Health Sciences FAQ
Effective fall 2014, all associate degree Health Sciences students working toward acceptance into the clinical phase of Dental Hygiene Program (DHG), Diagnostic Medical Sonography (DMS), Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Health Information Management (HIM), Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT), Nursing (NUR), Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA), Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA), Radiologic Technology (RAD), or Respiratory Care (RES) program will be classified as an Associate of Science major.
The purpose for this classification is two-fold.
- It will allow advisors and the program faculty to better track and serve you as you prepare for application to the program.
- It will allow you to take most if not all of the general education courses required for your intended program AND courses that may transfer to a 4-year institution and apply to a bachelor degree.
You are currently coded as an Associate of Science student but you have been further identified as a pre-clinical student in your intended major through a special identifier that you will not be able to see in Web Advisor. This is the identifier that will allow us to continue tracking your progress and serving your advising needs.
After you meet the college admission requirements, you are accepted into the college. However, you are not yet accepted to progress through the clinical phase of your intended program since admission into the clinical phase of that program requires a supplemental program application.
This is a special circumstance. Please meet with your advisor and financial aid officer for further guidance.
This will not affect your chances for acceptance into the clinical phase of your intended program.
- Federal Financial Aid only covers the cost of courses required for your major. The general education courses required prior to the clinical phase of some health science programs may not be eligible for federal financial aid.
- If you receive Lottery Tuition Assistance, as long as you continue to meet the eligibility requirements, you may receive lottery monies for courses not covered by Federal Financial Aid.
- If you graduate with an Associate of Science degree, you will not be eligible for Lottery Tuition Assistance for completion of your intended program of study.
- If you receive financial aid (i.e. Pell Grant, federal loans, lottery), you need to work closely with a financial aid advisor to assure you remain eligible for federal aid.
Your major will be changed once you are accepted into the clinical phase of that program and you are enrolled in the required courses of the clinical phase of your program. You will be part of this change during the program orientation. You will attend the program orientation once you receive official notification of acceptance into the clinical phase. This change will be managed through your program director and or faculty.
- As with all programs with a competitive admission process, some students may not be accepted to progress into the clinical phase. If that happens, meet with your advisor to discuss options.
- For those students not accepted into the clinical phase, your major will remain AS.SCI until either you are accepted into the clinical phase or you change your major altogether.
- If your educational goals change and you decide to change to another health program with weighted admissions, you may have your special identifier (as mentioned in question 2) changed to that major. Therefore, you remain AS.SCI with only a change in your program identifier. But you must complete a program update form and take to Student Records for processing. This will enable you to receive any necessary communications related to your new intended major.
- Upon application to the college, you will initially be coded as an Associate of Science student.
- You will be re-coded as a specific health science student after you are accepted into the clinical phase of the health science program during the program orientation.
- Upon application to the college, you will initially be coded as an Associate of Science student.
- If you receive any federal financial aid such as Pell Grant and or federal loan, and depending upon the courses you need to complete, the courses needed may not be eligible for federal aid. However, if you are eligible for Lottery Tuition Assistance or other state funding and/or private student loans, the cost of courses needed may be funded by such sources. It is very important that you work with your academic advisor and financial aid advisor regarding financial aid eligibility.
- You will be required to complete all program pre-requisites prior to submitting a weighted admissions form for the clinical phase.
- A degree will not be shown on your transcript until you complete a program of study at Greenville Technical College. If you complete your intended program of study, your award will read Associate of Applied Science with a major in that program. For example, if you complete RAD it will read Associate of Applied Science with a major in Radiologic Technology.
- Some students may complete the Associate of Science program in addition to the health science program. In those cases, both degrees would be listed on the transcript.
Your major is visible to you on the Profile tab in Web Advisor, through GTC4me.
Contact your advisor to set up an appointment.
This will only be done once you are accepted to progress through the clinical phase of that program. The change will be made in conjunction with the program director of that program.
This change may be made through Student Records located at the ARC. You must complete and sign the program update form and submit to Student Records.
Any changes should be discussed with the Financial Aid office.