Q: What is my username and password for the free email?
A: The district email account format is your lastname, followed by an underscore and then your seven digit student ID. You can check WebAdvisor to verify that your account has been created by visiting the link in WebAdvisor called "View Email Address"
For example:
smith_0123456@my.scccd.edu (the email account is not case sensitive)
The password is initially P@ssword123 (the password is case sensitive) but you will be required to change it the first time you log on.
To log in to your email account go to www.outlook.com
Click here for step by step directions or watch the video on how to activate your account |
Q: Why does the college require I use the free email account?
A: The District and Colleges need to ensure that information is communicated to you in a secure and reliable manner. You may forward your my.scccd.edu email to your personal email account by following these directions.
As an option you can change your preferred method of communication to standard postal mail by visting WebAdvisor and changing your prefered method of communication. |
Q: What is the Career Center?
A: The Career Center, a component of Counseling, is both a resource center and a specialized career library. It offers assistance with career planning and information on thousands of occupations. You can also go to the Career Center to find out about majors and colleges. In a changing job market, knowledge of the world of work and career planning skills are essential. The Career Center is an excellent place to start gathering information and exploring possibilities. Let us help you begin the journey along the pathway to your future. The Fresno City College Career Center is located on the upper floor of the Student Services Building, in Counseling. Phone: 442-8291
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Q: Who does the Career Center serve?
A: We serve Fresno City College students, counselors and faculty. Most services are FREE to currently attending students.
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Q: Where can I get help in choosing a major that is right for me?
A: Visit the Career Center and talk to the friendly staff. This resource center offers services and resources that will help you decide on a major…Or you may sign up for a How to Choose a Major Workshop sponsored by the Career Center. This workshop introduces you to issues and strategies involved in choosing a major, and to services and resources available to help you with this decision.
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Q: I am undecided about my career goal; where can I get help?
A: The Career Center offers a self-paced, individualized career planning process to help you identify a career pathway that will fit you. Team members guide you through self-exploration, career exploration and decision-making activities. This process usually involves 4 or 5 sessions in the Career Center and includes assessments to help you explore your personality, interests, abilities, values and skills. Assessments can help you make the “career connection” between your preferences (who you are) and career fields that might match your preferences (what you want to become).
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Q: What can I do with a major in...?
A: The Career Center maintains resources that help students link majors or programs of study with related career fields. EUREKA and various reference books, like The Book of Majors, are especially helpful.
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Q: Where can I find out more about my chosen major?
A: Go to the Career Center. Students can use computerized databases and reference books to research hundreds of majors and programs of study. The EUREKA and DISCOVER computerized career guidance databases are especially helpful. These databases describe programs of study, showing typical coursework, usual lengths of programs, entrance requirements, related occupations and lists of colleges that offer these programs.
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Q: Where can I find out more about my chosen career field?
A: Visit the Career Center. The Center offers resources to research thousands of different occupations. Career Center staff will introduce you to the following resources: EUREKA, a computerized Career Information System...Occupational Outlook Handbooks...Vocational Biographies...occupational files containing collected information on hundreds of fields...Books...Labor Market Data...Internet sites... and more!
Occupational information includes data on job duties, skill requirements, California and national salary ranges, employment outlook, preparation and training required, licensing and certification requirements, benefits, types of employers, advancement tips, professional association addresses, and other related topics. |
Q: Where can I find resources to help me with educational planning?
A: The Career Center maintains the following collections:
· California college catalogs – includes catalogs for the Universities of California, California State Universities, other California community colleges, and for some private schools in the state. Most of the collection is located on open shelves in the Center, ready for you to use.
· CollegeSource – an online collection of U.S. college catalogs, including catalogs for thousands of colleges across the nation, two-year and four-year, public and private. Catalogs from previous years are available for many of these campuses.
· College Handbooks and other reference books provide college information -- for example, college profiles, majors offered, addresses, phone numbers and e-mail and website addresses. In addition, the EUREKA and DISCOVER computerized career guidance systems provide general information and printouts about hundreds of colleges.
· Indexes of majors, like The Book of Majors, tell you what schools offer what majors. The EUREKA, DISCOVER and CollegeSource computerized databases also feature ways of searching for schools by programs of study or majors offered. |
Q: Do I have to reapply every semester for a Health Sciences program?
A: Once you have applied to the Nursing or Allied Health Program, you do not need to reapply every semester. Candidates not selected from the lottery will be required to reply online to be forwarded to the next lottery. It is the student's responsibility to reply to this response form by the deadline posted. NO EXCEPTIONS. Failure to respond by the posted deadline will result in your file being closed.
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Q: If I have already applied to the LVN to RN, 30-unit Option, but have completed more of the application prerequisites for the "AS" degree option, what should I do?
A: Applicants in the lottery for the LVN to RN, 30-unit option, must submit updated official transcripts to the Health Sciences Division after every semester a prerequisite is completed. A re-evaluation of your application file will occur to indicate the total number of completed application prerequisites. A re-evaluation will not occur without updated offiicial transcripts submitted to the HS Division office.
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Q: Can I apply while I am "in-progress" with an application prerequsite?
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No. "In-progress" application prerequisite courses will not be accepted to apply for the Traditional Registered Nursing Program, LVN/RN, Dental Hygiene Program, Radiologic Technology Program and Respiratory Care Program. All application prerequisites must be completed to apply.
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Q: What if I have applied to a Health Sciences Program and since have completed other courses at another college for my program major requirements or general education requirements, what should I do?
A: Applicants must submit 2 updated, sealed, official transcripts to the Health Sciences Division office if any program major requirements, or general education requirements, have been completed at another college. The Health Sciences Division will update the student's file and send updated transcripts to Admission & Records to complete an official graduation evaluation. Without submitting updated official transcripts, a thorough graduation evaluation can not occur.
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Q: What happens if I fail the TEAS test? Can I still get into the RN Program?
A: If you do not achieve a passing score of 67% or higher on the TEAS test, you will be enrolled in a mandatory remediation workshop within the Health Sciences Division before given another opportunity to retest. This remediation opportunity will be provided so you may achieve a passing score. All RN students must achieve a passing score of 67% or higher before they are allowed to begin the RN program. Please see a Health Science Counselor for further explanation.
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Q: What are my chances of being selected from the lottery as an LVN to RN, 30-unit option applicant?
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Students applying for the LVN to RN 30-Unit Option are selected on a space available basis only. 30-Unit Option applicants with the only two required prerequisites completed (Human Physiology & Microbiology) will be given lowest priority in the LVN - RN lottery. The more prerequisites completed, for the "AS" degree option, the better chance for selection. This rule also applies to 30-unit option applicants who have been in the lottery for more than 4 semesters. Students are required to view the LVN to RN Orientation online for more information. |
Q: What do I do if I am a student from out of town and want to see a Health Sciences Division Counselor?
A: Please do the following if you are a student from out of town and want to see a Health Sciences Division Counselor?
1. First complete a Health Sciences Information Orientation.
2. It is preferable that you make an appointment. Call the Health Sciences Division office at (559) 244-2604 and identify that you are a student coming from out of town and need to schedule an appointment with a Health Sciences counselor.
3. If you choose to come in during a scheduled walk-in period, chances of meeting with a counselor are limited.
4. Bring all current transcripts and course descriptions to the counseling meeting. |
Q: I have applied to a Health Sciences Program. Will I be mailed a letter to let me know if I am eligible/ ineligible to the lottery or selected/unselected to a program?
A: No. The Health Sciences Division is PAPERLESS. All correspondences to students regarding eligibility and selection status will be provided online. Students are asked to check their status for both lottery eligibility and selection status by going online to www.fresnocitycollege.edu at Health Sciences Division at “check my application status” and “check my lottery status.” |
Q: I didn’t get selected for the Health Sciences Program I applied for but I heard that there is a mandatory orientation for those who were selected. Can I still attend the orientation?
A: NO. The mandatory orientation is for students who were “selected” to a program or selected as an “alternate” to a program ONLY. All students with either a “selected” status or an “alternate” status have been notified and invited to attend the orientation.
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Q: I have been selected from the lottery as an "alternate." What does that mean?
A: Having an alternate position does not entitle you to be automatically enrolled into the Nursing or a Allied Health Program. As an alternate, if there is available vacancy in the Fresno City College Health Sciences Program, you will be notified by the FCC Health Science Department when you have been officially enrolled into the program.
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