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A student may also enter the College as an 'undeclared' student. An undeclared student is one who wishes to take courses for self-improvement and does not intend on entering a curriculum program. Undeclared students are not eligible for financial aid. An undeclared status student may take up to fifteen (15) credit hours. Student with 'undeclared' status must meet course pre-requisites and admissions test scores as designated by each course.

'Transient' students are those who are already enrolled in another institution and wish to take courses to transfer back to the parent institution. No testing will be required if written permission is provided from the parent institution. If a transient student does not submit a transient form, the student will be required to submit satisfactory scores on either the SAT, ACT, or the college's placements test for entrance into their desired course(s).

It is the transient student's responsibility to verify that the courses taken at FDTC transfer back to the parent institution.

General Procedures

  1. The student takes the appropriate placement tests.
  2. The student is accepted into his/her program and advised to take courses or pre-requisites to program courses, depending on the placement test scores.
  3. An appropriate advisor will be assigned to all accepted students. Students who test into zero level reading or writing classes will be assigned an advisor with expertise to develop a plan to move students through their developmental courses into their program coursework.