First Year Experience

First-Year Experience (NCTC 1001 ) is required of all first-time NCTC students, including former Dual Credit (earning less than 9 hours) and Early Admission students. The goal of the First-Year Experience course is to equip new students with information about college-level expectations, provide tools and strategies needed to persist, and knowledge of the NCTC resources which can help them have a more successful college experience. First-time college students are required to enroll in and complete NCTC 1001  during their first year of enrollment prior to completing 15 credit hours. Students that have earned more than 9 hours in dual credit are exempt from NCTC 1001 .

Transfer students are required to complete an online Transfer 101 Orientation prior to the official date of record of their first semester of enrollment at NCTC.