PCC Student Success & Registration Guide
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Student Success &Registration Guide Summer/Fall 2021 Volume 18, Number 2 Table of CONTENTS Important Dates and Deadlines .........................3 Why Pima? COVID19 restrictions through spring, summer Quality, Affordable Education ............................4 This summer due to the COVID19 pandemic, the Pima Resources ...............................................................5-6 College is not o ering on-campus services, except Focused Career Training Programs ..............6 for those taking appointments. However, virtual services are available. Students should register for Go-tos for Pima Info: classes through MyPima. Visit pima.edu/covid19 for MyPima and More ..........................................................7 the most current details. Apply Now for Financial Aid ...................................8 Register early at Pima Explore PimaOnline .........................................................9 Start at Pima Transfer to a pima.edu/registernow Four-year Institution ...................................................10 By registering on time, you are more likely to: Credit Programs and Degrees ......................11-15 . Get the classes you want Save on Pima Tuition ....................................................16 . Protect your nancial aid Adult Basic Education for . Graduate on time College and Career .....................................................16 . Get the classes you need Community Education . Pass the classes that you take and Other Ways to Learn .....................................17 . Manage your time more e ectively Workforce Development and Continuing Education .................................18 The College is closed May 31, June 18, July 5, Aug. 13, Sept. 6, Nov. 11 and Nov. 2528, but, during NEW! Autonomous Vehicle Driver and those times, you may register and take other Operations Specialist certificate ..................19 actions through your MyPima student account. Logistics & Supply Chain Management Program ..........................................19 Details for summer and fall 2021: . Summer semester Session A and B (5-week), C Available through September 2021; (8-week and 10-week) and D (8-week) classes HPOG HOPES ....................................................................19 run June 1Aug. 10, with various beginning and Pima at your service ...................................................20 ending dates . Fall semester classes run Aug. 19Dec. 14, with Nettutor ......................................................................................20 various beginning and ending dates. Published April 2021, by Pima County Community College District, which reserves the right to make changes. Volume 18, Number 2, April 2021. Postal Customer: Pima Community College (ISSN 1549-9395) is published four times a year (monthly In January, April, August, and November) by PCC Marketing, 4905C E. Broadway Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85709-1130. Periodicals postage is paid at Tucson, Arizona. Postmaster: Send address changes to PCC Marketing, 4905 C E. Broadway Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85709-1130 2 Pima Community College This guide to Pima Community College has details and contact information for its academic programs, Adult Basic Education and PimaOnline, as well as registration and important dates and deadlines Here is for summer and fall 2021 semesters. What to expect for Fall 2021 YOUR The College continues to adjust its classes and services to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic. We will offer online, virtual and hybrid formats for summer classes. However, as this publication goes to print, we are planning for a fall semester of mostly in-person classes. Hundreds of GUIDE courses will be offered in-person, online and virtually, giving you the flexibility you need. The College is posting updates at pima.edu/covid19. Meanwhile, to Pima please continue to use our virtual services. Important DATES & DEADLINES REGISTRATION DEADLINES: For the 16-week Traditional semester, students may register until the day before the first meeting of a course. Deadlines vary for other sessions. Important Dates for Summer 2021* Veterans Day Holiday observed (College closed).........................................................................Nov. 11-12 Summer registration begins ..........................................March 15 Thanksgiving Holiday break Memorial Day Holiday (College closed) ................May 31 (College closed)....................................................................Nov. 25-28 Juneteenth Holiday observed (College closed).............................................................................June 18 16-WEEK TRADITIONAL SEMESTER First 5-week session ......................................................June 1-July 6 Classes begin ........................................................................................Aug. 19 First 8-week session .................................................. June 1-July 27 Drop/Refund/Audit deadline................................................Sept. 2 10-week session ............................................................ June 1-Aug. 10 Labor Day Holiday (College closed) ...........................Sept. 6 Second 8-week session .....................................June 15-Aug. 10 Student Withdrawal deadline ...............................................Nov. 5 Graduation Application deadline ...............................June 29 Classes end .............................................................................................Dec. 14 Independence Day observed (College closed) .....July 5 14-WEEK SESSION Second 5-week session ..........................................July 7-Aug. 10 Classes begin .........................................................................................Sept. 2 Important Dates for Fall 2021* Drop/Refund/Audit deadline............................................ Sept. 14 Student Withdrawal deadline ............................................Nov. 10 Fall registration begins .............................................................. April 5 Classes end .............................................................................................Dec. 14 Virtual All College Day ................................................................Aug. 13 Go to: 16-week Traditional Semester ......................Aug. 19-Dec. 14 pima.edu/registration Labor Day Holiday (College closed) ...........................Sept. 6 Graduation application deadline ......................................Nov. 5 Summer/Fall 2021 Registration Guide 3 WHY PRICE Comparison PIMA? Average net price for a full-time beginning student over two academic years For-profit institutions Arizona state in Tucson* universities† $ $ $ 29,988 23,966 PIMA 4,500 Source: National Center for Education Statistics, College Navigator, based on 2019-20 Academic Year tuition and fees * Arizona School of Integrative Studies, Brookline College, Carrington College, HDS Truck Driving Institute and Pima Medical Institute † University of Arizona, Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University UNIVERSITY Transfer Pima has transfer partnerships with the University of Arizona, Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University and other colleges and universities throughout the state and U.S. These partnerships allow students to easily transfer to four-year institutions, saving them money while they gain an excellent education. Learn more on page 10. Did You KNOW?* ▸ 55% of new Pima full-time degree-/certificate-seeking students received some sort of financial aid in 2019-20. ▸ 58% of all transfer students enrolling at the University of Arizona in fall 2020 came from Pima. ▸ Among students enrolled at Pima between January 2015 and April 2020: ¡ 25,000+ have attended or have graduated from one of Arizona's state universities; 22,365 through UA. ¡ 432 have attended some of the country's most prestigious colleges and universities, including Harvard (23), Columbia, Quality, Duke and Yale (10 each), Johns Hopkins (14) and Cornell (13). ¡ 27,037 have graduated from one of the country's 200 best Affordable colleges and universities, including UCLA, USC, Iowa, Stanford and Texas A&M. Education *Percentages are approximations 4 Pima Community College Pima Resources Pima knows many students are eager to return to the classroom after a year of online or virtual learning. That is why we are planning for a fall semester that maximizes in-person classes and student services, plus online and virtual classes to give you the flexibility you need. Until then, please use our virtual services. pima.edu/covid19 In-person fall classes — As this 2. Enter your name and cell phone number in the publication goes to print, Pima is planning for a fall boxes provided. semester with mostly in-person classes and student 3. If you know your student ID number and services, with continuing online and virtual options, program of study, enter each of them. giving you the most flexibility when engaging with us. We continue to monitor the threat of the 4. Pick the area and service that best fits your COVID-19 pandemic and will adjust class offerings needs or select “Other.” and services based on the best interests of the Once in line you will receive text messages to the students and community. cell phone number you provided, with an estimated Enroll and register online — New time for the call back. Once you have reached and returning students should register for classes the front of the line, an Advisor will call you on through your MyPima account. Learn more about the phone