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Declaring a College Program and Goal
To receive federal financial aid at Ventura College, students must be enrolled in an eligible program of study and goal offered by Ventura College. Undecided/undeclared is not an eligible program of study. In addition, Proficiency Awards and some Certificate programs are also not eligible for financial aid. Ventura College currently offers Associate Degrees, Transfer Programs, and/or Certificates of Achievement in the following majors: Art: Ceramics/Fine Art/Commercial Art Automotive Bilingual/Cross-Cultural Studies* Biology/Biological Science Business: General/Business Management Child Development Communication Studies Construction Technology Criminal Justice CSU-GE (Transfer programs in Administration of Justice, Art History, Business Administration, Communication Studies, Early Childhood Education, History, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Studio Arts) International Studies Drafting Technology: Industrial Design and Manufacturing/Electronic Drafting and Manufacturing Emergency Medical Technology/Paramedic Engineering: General/Physical Science – Engineering Technology General Studies History Holistic Health Studies Human Services* IGETC (Transfer programs in Administration of Justice, Art History, Business Administration, Communication Studies, Early Childhood Education, History, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Studio Arts) International Studies Medical Assistant Music Nursing Science Photography Political Science Psychology Sociology Supervision Theatre Arts Water Science Welding Students must be enrolled in degree programs in these majors in order to be considered for financial aid. Certificates of Achievements in these programs are currently not eligible for financial aid. In addition, Kinesiology is not currently eligible for financial aid as it is still pending State Chancellor’s approval. Also, if your program of study is not offered by Ventura College, but is offered by Oxnard or Moorpark, please contact the Financial Aid Office at that college for assistance. If you have chosen undecided/undeclared or need to change your program of study or goal, please log-on to your MyVCCCD student portal account at: http://my.vcccd.edu How to update your Program of Study and Goal on MyVCCCD: Click on the 'My College'* tab Click Image to Enlarge Go to the 'Registration & Records' channel (located in the right side of your screen) and click on 'Student Records' Click Image to Enlarge Click the drop down arrow on 'Select a Term' to select current term (eg. Fall 2011) then click 'Submit'. Click Image to Enlarge You can now view your 'Update College, Program and Ed Goals' Click Image to Enlarge To declare an eligible Program/Ed Goal, click on the drop down lists and select an eligible Program/Ed. Goal Click 'Submit' when finished

Declaring a College Program and Goal

To receive federal financial aid at Ventura College, students must be enrolled in an eligible program of study and goal offered by Ventura College. Undecided/undeclared is not an eligible program of study. In addition, Proficiency Awards and some Certificate programs are also not eligible for financial aid.

Ventura College currently offers Associate Degrees, Transfer Programs, and/or Certificates of Achievement in the following majors:

Art: Ceramics/Fine Art/Commercial Art
Automotive
Bilingual/Cross-Cultural Studies*
Biology/Biological Science
Business: General/Business Management
Child Development
Communication Studies
Construction Technology
Criminal Justice
CSU-GE (Transfer programs in Administration of Justice, Art History, Business Administration, Communication Studies, Early Childhood Education, History, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Studio Arts)
International Studies
Drafting Technology: Industrial Design and Manufacturing/Electronic Drafting and Manufacturing
Emergency Medical Technology/Paramedic
Engineering: General/Physical Science – Engineering Technology
General Studies
History
Holistic Health Studies
Human Services*
IGETC (Transfer programs in Administration of Justice, Art History, Business Administration, Communication Studies, Early Childhood Education, History, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Studio Arts)
International Studies
Medical Assistant
Music
Nursing Science
Photography
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology
Supervision
Theatre Arts
Water Science
Welding

*Students must be enrolled in degree programs in these majors in order to be considered for financial aid. Certificates of Achievements in these programs are currently not eligible for financial aid.

In addition, Kinesiology is not currently eligible for financial aid as it is still pending State Chancellor’s approval. Also, if your program of study is not offered by Ventura College, but is offered by Oxnard or Moorpark, please contact the Financial Aid Office at that college for assistance.

If you have chosen undecided/undeclared or need to change your program of study or goal, please log-on to your MyVCCCD student portal account at: http://my.vcccd.edu

How to update your Program of Study and Goal on MyVCCCD:

Click on the 'My College' tab

Click Image to Enlarge

Go to the 'Registration & Records' channel (located in the right side of your screen) and click on 'Student Records'

Click Image to Enlarge

Click the drop down arrow on 'Select a Term' to select current term (eg. Fall 2011) then click 'Submit'.

Click Image to Enlarge

You can now view your 'Update College, Program and Ed Goals'

Click Image to Enlarge

To declare an eligible Program/Ed Goal, click on the drop down lists and select an eligible Program/Ed. Goal

Click 'Submit' when finished

Last Updated 4/1/13