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Frederick Community College • 2019 J-Term/Spring 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 the Welcome
Desk in Jefferson Hall 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 Jefferson Hall or mail the
completed application to:
Admissions Office
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 within the College and Career
Readiness Center on the 2nd floor of
Jefferson Hall can help you select your
courses and discuss your academic and
career goals. To make an appointment with
Counseling and Advising, call 301.846.2471.
• Students who are advised by Multicultural
Student Services (301.846.2531), Veterans
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
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 and made 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 computer-based
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 full-
time 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.