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Before starting this tutorial, complete the
“Online Nursing Application Tutorial.”
This second tutorial will guide the student
through the process to “Transfer External
Credits.” This is required for all coursework
completed outside the Los Rios Community
College District.
How to Transfer External Credits
An Application Case Study
Let’s show a student who has taken
all of their prerequisite courses at
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Courses Taken At Non-Los Rios District Colleges Will NOT Automatically Show Up in Your Prerequisite Screen.
This Displays Prerequisites That Are Currently Missing From the Application.
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‘Missing’ Prerequisites Can Be Added From Other Colleges Manually by Clicking ‘Go to Transfer External Credits.’
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Each School You Transfer Credits From Requires Its Own ‘Model.’
One Model per School. Different Schools Can NOT Share a Model!
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Select The Receiving College for your Transfer Credits. The Example Below is Set For ARC to Receive Credits.
The Credits in This Model Will be
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Next You Need to Select The College You Previously Attended and Wish To Transfer Credits From.
Select the College from the list.
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The College Selected in This Example is Sierra College. If Your College is Not Listed, Select ‘Other.’
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You May Only Select One College Per Model. Once You Have Selected Your College, Continue to the Next Page.
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Fill Out The Form For Each Prerequisite Course Taken at This (in this example, Sierra) College.
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When You Are Ready To Fill In a Field That Has A Magnifying Glass Next to it, Be Sure To Click The Magnifying Glass.
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External Term Refers to the Term, Semester Or Quarter You Took Your Course and its Seasonal Counterpart.
Click the Link That Corresponds to Your Term.
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Click on The Subject for the Course You Wish To Transfer. This Will Be The Department, Not the Specific Course.
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Click on The Course You Wish To Transfer. This Will Be The Course Number.
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Fill in The Number of Units/Credits and The Grade you Received. All Transcripts Will Be Verified!
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You May Choose to View The Transfer Equivalency Details to See Which Courses Matriculate to Los Rios.
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Click on the Link to Return to the Online Nursing Application.
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Now the Prerequisite Page Shows Your Courses. It Also Still Shows Missing Prerequisites.
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There Are Several Reasons That Would Explain Why a Prerequisite is Missing.
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A Course May Be Missing Because: •The Course Hasn’t Been Taken Yet. •The Course Was Taken at Another College Which Requires Another Model
•The Course Was Accidentally Not Transferred by the Student.
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We See the Model We Created for Sierra College. Now We Shall Edit the Model and Add the Forgotten Class.
In This Case there are multiple reasons:
1. We Forgot to Add a Course from Sierra College.
2. We Need to
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You Can Not Change Anything On This Page. Click Next to Continue.
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Here Are The Classes That Were Previously Transferred. Click “Add Another Class” at the Bottom of the Table.
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Add the Course You Need to, Using the Same Steps as Described Before and Click Submit.
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Classes you Manually Transferred from This College Model are listed. Click the Link To Return to the Application.
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Notice Only the Prerequisite Classes are Listed Here. Corequisite Classes Have Been Transferred, But Will Not Show on This Page.
We Shall Transfer the Remaining Courses Now.
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We See the Model We Created for Sierra College. Now We Shall Create a New Model for Other College
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Next You Need to Select The College You Previously
Attended; if it is Not Listed, Select ‘Other Transfer College’
Select the College from the list.
The College Selected in This Example is ‘z-Other Transfer College’. Because the College we want is Not Listed.
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The “z – ” in the list is there to put specialty
items in the bottom of the list for your convenience, as it is organized
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Add the Course You Need to,
Using the Same Steps as Described Before.
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When you click on Course Nbr, you will not see your specific course listed.
Click on the Link “TR1” Which Stands for ‘Transfer Generic Class.’
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Fill in the rest of your Class Information as demonstrated before. Add as many courses here as you need to.
Other Transfer College is unique. If you have taken classes at
multiple colleges and NONE of them are
listed; you may add all of the courses from those colleges under the same ‘Other
Transfer College’ Model.
Class(es) Transferred from ‘Other Transfer College’ Model
is listed. Click the Link To Return to the Application.
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Transfers from Other Colleges will need
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The Prerequisite Page is Updated. It Still Shows a Missing Prerequisite. We Have a Petition to Add.
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We See the Models We Created for our Transfers. Now We Shall Create a New Model for Petitions & Waivers
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The Item Selected in This Example is ‘z - Petitions & Waivers’.
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Add the Course Your Petition or Waiver Represents Using the Same Steps as Described Before.
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When you click on Course Nbr, you will not see your specific course listed.
Click on the Link “PW1” Which Stands for
‘I Have a Petition or Waiver for This Prerequisite.’
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You must enter a grade of “C”
Fill in the rest of your Class Information
Class(es) Transferred as ‘Petitions & Waivers’ Model is
listed. Click the Link To Return to the Application.
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All Prerequisites are now listed and the applicant may continue to the next step.
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What is Next?
You would then finish your online
application in the same fashion as a
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Special Note:
International Bachelors (IB) & Advanced Placement (AP)
Send official reports (NACES approved for IB; and high
school Transcripts for AP) to Admissions & Records at ARC. Go to Quick Question Counselor Desk and ask to have a
copy of the report.
Go to the Online application and select “z- Petitions &
Waivers” as your college.
When selecting grade, select “C”. This is the grade that will be considered when calculating GPA.
Attach the copy of the report to your Application
Confirmation/Cover page and submit as directed on the Cover Page.
Special Note:
Courses Taken in the Los Rios District Before 1993
Create a new college model.
Under colleges, select “z – LRCCD Crses prior to 93.”
When you click on the looking glass for ‘Course Nbr’ click on the link “PR93.”
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