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• As applying to general education requirements. Most
four-year colleges are flexible in accepting courses
for this purpose, provided that they are in the proper
categories, such as physical science and humanities.
In some cases, an institution will accept only those
courses paralleling its own lower division offerings.
• As elective credit. A course which is not acceptable as
part of the major or as general education credit may
be accepted as an elective. This signifies that it will
apply to the total unit requirement for the Bachelor’s
degree. Four-year institutions are generally liberal in
accepting courses for elective credit, but may exclude
vocational courses or specialized courses which they
do not offer.
• For subject credit only. Acceptance of a course for
subject credit only, without unit credit, usually takes
place in one of the following situations:
1. The student has accumulated as many units as
the 4-year college will accept from a community
college.
2. The corresponding course at the 4-year college is
an upper division course.
3. The course is a prerequisite for a course in the
student’s major, but the prerequisite is normally
completed in high school.
Federal Student Right To-Know Rates (SRTK)
All community colleges are required to provide their SRTK rates.
The following are 2008 data for Los Angeles Harbor College from
the California Community Colleges State Chancellor’s office (http://
srtk.cccco.edu/index.asp)
Completion rate: 19.47%
Transfer rate: 10.59%
Definitions: Completion Rate is the total number of students in the
cohort who earn either a degree, a certificate, or who successfully
completed a two-year-equivalent transfer-preparatory program.
Transfer Rate is the total number of cohort non-completers who
were identified as having enrolled in another institution.
Associate Degree and Certificate Programs
The Liberal Arts Programs and Occupational Programs at Los
Angeles Harbor College are two-year sequences of courses which
lead to the Associate in Arts and the Associate in Science degrees.
The Associate in Science degree is conferred on students who
complete one of the two-year programs outlined in pages of this
catalog. Students may elect instead to complete the one-year technical
curriculum of an Occupational Program, leading to a Career Education
Certificate in that field. Units earned in the completion of a Career
Education Certificate Program may be applied toward the Associate
in Science degree in the same major.
The Associate in Arts degree is awarded to students completing a
prescribed two-year course sequence. The majority of the courses
in the programs leading to the Associate in Arts degree have
transfer value which permits students to continue their education
with advanced standing at a four year college or university. (See a
counselor).
This section describes liberal arts non-transfer degree programs,
occupational certificates, and transfer degree programs. The many
variations available make it essential that students see a counselor
when forming an academic plan.
The counselor will help students understand the differences in plans
and will assist in designing a program which will prepare them for
a variety of options in case they desire to modify their plans at a
later date.
As you read through the following material, you will see references
to Graduation Plan A, Graduation Plan B, and the requirements for
the Liberal Arts and Sciences with Emphasis Associate in Arts degree.
Students fill in their general education requirements from these plans.
Graduation plans are included at the end of this section.
Students preparing to transfer to a university need to complete the
general education requirements of the college or university to which
they are transferring and the lower division preparation for their
major. They may concurrently earn a Liberal Arts transfer degree
from Harbor College by following the Liberal Arts and Sciences with
an area of emphasis plan along with their university requirements.
Please see a counselor to coordinate all requirements.
Note: Many of the A.S. Degree and Certificate Programs listed in this
section are occupational non-transfer programs, although, many of
these majors also fulfill most of the requirements for transfer. Because
the university requirements vary from school to school, you must see
a counselor for all transfer major requirements.
Petition for Graduation
Students expecting to graduate from the college with an A.A. or A.S.
degree must file a Petition for Graduation early in the semester they
expect to complete their requirements. The deadlines for filing each
semester are listed in the Academic Calendar section of the Schedule
of Classes. Late Petitions for Graduation will not be accepted.
Students seeking graduation should pick up a Petition for Graduation
from the Admissions and Records Office, make an appointment with
a counselor to review that the degree requirements will be met by the
end of the current semester and then return the completed Petition for
Graduation to the Admissions and Records Office. Students filing
the petition will be notified of the results by mail.
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