2002-2004 Catalog - St. Charles Community College

St. Charles Community CollegeWritten requests should include semester andyear of last attendance, name under which youwere enrolled, and student identification number(social security number). Give complete informationas to street address and location and office oragency to which the transcript is to be mailed.Transcripts are $3 each. All holds on yourrecord must be cleared before a transcript willbe released.Please allow two working days forprocessing. Additional time is required at theend of the semester.WITHDRAWAL FROM COURSESAll students who wish to drop a course orcourses must obtain and complete a RegistrationForm from the Registrar’s Office. It is the student’sresponsibility to then return the Registration Formto the Registrar’s Office.Discontinuing a course will affect your transcript(permanent record) as follows:If you withdraw officially from a 16-weekcourse before the end of the 10th week of classmeetings, you will receive a “W” for the course.Courses that are fewer than 16 weeks in durationwill have prorated dates for withdrawing. Pleasecheck with the Admissions Office.If you simply stop attending class and do notofficially withdraw from the course, you will receivean “F” grade for the course. Leaving the RegistrationForm with your instructor does not constitutean official withdrawal from the course. The formmust be returned to the Registrar’s Office in accordancewith withdrawal procedure and dates. A listof important course withdrawal dates may beobtained in the Registrar’s Office. These dates arepublished in the Credit Class Schedules. Theapproved withdrawal dates are prorated for allcourses that are less than 16 weeks.WITHDRAWAL FROM COLLEGEAll students who receive any type of financialassistance or veterans benefits should notify theFinancial Assistance Office before withdrawingfrom courses.All students who wish to withdraw from the collegeshould contact the Registrar’s Office and followthe prescribed procedure for dropping classes.If you simply stop coming to classes and do notofficially withdraw from the college, you willreceive an “F” grade for each course in which youare still enrolled.FRESHMAN-SOPHOMORECLASSIFICATIONStudents at SCC are classified according tohours enrolled and hours completed. Part-timestudents earn fewer than 12 hours per semester,while full-time students carry 12 or more. Duringthe summer semester, full-time student statusrequires 6 or more credit hours.A freshman is any student who has completedfewer than 28 credit hours; a sophomore hascompleted 28 credit hours or more.OUTCOMES ASSESSMENTSCC is committed to the assessment of collegeprograms and services to improve and maintain theirquality and effectiveness. Classroom and programactivities, including surveys and focus groups, will beused to assess the outcomes of college education.Students who complete career-technical programswill be enrolled in a capstone course. Thesecourses bear the prefix of the individual departmentand the number 199. These 1-credit-hourcourses are the culminating course experience forthe program completers. You will be assessed onyour mastery of essential occupational skills andgeneral education knowledge. The method ofassessing these skills will vary by discipline. Someof the methods used by the programs will be portfolios,culminating projects, field specific nationaltests, and tests developed by the program. Mostprograms will assess general education knowledgeusing multiple modules from ACT-WorkKeys. Thenursing program uses the ACT-CAAP Critical Thinkingmodule to pre- and post-test students. Theresults of these assessments will be used to modifythe curriculum as needed to assure program completersare ready to proceed to employment in theirchosen field or to further their education.Students who complete the 42-hour Associate ofArts-General Education transfer block will beenrolled in COL 299 Sophomore Portfolio Assessment.This 1-credit-hour course is the culminatingcourse experience for the general education blockcompleters. You will complete activities fromseven different areas (see catalog course description)and journal your experiences. A comprehensivestandardized test will complete the courserequirements. The results of these assessments willbe used to modify the general education curriculumas needed to assure students are prepared toproceed to further their education at a four-yearinstitution.18