RC CATALOG2015

Contents

2015-2016 Catalog

Advanced Placement Program Credit (AP).........................22

Articulation with High Schools..........................................22

Dual Enrollment.................................................................22

Cooperative Work Experience.............................................22

Credit by Examination........................................................22

Credit for Military Service..................................................23

Individual Study.................................................................23

Travel-Study Credit.............................................................23

Withdrawal/Dropping.............................................................23

Dropping (Withdrawal from) a Class.................................23

Withdrawal from College....................................................23

Dropping/Withdrawal Due to Extenuating

Circumstances...................................................................24

Reports to Students..................................................................24

Early Alert Report ..............................................................24

Progress Report...................................................................24

Student Athlete Retention Program....................................24

Final Grade Reports............................................................24

Certifications of Enrollment...............................................25

Satisfactory Scholarship...........................................................25

Course Repetition....................................................................25

Alleviation of Substandard Grades......................................25

Alleviation by Repetition of a Course for a

Better Grade......................................................................25

Repetition of courses designated as repeatable...........25

Petition to repeat a course for improvement of

an unsatisfactory grade............................................25

Repetition of courses with a Non-Evaluative

Symbol.....................................................................26

Repetition of Courses with a Non-Substandard

Grade.......................................................................26

Repeatable Courses....................................................26

Legally Mandated Training.......................................26

Disabled Students......................................................26

Alleviation of Substandard Grades without

Repetition................................................................26

Repetition of Courses Successfully Completed........................27

Probation and Dismissal..........................................................27

Probation.............................................................................27

Placement on Progress Probation........................................27

Removal from Progress Probation.......................................27

Placement on Academic Probation......................................27

Removal from Academic Probation.....................................27

Counseling for Probationary Students................................27

Academic/Progress Dismissal..............................................27

Appeal of Academic or Progress Dismissal..........................28

Exceptions...........................................................................28

Readmission Following Academic/Progress Dismissal........28

Honors and Awards..................................................................28

Pete P. Peters Honors Program............................................28

Dean’s List...........................................................................29

Honors at Graduation.........................................................29

Summa Cum Laude...................................................29

Magna Cum Laude....................................................29

Cum Laude................................................................29

Pete P. Peters Honors Program...................................29

Alpha Gamma Sigma, an Honor Society............................29

CERTIFICATE AND DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

Catalog Rights.........................................................................30

Course Classification................................................................30

Certificates ..............................................................................30

Certificate of Achievement.......................................................30

Graduation Requirements........................................................30

Associate Degrees................................................................30

General Education for the AA/AS Degree...............................31

Natural Sciences..................................................................31

Social and Behavioral Sciences............................................31

Humanities.........................................................................31

Language and Rationality...................................................31

Multiple Degrees.................................................................31

Requirements for AA and AS Degrees................................31

General Education for the Associate Degree.......................33

Area A - Natural Sciences....................................................33

Area B - Social and Behavioral Sciences..............................33

Area C - Humanities...........................................................33

Area D - Language and Rationality....................................33

Application for Certificate or Graduation...........................33

TRANSFER INFORMATION AND REQUIREMENTS

Preparation to Enter Baccalaureate-Level

Colleges or Universities ........................................................34

Articulation..............................................................................34

Articulation System Stimulating Inter-Institutional

Student Transfer (ASSIST)....................................................34

Transfer to California State University (CSU).........................35

Transfer Requirements of California State

University (CSU) .............................................................35

Lower Division Admission Requirements..................35

Upper Division Transfer Students.............................35

California State University Transfer Course

List (CSU).............................................................................36

General Education Requirements for CSU Certification....36

Reedley College CSU General Education—Breadth

2015-2016...............................................................................36

Area A.................................................................................36

Area B.................................................................................36

Area C.................................................................................37

Area D.................................................................................37

Area E.................................................................................37

U.S. History, Constitution, and American Ideals...............37

Transfer to University of California (UC) ...............................38

Transfer Requirements of UC for California residents........38

Lower Division Transfer Admission Requirements....38