CONTENTS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF COLLEGE CREDIT COURSES 133 Course Identification Numbering . . . . . 134 Right To Cancel Scheduled Classes . . . . 135 Course List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135-245
SCHOOL OF CONTINUING EDUCATION 247
MAPS 290-291 INDEX 293-297
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MAPS & INDEX
CREDITS
ADMINISTRATORS & FACULTY
ADMINISTRATORS AND FACULTY 279-288
CONTINUING EDUCATION
CED Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Goals and Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 CED Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Admissions and Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 High School Diploma Program . . . . . . . 254 Student Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Policies Governing Students . . . . . . . . . . 258 Centennial Education Center . . . . . . . . . 250 CED Programs and Courses . . . . . . . . 261-277
COURSES
Academic Computing Center . . . . . . . . . . 14 CalWORKs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Career Development/ Career Technical Education (CTE) Student Success Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 College Advancement/Foundation . . . . . 14 Community Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Continuing Education Program . . . . . . . . 14 Counseling Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Child Development Centers . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Disabled Students Programs and Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 English Language Academy . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Extended Opportunity Programs and Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Financial Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Health and Wellness Centers . . . . . . . . . . 18 High School and Community Outreach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Honors and Awards ������������������������������������ 17 Instructional Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Intercollegiate Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 International Student Program . . . . . . . . 17
COLLEGE CREDIT INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS (SAC) 53-130
INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS
STUDENT RESOURCES 14
Absence/Non Participation/Drop . . . . . . 20 Academic Freedom Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Academic Honesty Policy Information . . . 20 Academic Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Academic Renewal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Campus Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Classification of Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Cooperative Work Experience Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Course Repetition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Credit by Examination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Examinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Extenuating Circumstances . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Family Education Rights and Privacy . . . . 22 Grades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Grievance Procedures for Students . . . . . 23 Honors Program and Courses . . . . . . . . . 23 Hours by Arrangement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Incomplete Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Independent Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Pass/No Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Probation-Dismissal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Registered Sex Offender Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Remedial Course Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 RSCCD Rates Of Student Progress– Student Right-To-Know Act . . . . . . . . . . 26 Right to Review and Challenge Records . 26 Sexual Harassment Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Smoking And Tobacco Use Policy . . . . . . 26 Solomon Amendment for Military Recruiters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Standards of Student Conduct . . . . . . . . . 27 Student Consumer Information . . . . . . . . 28 Study Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Transcripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Unit of Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Withdrawal from Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
DEGREES & CERTIFICATES
Admission Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 How and When to Apply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Residency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 AB 540 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 International Student Admissions ������������ 10 Student Success and Support Program . . 10 Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Career Advanced Placement (CAP) . . . . . 12 Prerequisites, Corequisites and Advisories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Summer Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Weekend College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Fees, Tuition and Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Drop for Non-Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Refund of Tuition and Enrollment Fees . 13
COLLEGE POLICIES AND STANDARDS 20
Educational Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Distance Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Certificate and Associate Degree Programs (SAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 General Education Requirements for the Associate Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Associate Degree Requirements . . . . . . . . 37 General Education Requirements for the California State Universities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Advanced Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 College Level Examination Policies (CLEP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 International Baccalaureate Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Transfer to Other Colleges . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 University Of California Transfer Course Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
POLICIES & STANDARDS
ADMISSION AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION 9
DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES 29
STUDENT RESOURCES
Instructional Calendar �������������������������������� 2 SAC Philosophy and Mission . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Institutional Core Compentencies . . . . . . . 4 Rancho Santiago Community College District ���������������������������������������� 4 Two College Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 History of Rancho Santiago Community College District . . . . . . . . . . 5 Governance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Accreditation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Administrative Organization . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Nondiscrimination Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Learning Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Library Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Math Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Public Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Student Life ������������������������������������������������ 18 Student Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Testing Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 University Transfer Center . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Veterans Resource Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Women’s Programs and Services . . . . . . . 19 YESS Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
ADMISSION & REGISTRATION
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
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