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Frederick Community College • Summer 2019 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), 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, and
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.