic reading• 70% or higher on the essay test.

Here is the second, the standard way, to move to English 90

Take the computerized placement test (CPT) at the Testing Center. Pay $25 for two opportunities. Score 59 or above on both reading and sentence skills.

#1. Go to www.spscc.ctc.edu

#2. Go to “Current Students”

#3. Go to “When Can I register?”

RegistrationAppointmentTime

This notice tells you that your “appointment time” is NOT a meeting time.

It is the earliest time you may go online or to Building 25 to register for your credit classes.

You should meet and talk with your Advisor BEFORE this time so you know FOR SURE what classes to sign up for.

Enter your Student ID number 875-XX-XXXX

(you don’t need the dashes)

Enter your birthdayMMDDYY

(if your month or day only has one number, add a zero before it)

This is the earliest DAY that you can

registerThis is the earliest TIME

that you can register.IT IS NOT AN

APPOINTMENT WITH YOUR ADVISOR

Now that I know when I am allowed to register, how do I decide what courses I should take?

Picking Classes—Degree Audit

*Do you want a certificate or degree?

If you are attending to get a degree or certificate (and if you are getting financial aid for a specific purpose), there are lists of classes you must take. Start with Degree Audit and see which classes you need to take and how long it might take you.

*You can look at all the degree and certificate requirements in Degree Audit.

*If you know what certificate or degree you want to work on, it helps you figure out what classes you need to take.

(But, pre-100 level pre-requisite courses like English 90 are not listed. Add these courses to the course lists for degrees and certificates.)

Degree Audit: an on-line tool

Degree Audit—more functions!

*It keeps track of all the classes you’ve taken at SPSCC

* It keeps CPT (College Placement Test) test scores so you can tell what to take next in English and Math

Where do I find Degree Audit?

*It is on the college’s webpage (www.spscc.ctc.edu)

*Use it between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. from wherever you have internet access.

*You need to know: Your Student ID (875-XX-XXXX) Your Global PIN (your birth date - MMDDYY)

How to get there – STEP 1

Go to spscc.ctc.edu

Click on theCurrent

Studentsbutton

How to get there – STEP 2

Click on theDegree Audit

button

How to get there – STEP 3

Click on the

Student Loginbutton

How to get there – STEP 4

Type in yourStudent ID

number

and yourbirthdate

(MMDDYY)

How to get there – STEP 5

Your Name should be

listed here by last name and then

first name

Pick a Certificate/Degree – STEP 1

Pick a Certificate or

Degree from the Select a

Degree list.

Then click the Run Audit

button

Shows your name, Student ID and

when you looked at this.

Shows you the name of the Certificate or Degree you picked

and what it requires.

Pick a Certificate/Degree – STEP 2

This describes how long it takes to finish. It doesn’t include Basic Skills or Pre-college level courses, though.

Shows you all of the classes you need to take. It checks them off when you finish each one.

Also shows you all the other classes you’ve taken that don’t go directly toward this certificate

or degree.

Pick a Certificate/Degree – STEP 3

View your CPT Test Scores in Degree Audit

Click on the Test Scores tab.

This will show if you have taken the CPT, what your scores were, what level it recommends you take, or if you’ve taken some other test to let you into the a class.

Academic Planning—Degree Audit

Your Advisor can write down which classes you should take each quarter

and save them here.

Other advisors can look at this and help keep track of your goals.

It also reminds you about which classes you need.

Some classes require that you take other

classes first.

Now that I know what courses I must take for a degree or certificate, how do I find my classes for next quarter?

First, determine which pre-college classes you must complete. The CPT scores and the classes you are currently taking this quarter determine this for you.

Complete English Pre-requisites

*Have appropriate reading and writing scores on CPT or pass English 90 to move to English 95 (or English 98/101)

* If you take English 98, you can attempt to pass English 101 in the same class (bucket class) in the same quarter.

Complete Math Pre-requisites

You need to look closely at the program you want to determine which math classes to take. Program requirements vary!

Pre-College English Flow Chart

English 90(CPT 59-73):

Could move toE95 or to E98--

depending on your achievment in E90

English 95(CPT 74-89):

Move to E 98/101

English 98 and/or English 101

(“Bucket class” with E98 and E101 OR Stand alone

E101)

Math Flow ChartABE

BUS104 – Business Math(also requires eligibility for Writing

101)

Math 107 – Math in Society

Math 94

Math 97

Math 90

You can skip Math 94 if

your teacher

says you’re ready

Math 101 – Technical Math

Math 99

Math 108 – Prob. & Stats.

Math 140 – College Algebra

Math 100 – Early Childhood Ed. Math

Math 147 – Pre-Calc: Business

Phil 106 – Formal Logic

CIS 168 – Programming Logic

Math 131 – Math for Elem Ed I

More

More

More

CPT score or 80% or higher on ABE Math Transition Test

Now that you have an idea about what to take, go to “Current Student”

and find the item that reads

“Plan My Schedule”Click on it.

Pick a Quarter

It shows you all the class choices in all the school’s locations. This means the main campus, Hawks

Prairie, online, and other options.

Pick Your Classes

Click “View Course List” to see all of the classes.

Pick Your Classes

Click on a letter, like “E”for an English class.

It moves you to the class code (see the codes in blue below).

Pick Your Classes

When you click on the class code, it is added to the list on the left.

Pick Your Classes

When you have picked all the types of courses you want, click “Submit Selections.”

Review Your OptionsNow you can see ALL of the times that each course is scheduled. You can also see who is teaching the class and which building it is in. The “seat openings” tells you if there is still room in that class.

Pick Your Classes

Next, click the “select” box to pick the specific classes you want.

Finish by clicking “Display My Schedule”

Pick Your ClassesHere you can see what your weekly schedule

is by time and day.

Here is your class list. The Item number is

on the left side. This is the number you use to register for that

specific class.

This shows you the

choices you didn’t pick.

Now you can PRINT this page. You can also GO BACK to the last page.

How do I now register for classes now that I know what I want?

After meeting with your assigned advisor to check your choices, wait for your

registration “appointment” time, just after Advising Day.

To Register (hold a place in the classes you want), go again to “Current Students”

Go “Register for Classes”

Registering for Classes

This reminds you to check when tuition is due

If a class you want is already full, you will go on a waitlist. If other students drop out of that class, you will get in.You need to check the list often – the

college will NOT contact you.

Registering for Classes

Your Student ID number875-XX-XXXX

This is your six digit global PIN—“MMDDYY”

Registering for ClassesYou need to check that your contact information is correct before the computer will let you register.

Enter your SID – 875-XX-XXXX

Enter your birthday – MMDDYY

Click “Verify My Address”

Registering for Classes

Is this correct?If no, click“Change My Address”

If yes, click

“Register for Classes”

Registering for ClassesEnter your SID – 875-XX-XXXX

*Enter your global PIN

*Pick on the next quarter

*Click “Register”

Registering for ClassesNow you are ready to start registering! Elvis A. Presley

Oops, not yet!

You need to check a circle in each section

before you can continue.

Whew! Finally!Type in the item numbers

and click submit!

Type the course Item numbers from the classes you pick earlier. Item numbers in the left column.

Wait List Strategy

What if a class was full and you put yourself on a wait list? Check that list often to see if you have been added to the class. Sometimes, when tuition payments are due, about two weeks before a quarter starts, there will be drops and your name will be added to a class.

When you have registered, you have to pay—but not until about

two weeks before the new quarter.

If you don’t pay your tuition, you will be dropped from rosters and will no longer be registered. Check each quarter for specific payment due dates. Check with Financial Aid, too, if you have been awarded funds.