College Glossary of Terms

This tool is MCC's tutoring services portal . You can schedule and view available tutors in this application. Walk-in hours are posted to the Tutoring and Learning Center webpage.

This is the web-based learning management system MCC uses to deliver all courses. Canvas is where you will turn in your homework, check grades, and review assignment details when you are taking a CollegeNow or Kickstart Online course. If you are having trouble using this tool, review the Student Introduction to Canvas.

MCC's Career Academy program provides and opportunity for high school juniors and seniors to learn specific career knowledge and skills prior to high school graduation. By participating in MCC Career Academies, students can explore a career field and even get a start on a degree and/or job, all while earning up to 29 college credit hours for one-year academies, and up to 54 college credit hours for two-year academies. Visit the Career Academy website for more information.

High school students are able to take regular MCC courses through the CollegeNow! program. Courses are offered on a quarterly schedule, and most last 10 weeks. They are offered online, in-person, and remote. Fall classes start in September; winter classes start in December; spring classes start in March; and summer classes start in June.

Your Dual Enrollment Navigator, or DEN, is your MCC college advisor while you are in high school. DENs help high school students to create education plans, register for courses, help with transfer questions, and anything else pertaining to your MCC college experience while in high school.

Your current DEN is Alyssa Wiese (awiese@mccneb.edu or 531-622-2343)

This program is exclusively available to high school students. Courses offered through this program are slower-paced and last 16 weeks to better align with a traditional high school timeline. Students must register through Secondary Partnerships for courses offered in Kickstart Online.

This is an official college document that is a formal record of a student's academic history and can be provided electronically or physically. All unofficial transcripts contain MCC's official seal.

Information on your official transcript will include courses taken, grades, dates of attendance, major, degree earned (if applicable), GPA, and honors received. Most students will send their official transcripts to the college they plan to attend June after high school graduation.

Go to https://tiny.cc/ordertranscript to request your official transcripts. A small fee will apply.

This refers to your intended degree or certificate at MCC. These generally have a five character code made of letters or a combination of letters and number (ex. LATAA, BAKE1, etc). You can view your program of study in Self Service: My Progress. If you want to change your program, schedule a meeting with your Dual Enrollment Navigator.

This is your primary student information portal. In your Self Service application, you can view your current schedule and program, download your unofficial college transcript, and pay your bill. You can login to Self Service at https://tiny.cc/mcclinks.

These courses are generally transferrable to most colleges and degree programs. You should always check with the college where you are planning to earn your degree to see if and how the course transfers. Be sure to ask if the course transfers as a general education credit or elective credit.

You can view a list of MCC transfer courses here. If you are planning to earn an associate's degree, review the Education & Career templates for your focus area/degree type.

This is a PDF of all courses you've taken at MCC with your final grade. Unofficial transcripts will have your preferred name, MCC ID number, and MCC GPA listed. Students can download their unofficial transcript through Self Service.

When you apply to colleges, the application usually has a question about dual enrollment credits and/or credits taken at other colleges or universities. Then, they usually ask you to upload an unofficial transcript or enter your course information. Either way, you can use your unofficial transcript to provide this information. Students usually send official transcripts June of their senior year.