2012 Catalog PDF - Feather River College

Admission Requirements and Procedures
Available support programs include but are not limited to: Disabled Student Programs and Services (DSP&S), Extended
Opportunity Programs and Services/Cooperative Agencies Resources for Education (EOP&S/CARE), California
Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs), TRIO Student Support Services, Financial Aid Services, Child
Care Services, English as a Second Language Program, Tutorial Services, and Career/Transfer Services.
Research has shown that students who follow matriculation
procedures are more successful in completing educational objectives.
CHOOSING COURSES
Every effort will be made by Feather River College to assist students in planning a program of study that will help
them meet their academic and career goals. However, final selection of courses and completion of program requirements
are the responsibility of the student.
Students are also responsible for maintaining standards of academic performance established for each course in
which they are enrolled.
Instructors, in turn, are obligated to teach courses in a meaningful, systematic manner and to inform students at the
beginning of a course of the academic standards that will be required of the student.
Adding Courses
Registered students may add courses to their semester class schedules the first two (2) weeks of full-term courses.
Specific deadlines for first and second 9-week and short term courses are published in the current Class Schedule, the
Student Handbook and Day Planner, and the Academic Calendar. Students are expected to be on time for classes and
attend all sessions of each course in which they are enrolled.
Dropping Courses
Students may drop courses from their semester class schedule through 75% of the course duration with a grade of
“W” indicating official withdrawal on their academic record (transcript). Withdraw grades (W) will be counted towards
units attempted and future requests to repeat a course. Courses dropped during the first two (2) weeks for full-term
courses and the published deadlines for the first and second 9-week and short term courses will not be recorded with
a “W” grade. Specific deadlines for dropping courses are published in the Class Schedule, the Student Handbook and
Day Planner, and the Academic Calendar. Instructors may drop students for non-attendance up to 75% of the course;
however, it is the students’ responsibility to drop a course and failure to do so may result in a failing grade.
Limitation of Load
Students may enroll for a maximum of 20 units per semester. To exceed the maximum unit enrollment students must
petition and receive the approval of their Academic Advisor/Counselor. The “Petition to Enroll for More Than 20 Units”
form is available on the Admissions and Records webpage or at the Admissions and Records Office. Petitions must be
processed by the Admissions and Records Office before enrolling for more than 20 units.
Overlapping Courses
Students may not enroll in courses or labs that have overlapping meeting times. Should a situation occur where a
student must take an overlapping course in order to meet his/her academic goal in a timely manner, an “Overlapping
Classes Form” requesting exception to this rule must be submitted to the Admissions and Records Office. The
instructor of the course for which hours will be missed must approve the hours missed and state on the “Overlapping
Classes Form” the dates, days, and times that the hours will be made up. The “Overlapping Classes Form” is available
on the Admissions and Records webpage or in the Admissions and Records Office.
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