Spoon River College 2023-2024 Catalog

• Students applying for admission to Spoon River College degree and certificate programs, applying for financial aid assistance, or receiving a college scholarship are required to have an official high school transcript or GED® certificate or State of Illinois High School Diploma and all official transcripts of additional college work on file in Admissions and Records upon registration and prior to the completion of the twelfth (12th) credit hour.

• Failure to receive the official transcripts in the designated period can delay funds and/or the award of financial assistance.

Academic Amnesty – Fresh Start Admissions

Students who have had an unsuccessful academic experience at Spoon River College and have not attended for one full semester may be eligible for academic amnesty. This program forgives past experiences with a fresh start toward success in completion of their educational goals.

• Eligible students should see an academic advisor to begin this process.

• Students must complete a minimum of 12 semester hours with a GPA of 2.00 or higher at Spoon River College after the one-semester waiting period.

• Forgiven grades will not count in determining the student’s grade point average for academic probation or suspension, or for graduation.

• Forgiven grades will remain on the transcript with an appropriate notation.

• Only “F” grades that were earned in a single semester or term of enrollment will be excluded. (All grades earned during the semester or term must be “F” for academic amnesty to apply.)

• Amnesty is a one-time option, which is final and irreversible once granted.

• Students planning to transfer to another institution are cautioned that the receiving institution may use all grades earned for computation of grade point average for admission or other purposes.

Admission to Programs

In the fall of 1993, the Illinois Board of Higher Education established the following high school course distribution requirements for all students admitted to baccalaureate programs. As an open admissions community college, students will be admitted to Spoon River College without these courses. Students in certain programs may be required to take additional courses as prerequisites.

• 4 years of English

• 3 years of mathematics

• 3 years of social sciences

• 3 years of science (with laboratories)

• 2 years of foreign language, music, or art