Chapter 7: Activities & Resources

Key Takeaways for review

  1. Identify your School, Academic Counselor, and major.
  2. Using your career as an example, explain the steps for choosing a career. Include how you aligned your personal interests and skills with appropriate fields and identified sources for learning more about specific career.
  3. Explain how you do or will use Degree Works to keep track of your degree requirements
  4. Identify the specific policies and procedures that pertain to course registration

Exercises

Knowing the policies and procedures that relate to registration and academic standing is important as you prepare to register for next semester. After reviewing the chapters in your First-Year Seminar text and learning about these items in your course, see if you can answer the following questions:

  • What is the minimum cumulative GPA a student needs to avoid academic probation?
  • What are the minimum number of credits for which a student must be registered in order to be considered full-time?
  • Where can you find course descriptions?
  • What tool can you use to see your progress toward earning your degree from WCC?
  • Where can you look to find the name of your Academic Counselor?