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NSCC Grad Heading Overseas to Complete His Bachelor’s Degree A dislocated worker, Garrett Brown enrolled at North in order to continue his education in business and update his skills. While a student at NSCC, Garrett was awarded the Connie Jocasta Study Abroad Scholarship (through North’s Education Fund) to study in Japan. He says this was one of the most memorable and exciting experiences of his life. Garrett received his Associate in Business degree in 2011 and was accepted into Temple University. Crediting Workforce Education and the help and guidance he received at North for his success, Garrett is now in Japan, completing his bachelor’s degree in international business and Japanese at the Temple University campus in Tokyo.

For students who intend to transfer to a four-year college or university, North Seattle Community College offers excellent resources and academic preparation, as well as the economic benefit of lower tuition for the first two years of their undergraduate education.

Most NSCC students transfer to the University of Washington. In fact, NSCC consistently ranks among the highest of all community colleges in the state in the number of students who transfer to UW Seattle. And NSCC graduates fare well as transfers. Recent data show that NSCC transfer students to UW Seattle performed as juniors and seniors as well or better than other transfer students and students who started at UW as freshmen.

North’s academic environment supports those aspiring to four-year degrees: strong academic programs, small classes, an innovative integrated studies program and broad distance learning options. Fifty-eight percent of students here have had previous college work, which translates into enriched classroom experiences for everyone.

There is much to consider in the transfer process, and it requires considerable planning. To help with decision-making, NSCC advising services provide extensive resources, including workshops on choosing a major, information sessions with school reps (including the popular UW majors day), college fairs and one-on-one appointments with four-year school advisors.

The advising staff are professionals, well-versed in the transfer process, in close touch with North faculty and with advisors at four-year schools, and ready to help you create an educational plan to get the most out of your community college experience.

An educational plan is your roadmap toward a college degree. Advisors will help you explore your options for a major and talk with you about the right degree choice (AA, AS, AB). You’ll outline courses to complete your program of study (taking personal timelines and course sequences into account), explore college choices and learn about prerequisites for admission and for majors at the four-year school(s) that interest you.

While an associate degree is not required to transfer, advisors will explain why the degree is generally a good deal for your smooth transfer as a junior into a four-year program. (You can meet major requirements and most general undergraduate requirements while earning your associate degree.)

North strives to make financing an education workable for every student. You have available all federal and state financial aid programs offered at other schools. In addition, North offers an automatic payment plan, which allows for installment tuition payment over time, without additional interest owed to the college. The college also has a strong commitment to removing barriers to initial and continued enrollment. In 2010-11, NSCC’s Education Fund awarded nearly $140,000 in scholarships to students who demonstrated a financial need. And the college has established an emergency assistance program for the student who is faced with unexpected medical bills, higher than average heating costs, a delayed paycheck, etc. This program allows students to stay on track and remain enrolled in the midst of emergencies.

See our Web site for information about seamless transfer to four-year universities and colleges through the Direct Transfer Agreement in Washington state.

Advisors can also tell you about the co-admission agreement with Washington

State University Distance Learning program and educational degrees from Western and Eastern Washington Universities that can be earned on the NSCC campus.

For more information on transfer resources, see:northseattle.edu/services/college—transfer

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Watchmaking or horology is a distinctive profession, requiring keen eyesight, good manual dexterity, problem-solving skills and an appreciation for the beauty and intricacy of fine craftsmanship. Do you have a fascination with watches and things mechanical and an aptitude for taking things apart and putting them back together? North’s internationally respected Watch Technology Institute will help you develop these skills in preparation for a rewarding career as a watchmaker.

The Watch Technology Institute, in partner-ship with the Swiss American Watchmaker’s Training Alliance (SAWTA), teaches the art and science of watch-making in an intensive two-year course (eight quarters presently but likely to be revised down to seven quarters in the next year). NSCC has one of only a few partnership training programs nationally and is the only program on the West Coast.

Rolex Watch USA, Inc., supports the SAWTA curriculum to encourage the training of watchmakers in the U.S. and joined with North to create a state-of-the-art facility — labs, classroom and quality equipment — for the WTI.

Strong Curriculum, Lots of Faculty AttentionThe intensive runs year-round, 40-hours a week, with a cohort of 12 students. “You get all the attention you need and all the questions you need answered,” says graduate Frank Gradyan.

NSCC’s Watch Technology Institute— Training for a Satisfying Career

Earn an NSCC certificate, a possible AAS degree with additional general education coursework, and the opportunity to sit for certification exams at the completion of the course. If you pass, you receive SAWTA and CW21 certifications. No question, it’s a lot of work. But Trevor Darling, another graduate, explains: “Students get maximum exposure to everything we need to know to come out with a full skill set and a leg up on others in the field.”

Faculty are very knowledgeable — WOSTEP and CW21 certified — with many years of experience in the industry. In class you learn micromechanics (about metals and metal-working techniques), the basics of mechanical watches, and advanced study or “watch complications” (like calendar, automatic and chronograph mechanisms).

Great Job PossibilitiesYou graduate into a profession with many job opportunities, especially if you are willing to relocate outside of Seattle. Frank

appreciated the thoroughness of his education. “In school I learned skills covering all aspects of horology. Here by myself, working for Rolex in Guam, I use those skills on a daily basis.” And Frank has had some exciting experiences: “I just finished helping Rolex with a deep sea challenge expedition, with National Geographic, where James Cameron dove to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Rolex was testing its prototype dive watches, and I helped with assembly and mounting them onto the submarine... I love what I am doing. Every day I enjoy going to work!”

Lisa Tam worked first in Hawaii and now in San Francisco. “Watchmaking allows you to move around to a lot of interesting places. You go to school with people from all over the country, so you have a network already established at graduation.”

How to ApplyTo apply, contact the WTI office for an information packet. Applications are accepted throughout the year, but it is beneficial to apply early because of financial aid availability and the small size of the incoming class. Applicants take an entrance exam consisting of a series of tests and an interview to determine aptitude for learning the skills required in the watch repair field.

For more information(206) 934-0169wti@seattlecolleges.edunorthseattle.edu/programs/watch-technology-institute

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Curriculum Fraud Examination: Students learn how and why accounting fraud is committed, how fraud-ulent conduct can be deterred, and how allegations of fraud should be investigated and resolved. After completing the overview, students can select a special interest track for further study, such as healthcare fraud.

Introduction to Financial Criminology: The curriculum covers forensic investigation techniques and provides insight

regarding documentary and interview evidence, in order to teach the techniques necessary to build evidence in a fraud case and to conduct a successful interview.

Forensic Accounting: Through case studies, students analyze documents, evaluate internal controls and trace funds to resolve accounting irregularities – with an emphasis on fraud-ulent financial reporting.

Gain skills to uncover financial abuses in North’s new Accounting Fraud Certificate program.Bribery, embezzlement, crooked contracts, misuse of campaign funds – the news is replete with stories about fraud, corruption and criminal manipulation of accounting records. Now you can learn the skills needed to expose financial abuses in North’s new Accounting Fraud Certificate program.

Offered as a summer intensive and also in fall quarter, North’s 15-credit certificate program offers three fully online courses — Fraud Examination, Forensic Accounting and Introduction to Financial Criminology. The curriculum is geared to provide fraud detection skills to those

training for accounting careers as well as professionals in account-ing, law enforcement and other industries where there is high potential for accounting fraud.

The program is also developing an innovative “break-out” structure with 1-2 credit modules that can be streamed online as part of the Fraud Examination course or taken as in-person lecture classes – as specialty mini-courses for those who want training in detecting healthcare billing fraud or irregularities in retail inventories.

Why This Program?Ron Woods, accounting

department coordinator, explains the rationale for the certificate: “In the NSCC accounting pro-gram, our sequences and courses intend to cover the material as thoroughly as possible — notjust a recording and reporting emphasis, but broader processes and how accounting information is used and misused. We are pleased to be offering the skills professionals need to both check and influence the many abuses taking place using accounting records and information.”

Valuable Partnership with ACFENorth’s program is unique because it partners with the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), the national organization that has become well-known for certifying

professionals in fraud detection. North is the only two-year educational program partnered with ACFE in the state of Washington.

The ACFE certification has several requirements (and the NSCC certificate does not meet them all), but North faculty have designed the program to focus on the areas that are tested and give students a good foundation for the exam.

Find Out Morenorthseattle.edu/programs/accounting-fraud

Ron Woods, department coordinator, (206) 934-5669, ron.woods@seattlecolleges.edu

Lauren Psomostithis, instructor, lauren.psomostithis@seattlecolleges.edu

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North Seattle Community College - 9600 College Way N. - Seattle, WA 98103

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How to Find Your Way Around Campus1. Determine your building abbreviation:CC College Center BuildinglB Instructional BuildingLB LibraryAS Arts & Sciences BuildingTB Technologies BuildingWC Wellness CenterED Dr. Peter C. Ku Education CenterCH ChildcareOC Opportunity Center

2. Refer to the map to find which building your classroom will be located in. Next, look at the four numbers.The first number is the level. (There are three levels.) The second number is the avenue. (There are six avenues.) The third and fourth numbers are

room numbers. The lowest number on campus is “01” at the north end of the campus. The highest number is “61” at the south end of campus. If a letter follows the room number, it indicates that the room is an inside classroom, between avenues.

IndexGeneral Information & Services

Financial Aid ............................................................................4, 16

New Students ............................................................................... 14

Registration ................................................................................... 14

Tuition and Fees ........................................................................... 17

Policies ........................................................................................... 20

Key Summer Quarter Dates ...................................................... 23

Academic Class Offerings

Accounting .................................................................................... 29

Adult Basic Education ................................................................ 29

Adult GED Exam Preparation.................................................. 30

Anthropology ............................................................................... 30

Architectural Engineering Drafting .......................................... 30

Art .................................................................................................. 30

Biology ........................................................................................... 31

Business ......................................................................................... 31

Chemistry...................................................................................... 32

Communication ........................................................................... 33

Computer Science........................................................................ 33

Economics ..................................................................................... 33

Electronics Technology ............................................................... 33

English ........................................................................................... 34

English as a Second Language (ESL) ....................................... 35

Environmental Science .............................................................. 35

Geology ......................................................................................... 35

Health ............................................................................................ 36

Health and Human Services...................................................... 36

Health/Medical............................................................................ 36

HVAC ........................................................................................... 36

History .......................................................................................... 36

Humanities ................................................................................... 37

Information Technology ............................................................. 37

Integrated Studies ........................................................................ 37

International Studies ................................................................... 38

Internships .................................................................................... 38

Mathematics ................................................................................. 38

Medical Assisting and Program Options ................................. 40

Music ............................................................................................. 43

Nursing .......................................................................................... 44

Nutrition ....................................................................................... 44

Parent Education ......................................................................... 44

Pharmacy Technician .................................................................. 45

Philosophy .................................................................................... 45

Physical Education ...................................................................... 45

Physics ........................................................................................... 45

Political Science ............................................................................ 46

Psychology..................................................................................... 46

Real Estate .................................................................................... 46

Science ........................................................................................... 46

Sociology ....................................................................................... 47

Spanish .......................................................................................... 47

Watch Technology Institute....................................................... 47

Community Education

Continuing Education ................................................................ 48

Parent Education ......................................................................... 44

Board of TrusteesDr. Constance W. Rice, ChairMs. Gayatri Eassey, Vice ChairMr. George CarrascoMr. Thomas MaloneMr. Albert Shen

Dr. Jill Wakefield, Chancellor

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