VIRTUAL COLLEGE OF TEXAS

FACT SHEET and REGISTRATION PROCESS

The Virtual College of Texas (VCT) is a consortium of Texas community colleges that offer courses to students who are unable to find needed courses at their home college. VCT operates on a Host-Provider model. The Host is your local community college (TVCC). The Provider is the community college providing the instruction. If you are attending TVCC and the course you need for your degree or graduation is not offered by TVCC or is not offered online, you may reserve space in that class at another VCT college (Provider). Go to http://TrinityValleyCommunityCollege.vct.org/credit. Search for your needed class. Find it and contact TVCC’s Distance Learning Office, 903-675-6324 for further assistance. Note, if the class is not on TVCC’s “Local Course Schedule”, call the Distance Learning Office to see if it is possible for it to be added to the “Local Course Schedule”. If it is not on the Local Course Schedule or cannot be added to the schedule you will not be allowed to register for that course. Once registered for this class, your course will appear on your TVCC transcript.

VCT Reservation Process

Once a class is approved for registration, the student’s information is inputted into the VCT database and an e-mail is generated to the student:

To: test student <tspurlock@tvcc.edu>

From: Karen McGrew <kmcgrew@tvcc.edu>

Subject: VCT Reservation, _ (SEMESTER) __, GOVT 2301, Sec. _ (0000) _, test student

A space for you has been reserved in the course shown below for the _________________ semester. This reservation does not constitute registration and enrollment. You still must follow your host college's registration / enrollment procedure. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the college where you registered at 903-675-6324.

COURSE INFORMATION

Course No. : GOVT 2301

Course Title: American and Texas Constitutions

Type : Credit

Format : Internet

Section : 0000

Start Date: _______________

End Date : ______________

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

Instructor: Terry Spurlock

Phone : 903.675.6259

Fax : 903.670.2616

Email : tspurlock@tvcc.edu

COLLEGE INFORMATION

Host College (where you registered): Trinity Valley Community College

Provider College (the instructor's college): Trinity Valley Community College (example only, another college will appear here).

TEXTBOOK INFORMATION (You must give the bookstore the correct information shown below)

1. Title : Practicing Texas Politics, 8th Ed. (Brief)

Author : Brown, et.al.

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

ISBN : 0-618-43743-6

2. Title : Challenge of Democracy, 8th Ed.

Author : Janda, Berry, Goldman

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

ISBN : 0-618-37244-X

This is a WEBCT based course. Go to http://courses.tvcc.edu. Login as last name, first initial, and the last four digits of your social security number (doej1234). Use all lower case letters with no spaces. Password is the last four digits of your social security number. If you cannot login, contact Karen McGrew at kmcgrew@tvcc.edu or Sheila Goldman at sgoldman@tvcc.edu. The textbook is available for purchase using a credit card from the Trinity Valley Community College Bookstore. TVCC Bookstore # 903-675-6223.