What is Academic Warning? How did I get here? How do I get off Academic Warning?

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Academic Warning Workshop
The Center For Educational and Retention
Counseling Presents

• What is Academic Warning? How did I get here?
  How do I get off Academic Warning?

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• ACADEMIC STANDING CODES 
• Good standing, may take up to 17 credits or
  equivalent.
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• Academic Warning, limited to 14 credits because
  of low GPA.
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• Academic Probation due to low GPA, limited to
  11.5 credits. Refer
• students to Center for Educational and Retention
  Counseling.
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• J Academic Dismissal. May not attend Nassau
  C.C. without being
• Readmitted. Refer students Dean of
  Students.
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• K Academic Dismissal / Remedial Student did
  not pass a remedial class after third attempt or
  student failed all three BEP courses after first
• attempt.
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• Minimum Grade Point Average Required to Maintain
  Good Academic Standing.
• A 1.7 with 1-14 credits attempted.
• A 1.8 with 15-29 credits attempted.
• A 1.9 with 30-47 credits attempted.

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Academic Warning, Academic Probation and Credit
Limits

• A student whose cumulative average  falls below
  these minima for the first time will be on
  ACADEMIC WARNING limited to 14 credits (or
  equivalent where preparatory courses are
  concerned) for the next semester.
• If, at the end of the next semester, the
  students cumulative average still falls below
  these minima, then the student concerned shall be
  placed on ACADEMIC PROBATION restricted to
  part-time (fewer than 12 credits) attendance.

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Academic Progress System

• NCC developed an Academic Progress System where
  faculty inform students of their status in the
  class. Usually a message is sent if the student
  is doing poorly or needs improvement in order to
  successfully complete the class.
• If your professor(s) sent you an academic
  progress message, you will receive the following
  message on your NCC email
• You have received an academic progress reportfor
  one or more of your courses. Please login to
  MyNCC, click on the Student tab, and click on
  View Academic Progress Messages to view your
  early warning messages. Thank You, MyNCC Support

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How did I get on Academic Warning?

• Not enough time to study I dont know how to
  study.
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  I work more than 20 hours a
  week .
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  I dont know what I want to
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  major in.

I have difficulty balancing work, study and home
life
I had an incomplete grade that turned to F. I
left school without withdrawing from my courses
so I received a UW grade.
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New Grading Policies

• UW-Unofficial Withdrawal
• This grade, for credit classes, carries the same
  academic value as a failing grade and will be
  given to a student that attended class, but for
  whatever reason stopped attending during the
  semester. Students must withdraw from the class
  by the published deadline.
• UU-Unofficial Withdrawal
• This grade, for non-credit class (remedial),
  does not affect the students grade point average
  but does count toward the number of attempts in
  the remedial program.
• NA-Never Attended
• This grade is issued for a credit class and does
  not affect the students grade point average,
  however students will be liable for tuition and
  fees for the class if not dropped prior to the
  start of the semester and financial aid will be
  affected because of non-attendance.

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What Are My Options?

• Meet with a counselor from Center for Educational
  and Retention Counseling (CERC)
• Attend a Study Skills Workshop offered by CERC
• Speak with your professors
• Get a tutor for difficult courses
• Go to the Learning Lab associated with your
  courses
• Withdraw from a difficult course or one that you
  have not been attending.
• Examine how you manage your time
• Attend college part-time
• Think about repeating a class that you failed or
  received a UW grade.

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Self-Assessment

• There are several questions you need to answer
• What do I have an interest in?
• What subjects do I enjoy?
• What am I good at? What are my strengths?
• What are some of the careers I thought about?
• Our Career Counseling Center has Focus 2 an
  online career exploration program that can assist
  you in answering the questions above. They also
  offer the Self Directed Search inventory which is
  another assessment tool.

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Research

• There are several websites that will help you
  research the field of careers
• The Occupational Outlook Handbook,
  www.bls.gov/oco/
• The Career Zone, www.nycareerzone.org/
• All offer information on different careers and
  what each is about. It is important to
  understand what any career looks like on a day to
  day basis, as well the level of education or
  training required for the job.

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Networking

• It is always important to talk to other people
  about some of your ideas about careers.
• Utilizing your family and friends who are in the
  careers you are interested in is called
  networking.
• You may have connections to someone who is doing
  what you want to do, or they know someone who is
  doing what you want to do.

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Your Associates Degree

• You need 66-68 credits for your Associates
  Degree.
• You should be aware of all the semesters that
  courses are offered. We have Fall (15 weeks),
  Winter( one course, three weeks, 5 days a week)
  Spring (15 weeks), Summer Session I and II( Each
  session is 4 weeks and 4 days a week, M-Th).
  Summer Session III(one class, three weeks, M-F)

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Areas of Study

• Nassau Community College has many areas of study
  for you to consider.
• The College Catalog is online at www.ncc.edu.
  Click on Programs and Courses. This will lead
  you to all of our areas of study and the courses
  required for each.
• As you consider different areas of study it is
  important to look at the course work required. If
  you log in to your Banner account and use the
  Degree Evaluation, you can look at your current
  major. Also if you want to look at another major,
  click on the what if analysis to view another
  program and the courses required for that
  program. Its a great feature!
• Does the coursework required reflect my areas of
  interest and my academic strengths? Ex) Am I good
  at Math? Science? English?
• It is also important to access the type of skills
  I will develop in this area of study, can I be
  creative? Work with my hands? Solve problems?
  Learn about human behavior?
• Finding the right fit is important. The right fit
  is a combination of the interest , strengths, and
  skills that all fall into one area of study or
  major.
• Its ok not to know when you start college. You
  have the ability to explore different subjects
  each semester. Its a great way to get a taste
  of different programs and find one that you are
  interested in.

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How many credits do I take?

• This is probably one of the most important
  questions you need to answer.
• The choice of how many credits you take in any
  semester can certainly influence your academic
  success or failure.
• A full time load is considered 12 -17 credits.
• Anything less than 12 credits is considered
  part-time.

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Resources

• Your professors are great resources for careers
  in the fields they teach.
• The Career Development Office in Nassau Hall can
  help you investigate careers by taking a career
  inventory.
• The Center for Educational and Retention
  Counseling (572-7141)in Nassau Hall rm. 19 can
  assist you in developing an educational plan.
  CERC Study Skills Workshop Series can also help
  you achieve academic success.

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Tells us what you learned!

• Please fill out the survey through the link that
  is provided below. We hope you will use some of
  the tools in this presentation to improve your
  academic performance. If you have any questions,
  please feel free to contact the Center For
  Educational and Retention Counseling office at
  516 572-7141.
• Academic Warning Survey