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CURRICULUM COURSE DESCRIPTIONS 235
and other classroom instruction. Class work is under the supervision
of an instructor.
Experiential Lab Hours – Credit of one semester hour is awarded
for each 32 hours of "experiential laboratory work." Experiential
laboratory work means instruction given to a student by an
instructor to increase the student's knowledge and skills without
immediate student application.
Faculty Directed Lab Hours – Credit of one semester hour is
awarded for each 48 hours of "faculty directed laboratory work."
Faculty directed laboratory involves structured and coordinated
demonstration by an instructor with immediate student application.
Clinical Practice Hours – Credit of one semester hour is awarded
for each 48 hours of "clinical practice." Clinical practice is a
structured, faculty-directed learning experience in a health sciences
program which develops job proficiency. Clinical practice requires
significant preparation, coordination, and scheduling by the faculty
and is under the supervision of an instructor or preceptor who is
qualified for the particular program.
Cooperative Work Experience Hours – Credit of one semester
hour is awarded for each 160 hours of "work experience" such as
cooperative education courses. Work experience involves the
development of job skills by providing the student with
employment that is directly related to, and coordinated with, the
educational program. Student activity in work experience is planned
and coordinated by a college representative, and the employer is
responsible for the control and supervision of the student on the job.
Distance Learning and Hybrid – Distance learning (course
delivery is 100% online) and hybrid courses (a portion of the course
delivery is lecture or lab with the remaining required time to be in
appropriate online activities) require that same amount of course
time equivalent to the “class work” and “laboratory work” that is
expected in traditional face-to-face lecture, laboratory, clinical, and
practicum courses.
Course Prerequisites and Corequisites
Some course prerequisites and corequisites are specified in the statewide
Combined Course Library (CCL); others are specified as local (Sandhills
Community College) requirements. Students who have not completed the
specified courses may satisfy prerequisites and corequisites prior to course
enrollment by following one of the following procedures described in the
“Academic Policies and Procedures” section of this Catalog: Credit by
examination, credit for military training, advanced placement (AP) courses,
academic petition/course substitution, credit for college tech prep students,
course requisites waiver, or credit for experiential learning.