Off-Campus Trips & Activities Some programs require off-campus field trips and activities. Transportation is usually the responsibility of the individual student or a travel agency. The district is not liable for occurrences when participants are not under a faculty or staff member’s direct, scheduled supervision.
Open-Entry/Open-Exit Classes Foothill offers several open-entry/open-exit courses, allowing you to work at your own pace. You may generally enroll in these courses at any time, through the end of the seventh week of the quarter. Many of these courses are offered in the off-campus centers, ISC, Fine Arts and Language Arts laboratories and PSME Center. Lists of courses with unusual start times are available in these facilities and in the online class schedule. Independent/flexible study classes and cooperative work study classes are not open-entry/open-exit classes. You must enroll in these classes by the end of the second week of instruction.
Scholastic Honors Foothill commends students who earn the associate degree, complete a minimum of 24 Foothill units and meet the following criteria by awarding: : 4.0 GPA in all Foothill College coursework. : at least 3.5 GPA in all Foothill College coursework. : at least 3.3 GPA in all Foothill College coursework. Additional scholastic honors are awarded to eligible students on the following basis:
’ : Awarded on a quarterly basis to full-time students completing 12 or more Foothill units in one quarter with at least a 3.5 GPA; and part-time students completing a minimum of 12 cumulative units at Foothill College with an overall and quarter Foothill GPA of at least 3.5. ’ : Awarded at the annual commencement ceremony to first-time degree recipients with a 4.0 GPA in all college coursework applicable toward the associate degree, including 60 resident units at Foothill College. To qualify for this award, the student must petition for graduation by May 1, and must attend the commencement ceremony in June.
Student Access to Education Records The Family Education Rights & Privacy Act, also called FERPA (Section 438, Public Law 93380), requires educational institutions to provide student access to official education records directly related to the student. The act also says you have the right to challenge such records on the grounds that they are inaccurate, misleading or otherwise inappropriate. Your written consent is required before the college will release personal information from your records to other than a specified list of persons and agencies. These rights extend to present and former Foothill students. Education records generally include documents related to admissions, enrollment in classes, grades and related academic information. These records are fi led in the Admissions & Records Office. The registrar is the college’s designated records officer.
Foothill College Course Catalog 2012–2013 • www.foothill.edu
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