Credit System

general (or specifically) are not at the college level and/or the course material is aimed at below college-level skills. 100-199: Introductory courses intended primarily for first-year college students with no significant deficiencies in their academic background. 200-299:Intended primarily for students who have successfully completed one year of college-level work. (Approved, Instructional Council, March 2, 2006)

In Summer 2008, EvCC adopted common course numbering (CCN) in compliance with a statewide initiative of Washington’s public community and technical colleges. The primary purpose of this process is to enable students to know that CCN-identified courses taken at one community college will be the same as those courses at another Washington community college. All CCN courses are identified with an ampersand (&) in the course number, for example: ENGL& 101. The common course number, as distinguished by the ampersand, does not confer any special transferability to a university, nor does it guarantee that the same course number will be used by Washington’s universities. To plan a smooth university transfer, see your advisor. A list of CCN courses is available at EverettCC.edu/CCN.

Most courses require a final examination. The college publishes an official final examination schedule each quarter. Students must take final examinations at the regularly scheduled time unless other arrangements are made with the instructor.

A petition for waiver of a specific academic regulation should be initiated in the Enrollment Services office.

Credits measure the amount of academic work required for the class. In general, a class that meets one hour per week and requires about two hours of outside assignments per week for one quarter will earn one credit. That is, one credit represents about three hours of effort per week. Laboratory and certain other courses vary from this pattern. The quarter hours of credit for each course are shown after the course titles in the Course Descriptions section of this catalog. Students earn credit only for those courses in which they are officially registered for credit. In certain instances, credit cannot be earned in two courses of similar content. See individual course descriptions.

The total number of credits taken in any given quarter will vary depending on each student’s goal. Students should note the following limitations: ● International students or students receiving financial aid, veterans’ benefits, or other agency funding will usually have a minimum number of credit hours required per quarter. It is the student’s responsibility to check with the appropriate advisor and know these requirements. Normally, 12 credits meet the requirement for full-time status. (During summer quarter, the Veterans’ Resource Center establishes the minimum credits needed for full-time status for veterans receiving benefits.) ● Students wishing to take more than 20 credit hours per quarter need permission from a designated Enrollment Services staff member at the time of registration, except when a single course or a prescribed program requires more than 20 credit hours in a given quarter.

The college reserves the right to deny registration by a single student in two sections of the same course in order to maximize the availability of seats for all prospective and current students.

A student who desires to attend classes but does not wish to receive grades or credits may enroll as an auditor. Full tuition and fees are charged. Students who wish to change from audit to credit (or credit to audit) during a quarter must receive permission from the course instructor. Certain courses may not be available for audit. See individual course descriptions. If a student who is enrolled for audit does not attend regularly and fails to withdraw officially, the instructor may issue a grade of V (unofficial withdrawal). Running Start students may audit a course only if they pay the tuition themselves, since school districts do not reimburse for non-credit enrollment.

Some courses can be repeated for additional credit up to the maximum specified. A separate grade is issued for each completion. See individual course descriptions or your advisor for such courses.

Courses may be repeated to improve the grade earned, but credit is applied only once. In no circumstance will any course be repeated more than twice in order to improve a grade; (this is defined as two repeats in addition to the original enrollment). Permission may be required to repeat a course, and/or requirements specific to an individual program of study may affect eligibility to repeat a course. To repeat a course for the purpose of improving a grade, the student must register for the course, complete a course repeat card at the time of registration or no later than one academic year after repeating the course, and pay all necessary fees. The highest grade earned of the original or repeated courses will be used to calculate the student’s cumulative grade point average. Other colleges and universities may not accept a grade earned in a repeated course. If accepted, the grade may be treated differently in the calculation of grade point average.

A student who is currently enrolled at Everett Community College may apply for credit by examination (course challenge). Course challenge examinations are sufficiently comprehensive to determine that the student has the same knowledge and skills as those students who enroll in and successfully complete the course. A student should have previous training, private study, work experience, or other bona fide qualifications indicating the student has knowledge or abilities equivalent to course completers. During the quarter credit by examination is requested, a student must be regularly enrolled at the college for credit coursework other than the course to be challenged. To start the process for a course challenge, a student should contact the instructor of the course to discuss the student’s background and readiness to challenge the course successfully. This should be done prior to the beginning of the quarter. If the discussion is positive, written approval must be gained from the instructor and division dean on the Application for Course Challenge form, available in Enrollment Services or a division office. Students must meet all eligibility criteria and pay the established non-refundable fee at the Cashiers Office prior to submitting the form to the Enrollment Services office. The form must be submitted to Enrollment Services before the tenth calendar day of the quarter. Students must complete the requirements of the course challenge, which may be