College Catalog 2018-19

EAST CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Time Limit: MS-CPAS2 scores or national certification or credential will be accepted to demonstrate competencies for up to 18 months after high school graduation. 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 conjunctionwith departmental faculty and the Vice President for Instruction. A grade of “Z” is recorded for credit granted. No quality points are granted. Credits granted are not used in computing grade point average. Refer to POLICY 413.1 REQUIREMENTS FOR DEGREES and POLICY 413.2 REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATES for graduation requirements. AP scores granted by East Central Community College may not transfer to other colleges. Contact transfer institutions directly for their current AP scoring policies. College Level Examination Program (CLEP) and DSST Subject Standardized Test East Central Community College awards academic credit through the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) and DSST Subject Standardized Test 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 DSST. East Central is a testing center for the CLEP. Agrade of “Z” is recorded for credit granted. No quality points are granted. Credits granted are not used in computing grade point average. Refer to POLICY 413.1 REQUIREMENTS FOR DEGREES and POLICY 413.2 REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATES for graduation requirements. EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING CHALLENGE EXAMINATION East Central Community College believes it is important to recognize that learning takes place both inside and outside of a formal classroomsetting, especially in theworkplace and themilitary. Inorder toprovide 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. 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

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