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Online Orientation

If you’re considering selecting Oakland Community College (OCC) as your educational partner or you’ve just made that decision, you’re aligning yourself with one of the best community colleges in the nation. Studies indicate that students who know about the college and the services it provides perform significantly better in classes and make better progress toward achieving their goals. So no matter how good we are, if you don’t know what’s available it just won’t help. For this reason we’ve made this online orientation of the college as convenient as possible and hope that you will review the material carefully. Much of the information will prove vital as you enter your college career. Finally, any time you have a question or problem, just ask.
This online orientation will help you to answer some of the more fundamental questions that college freshmen have. Some of the questions this online orientation will answer include:
  1. About our web
  2. Which campus do I attend?
  3. What are classes like?
  4. How do I pick a program?
  5. Need academic help?
  6. Money concerns?
  7. Will the credits transfer?
  8. Who do I call or where do I go for information?
  9. What’s there to do on campus?
  10. How do you get into classes?

As you take the online orientation you will find a question at the end of each section. Take notes on the answers to the questions since there is a review at the end of the online orientation. If you complete the online orientation satisfactorily you’ll get a valuable coupon for merchandise at the college bookstore.