WITHDRAWAL FROM COURSES Students withdrawing from a class in weeks 1 (beginning on Friday) through 5 (ending on Sunday) will be given a “W” (withdrawal), and the class will count only as hours attempted. No courses can be dropped after five weeks of class. INCOMPLETE GRADES Grades of “I” (Incomplete) are not issued at OCC. TRANSFER STUDENTS Academic transcripts from all other colleges attended will be included when evaluating satisfactory academic progress. Transfer credits accepted by OCC will be included when calculating quantitative requirements but not in GPA calculation. The student will be placed on financial aid satisfactory progress or warning based upon the review. If a student’s progress is not satisfactory, the student will be notified. A copy of this policy will be sent to each student’s OCC email once each semester. Furthermore, the policy is printed in the Financial Information sections of this catalog and the OCC website.
ONLINE ACADEMIC POLICIES Many of OCC’s academic policies are applicable for the online program and its students. However, in some areas there are nuanced differences and different student procedures. For clarity, all academic policies for online students are included in the following section. GENERAL POLICIES CREDIT (SEMESTER) HOUR DEFINITION A credit hour is defined as the following in keeping with the Carnegie Unit: “One hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of two hours of out-of-class student work each week for approximately 15 weeks for one semester or trimester hour of credit…or the equivalent amount of work over a different amount of time.” Note: Hour is determined as 50- or 60-minute class, lecture, or recitation in a 60-minute period. (Title 34, Part 600, Section 2 of the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations)
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