NSO Advising Training

Academic Advising Center

Chambers Hall 109

advising@middlesexcc.edu

Overview of the Goals of NSO

Provide students with a uniform orientation experience (Student Life and Advising and Registration)

Acquaint students with an overview of their personal and academic responsibilities

Review their College Placement Test Results.

Familiarize them with their Degree Requirements

Provide them with an understanding of the concept of Developmental Courses

Assist them in creating their Schedules

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Overview of the

Entire NSO Process New students write to the

Orientation mailbox and are

screened for “Ready to

Register” and all CPT scores.

New students with a

significant number of transfer

credits are invited to the

Advising Center.

New students are sent a link

to choose an orientation date

convenient for them.

The first part of the day is a

Student Life Component

conducted by CCS.

The second part of the day

brings the new students to

TSC 100.

The new students are given a

presentation and then are

advised with curriculum

sheets, a copy of the scores

they can see in WebAdvisor

(mirrored in XSWT), and the

assistance of the Office of the

Registrar and the AAC.

New students register using

their WebAdvisor accounts

and leave with a schedule and

bill

Students complete an

evaluation of their

experience.3

At the Advising and Registration segment of NSO,

students are told of their responsibility for:

Ensuring they are in the appropriate degree program

Understanding their degree requirements

Knowing the academic standards and policies in the

college catalog

Knowing and observing academic calendar deadlines

Reading the information in their orientation packets

Utilizing the Campus Cruiser portal and checking their

Campus Cruiser email daily

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The Responsibilities of an

NSO Advisor Understanding Full Time and Part Time

status

To be familiar with the meanings of the

College Placement Test results

Have a basic understanding of course

sequences and prerequisites

Acquire an understanding of the

requirements of some of the most

popular majors

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Full Time vs. Part Time

Students with 12 or more credits are full time

Students with 1 to 11 credits are part time

Five primary reasons for a student to be full time:

Covered by his/her parent’s health insurance

An NJ STARS student

A Student Athlete

An international student

Receiving certain types of financial aid

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College Placement Test Results:What do They Mean?

Understanding Developmental Course Sequences

RDG 009 (0 – 60)(Reading Skills for College I)

RDG 011 (61 – 83)(Reading Skills for College II)

Developmental

Reading

Complete

ENG 009 (0 – 3)(Writing Skills for College I)

ENG 010 (3-5)(Writing Skills for College II)

ENG 121 (6-8)(English

Composition I)

MAT 010(Basic Mathematics)

MAT 013(Algebra I)

MAT 014*(Algebra II)

Credit-bearing

Math course*Only if required of your major7

Developmental Courses Are identified by course numbers that begin with a zero (e.g.

:ENG 010, Math 013, RDG 011)

Must be included in your schedule until they are completed

Must be completed with a grade of “C” or better

If a student is placed into two or more developmental areas, not

including MAT 014, Student Success (SSD 101) is required

MAT 014 (Algebra II) is required for programs that require

Statistics or Precalculus (or higher)

Special status of RDG 009 and its companion courses

Developmental credits can not be used to satisfy degree requirements but

count toward full time status.8

Accuplacer Math Grid

(effective 10/13/09)

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SAT Math Grid

(effective 10/13/09)

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Challenging the College Placement Test

Any Reading or Math score can be challenged once

Essay score of 3 can be challenged if placed out of RDG 009.

Essay score of 5 can be challenged if placed out of RDG 011.

Before students challenge:

◦ They should be prepared and review before challenging the test

◦ Review materials are available:

www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/accuplacer/index.html

www.middlesexcc.edu/testing

http://www.middlesexcc.edu/academi/mat/

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More Information about

Math Challenges Older Challenge Protocol—certain

scores had to be attained on a

paper/pencil test and these scores are

found in the lower level of TSUM.

New Challenge Procedures—students

will utilize ALEKS to challenge their Math

placement and those scores will be found

in the lower level of TSUM.

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To Earn an Associate Degree All Students

Must Complete:

English Composition I and II (“C” or better)

Algebra I (“C” or better or be exempt through the

College Placement Test or SAT results)

Physical Education (one credit) or Health Education (3

credits)

GE Humanities Elective

e.g.(Art, English, Foreign Language, Philosophy, Music,

Theater)

GE Social Science Elective

e.g.( Economics, Psychology, Sociology, Political Science)

Credit-bearing math course13

Most Common Majors seen

at NSO Advising Sessions Liberal Arts

Criminal Justice

Education Practitioner

Nursing (Students may be “hiding” behind

a different major for financial aid

purposes)

Different types of Business (Liberal Arts

Business, Business Transfer, Management,

Marketing)

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Liberal Arts Overview for

NSO Advisors

Starting in Fall 2008, students in Liberal

Arts need one GE Math, one GE Science,

and one of either. Liberal Arts Business

students should be directed toward two

GE Maths and one GE Science.

A Diversity elective is needed which can

no longer be utilized as a “double check.”

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Criminal Justice Overview for

NSO Advisors A unique major at MCC in that a student

must complete two semesters of GE

Math OR two semesters of four-credit

GE lab sciences for graduation.

All too often, students of the NCIS, CSI,

and Law and Order generation choose

this major rather than Chemistry for

forensics.

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Education Practitioner Overview

for NSO Advisors EDPR is designed for the student who is

certain he/she will be attending Kean

University or Felician College. The

LAEDU and LAECE degrees are more

appropriate for other colleges and

universities.

EDPR’s main differences are that it

requires EDU 280 and does not require

Modern Languages and CSC 105.

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Where is SPE 121 still viable as a

Graduation Requirement? All Liberal Arts majors

Fine Arts majors

Accounting

Business Administration

Education Practitioner

Energy Utility

Technology

Event Planning

Management

Fashion Merchandising

Management

Marketing

Paralegal Studies

Process Technology

Small Business

Management

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Health Technology Majors with

Financial Aid—LAGEN or BPPST?

When advising financial aid students who

cannot be OC, please guide them to

LAGEN rather than BPPST. Many students

in BPPST have done poorly which

severely impacts their GPA and, as a

result, makes it even more difficult to be

admitted.

If the student believes he/she can truly

handle the course work in BPPST then

that option can be discussed.19

Nursing Overview for

NSO Advisors Students must have the following to apply

for Nursing:

No need for Developmental Reading,

English or MAT 013.

Evidence of a High School Lab Biology

and Chemistry with at least a grade of

“C.”

These must be completed by the end of

the Fall semester prior to the Fall for

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Business Overview for

NSO Advisors

Is the student interested in transferring to

a four-year institution?

In that case, a student should major in

LABUS.AA (for Rutgers-New Brunswick)

or BUS.AS (for other institutions)

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Primary Colleague Screens for

NSO Advisors TSUM within SASM

TSUM remains the best screen to find a

student’s placement scores because,

despite the attractive nature of XSWT, it

still does not show challenge scores.

XSWT

This screen mirrors the results of the

student’s College Placement Test at the

moment of the original testing.

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TSUM and Accuplacer Math

Placement (Student #1)

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TSUM and Accuplacer Math

Placement (Student #2)

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TSUM and SAT Math Placement

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TSUM and Accuplacer

Reading Placement

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TSUM and Accuplacer

English Placement

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XSWT and CPT Results

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“Portable Colleague”

Access to Colleague is not available at

NSO except for one portal at the base of

the amphitheater.

The Office of the Registrar has developed

a document that allows the advisor to see

certain parts of XTRI to use at the NSO

session.

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NSO Advising for Summer Bridge

Summer Bridge Program

◦ Invited students can complete developmental

RDG 011 and/or English 010 in a one week

intensive summer course (save time and money).

◦ Previously, a score of 80-83 allowed the Reading

Bridge and a score of 5 allowed the English Bridge.

These parameters will be re-examined and may be

revised.

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Students get a copy

of their CPT results.

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Getting Started at the NSO Session

Opening presentation

Students are provided with the following individual paperwork:

◦ Test Results Form

◦ Schedule Worksheet

◦ Curriculum Check Sheet

After the presentation, the NSO advisor assists the student with

◦ Understanding his/her degree requirements

◦ Choosing appropriate first semester courses

◦ Web registering using CampusCruiser

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Registration Responsibilities

When students register for classes, they agree to

the following:

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Payment Information

Tuition payment for the Summer Session is due on Thursday, April 29.

Tuition payment for the Fall Semester is still to be determined. It will be in the latter part of July.

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After the Presentation STEP 1: Click on the Campus Cruiser link

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After the Presentation STEP 2:

Log in to Campus Cruiser

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After the Presentation STEP 3:

Click on the Web Advisor Tab

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After the Presentation Step 4:

Search for Classes

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Understanding Course Codes

MCC course titles have three parts:

SubjectCourse

Number

Section

Number

Psychology 123 - 17

The section number indicates:

Where (Edison, New Brunswick, Perth Amboy)

When (day, night, weekend)

How (classroom, internet, independent study)

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Reading the Comments

Section explanations are found in the comments column of Web Advisor. Read them carefully!

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