Orientation FAQ

• What is the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC)?
• Payment of tuition and fees
• How are academic dishonesty and cheating defined?
• What is netiquette?
• What is the student email policy?

The Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) is equivalent to the ten goal areas outlined in the MnSCU's general education requirement. Courses approved for a goal area at a Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) institution will apply to the same goal area at another MnSCU institution. Thus, general education requirements may be completed at this campus or met by transfer courses from another institution. When possible, select a course that will meet the MnTC in more than one goal area.

Students who have completed the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum, or who have earned an Associate of Arts (AA) degree from a Minnesota community college or state university will have completed the general education requirements that will transfer to a four-year MnSCU university and apply toward a student's bachelor's degree.

• Tuition invoices are not mailed. Monitor your account online using your Student/Tech ID and PIN.
• Students are financially responsible for any and all registration activity.
• Payment is required by established payment deadlines. If you are deferred or exempt from payment deadlines, your registration will not be canceled. The college reserves the right to cancel course registration of any student not deferred or otherwise exempt from payment deadlines. Do not, however, rely on the Drop for Non-Payment process as a way to cancel your course registration.

1. Pay in full online, in person or by mail. (ARCC does not accept credit card payment by phone, as this requires your signature or online verification.)

• Online: Submit your payment through your student account using Visa, materCard or E-Check.
• In-person: The Business Office accepts cash, check, money order, Visa, MasterCard or Discover.
• By mail: Print your billing statement from your student account, clearly print your Student/Check ID on your check and mail both to the Business Office at least five business days before the payment deadline.

2. Initiate a Payment Plan, stop by the Business Office at either campus.

Academic Dishonesty-Cheating, plagiarizing, or aiding and abetting another person in cheating or plagiarism:

a. Cheating includes, but is not limited to, the use of any unauthorized assistance in taking quizzes, tests or examinations, the dependence upon the aid of sources beyond those authorized by the instructor in writing papers, preparing reports, solving problems, or carrying out other assignments, or the acquisition, without permission, of test or other academic materials belonging to a member of the college faculty or staff.

b. Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to, the use, by paraphrase or direct quotation, of the published or unpublished work of another person without full and clear acknowledgment or the unacknowledged use of materials prepared by another person or agency engaged in the selling of term papers or other academic materials.

Netiquette is a term for appropriate conduct online. Although we come from different backgrounds and we have different viewpoints, it is important to treat others with respect and respond in a civil manner.

1. Consider carefully what you write; it's a permanent record and can be easily forwarded to others.
2. Don't copy and send entire Web pages to a discussion group, just type the URLs (Web addresses) into the text.
3. Don't overuse acronyms like BTW (by the way) or IMHO (in my humble opinion). Not everyone is experienced with this jargon, and they may not want to admit their confusion--possibly missing your point.
4. Proofread your email before you send it. Although email is a more informal method of communication than writing a letter, be sure you make your points clear and concise. Use a spell checker if available.

All students registering for credit coursework are assigned an official email account upon initial registration. ARCC uses email as the primary method of communication with students. Students are responsible for information, notices, and deadlines disseminated through email.