Clovis Community College questions

Hi everyone, a friend of mine recently started her BA at a local Canadian university, and is looking for ways to complete her degree at lower cost, but wants to stay at her current school. Her school accepts 15 courses of transfer credit towards her BA, so I was searching for cheap RA online courses in the 'states when I came across Clovis Community College.

Questions ...

- Will most schools accept CCC credits as transfer credits? Only reason I ask is because it looks from their site that they offer diplomas or Associate degrees, would such courses likely be accepted towards a BA? (I know the best way is to my friend's school and ask if they'll take 'em, but generally have you guys had success with this?)

- Their tuition page is a bit confusing:
http://www.clovis.edu/AdministrationandFinance/TuitionandFees/index.asp
Is this saying that taking one 3-credit course for a non-resident is $116+9=$125 ... and taking two 3-credit courses (6 credits) is the same price?? That seems insanely cheap if that's the case? Or am I totally misunderstanding their chart?

Thanks all

 

Last time I asked them, Clovis didn't accept international students to online courses. Don't know if same goes for Canadians though...

 

In general most RA universities will accept credits from CCC - however many schools do have limitations - quite often depending on the specific degree. Their is often a limit on the amount of lower division courses accepted by transfer.

From the web site you quoted: You can enroll for up to 6 credit hours for the same price as 3 credit hours if you are a Non-Resident student.

 

If your friend is interested, he/she better hurry, since Fall Semester starts today. Also, for online classes, under fees, there is a $50 fee per course, so the cost would be $175.

Shawn

 

Ah thanks for the info, I didn't see the $50 online fee. Still, $225 for TWO courses is a steal, given that a single course at York University (where she's enrolled now) runs over $1,000!

I tried to find info on the site re whether they will accept non-USA students for their online courses but couldn't find anything so I've contacted them via email to ask.

 

I received a reply from CCC re international students:

So I guess I'll research some other schools where she can take some cheap classes

 

There should be several other colleges/universities in New Mexico with affordable tuition - e.g. San Juan College, Western New Mexico University, New Mexico Highlands University, New Mexico Junior College.


Take for example SJC

http://www.sanjuancollege.edu/pages/4782.asp

You might want to check if they'll allow international students to take individual courses. I tried writing them several months ago, but didn't receive an answer. As for tuition:

http://www.sanjuancollege.edu/pages/139.asp

However, at that rate, LSU IDL is not much more expensive and it does offer individual courses for internationals as well.

Also, at least some of the schools from this list might have affordable tuition for internationals as well as US citizens:

http://aboutedu.org/page35.php

 

Thank you for the links, I actually visited the San Juan college site just after posting here today, and have emailed them to ask about taking individual courses. I will check out LSU also!

 

Cool!

When they respond, please tell us here what they say regarding individual courses.

 

Wait a second, York will accept US College credits on an LOP (I assume that since she's started her BA, she'll need an LOP to enroll elsewhere) towards the degree?

wow things have changed in Ontario

 

What's an "LOP"?

I don't know for sure that they will accept such credits, I was going by their transfer credit page here:
http://www.yorku.ca/web/futurestudents/transfercredit/
Which says
I'm in a college outside Ontario. Am I eligible for transfer credit?
Possibly. The amount of transfer credit awarded will depend on your grades, the length and nature of your studies, and how they relate to the program to which you have applied.

She'd of course have to check with York before taking any courses to see if they'll accept credits from the school, as well as confirm each individual course was acceptable to them.

 

Emmzee,

Transfer Credit is when you ENTER the program. To take additional courses you do so on what's called a "Letter of Permission"

Usually you have to lobby to the school to prove the other course is equivalent. Before you apply to the other school.

 

Ah I see, thank you for the clarification. Obviously I have never done this myself for any of my own degrees!

Is the process the same for schools in the 'states, or is this a Canadian thing? How easy is it to get a LOP, is it sort of a rare exception, or is it generally granted as long as the external course is equivalent? I get the feeling that unless it's a course that York isn't currently offering, it won't be likely they'd allow it?

I guess I will have to do some more research!

 

In the California State University (CSU) system matriculated students at one CSU school can enroll in courses at another CSU school. However a CSU student must get advance approval for a course taken at a non-CSU school.

 

Don't know about the states, I am Canadian. But basically it comes down to:
1) getting your school to agree the other school's credit will count
2) getting your school to process the paperwork (had that fail a few times for students)
3) getting the other school to let you in.

In Toronto a lot of students will take courses at Ryerson via the Con-Ed school as there is no admittance requirement, the problem the face is getting it recognized (usually not a problem) at their school (York/UofT or other).

Some schools have course equivalency maps so the process is seemless, also if the course is professionally recognized its easier to sell your school on part 1.

 

Thanks geoffs!

I got a reply from San Juan College, basically the rep sent me a Microsoft Publisher version of their brochure (?!) which says:

I cut out a small non-essential section [...] near the middle there. A simple "yes" or "no" would have sufficed really, but there's their official position

 

Did it say anything about age? Some schools waive these type requirements if the enrollee is over a certain age (25 years has been my observation).

 

Nope, I copied and pasted almost the entire doc, except for the generic "About San Juan College" part. There's this page on their site, which seems to include the info I quote above from the brochure, it doesn't say anything about age but they may of course make exceptions, I don't know:
http://www.sanjuancollege.edu/internationalstudents