Information for Incoming Freshmen & Transfer Students

This section is for incoming freshmen who are using the online course survey to submit fall 2012 schedule requests.  Certain majors are fully scheduled and do not use the survey.  A letter is sent to all incoming freshmen on how course scheduling works for their particular major. 

Review this document first:

• Online Survey Checklist: Print-out this checklist and use as task list for the other documents

Course Planning Guides for the Online Survey:

You will use the following guides to help plan your course requests for the online survey. Refer to your GCC Major Status Sheet as you reference these guides.

• Course Selections by Major:  Use this guide first to determine the courses and credits that are already pre-scheduled for your major, and how many credits are needed to complete your online schedule request.

• Course Selection Tips: After determining the credits needed to complete your schedule request with the "Course Selections Guide by Major," use this guide for helpful tips on selecting general education and general elective courses.

• Freshman Course Offerings: Use this guide to determine the freshman-eligible courses that you may want to request.

  • Freshman Course Descriptions: Course descriptions of the freshman-eligible courses.

Survey Planning Guides:

Once you have established a course request plan, use the following guides as preparation for taking the actual survey.

• Online Survey Instructions: Use this guide for helpful pointers on how to submit a successful survey

• Online Survey Example: A pdf copy of the actual survey.  Review the example copy prior to taking the survey.

This section is for all incoming students: Additional Resources: Advising Guides: Major Status Sheets for All Majors, AP/CLEP Guidelines, Minor Course Requirements

Course Transfer Policy: The policy and process on how to transfer courses from other colleges to GCC.

Course Transfer Form:  All new students must submit this form to transfer courses.

Math Guides: Resource information on math courses

Modern Language Requirements & Guides  More Specific Language Guides Chinese Language Guides: More specific information on Chinese courses and placements. Contact Dr. Shuhui Su for more information. French Language Guides:  More specific information on French courses and placements. Contact Dr. Rebecca Harmon for more information. German Language Guides:  More specific information on German courses and placements. Contact Mr. Harvey Cole for more information. Spanish Language Guides:  More specific information on Spanish courses and placements. Contact Dr. Amy Barber for more information.

Tuition & Expenses for 2012-13: Tuition & Expense listings for the upcoming academic year. Undeclared Majors: Need assistance with course scheduling or switching to a declared major?  Contact Mrs. Kathy Leonard.  Mrs. Leonard is the Director of Academic Advising and also serves as the academic advisor for all undeclared majors.