Make sure your path to an OU bachelor's degree is a smooth one.
You are limited to the number of credits that can be completed at the community college and transferred to OU. That number is typically one-half the number of credits required for your specific bachelor's degree program. (If you're not sure how many credits are required for your program, look it up in the
online catalog.) Below is a list of action items to complete at certain milestones. Take note that you should be seeing both an OU academic adviser and an adviser at the partner school for your first two years.
First year (27 or fewer credit hours completed)
- Prior to your first semester in college, attend new student orientation at OU — even if you don't plan to take classes here your first semester.
- Work with your assigned academic adviser in the First Year Advising Center along with an educational counselor/academic adviser at the community college to develop an academic plan.
Second year (28-55 credit hours completed)
- Meet with an OU academic adviser within your area of study. Still undecided? Continue working with the First Year Advising Center until a major is decided upon. Discuss the following questions:
- What are the GPA requirements for my major?
- What are my program/degree requirements?
- What major courses must be taken at Oakland University?
- Discuss options like reverse transfer and the MACRAO agreement with your academic adviser/educational counselor at the community college.
40 or more credit hours completed
- If you haven't done so already, meet with your OU academic adviser immediately to make a short-term plan to transition to Oakland University.
62 or more credit hours completed
- If you have exceeded 62 credits at the community college, you are in danger of losing financial aid or of not receiving credit for your work over 62 credit hours.
Mott Community College serves Genesee County and the surrounding community by creating high quality educational opportunities that strengthen the area's economy.
MCC works with area residents, labor, business, government and other educational institutions to make sure our curriculum complements employers' training needs while providing the most cost effective educational options in the area.
Our programs focus on university transfer, technical and lifelong learning, as well as workforce and economic development — that promote student success, individual development, and improve the overall quality of life in the multicultural community we serve.
Aside from the fact that MCC will cost you half of what you would pay at other colleges or universities, MCC (like other community colleges) is outcome-oriented, leading to either immediate career employment or transfer to a four-year university.
Students planning to go on to a four-year college or university can use a two-year arts and sciences program that leads to an associate of arts or associate of science degree that can transfer to a university.
MCC may also be the answer for students who are not yet ready either socially or academically — for a four-year college as your community college offers ability assessment, personal attention and academic preparation for college-level work.