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LTCC CATALOG 2010-2011 35POLICY FOR ACADEMIC RENEWALA student may petition the Director of Admissions and Records to havedisregarded a portion of previous sub-standard college work (grades of“D,” “F” or No Pass) which is not reflective of the student’s demonstratedability. To petition, the following conditions must be met:1. Petition for Academic Renewal at Lake Tahoe CommunityCollege is limited to a one-time only request. In the petition, thestudent must select the terms to be disregarded. The number ofterms that may be considered is a maximum of three quarters.Satisfactory work (grade of “C” or better) completed during theterms for which work is to be disregarded may be counted forboth subject and unit credit in meeting certificate and A.A.degree requirements.2. The student must have completed 24 units of course work atLake Tahoe Community College with a GPA of 2.50 since thesub-standard work was recorded. Not more than six of theseunits completed subsequent to the disregarded work may beearned in courses where a grade of “P” (Pass) may be issued.3. Two years must have lapsed since the sub-standard work to bedisregarded.4. The permanent academic record at Lake Tahoe CommunityCollege shall be annotated in such a manner that all course workand grades remain legible.A form is available in Admissions and Records or Student Services.PASS/NO PASS COURSESThe College offers certain courses for a Pass (P)/No Pass (NP) gradeoption. For those courses that have this option, the student is heldresponsible for all coursework, assignments, and examinations and willearn a "P" if his/her final grade is a "C" or better. A "NP" is issuedwhen the final grade earned is a "D" or "F." The Admissions andRecords Office maintains a list of courses that have the P/NP gradingoption available. Should a student seek this grading option for acourse, he/she must inform the Admissions and Records Office by theend of the fourth week of quarter-length classes, or the 30% point forshort classes.A maximum of 12 units earned in courses where a grade of "P" isreceived may be used toward the course requirements for the A.A.degree. A maximum of 4 units earned in courses where a grade of “P”is received may be used toward the course requirements for certificates.Note that courses taken for P/NP may not transfer as major preparationcourses. Students are encouraged to work with a counselor for alltransfer planning.REPEAT POLICYAll courses require a grade of “D” or better to earn credit. Coursescompleted with a grade of “C” or higher may not be repeated unlessotherwise noted in the course description of the catalog. Coursescompleted with a grade of “W,” “D,” “F,” or “NP” may be repeatedonce, but not for duplicate credit. The higher of the two grades willbe used in computing grade point average. One additional repeatmay be allowed by petition. Students must meet with a counselorprior to submitting a petition to repeat. For additional informationon repeating courses, see Audit Policy. Note: Extra repeats forsubstandard grade are NOT allowed for repeatable courses.Students on financial aid should check with the Financial Aid Officebefore repeating courses because of the effect it may have on theiraward.POLICIES & PROCEDURESCREDIT BY EXAMINATION (CHALLENGE EXAM)Courses available to be challenged through the credit by examinationprocess are listed at the beginning of each subject area in the CourseDescription section of the catalog. In order to receive credit byexamination, students must be enrolled for the quarter and mustpetition to challenge a particular course with the Admissions andRecords Office and follow the procedures outlined below. Students arestrongly urged to meet with a counselor before pursuing the credit byexamination process.The policy for credit by examination is as follows:1. Students must submit a Challenge Exam petition at least fivebusiness days prior to the assigned test date when the challengeexam will be administered. The challenge exam petition deadlineand test dates are published each quarter in the schedule of classes.2. Only courses designated in the current catalog as “ChallengeCourses” may be challenged.3. Only one challenge per quarter is allowed and the course to bechallenged must be selected from the current quarter’s schedule.During summer session, additional limitations may apply. Pleasesee the summer schedule for details on limitations to theselection of courses that can be challenged.4. An individual course may only be challenged once by the samestudent.5. Students may not challenge a course they have previously takenin which they received a D, or F, or NP grade.6. Credit for courses which have been challenged may apply towardgraduation requirements as area, major or elective courses asindicated by course number code, but may not be counted indetermining hours of credit in residence or catalog rights.7. Instructors have two instructional days after the examinationdate in which to grade the exam and file the grades in theAdmissions and Records Office. Grading shall be according tothe college’s regular grading scale (that is, A, B, C, D, or F);students shall be offered a pass/no pass option if that option isordinarily available for the course (Title 5§55753).8. Students may elect to receive the grade on the challenge exam orto enroll in the course as a regular student if space is available. If astudent elects to enroll in the course instead of receiving thechallenge grade, the student must notify the Admissions andRecords office within two weeks of the exam date. Studentsenrolling in the course must pay applicable registration fees and/ortuition in addition to the challenge exam fee.9. The service fee of $17 per unit for a challenge examination isNON-REFUNDABLE.10. Students may enroll in the course prior to taking the challenge exam.However, if the student elects to receive the grade on the challengeexam, the student must drop the course that was challenged.11. If a student has previously received a grade in a course, the studentmay not challenge the course.TRANSCRIPTSTranscript copies are provided to students from the Admissions andRecords Office. Requests for official transcripts must be presented INWRITING. Forms and fee information are located in the Admissionsand Records Office. Transcript request fees are as follows:Two transcripts will be sent free of charge. Each additional transcript(after the two free of charge) will be sent at a cost of $3.00. Normalprocessing time (depending on the time of year) will be 7-10 working