College Catalog 2015-16

EAST CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Advanced Placement Examination Students who make a score of three (3) or higher on the Advanced Placement (AP) test will be given credit for the course at East Central. Generally an AP score of three (3) will result in awarding three (3) semester hours credit in the subject area. More than three (3) semester hours credit may be awarded for AP scores of four (4) or five (5) when approved by the appropriate division chairs working in conjunction with departmental faculty and the Vice President for Instruction. Academic credit established through AP will not carry a letter grade and will not be included in calculating the quality point average. College Level Examination Program (CLEP) and DDST Subject Standardized Test (formerly known as DANTES) East Central Community College awards academic credit through the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) and DDST Subject Standardized Test (formerly known as DANTES Subject Standardized Test (DDST) to students who are enrolled at East Central who score at or above the fiftieth percentile on approved CLEP and DDST Subject Examinations. The College will also accept transfer academic credit from other colleges on either the General or Subject Examinations. East Central is not a testing center for the CLEP or DDST and does not establish credit on the General Examination. Academic credit established through the CLEP or DDST will not carry a letter grade and will not be included in calculating the quality point average. EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING East Central Community College believes it is important to recognize that learning takes place both inside and outside of a formal classroom setting, especially in the workplace and the military. In order to provide instructional credit for students who have previously mastered outcomes required in a given course, a Course Challenge Examination Policy has been developed to allow students an opportunity to pass a challenge examination on the subject matter being taught for which prior experiential learning has occurred (with supportive documentation). Credit awarded for such Course Challenge Examinations will be posted to a student’s transcript subject to his/her meeting admission requirements and enrolling at East Central Community College. Students will be responsible for the course fees associated with earning college credit. The Course Challenge Examination must be administered by a qualified faculty member or college administrator in accordance with the following: 1. The candidate for the Course Challenge Examination must be eligible for admission to East Central Community College as a student. 2. The candidate must have discussed his/her interest in taking a Course Challenge Examination with the appropriate faculty member and document/demonstrate to that faculty member’s satisfaction that he/she has achieved subject matter mastery through some prior learning experience (substantiated by documentation). 3. The candidate must complete a Course Challenge Examination Request Form. 4. The request must be approved by the instructor and Vice-President for Instruction before the examination is given. 5. Course Challenge Examinations shall be comprehensive in scope covering content taught in the entire course and based on the student learning outcomes established for the course. 6. If the course being challenged has a laboratory or skill component, the Course Challenge Examination must have a performance component which authenticates the student’s comprehensive mastery of the skills required in the course.

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