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Guide for Students Who Have Never Taken a Course
at Westchester Community College and
Want to Enroll in Online Courses

  • It is your responsibility to follow the procedures as outlined below
  • Please read this guide several times before contacting our office with any questions
  • Please monitor your email: read and respond when needed 
  • Always include your full name and the last 4 digits of your social security numbers in all emails sent to us

  Choose your Online Education Courses.

For Online courses offered this semester click this link http://www.sunywcc.edu/dl/courses.

Courses are identified by a 4-digit reference number. An open course does not guarantee a seat. You have to register AND pay to have a seat. Click here for Course availability.

Note that some Online courses have special requirements:

  • Science courses may require students to register for an on-campus lab
  • Classes may have prerequisites and, if so, you will need proof that they have been met
  • May be “hybrids” and require weekly attendance on-campus
  • Classes may require proctored exams

for more information on an Online course click this link: Select one of the categories from the Course List (e.g. Accounting,) select your course level and search the course using the 4 digit reference number (not available in any on-campus courses and available in some Online courses)

Fax the following forms below to Admissions fax # 914-606-6540:

 

Checklist of necessary forms:

 

  1. Cover sheet
  2. Application form
  3. Health forms
  4. Certificate of Residency
  5. High school transcript
  6. College transcript

 

Procedures: make sure you read all 10 precudure steps below

1. Fax cover sheet. return to checklist

A cover sheet may be downloaded here.

2. Applications form. return to checklist

Download the admission application click here and select the correct semester application.

3. Health Forms.return to checklist

If you are enrolling for more then 5 credits the Immunization form is required as part of your APPLICATION PACKAGE. For more info click here. If registering for 5 credits or less you DO NOT need this form.

The Proof of Immunization Form and the Meningococcal Meningitis Response Form are combined in a single document available at http://www.sunywcc.edu/regforms. Be sure to fill in the information required at the top and sign at the bottom of Part I. The Nurse's office needs to be able to telephone you if there is a question.

4. Certificate of Residence form. return to checklist

If you are a New York State resident living outside of Westchester County, you must submit a Certificate of Residence as part of your APPLICATION PACKAGE . For more info click here. If you live in Westchester county you DO NOT need this form.

Once you receive a signed Certificate of Residence from the finance office of your home county, fax a copy to the Admissions office 606-6540 and then mail the original (not a copy) to the Bursar's Office.  The original must be received no later than 30 days after the start of the semester. 

Bursar's Office Mailing Address:
Room 125 Administration Building
Westchester Community College

75 Grasslands Road , Valhalla , NY 10595

 

   

Note: if you are unable to obtain a certificate of residence by the time payment is required, you have the option of paying out-of-county rates and sending in the certificate and a request for refund later.  The original must be here within 30 days of the start of the semester.  Contact the Bursar's office; the refund request form can be emailed to you and faxed back to the office.

 

5. If and only if you are pursuing a degree in WCC Proof of High School Completion is required. return to checklist

If you are attending or previously attended another college you DO NOT need proof of High School or GED. Your unofficial college transcripts from the other college satisfy this requirement.

Students that are pursuing a degree in WCC and who have never attended college must request that an official high school transcript be sent directly to Westchester Community College.  Current high school students must submit an official final transcript or copy of the diploma upon graduation. GED recipients must submit an official copy of their GED.  Official transcripts should be requested and be forwarded directly to the Office of Admissions. For more info click here

6. Fax the APPLICATION PACKAGE to (914) 606-6540

After you have faxed the application package please wait 3 to 5 business days. The Admissions office will mail or e-mail you to inform you when the package has been processed. Proceed to step 7.

7. If a course has a Prerequisite you need show proof that satisfies the prerequisite: return to checklist

Check for course prerequisites requirements

If the course you want to take has a prerequisite, you need to show proof that you have taken the prerequisite. You may fax Unofficial transcripts from another college as proof. Proof of satisified prerequisites must be received prior to enrollment in the course.

Note: Mathematics and English courses require Placement Tests unless you have taken college-level mathematics or English at another college. Placement tests may be taken as soon as you are notified by the Admissions Office that the application package is complete. For more information or to schedule a placement test click here . Placement test scores are entered into the information system, so you do not need to show proof you have taken the Placement tests.

8. Register for classes

Contact the Online Education office by Email or fax as soon as you are notified by Admissions that you were admitted and have taken any required Placement tests so that we may proceed with your registration. Online Education's fax number is: (914) 606-8550 and email is:online.education@sunywcc.edu

Include:

  • which course(s) you intend to take, include the 4 digit reference number and name of course(s)
  • the last four digits of your social security number
  • any unofficial/official transcripts from other college(s) (necessary to check course prerequisites)
  • and your first and last name.

You must email of fax us or you will not be registered!

9. Pay your bill

To pay your bill. You have 3 payment options.

Wait 24 hours after you registered to access your bill and Pay online (Student ID= Social Sec #. PIN = DOB 'MMDDYY'). To pay click here  

Or

Pay in person at the Bursar's Office (Valhalla Campus, Admin Bldg. Room 125)

Or

Mail a check (if time permits) to:

Westchester Community College, Bursar's Office
75 Grasslands Road
Valhalla, NY 10595

Be sure to write your social security number in the memo field. If you are close to the date students will be dropped for nonpayment, mail your check to the Bursar’s office by overnight mail if necessary because if you are no longer in the course when the check arrives it will be returned to you. 

 

10.Complete the mandatory online orientation for new students. More info on the Online Orientation.
The online orientation will get your computer ready for Blackboard CE (User Name: first 4 letters of last name follow by the first letter of first name follow by last 4 digist of your social security number. Password: same as User Name.) and will also show you how and when to login to Blackboard CE. Your course will be available on the 1st day of the semester. However, the instructor may decide to make it available earlier. If you don’t see your course listed on the 1st day contact the Online Education department.
 

     

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