Educational Plans/Degree Works

Abbreviated Educational Plan: An abbreviated educational plan is  one to two semesters in length, designed to meet the immediate needs of students. They are typically completed for first-time students, students who are undecided, and during peak registration times.

Comprehensive Educational Plan: A comprehensive educational plans will include all requirements necessary for the major, transfer, certificate, and/or program. It's a personalized semester by semester outline of the classes you need to take to complete for your academic goal.

You can meet with an academic counselor to create an educational plan by one of the following ways:

1. Call the Counseling Department directly at 805-678-5816 to be placed on the same day counselor drop-in list.

2. Schedule an appointment with a counselor through Starfish Connect. (Appointments are not available during peak registration)

1. Log into you MyVCCCD Portal

2. Click on DegreeWorks which is located in the Shortcuts section. 

It's a good idea to meet with a counselor throughout your time at Oxnard College to update your Education Plan and review your academic progress. However, it's especially important that you update your educational plan if any of the following occurs:

• You change your major
• You change your educational goals (i.e. decide to continue on for a Bachelor degree)
• You change your career goals
• You go on academic probation or encounter other academic difficulties
• You have changes in your schedule or personal life that greatly affect the number of units you can take during a semester

If you need to make changes to your Educational Plan, please meet with an academic counselor.

 DegreeWorks is available for you to monitor your academic progress towards certificate/degree completion.  It is a comprehensive, easy-to-use, web-based academic advising and degree audit tool that helps you successfully navigate curriculum requirements. 

Counselors use DegreeWorks to create comprehensive student education plans in order to help you map out your certificate/degree and/or transfer requirements to a university.