The little book of realities. STUDENT LINKS 2014-2015 THE COLLEGE OF HIGHER LEARNING. 1 Get ready, get set. PRE-SEMESTER CHECKLIST 2 PRE-SEMESTER CHECKLIST Congratulations on becoming a Langara student! Student Links is your quick guide to services and opportunities available on 4 AcADEMIC LIFE campus as well as your rights and responsibilities as a student. 5 FLEXIBLE STUDY DELIVERY Use this checklist to ensure your start at Langara goes smoothly. 6 StUDENT SERVICES 8 StUDENT WAYFINDER REGISTER FOR NEW CHECK IMPORTANT DATES StUDENT ORIENTATION For upcoming important dates, such 10 CAMPUS LIFE Get prepared for classes by taking as payment and class withdrawal part in this fun and informative deadlines, final exam period, etc., 11 CAMPUS SERVICES event. Enjoy a FREE BBQ, music, visit the Langara website and click on and entertainment and take the Registration & Records. 12 RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES opportunity to: • Learn more about life as PAY YOUR FEES 13 LANGARA StUDENTS’ UNION a Langara student Don’t get dropped from your courses. • Get info on student services Make sure you pay all of your fees 14 TRANSPORTATION and resources before the published semester • Meet other new students deadline. Refer to fee payment • Go on a guided campus tour deadlines online. TIP: In order to attend this event, TIP: If you’re being funded, you may be you must register online. Make sure eligible for a tuition deferral. you register early as space is limited. • Students who have been To register, log on to myLangara and approved for BC/Canada Student click on New Student Orientation. You Loans before the tuition due date can then register for the event in the will receive an automatic deferral same way you registered for courses. • Students with out-of-province government loans will be granted TELL YOUR PARENTS ABOUT fee deferrals if they bring in PARENT ORIENTATION written documentation of the Do your parents want to learn approval before the tuition more about your transition to due date Langara? Have them join us for • Students who have been an information-packed event to approved for sponsorship hear from instructors and current funding are eligible for fee students, tour the campus, and ease deferrals through Student their minds. Accounts TIP: Make sure they register early For more information, contact Langara College as space is limited. Visit the Student Financial Aid at [email protected] 100 West 49th Avenue Services section of the College website Vancouver, BC, V5Y 2Z6 or search “Parent Orientation” for more information. www.langara.bc.ca 2 WWW.LANGARA.BC.CA GET YOUR STUDENT ID CARD Check www.langara.bc.ca/upass WANT CREDIT FOR CLASSES YOU’VE ALREADY TAKEN? Your Student ID card is your passport for dispenser locations and current If you have studied at another recognized post-secondary to Langara. It allows you to: information on the upcoming school, completed an International Baccalaureate • Access your U-Pass BC card Compass Card. Diploma, or passed Advanced Placement exams, you may (bus pass) be eligible for college credit at Langara. For additional • Take advantage of student TIP: Before you pick up your information, visit the Langara website and search discounts around town U-Pass BC card ensure you: keywords “Transfer Credit”. • Access the Langara Library • Are enrolled in courses eligible For information on which courses may be transferable, go for U-Pass BC Your free Student ID card can be to www.bctransferguide.ca. • Have paid all of your student fees obtained via Instructional Media • Have been issued a Student ID TIP: Transfer credits are not automatically granted, so make Services (IMS) located on the 2nd card with a magnetic stripe sure you get the credit you deserve by filling out a Transfer floor in the southwest corner of Credit Request Form and submitting it to Registrar and C building. At the beginning of the GET YOUR COURSE MATERIALS Enrolment Services. fall and spring semesters IMS sets Approximately six weeks prior up photo ID stations in the Student to the beginning of the semester, UpDATE YOUR CONTAct INFORMATION Union Building (SUB). Search myLangara will automatically Make sure your contact information on myLangara keywords “Student ID” on the College generate a list of course materials (www.langara.bc.ca/login) is up-to-date and check your website for location, dates and times your instructors have chosen for Langara email frequently. The College uses myLangara for scheduled photo ID sessions. your classes. Log on to the portal, to communicate officially with the Langara community, Replacement cards cost $10. visit the myCourses tab, and go to the especially in case of emergencies (such as snow closures). TIP: Before you get your Student ID Find My Textbooks Tool. You will card, make sure you: have the option to purchase online TIP: Update your contact information before you get your • Are currently enrolled in classes and have your materials delivered U-Pass BC and Student ID cards. • Pay all of your student fees to you, or pre-packed for pickup on • Know your Langara ID number campus. • Bring one piece of photo ID Visit the Bookstore’s shopping site, • Update your contact info on myCampus store (mycampusstore. GET CONNEctED myLangara langara.bc.ca) for: Langara is on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, • Textbooks as required for class GET YOUR U-PASS BC CARD Instagram, Google+, and YouTube. Get the • Reference books U-Pass BC is a student transit pass latest on what’s going on around campus! • Langara Spirit Gear and gifts program that gives eligible students • E-books 3-zone unlimited access to TransLink • Access codes Bus, SkyTrain, and SeaBus services • Student SWAP (used books throughout Metro Vancouver, as classifieds) well as discounts on the • Apple Education Pricing West Coast Express. Visit the Langara Bookstore for Eligible students can pick up each stationary supplies, your U-Pass BC, month’s U-Pass BC card from and all your Langara course dispenser machines located around materials needs. the campus by swiping their Langara Student ID card. When TransLink TIP: Avoid line-ups by purchasing your fully launches the new and materials online or by bringing the convenient Compass Card, students printable list into the Bookstore the will be able to load their monthly week before the semester starts. At the U-Pass BC onto the Compass Card end of the semester, sell your books for quick and easy travel. back for cash at Buy Back. THE COLLEGE OF HIGHER LEARNING. 3 How do I check my progress? AcADEMIC LIFE Whatever your educational or career goals WITHDRAWALS you can earn a variety of credentials at If a course isn’t working out for DID YOU KNOW LANGARA ALSO HAS A GREAT you, you can discontinue it by using Langara, such as bachelor’s and associate CONTINUING StUDIES myLangara until the withdrawal DEPARTMENT? degrees, diplomas, certificates, and citations. deadline. For more information They offer a rich and on withdrawing or withdrawal Here’s what you need to know as you begin diverse range of lifelong deadlines, please visit the College learning opportunities your academic life at Langara. website and check the online across 800 courses and Registration Guide. AcADEMIC StANDING more than 40 certificate To maintain good academic standing, you must TRANSCRIptS programs. Students maintain a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 1.5 Need an official transcript? You can can choose to focus on each semester. If your average is less than 1.5 or you order one online through myLangara personal, organizational, or receive more than one “F”, “N”, or “U” grade, you will or visit Registrar and Enrolment community development be placed on Academic Probation and will be advised Services. Fees are posted on the through studies in a range to contact the Counselling Department to discuss website. Please allow five working of programs, including educational concerns. For more information, visit days for processing. accounting, finance, the College website and search keywords “Academic TIP: If you just want an unofficial business, computer Standing”. transcript, you can print it from your technology, holistic health, myLangara account. creative and applied arts, CHECKING PROGRESS languages, and more. Interested in comparing your courses with the graduation requirements of a program? You can do Courses are designed to fit this through myLangara. Simply go to the Student into busy schedules and Main Menu, click on Student Records, and then select enable you to achieve your Graduation Evaluation. Please note that this is not an educational, professional, official evaluation. and personal goals. TIP: You should apply for graduation through Registrar and Check the Continuing Enrolment Services in the semester you expect to complete Studies website or pick your program. To receive your credential at the annual June up a Continuing Studies convocation ceremonies, make sure you apply before the posted deadline. catalogue for more information. www.langara.bc.ca/cs 4 WWW.LANGARA.BC.CA Study options. FLEXIBLE STUDY DELIVERY DISTANCE LEARNING Can’t make it to campus? Do you have an irregular work or home schedule? Take an online course or choose a guided independent study option and make the world your classroom. Online courses let you interact with instructors and classmates using the web and Desire 2 Learn (D2L), Langara’s online course software. To get the full list of online options, visit the College website and click on Registration & Records. Guided independent study options are offered in some subject areas such as Chinese, Communications, English, French, Greek, Latin, Psychology, and Spanish. Please contact relevant departments for more information. COOPERATIVE EDUCATION Want to get work experience while attending school? Consider Co-op and integrate academic studies with practical career-related work experience. Alternate terms of full-time classroom study with terms of full-time employment to gain experience in your field of interest.