Your SEP

The information below will help you create, submit and register from your SEP:

What is an Student Educational Plan (SEP) and why is it important?

Your Student Educational Plan (SEP) is an online plan you create through the PCC Portal. Your SEP helps you plan what classes you will take each semester. Your SEP helps ensure that the classes you are taking will help you meet health science program admission criteria, requirements and that you will be a competitive applicant. It is a clear road map of what classes you need to complete and in what order to satisfy admissions requirements to be eligible to apply to your program. Successful students dedicate time to creating their SEP and consulting their advisors regarding their SEP.

Your SEP and Registration:

Every student at PCC is required to complete an SEP each semester before they are allowed to register for classes. In addition, SEPs must be approved by me, your academic advisor, before you are able to register for classes. You are only able to register for classes that are on their SEP AND that have been approved by me.

Remember that academic planning is the responsibility of students (i.e. you). While I am here as you advisor to assist and guide you, creating your SEP and registering for classes is your responsibility. This allows you to take control of your education. Learning to academically plan and use your SEP can help empower you to makes choices about the classes you take instead of having someone else decide for you. In addition, being an active participant in creating your SEP can open meaningful academic planning dialogue between you and your advisor (me) that will help you understand why you are taking the courses you are taking, ensure that you are taking classes that will meet program requirements, allow your voice to be heard, and help you practice academic planning.

Use Your Curriculum Sheet to Plan Your SEP:

When creating your SEP, consult your PCC Health Science curriculum sheet to determine what classes you need to register for. Using your PCC degree health science intended program curriculum sheet to develop your SEP will help you stay on track and ensure that you meet program application requirements for your intended program. Not utilizing your curriculum sheet could set you back a whole year from entering your intended program. Click here to locate your intended program's curriculum sheet.

Need help reading your curriculum sheet? View the curriculum sheet section of my webpage for assistance.

SEP Resources:

Video Instructions: How to Build and Submit Your SEP

Mr. King's Tips and Other Information for Creating & Submitting Your SEP:

• Important: Remember that submitting your SEP and having it approved does not mean that you are registered for classes. After your plan as been approved you will still need to log back into your plan and register for the classes on your plan on your registration date (see the academic calendar or your SEP for your registration date)

• As stated above, use your intended health science curriculum sheet

• Plan all prerequisites as early as possible. Delaying taking a prerequisite course will delay your ability to take any upper level courses that requires you to complete the prerequisite first. This can delay your admission into a program and/or graduation date.

• Use the search for classes bar in your SEP to pull up courses and review the course descriptions and prerequisites. You can also locate course descriptions in the college catalog

• Before you submit your SEP leave a note for me indicating your intended program. Do this each semester. This helps me assess if you are still working towards your current academic goal or if you have changed your intended program. Please note that I will never approve an SEP if I do not know what your intended Health Science program is.

• Use the notes tab to leave other messages for me. However, remember that I do not receive an alert if you entered a note, but did not click the request review button. If you want to leave a note for me, please makes sure you click the submit review button so that I am alerted to reed your note.

• BIO-163, BIO-168 and BIO-169 expire after 10 years.

• Biology Retake Policy: Points will be deducted from quality point total for each repeat attempt in Anatomy & Physiology (i.e. BI-163, BIO-168, and/or BIO-169). If the course has expired and you must retake it, it will not count as a reattempt, but as your first attempt.

• I advise all health science students to develop multiple back-up plans in the event that they are not accepted to their intended program. Back-up plans include, but are not limited to, applying to two health science programs (you are allowed to apply to a maximum of two program simultaneously), applying to programs at multiple schools, planning for non-health science program. Whatever your back-up plan(s) is please be sure to share it with me so that I can adequately help you academically plan with your back-up goals in mind. Also, feel free to reach out to me to help you develop a back-up plan(s). Click here to learn more about back-up plans.