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Essential Study Skills

Academic Advising Essentials

Know Your Program Requirements 

Check your program requirements and meet with an advisor each semester to ensure you are on track to graduate according to your goals.

Know the Important Dates 

Know important dates like tuition dates, the last day to add or drop courses and where to find them.

Know How to Register for Courses

Learning how to register for courses, how to waitlist yourself, and how to ensure you meet the pre-requisites for each course you are planning to take are very important aspects of your education.

  1. What is a pre-requisite? A course or series of courses you must take before you can take a more advanced course in the discipline. These courses may have specific minimum grade requirements (usually a C grade).    
  2. Wait lists for full courses are maintained up to the first day of classes. Please note that the College reserves the right to manage its wait lists. 

Know Where to Find Your Course Schedule

Login to CNC Connect or use your Ellucian Go App to access CNC Connect 

  1. Under Academic profile
  2. click on “My class schedule” 
  3. Select the term  
  4. Click on submit 
  5. Your class schedule will be displayed