Absence due to illness—Students should notify
the instructor if they will be unable to attend
class/es due to illness.
Students are responsible for making
arrangements with their instructor(s) to
complete all coursework they have missed.
Instructors may drop students who do not attend
the first class meeting or when the number of
unexcused absences equals the number of
times the class meets each week.
STEP 2. Utilize support services that include
tutoring, advising, and counseling to help
you be successful.
There are many support
service programs on campus to help you be
successful. Check with Counseling and Student
Support Programs staff learn more about what
is available.
STEP 3. Seek help if you experience
academic difficulty.
Talk to your instructor(s),
meet with your Counselor, get a tutor, and seek
assistance in the Academic Success Center
(ASC). To access the services in the ASC, each
semester you need to enroll in EDUC 0670
which is a zero unit course.
Tips for Success
Develop a plan to complete your education and
meet your goals.
1. Develop a plan for learning using Navigator
resources.
2. Get to know faculty, staff and other students.
They are your best resources for navigating
the system.
3. Plan ahead and ask questions! There are
deadlines, class assignments, financial
aid applications and dates for adding or
dropping classes, and more to remember.
4. Use a calendar, like the one in this
handbook, to list important dates for COS
events. List your assignments, test dates,
appointments and work schedule. Refer to
it daily to keep yourself on track.
5. Learn success tips. While it may seem
overwhelming at first, there are things
you can do to be successful. Ask your
instructors or the successful students in
your classes for ideas on how to succeed.
6. Use the Academic Success Center. To
have access, you must enroll the a zero
unit course, EDUC 0670 each semester.
Benefits include tutoring, use of the
computer, math, and reading labs with
help from support staff, weekly success
seminars, printing up to 20 copies per day
and much more!
7 The Library is another great resource.
There are almost 40,000 books in the
Library and over 60,000 online ebooks.
You can also turn to the Library for online
streaming videos, an interactive language
learning program, thousands of research
articles, and more! Your free library card
gives you access to all online materials from
off-campus. Can’t find what you need? The
great Library staff is there to help.
What are your life and
career goals?
What do you want to do for a career? It’s a question
we’ve all been asked many times and it may be
difficult to know what you really want to do.
While it’s difficult to think about your life goals at
this time it is important for your success in college
to have a few general ideas about what you enjoy
and want to do. Decisions about your education
will flow from your career and life goals.
Generally, we all want to be happy, successful
and satisfied with our lives. One of the most
important things you can do as a student is to
think about what you want to do with your life
and create a career and academic plan that
will help you get there. Your counselor, advisor,
and instructors can help with career ideas and
counselors and advisors will help you develop an
acadmic plan to support your career goals.
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