Deciding What to Take

Once all of the required materials on the Registration Checklist have been received by BRTC, students must meet with an advisor. Advisors are instrumental in helping students with their desired or potential degree/certificate, selection and scheduling of courses, and with basic BRTC information.

New students will be registered by one of the Academic Advisors in Student Services.  You will also be assigned a permanent faculty advisor.  You are required to meet with this advisor each semester to discuss your degree plan before enrolling in classes.  During this meeting your advisor will help you select the correct courses for you degree plan and develop a schedule.  Each semester, your advisor will also remove the advisement hold so you can register for classes.

After this meeting you will be ready to register for your classes using CampusConnect.  CampusConnect will also prepare a printable class schedule for you.  Obtain your CampusConnect username and PIN from Student Services.

You can prepare for advisement and registration by having an idea about what you need to take and when you want to take your courses. See which courses are being offered each semester by looking at the Schedule of Classes.  You can also help prepare yourself for your advising session by becoming familiar with the following terms and information.

• Credit Hour refers to the hours you are in class each week. Most classes are 3 credit hours, but some that have labs may be 4; others may be 2.

• MW means class meets on Monday and Wednesday.

• TR means class meets on Tuesday and Thursday.

• F means class meets on Friday.

• M or T or W or R or F means class meets only one day or night per week.

• Room numbers TC and TR refer to the Paragould campus.

• Online in the building section means the class in an online, or Internet, class.  For more information about online classes, see the DE website.

• Hybrid after the course name means that the class is a combination of online and on-campus coursework.

• CVN after the course name means that the class is held via compressed video.

Also consider such things as your work schedule and home obligations before you decide how many courses to take each semester. You will be considered a full time student if you take 12 or more credit hours.