1. Declaring Your Major & Degree Planning
Assignment # 5
Declaring Your Major
& Degree Planning

2. Purpose:
The purpose of this assignment is to create a path you can follow to complete your program at HCC & Beyond. You will also determine how long it will take you to complete your program.

3. Step 1: Decide Upon a Major
Determine whether you want to go Academic or Workforce while here at HCC (your instructor can explain the difference).

4. Step 2: Locate the degree plan for your major
Visit the Career Planner
Hccs.edu > Future Students > College & Career Planner
Select a career cluster
Decide Academic or Workforce
View the degree plan (keep this information for later)

5. Step 3: Declare Your Major
Locate the Declaring Your Major link in the college and career planner form
Complete the form, print it, and turn it in to your instructor
Your instructor will submit the form to the registrar.

6. Step 4: View Your Degree Progress Report
Go to your student system and sign in
Select “My Academics”
Select the first link “View my Advisement Report”
View the report and make sure that the correct program is listed.
See what requirements you have completed and what classes you still need to take.

7. Step 5: Select a College
Locate a college that you would like to attend.
Find the following information about the college:
The admission requirements (transfer students may have different requirements than freshman)
Make sure to determine if there are different admission requirements for the program you are pursuing.
The cost of attendance for one year
The degree plan for the program you are seeking
*If you are completing a workforce program, select another college that has the program you are pursuing here.

8. Step 6: Check the Transfer Equivalency Guide
Visit the Transfer Room
Hccs.edu > Current Students > Transfer Options
Select Credit Transfer and then Course Equivalencies
View the transfer equivalency sheet for the college you are considering

9. Step 7: Determine the Classes You Need to Take Here
Compare your degree progress report from HCC to the degree plan from the institution where you are transferring
Use the course equivalency guide to determine which HCC classes have equivalents at your next institution
Determine which classes you should take here and which classes you will need to take at the next institution

10. Step 8: Devise a Plan
Using the Degree Outline Form or by creating your own document, plan out which classes you will take and when
Determine how long it will take you to complete your program
Submit your Degree Outline or Self-created form to your instructor along with the first page of your degree progress report from your student system.

11. Step 9: Submit
You are to submit two items: 1. The Degree Outline Form or a document you created that consists of all of the required information. 2. A copy of pg. 1 of your Degree Progress report (interactive Advisement Report).