Course Planning & Textbooks

We are here to help you navigate the resources and opportunities available to you as a CCP student.

From your first semester through graduation, your advising team will help you:

• Identify and Map your Pathway
  • Select courses to help you reach your goals — are you seeking a degree from NCSC? To transfer credits?
• Register for Courses & Prep for Class
  • Tools for Success in college, growth mindset & learning to self-advocate, long term college planning, etc.

Students may choose from a variety of courses for different needs: to fulfill high school graduation requirements, college degree requirements, transfer needs, or to explore areas of interest. Not all courses are allowable under the CCP program.

• Degree & Transfer Pathways – CCP students are encouraged to select a Pathway. Pathways help align CCP courses you can choose now, with future majors you may be considering. Let us help you plan for success and gain traction toward your goals! 

• Course Search– Take a look at our course offerings by semester and location.

• Career Coach – The best 5 minutes you can spend on career research!
  • Unsure where to start? Career Coach explores connection between your interests and possible careers.
  • Know your career goal? Use Career Coach to confirm the career aligns with your values and salary needs. Choose the 6 or 60 question survey in our Career Toolkit. Get immediate results on recommended careers, and the regional demand and salary data.

• Popular CCP Courses & Requirements for Placement Testing (PDF)

• NCSC’s Level 1 Courses – The first 15 college credits a CCP student takes must be from Level 1 courses.

• Transfer Credit – If you have a Bachelor degree in mind, Ohio has multiple tools for you to select the right courses for transfer.

• Articulation Agreements – Labs from partnering Career Centers could earn you college credits with NCSC and help you qualify for TFS!

• College Catalog & Student Handbook – Review comprehensive NCSC course and policy information
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For courses held at your high school, materials are provided to you in class.

For courses held at NCSC or online, carefully review your next steps

Many college courses use OpenStax or Open Educational Resources (OER).

For materials you see listed as OpenStax or OER, no purchase is required.

Your professor will provide you electronic access to OpenStax/OER materials through Canvas.
In some cases, the bookstore can make available for purchase, printed copies of such OER materials.

Q. Where do I look to see if my course has OpenStax/OER for the required materials, or if I need to go to the bookstore?

If I need to go to the bookstore, how do I know if I’m permitted to get a NCSC bookstore voucher and use it to purchase the materials?

• Required Materials are listed in MyNC, and also on the bookstore site.
  • Using MyNC,go to your class schedule, click on the course number, and look under ‘Required Materials’.
  • Using the Bookstore site,enter your course number and section from your schedule.

If you’ve confirmed your course has required materials that need purchased, are you a student from a public, nonpublic or home middle/high school?

The option to get a NCSC Voucher and obtain required materials from the bookstore is available for most public school students.

*Students from Pioneer CTC,  or Mansfield Christian, St. Peter’s or another nonpublic school, connect with your school counselor and clarify how to proceed.

After reviewing the items above, if you are a public school student who needs to get required course materials from the bookstore, and whose school has instructed you to get a NCSC voucher for your bookstore purchase, then refer to the instructions and reminders below.

• CCP Instructions to Get Required Materials_for Courses at NCSC or Online (PDF)