Academic Advising is critical to the success, satisfaction, retention, and graduation of Mohave Community College students.

Academic advising is an ongoing interactive process involving the student, advisors, faculty, staff and the institution. The primary goal of academic advising is to aid students in developing personal, professional, and career goals that are challenging, worthwhile, and realistic.

NEW STUDENTS – Meeting with an academic advisor is one of the best things you can do to facilitate your educational success. Advisors can help you  develop an educational plan for goal achievement; schedule for an upcoming semester; exploring majors or careers and connecting you to campus resources. Advisors will use information (e.g., high school transcripts, assessment scores and other evaluative data) to assist you in pursuing a program consistent with your educational goals and level of preparation.

CONTINUING STUDENTS

You may enroll in courses for which you have completed the prerequisites without an advisor’s signature. However, you must meet with an academic advisor if you:

Receive Financial Aid Select courses for which you have not met prerequisites Change your degree, major or catalog year Add or Drop a class

Need help to review your academic progress Plan to transfer to a university Experience academic difficulties Are completing your degree or certificate program. (You should meet with and advisor at least one semester before commencement)

Succeeding at MCC - You are responsible for knowing the degree requirements and for knowing that the courses in which you enroll will meet the degree requirements. To gain a total college experience, you are encouraged to familiarize yourself with the MCC services, activities and resources. You should become familiar with the Class Schedule, the College Catalog and the Student Handbook section at the back of the catalog.

You are also encouraged to participate in programs, classes and activities that help you develop and grow academically. MCC faculty and academic counselors, as well as family and peers, can all be valuable sources of information on how to succeed in college.

TRANSFER STUDENTS

INCOMING TRANSFER STUDENTS 

• Students who have attended other colleges should indicate that fact on the admission form, and provide Mohave Community College with an OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT of all work completed. Upon the student's request through the local campus Director of Student Services, the Office of the Registrar will evaluate transcripts to determine how much credit will be granted for transfer courses toward satisfying MCC degree and certificate requirements. (download procedures here) Only courses with a "C" or better will be considered for transfer credit. Certain pass/fail grades may be accepted for students with at least a 2.5 cumulative grade point average. Science, nursing, computer courses and other technical courses taken 10 or more years ago are not accepted. Police Science, Fire Science and Early Childhood Education classes taken five or more years ago are not accepted.
• Transfer credits must have been acquired through a regionally accredited college or university, or a school listed in the National Guide to Credit Recommendations for Non-collegiate Schools or The Guide to the Evaluation of Education Experience in the Armed Services. The Registrar has final authority in the decision of a course's transferability into an MCC certificate or degree program.
• If a student's cumulative GPA was below 2.0 at a previous college, he/she will be admitted to MCC on academic probation (refer to the section on Academic Standards).

Note: One-third of the credits needed to earn an associate's degree or a certificate of proficiency must be completed at MCC.