Transcript Counselor In-Class Presentation (online verision)

BLT Counselor Introduction
(online version)
Business, Legal & Technology (BLT)
Education Department
Welcome
• Counselors visit selected BLT classes each
semester
• Topics include:
Counselor Contact Information
@hawaii.edu email
Important Dates
BLT Degrees and Certificates
Student Forms
STAR Degree Check/View Transcript
Counselor Contact Information
Counselor Contact Information
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Counselor contact information includes email, phone, and office
location
• Lori Sakaguchi
BLT students with last names A-L
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 734-9017
Kopiko building, room 111
• Cynthia Kimura
BLT students with last names M-Z
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 734-9107
Kopiko building, room 109
Counselor Contact Information
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• Walk-in Wednesdays
9:00-11:00 a.m. and 1:00-3:00 p.m.
hours may change without notice
quick sessions, schedule an appointment if more
time required
@hawaii.edu email
• @hawaii.edu is the official email of the University of
Hawaiʻi System
• students are expected to use their @hawaii.edu email
when contacting the counselors or anyone on the
Kapiʻolani CC campus or in the University of Hawaiʻi System
• regularly check UH email for announcements and personal
email
• failure to check your UH email will mean missing critical
information from advisors, instructors, registration and
business office staff, classmates, student organizations, and
others
• the BLT counselors regularly email program majors, “News
from the BLT Counselors”
Important Dates
• Calendar on Kapiʻolani CC homepage
(www.kcc.hawaii.edu) top banner,
“CALENDARS”
review semester’s Academic Calendar
calendars available each semester
bookmark calendar for easy access
Important Dates
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• Dates to be mindful of
 last day to register, add, or drop classes without late registration fee or change
of registration fee (change fee waived for adds or drops submitted online by
deadline)
 last day to register, add, or change full-semester class sections
 last day to withdraw for 100% tuition refund
 last day to withdraw for 50% tuition refund and without a "W" (end of erase
period)
 last day to apply for graduation for associate in science (AS) and advanced
professional certificate (APC)
 last day to withdraw from classes/school
 last day of instruction
 final exam period
 date grades due
• check with instructor for specific final examination date, time, and
location
BLT Degrees and Certificates
BLT Degrees and Certificates
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Our department offers associate in science (AS) degrees;
certificates of achievement (CA), completion (CC), and
competence (CO); as well as, the advanced professional
certificate (APC)
• With an AS degree the student may
 enter career and/or
 transfer to HPU or UH West Oahu for bachelor’s degree
• With certificates: CA, CC, CO the student may
 gain practical skills and
 enter entry level positions and/or
 continue towards AS degree
BLT Degrees and Certificates
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• Degrees and certificates details:
visit the BLT website, http://blt.kcc.hawaii.edu,
click on “Programs,”
view program(s) of interest: Accounting,
Information Technology, Marketing, or Paralegal;
and
click on “Degrees and Certificates”
BLT Degrees and Certificates
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• Certificates (CA, CC, and CO) are automatically
posted on the student’s transcript
To be awarded a certificate must be an associate
in science (AS) degree major except
must be entrepreneurship certificate major for
Certificate of Competence in Entrepreneurship (ENT)
must be legal secretary certificate major for Certificate
of Completion–Legal Secretary (LS)
BLT Degrees and Certificates
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• To view AS degree and certificate courses,
view “Advising Sheets”
visit the BLT website, http://blt.kcc.hawaii.edu,
click on “Programs,”
click on “Advising Sheets,” and
select specific “Program” of interest
Student Forms
• Student forms are on the Kapiʻolani CC website
(www.kcc.hawaii.edu)
• Click on top banner, “FORMS”
(http://kcc.hawaii.edu/page/kiscdocs)
• Most commonly used forms:
 Application for Associate Degree, Certificate of Achievement, or
Advanced Professional Certificate, KISC (PDF Form)
 Change of Home Institution Form, Kekaulike Information and Service
Center (PDF Form)
 Change of Major or Add Second Major Form, Kekaulike Information
and Service Center (PDF Form)
 Class Add/Drop Form, Kekaulike Information and Service Center (PDF
Form)
 Transcript Evaluation Request Form, Kekaulike Information and Service
Center (PDF Form)
STAR Degree Check/
View Transcript
• STAR, an online degree audit program, matches
the student’s academic record against program
requirements to show what has been completed
and what needs to be completed
• Unofficial transcripts from all UH System schools
are viewed in STAR
• To view STAR, log into your MyUH portal
(https://myuhportal.hawaii.edu/cp/home/display
login) and click on STAR Degree Check/View
Transcript
STAR Degree Check/
View Transcript
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• View the following short videos regarding STAR:
 Learn how to login:
http://blt.kapiolani.hawaii.edu/star-learn-how-to-log-in/
 View unofficial transcripts:
http://blt.kapiolani.hawaii.edu/star-view-unofficialtranscripts/
 Create an academic plan in STAR:
http://blt.kapiolani.hawaii.edu/star-create-an-academicplan-in-star/
 View how courses apply to another degree:
http://blt.kapiolani.hawaii.edu/star-view-how-coursesapply-to-another-degree/
Conclusion
• Thank you for viewing this PowerPoint
• The PowerPoint highlights in-class
presentation topics but does not include
student discussions/questions
• If you have questions/concerns please contact
your BLT counselor