2002-2004 Catalog - St. Charles Community College

St. Charles Community CollegeIt is your responsibility to provide documentationthat all prerequisites have been met beforebeing allowed to register.REPEAT OF A COURSECredit CoursesYou may repeat one time any credit course forwhich you did not receive at least a “C” grade.The first “W” (withdrawal) a student receives in acourse will not be counted as an attempt. Any subsequent“W” will be counted as an attempt. Bothgrades will be recorded on the transcript, but thehigher grade will be used in computing the gradepoint average (GPA). Some colleges anduniversities will re-calculate the grade pointaverage for admissions purposes and include bothgrades earned.Developmental CoursesDevelopmental courses (identified by the “O”used as the first digit in the course number) maybe repeated a maximum of two times. Therefore,a grade of “R” can be received no more than twotimes. The third time the course is taken the grademust be a “P” or “F.” The first “W” (withdrawal)a student receives in a course will not be countedas an attempt. Any subsequent “W” will becounted as an attempt. You may not enroll in morethan one section of the same course during asingle semester.COREQUISITE COURSESCertain courses offered at SCC require that astudent be concurrently registered for anothercourse. For example, most science lecture coursesrequire concurrent (same time) registration in anappropriate laboratory course. When registering,you must sign up both for the course and for anycorequisite. If you later wish to drop the course,you must also drop the corequisite course. If youshould fail one of the courses, you will be allowedto repeat that course without retaking the corequisite.However, you will not be allowed to advance ina sequence of courses until both have beensuccessfully completed.CHANGE OF PROGRAMYou may petition to change your program (ormajor) by filing a form available in the AdmissionsOffice. A counselor’s signature is required.INDEPENDENT STUDYIndependent study may be used to complete therequirements for regularly offered courses. If youwish to take a course on an independent studybasis, you must get approval through the appropriatedivision dean. The course curriculum must bedeveloped and pursued under the direction of afaculty member.DISTANCE LEARNINGDistance learning uses technology to allow studentsto earn college credit without coming to theSCC campus on a regular basis. Such courses areequivalent to on-campus courses in terms of content,degree of difficulty, and transferability. Studentsuse textbooks, complete written assignments,and receive assistance from SCC faculty.• Video/telecourses provide class sessionsviewed on KETC-TV or on videotapes borrowedfor the semester. Completed assignmentsare submitted by mail. Three on-sitesessions are required for a first meeting,mid-term, and final examination.• Teleweb courses add Internet activities tothe video programming of video/telecourses. Three on-site sessions arerequired for an orientation, mid-term, andfinal examination.• Online courses use e-mail to communicatewith the instructor and other students. Lecturenotes, Internet assignments, and discussiontopics are on the course Web site,and completed assignments may be submittedelectronically. Three on-site sessionsare required for an orientation, mid-termand final examination.• Interactive video classes use speciallyequipped classrooms that allow video andaudio interaction among students and theinstructor. Classes are offered simultaneouslyat several sites. Students may attendclass at the SCC campus or at extensionlocations.• Course offerings and meeting times arelisted on the college Web site atwww.stchas.edu/distance. Questionsregarding distance learning opportunitiesshould be directed to the Distance LearningOffice in the Learning Resource Center.102