ACA 122
Your first contact for technical issues
What is the Distance Learning Office?
Associate Degrees, Certificates, and Diplomas
What are types of academic credentials offered at SCC?
Your GPA that consists of all the courses you have taken
What is your cumulative GPA?
Going through an exam, answering the "easier" questions first, and going back a second time to ensure that you get as many questions right as possible on a timed test
What is the "two pass" method?
You transfer as a Junior, you are guaranteed admittance to at least one public university in NC, and all "transferrable" courses will transfer as long as you pass with a C or better.
What are advantages of an AA or AS guaranteed by the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement?
The number of hours you are in class each week
What are contact hours?
Barricading the entrance, jamming the door hinges, and locking the doors
What is the Lockdown option of the ALICE method?
Class that you take at the same time as another course, like a lab
What is a co-requisite course?
PEMDAS, My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas, ROY G BIV, and Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally are examples of these
What are mnemonic devices?
A website designed for NC students to help them "plan, apply, and pay for college" as well as a resource for careers and self-assessments
What is CFNC (College Foundation of NC)?
The hours that determine your tuition bill and GPA
What are credit hours?
An honor society specifically for students at a 2-year college
What is PTK?
This should be completed each year to receive Financial Aid
What is the FAFSA?
The amount of time to make a grade appeal
What is 10 business days after grades are posted?
Visual
Auditory/Verbal
Kinesthetic/"Hands on"
Multi-modal
What are learning styles?
Classes that you must take before taking another class
What are prerequisites?
Demonstrations, Class Discussions, Lecture, Explanation of Assignments
When are good times to take notes?
Minimum 2.0 GPA, completion of 67% of all attempted credit hours in the active program of study
What is Satisfactory Academic Progress?
A "code" that helps you find a career that is compatible with your personality, interests, and skills
What is the Holland Code?
Steps of the active reading strategy PSAR
What are Prepare, Survey, Annotate, and Review?
A good to-do list keeps these two things in mind
What are detail and priority?
Within 24 hours
What is the best time to review your notes?
Not giving credit for someone else's words or ideas
What is plagiarism?
A policy that admits all students but tests to see if you are ready for college level courses
What is "open door with guided placement?"
This federal law prohibits others from having access to your private information
What is FERPA?