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Frederick Community College • Fall 2018 Credit Schedule • • 301.846.2400 3
How to Apply &
Register
Please monitor your myFCC email for updates from
the College.
New Students
Please follow the steps below and call
301.846.2400 if you have questions.
1) Apply to the College
• Go to to apply online.
• Click Apply & Register.
• Click Apply Now.
• You will receive your Welcome Packet and New
Student ID number in the mail. You also have
the option of coming to campus and receiving
your ID number at the time you apply.
Or
• Download the application from the FCC
website ( ). You can then bring the
application to campus or mail the completed
application to:
Admissions
Frederick Community College
7932 Opossumtown Pike
Frederick, MD 21702
2) Prepare for registration
To comply with the Maryland College and Career
Readiness Act of 2013, the College requires that all
degree-seeking students complete a college credit-
bearing math and college credit-bearing English
course prior to the completion of 24 college credits.
3) Meet with an advisor
An advisor can help you select your courses
and discuss your academic and career goals.
Contact Counseling & Advising, 301.846.2471.
• Students who are advised by Multicultural
Student Services (301.846.2531), Veteran
Services (301.624.2836), Office of Adult Services
(301.846.2483), or Services for Students with
Disabilities (301.846.2408) should make an
appointment with their program advisor.
4) Required Orientation, Advising, &
Registration (ROAR)
All new students planning to attend
FCC for their first college experience will
participate in the ROAR program. Students
must have applied to the College and
completed their placement assessment
(or submitted testing exemptions) before
they can schedule a ROAR appointment.
Three steps to ROAR:
• An online orientation featuring videos with
current FCC students telling you exactly what
you need to know about attending college
• An on-campus meeting with an Academic
Advisor to help you develop your academic and
career plan
• A registration lab where you’ll learn how to
enroll yourself into classes
For more information about ROAR, please visit
student-orientation.aspx.
5) Register for Classes After meeting with an
academic advisor and selecting your courses,
you can register for classes.
6) Pay for classes
Students may not attend a class if they have
not registered for that class andmade payment
arrangements.
Academic Assessment and Placement Policy
and Procedures
I. Philosophy and Scope
Frederick Community College (“FCC” or
the “College”) is committed to supporting
student success by ensuring appropriate
course placement using a series of
computerbased assessment tests that
measure individuals’ reading, writing, and
math skills. Minimum placement scores,
known as cut scores, are established through
statewide agreements. These scores are
used to determine college-readiness and
placement into specific courses, including
developmental and college-level courses.
Credit courses have prerequisites that
include expectations of college-readiness
as reflected in the placement scores and/
or other pre-established expectations. This
policy and procedures outlines placement
test requirements, guidelines for placement,
and exemptions and exceptions to required
placement testing.
II. Definitions for the Purpose of this Policy
and Procedures
A. “Certificate-Seeking” refers to a category
of individuals who have declared an intent
to follow a sequence of specific credit
courses resulting in a formal award of
completion of up to 36 credits.
B. “Courses of Interest” refers to a category
of individuals who seek to take courses
listed as credit in the FCC Academic Catalog
for personal knowledge or professional
development as opposed to the fulfillment
of FCC program requirements.
C. “Degree-Seeking” refers to a category of
individuals who have declared an intent to
follow a prescribed curriculum in a career or
transfer program that leads to an associate
degree, which is generally sixty (60) credits,
unless otherwise specified.
D. “Developmental Courses” are courses
that prepare students for college-level
coursework in reading, writing, English
as a Second Language (ESL), and math.
Developmental education includes
multiple course sequences with students
progressing as skills are developed.
Students are assigned to developmental
courses based on their placement test
scores.
E. “Enrollment” is the status achieved when
an individual has registered for classes and
has either paid or made arrangements for
payment of tuition and/or fees.
F. “Full-time Enrollment” refers to a
student enrolled in twelve (12) or more
credits during the fall or spring semesters,
or in a total of twelve (12) credit hours
cumulatively for the summer session.
G. “Readmitted Students” refers to
individuals who have attended FCC but not
within the past two years.
H. “Transfer student” refers to an individual
who has attended another institution
of higher learning after high school
graduation or equivalency, and who seeks
to receive credit for prior coursework
completed at previous institutions.
III. Placement Testing Requirements
A. After applying to the College, placement
tests are required for:
1. Individuals who are first-time
college students who are seeking a
degree or certificate whether they
enroll full-time or part-time.
2. Individuals planning to take their first
English or mathematics course.
3. Currently enrolled students seeking a
degree/certificate, whether enrolled
fulltime or part-time, who have not been
tested in the past or whose placement
scores and/or exemptions have expired.
4. Transfer or readmitted individuals
who have not completed a college-
level math and/or English course.
5. Individuals who are designated as
Courses of Interest students and wish
to enroll in courses with prerequisites of
reading, writing, ESL, or mathematics.
6. Individuals who change their
designation from Courses of Interest
to certificate or degree-seeking.