First-Year Student Registration FAQs
First-Year Student Registration FAQs
- Full-time tuition is based on a 12-19 credit-hour schedule.
- As a first-year student, transitioning to college, we advise taking 12-15 credits if possible.
- Some majors require 17 credit hours the first semester.
- To graduate from Carroll College in four years you need to average 15.25 credits per semester.
- Register for ENWR 101 in the Fall of your first year, and also
- Register for an FYC section of a course that fulfills a core requirement.
- This will set you up for better success when you take your CORE 110 in the Spring of your first year.
- All first-year students take CORE 110 in their first year, but half will take it in the Fall and half will take it in the Spring.
- Yes.
- If you are an Honors Scholar you will take HNR 150 in place of CORE 110.
- FYC stands for First-Year Cohort.
- Every first year students takes ONE FYC section in their first semester.
- Your First-Year cohort class is comprised only of other students in their first semester at college who are at a similar stage in their Carroll adventure.
- Your FYC professor is your academic advisor for your first semester.
- You cannot take more than ONE FYC section because we need every first-year-student to have an academic advisor!
- 100-level classes are foundational information in their subject area, and are targeted at students just beginning the study of this field. First-year students generally take 100-level courses.
- 200-level classes are upper-introductory information and inquiry in their subject area, and often rely on previous study of this field. Second-year students generally take 200-level courses.
- 300-level classes are intermediate information and research in their subject area, and rely on the completion of prerequisite coursework in this field. Third-year students generally take 300-level courses.
- 400-level classes are advanced research seminars in their subject area. Fourth-year students generally take 400-level courses.
- 500-level classes are graduate courses.
- If your four-year-plan suggests taking BI 121, BI122, or BI 123 you can take any one of these courses your first semester.
- The introductory biology lectures are independent courses, and one is NOT prerequisite to the others.
- You will take all three eventually, in any order that works for you (and your major or pre-professional pathway).
- You will also want to take a biology lab. You can take BI 131 or BI 132 in any order, and along with any lecture.
- If you took chemistry and algebra in high school, take CH 101 plus CH 101L in the Fall semester, followed by CH 102 and CH 102L in the Spring.
- If you did NOT take chemistry in high school, take CH 111 plus CH 111L in the Fall semester. This will set you up for better success when you take the CH101/CH102 sequence in your second year.
- Please leave a complete note in the "Advising" tab in your Student Planning account, and an advisor will contact you and help you get into the correct math placement
- We offer precalculus each Spring, so it is likely you will take MA 112 in the spring of your first year.
- We can work directly with math faculty members to make sure you are placed in the appropriate level of math.
- Carroll College students can declare "Undecided" as their major for three semesters before formally choosing a major area of study.
- For their first semester, UNDC students with STEM interest should register for CORE 110, CO-101 (or a foreign language), TH101, a Philosophical Reasoning course, plus either a math or science course at their placement level.
- For their first semester, UNDC students with non-STEM interest should register for CORE 110, CO-101 (or a foreign language), TH 101, a Philosophical Reasoning course, plus a social science or history course to fulfill core distribution requirements in those areas.
- If TH 101 or Philosophical Reasoning courses are full by the time you register, you can add other core requirements -- we'll help!
- If you submitted your OFFICIAL college transcripts from previous institutions, to Carroll College, at least five business days in advance of your Schedule Planning & Registration session, your transfer equivalencies will be completed.
- Check the "Timeline" view in Student Planning to see your transferred courses in the semester during which you earned them.
- Check the "My Progress" view in Student Planning to see what degree requirements you have fulfilled by earning these transfer credits.
- Throughout the summer you will be able to schedule advising appointments during which you will work with an advisor to make changes to your schedule.
- Both in-person/on-campus AND virtual/Zoom appointments are available, for your convenience.
- We love meeting with students and helping them -- we're here to help.
- Yes.
- Honors Scholars must take HNR 150 in place of CORE 110, and it is an FYC section.
- Talking Saints team members must take CO 101 with Brent Northup, and his section is also an FYC section.
- This is the ONLY exception to the "one-FYC" policy.
- Please leave a complete note in the "Advising" tab in your Student Planning account letting advisors know why you are in two FYCs.
- Yes.
- All theater performance majors take TH 212 (Advanced Acting) in the FALL of their first year.
- Take MSL 101
- Take MSL 206 if at all possible
- Keep Wednesday afternoons open, if at all possible
- Direct-Entry and Pre-Nursing students enroll in the same courses during their time at Carroll.
- Direct-Entry and Pre-Nursing students must complete BI 201 (with lab), BI 202 (with lab), CH 111 (with lab), CH 112, PSY 105, PSY 203, and Oral Communications with a C- or better before they can take courses in the Nursing Major (NU prefix classes).
- Direct-Entry students must meet specific progression criteria during their first year at Carroll to progress and maintain their placement in the nursing major.
- Pre-Nursing students must be formally accepted into the nursing major, with applications completed during the Spring semester each year for admission into the nursing major the following Fall semester.