MATH 008 - MATH 022 Pre-req Errors Fixed

Our Central Student Affairs Enrollment and Records staff have fixed the pre-req error issue that has been arising when students try to register for MATH 008 and MATH 022 in subsequent parts of term. Therefore, students should no longer get pre-req errors when trying to register for those classes.

Please note that the higher-level math developmental courses (MATH 033, 044, 055) may still elicit pre-req errors as we continue to work on a fix for those classes, so you should still continue to use overrides for those courses.  

Thank you to Genita Mangum, Ragin El-Shater, Crystal Scheib, and Erika Steenland for their “behind the scenes” work to fix the MATH 008/MATH 022 issue. 

Additional FYS Options for Students

As you work with students, it's important to remember that there are many options for students to meet the FYS requirement. Please see this previous blog post for more details.

Please know that the FYS options will continue to expand for students as more departments and disciplines build the outcomes into existing courses.

Current FYS options

3 Credits--FS 100 (on campus, face to face), FS 103 (online students only)

1 Credit -- FS 102, EMS 231, HONR 101, FS 101

New Math Developmental Courses and Pre-req Errors

Many of you have reached out to me regarding the pre-req errors that students receive when trying to register for back-to-back developmental math courses in the same term (e.g. Spring 2017) but different parts of that term (e.g. first seven weeks, second seven weeks). For example, a common instance of this error occurs when a student registers for MATH 008 in the first part of term and then tries to register for MATH 022 in the second part of term, only to get the pre-req error message. Unfortunately, this same error occurs for all the new math developmental courses as well.

Know that we are very much aware of this issue and its potential impact on the college and our students. Central Student Affairs staff and IT are working on the problem, but there is not an immediate fix available. Therefore, the only short-term fix is to continue to enter overrides for students. Campuses and advisors might also consider some outreach to their affected students, just to minimize the impact on enrollments. Please note that I am happy to work with any counselor, advisor, or campus to develop such an outreach plan.

Faculty advisors who have difficulty with overrides can reach out to any campus-based advisor -- or the campus Welcome Center -- for help with giving the students overrides. 

I apologize for the inconvenience and extra work that results from this issue. I sincerely wish I could offer an immediate fix, but since I cannot I will continue to push for a resolution and advocate for our students. Thank you for your patience.

Please continue to bring new concerns with the Banner XE registration portal to my attention. 

Tim Barshinger

tpbarshi@hacc.edu

717-780-2655

New Student Retention Report

There is a new report available in ARGOS that could be useful to advisors. It’s located in the Enrollment Services folder titled "STUDENT_RETENTION_CONTACT."

 

This report shows current term students who have not registered for the next term's classes (e.g. Fall 2016 students who haven't registered for Spring 2017). The report excludes anyone who has applied to graduate during the current term. It will show the students' current academic standing, financial aid SAP status, and if they have any active registration holds on SOAHOLD. It also lists their campus and contact info.

Thank you to Christina Dietz for creating this new report!

Gettysburg Dual Admission Event

Check out this November 15th event in Gettysburg.

Share with students who want to learn more about dual admission.

Learn more at this link.

New and Inactivated Programs

This link will take you to a list of new and inactivated programs.  (You may need to log in to myHACC to view the list as it is located in myHACC Extended.)

Please note that even before the program is officially inactivated we should be advising students of other options and guiding them away from the inactivated program. Such action prevents situations where students cannot finish a program because the courses are no longer offered--as well as the need for endless sub-waivers. 

Updated Prerequisites and Course Inactivations for Spring 2017

This link leads to the final spreadsheet that shows course inactivations and prerequisite changes approved for Spring 2017.   

Additional Winter Course Sections Being Added

According to Academic Affairs, many of our winter session classes, both those offered virtually and those being held on the Harrisburg Campus, are filling very well, and many are either full or nearing capacity. Thus, the decision has been made to open additional course sections. Virtual Learning plans to stagger the opening of new online winter session courses on 11/7 and 11/14.  The latter is vital because the last thing we want is 0 seats available when New Student (particularly guest students) Enrollment starts on 11/14.  It is important that we strike a balance between serving current students to aid in completion and attracting new students/guest students.

 

At the moment, it appears we will likely reach around 30 winter sessions offerings with most being additional sections of existing offerings being added over the next two weeks.

 

New Class -- ENGL 056

English 056ST is now active on Banner.

This course can be offered to those students who test into both English 002 and English 050. Like English 057, ENGL 056 is an integrated reading and writing course, and like 057, it is a three-credit course, designed to move students more quickly through the developmental English sequence, and without sacrificing essential literacy skills.

We are offering sections at Harrisburg, Lancaster, and York.

Questions about English 056 can be directed to Julie Keenan or Geraldine Gutwein.

Special Note:  For some reason, ENGL 056 is not populating into the search tool when you search specifically for that class. However, if you search all English classes at the college or at a specific campus, ENGL 056 does appear. Likewise, you can find the course by searching for ENGL 056ST.  For some reason the "ST" is required with the "056."

Engineering Program Presentations

The following links will take you to PowerPoint presentations that will benefit anyone who advises engineering  programs:

• Engineering presentation
• Mechanical Engineering
• Structural Engineering
  

Please note that you may need to sign in to myHACC to access these documents.

Inactivation -- Environmental Specialist AAS (ENSP)

Follow this link to learn more about the Fall 2016 inactivation of the Environmental Specialist AAS degree.



https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6IKKGKKCX0zSlRzekU1X0M4cm8


Please note that you may need to sign in to myHACC to access this document.