2002-2004 Catalog - St. Charles Community College

Student Support ServicesAttending college is a time for developingyour own life direction, learning aboutyourself and your interests and strengths.To this end, St. Charles Community Collegeoffers counseling, assessment, advisement,academic support, career planning, and job searchservices. We offer activities through organizationsand clubs because your personal development isjust as important as your career decisions.At SCC, we wish to help you become a lifelonglearner who knows how to analyze, make decisions,solve problems, and relate well with others.We are here to help you find and further developthese qualities in yourself.WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS?Ask yourself:• Do you wish to complete the first two yearstowards a bachelor’s degree at a reasonablecost and close to home?• Do you seek career training to directly enterthe job market with skills to help you gain acompetitive edge?• Do you want to improve your present jobskills or make a career change?• Are you interested in enhancing your individualtalents? Are community and culturalresources important to you? Could you benefitfrom guidance in human developmentand goal-setting?If you answer yes to any of these questions, thenopportunities await you at St. Charles CommunityCollege. We’re building for your future. Come growwith us.HOW CAN WE HELP?Written material can sometimes be confusing.For this reason, we urge you to seek personaladvice and information from a wide variety ofsources: Admissions Office, Registrar’s Office,counselors, faculty, administrators, library staff,Financial Assistance Office, Career ServicesCenter, etc.NEW STUDENT ORIENTATIONIt is important to start a college experience witha strong understanding of its demands andrewards. The Student Activities Office helps introducefirst-time students to the college with orientationmaterials at the beginning of each fall term.New students are given information on study skills,establishing good working relationships with faculty,setting up a course of study, career counseling,job search, transfer information, and services forstudents with disabilities.SERVICES FOR STUDENTSWITH DISABILITIESIt is the policy of SCC to provide accessibility toits programs/activities and reasonable accommodationsfor persons defined as disabled under theAmerican Disabilities Act of 1990 and theRehabilitation Act of 1973. To be considered foreligibility, you must provide disability documentationto the coordinator of accessibility services.Accommodations provided students are basedupon individual need. Accommodations requestsshould be made six weeks in advance.If you need accommodations for classes, you maycontact the accessibility services coordinator at(636) 922-8247. For appointments: (636) 922-8241. TDD: (636) 922-8222.St. Charles Community College seeks to provideall students with a quality education and equal educationalopportunities. When a student’s disabilityinterferes with his or her potential to complete successfullyone or more of the college general educationalrequirements, the college will provide, givenadequate documentation of the disability, alternativemeans of completing the requirement. Thesealternative means will most often entail a modifiedversion of the required course or courses.The division dean, in cooperation with theaccessibility services coordinator and the departmentthrough which the requirement is fulfilled,will determine the appropriate modification orsubstitution.31