College Sucess 101
This document explains your instructor's course policies, assignments, grading, and important deadlines.
What is a syllabus?
This online platform is where instructors may post assignments, announcements, course materials, and grades.
What is Canvas?
This college professional helps students choose courses and work toward their educational goals.
Who is a counselor?
This Cypress College office helps students explore grants, loans, scholarships, and other forms of financial assistance.
What is Financial Aid?
Students who need academic accommodations related to a disability can receive support through this Cypress College program.
What is Disability Support Services (DSS)?
This is the time your instructor sets aside specifically for students to ask questions or get additional help.
What are office hours?
This Cypress College online portal is used to access registration and other student services.
What is myGateway?
This identifies courses a student plans to complete toward their educational goal.
What is a Student Educational Plan?
This is the process of officially enrolling in courses for an upcoming semester.
What is registration?
This program provides eligible students with additional counseling, academic support, and other services to help them succeed in college.
What is EOPS?
College courses are assigned these numbers, such as 3 or 4, which count toward completing a degree or certificate.
What are units?
This is the name of the Wi-Fi network you connect to as students.
What is eduroam?
Cypress uses this process to determine a student's appropriate starting point in English, ESL, and math.
What is guided self-placement?
When a course is full, students may be able to place themselves on this list in case a seat becomes available.
What is a waitlist?
Students experiencing food insecurity or other essential-needs challenges can turn to this area of Cypress College for assistance.
What is Basic Needs?
This college calendar lists important dates and deadlines throughout the semester.
What is the Academic Calendar?
You want to enroll in your classes for next semester. Which online system should you access?
What is myGateway?
A student's chosen field of study, such as Psychology, Biology, or Business, is called this.
What is a major?
This action officially removes you from a course after you've registered for it.
What is dropping the class?
This Cypress College service provides students with confidential support for their mental health and emotional well-being.
What is Health Center/Psychological Services?
In college, keeping track of deadlines and completing required work is ultimately the responsibility of this person.
Who is the student?
This unique identification number is assigned to you as a Cypress College student and is used when accessing many college services.
What is my Student ID number?
This general education pattern is designed for California community college students planning to transfer to either a CSU or UC.
What is Cal-GETC?
True or False: If you stop attending a class, Cypress automatically considers the course officially dropped.
What is False?
This campus department should be contacted for safety concerns or emergencies occurring at Cypress College.
What is Campus Safety?