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Students
intending to transfer to a four-year university should plan their
programs with a counselor at the South Suburban College Transfer Center. The Center provides a wide range of services
to assist students in the transfer process, including preparation
of the Master Academic Plan (MAP) to ensure that SSC courses completed
transfer to the four-year universities. Other services provided
include information on the transfer process and admissions requirements
at four-year schools. The Transfer Center is open five
days a week.
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Transfer Center, located on the Counseling Center Room
2350, is open Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
and Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The friendly, professional
staff look forward to assisting you in planning your academic course
work at SSC, selecting a major and applying the four-year institutions.
For more information, call 708-596-2000, ext. 2311. |
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This
section contains information on which career, major, and college
is right for you. When you decide on a transfer college, you obtain
information on how to finance your college education and how to
transfer your credit to that senior institution to complete a
baccalaureate degree.
I.
What college should I go to?
A.
Visit the Counseling Center and talk to a counselor who is a
faculty member specially trained to help you make career and
educationally-related decisions.
B. Review various majors that might be appropriate to your intended
career. A career decision is a big decision and will
be an important factor in determining your major, which, in
turn, will be a big factor in determining your college. It is
a good investment to spend some time researching various careers
and majors and to make sure that you are heading in a direction
that fits your needs and personality.
We
have put the Career Information System (CIS) on-line for you for
this purpose. When you use CIS, you may be asked for a
User Name and Password.
- Enter
User Name: illinois
- Enter
Password: careers
To
use the CIS, click on Career
Information System
Then
have fun! Select 'Occupations & Employment' for career
information.
Other
helpful career information links:
C.
Helpful information on various majors is available in
the following sources:
D.
A federal government informational site is Access
America for Students - apply for Federal Aid, plan your
education, find a job, and more...
E.
In the Counseling Center, visit the Transfer Center,
which has catalogs from in-state colleges, transfer viewbooks
and brochures, course transfer guide for some schools, and applications.
F.
Four of the most useful college resources are the following
links:
II.
Once you narrow your interests to a few colleges. . .
A.
Send the following letters to the colleges of interest:
1.
Office of Admission c/o Transfer Coordinator asking for any
of the following (if not available in SSC Transfer
Center):
a. catalogs
b. application
c. unofficial transcript evaluation
I)
send copy of college transcripts with letter
II) SSC Department of Admissions and Records will be able
to give you a copy of your SSC transcript or contact the
registrar at ext. 5814.
d.
any transfer information available including open house
dates and campus tour information
e. how to find out about transfer scholarships
2.
To the department/college
a.
curriculum guide for your major
b. unofficial evaluation of transcripts (as in CI and CII
above)
3.
How to finance the college of your choice:
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4.
Try to visit all schools in which you are interested.
III. Once you decide on a college, you must send in the following
to complete your transfer:
A.
Completed application (with fee if applicable)
B. Official copy of all college transcripts
C. Financial Aid application (if applicable)
Important
Note: Make sure all course work transfers before taking it.
Check IAI (itransfer.org)
for General Education Core Curriculum, and for courses recommended
for majors. Follow their curriculum course guide or IAI guide
with SSC course equivalents.
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courses are divided into two categories at a community college:
general education and general elective. General education requires
you to take 37-41 credits, sometimes in a certain sequence, for
all degrees, and are considered to be foundation courses for all
majors. 21-25 hours are general elective credits. Elective means
that you can choose the courses you want. However, your major may
require you to take courses that are NOT included in your
Gen Ed Core Curriculum. Be sure to check with your counselor. A
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The
IAI is a very comprehensive site. IAI governs course transferability
from school to school in both the general education as well as
the recommended pre-major (area of concentration) courses. Check
this out online at www.iTransfer.org.
All IAI courses are assigned a code that can be found in the course
description section of a college's catalog.
You
can print an IAI Transfer Student Planning Worksheet, and take
it with you, to help you and your counselor plan your Master Academic
Plan (MAP).
- Download
Master Academic Plans (MAPs) [Adobe Reader Plug-in required
- get
it here]
Use
this information with your counselor. If you want to compare your
courses with the school to which you are transferring, click four-year
schools or ask a counselor to see a course equivalency table
for that senior college/university.
Selected
Transfer Schools
A.
Curriculum Guide Links:
B.
Web
sites of IAI Participating Colleges - these links take you
to the websites of all of the State of Illinois colleges participating
in the Illinois Articulation Initiative.
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