Based on the major planning you started reflecting, now we're going to pivot to mapping out your plan for the time you're here at SCCC, where you might be going after SCCC, and perhaps even some tentative plans for moving beyond that—whether that involves graduate school or stepping toward a profession. 

This week, we'll start with your academic planning for SCCC. 

1) SCCC COURSE PLAN

To complete this step, you will map out what you're currently taking this semester at SCCC (including any courses you may have taken in previous semesters and/or have transferred in), what you're planning to take in next semester, and what you're planning to take each semester after that—to the point of graduation.

Sometimes students are thinking they'd like to leave SCCC before they have earned an associates degree. Nothing wrong with that! One word of caution, however: If you leave with an associates degree, your transfer school is far more likely to start you off as a junior and, in most SUNY schools (depends in a few majors), you're guaranteed to start off as a junior. 

If you transfer to a four-year college with just a bunch of credits but no degree, it's the prerogative of the transfer school to accept or reject whichever credits they wish. This puts you in a worse position because naturally they tend to want to accept as few transfer courses as possible (so you retake them there, which is more tuition money in their coffers!). 

That's why we recommend earning an associates, as it greatly enhances your status as a transfer student. 

Here's what to do next: 

  1. Log in to MySCCC and double check your current listed curriculum (major).


  2. If you are a Liberal Arts & Sciences: General Studies major: Download the SCCC Course Plan by Semester file and save it to your computer.

    Fill in each semester with what you've already taken or are taking now. If something shows that you have a choice or have an elective, type in what course you've taken to fulfill that requirement (or highlight, say, if you took COM101 or COM105). 

    Then make a plan for what you plan to take next semester. Look up our offered course listings and fill in those electives, etc. 

    Do the same for each of the semester blocks provided to the point of graduation. If you're taking classes part time, you can break up those semester blocks, no problem! 


  3. If you are NOT a Liberal Arts & Sciences: General Studies major: 

    Go to the SCCC College Catalog and click View the Catalog.

    In the menu at left, click Curricula, then Majors and Programs. 

    Locate and click your program.

    Every program offers a recommended sequence of courses for students to follow so they can complete the program within four semesters. Copy & paste that information into Word or Google Docs, etc., and use it to map out your academic plan. 

    Fill in each semester with what you've already taken or are taking now. If something shows that you have a choice or have an elective, type in what course you've taken to fulfill that requirement (or highlight, say, if you took COM101 or COM105). 

    Then make a plan for what you plan to take next semester. Look up our offered course listings and fill in those electives, etc. 

    Do the same for each of the semester blocks provided to the point of graduation. If you're taking classes part time, you can break up those semester blocks, no problem! 

  4. Save your academic plan and upload it to the discussion forum for week 5. 

2) AFTER SCCC

For the second part of this project, simply type a few lines about what you're planning right now for what might come after SCCC. This can be a series of bullet points showing four-year colleges you're considering for transfer, or various occupations you've been considering, or maybe you're thinking about military service or working for a relative's business or taking a year off for travel!

Whatever it is, paste your "After SCCC" plans—yes, I know these might be very tentative and will likely change—in the message area of the discussion forum posting where you'll attach your academic plan file.