College Catalog 2017-18

EAST CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE

3. Successfully complete 12 non-developmental career, technical or academic credit hours in the corresponding articulated postsecondary Career or Technical program. How MS CPAS will be documented: The Research and Curriculum Unit of Mississippi State University will provide the Mississippi Community Colleges Board (MCCB) a list of all secondary Career and Technical students scoring at or above the 80 percent for the articulated programs. The Mississippi Community Colleges Board (MCCB) will forward the list of students eligible for articulated credit to the College. Transcripting of Articulated Credit: Students must complete twelve (12) non-developmental career, technical or academic credit hours in the articulated postsecondary Career or Technical program before the articulated credit is transcripted. A grade of “Z” is recorded for credit granted. No quality points are granted. Credits granted are not used in computing grade point average. Cost: No Costs Will Be Assessed On Hours Earned Through Articulated Credit. The student may transfer back to the beginning level course should the student intending to receive credit under this agreement fail to make satisfactory progress in the next higher sequential course. 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 DSST Subject Standardized Test (formerly known as DANTES Subject Standardized Test (DSST) to students who are enrolled at East Central who score at or above the fiftieth percentile on approved CLEP and DSST 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 DSST and does not establish credit on the General Examination. Academic credit established through the DSST will not carry a letter grade and will not be included in calculating the quality point average..East Central is a testing center for the CLEP. 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.

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