catalog - Prairie State College

ACADEMIC CALENDAR2006-2007FALL 2006Term begins August 15Classes begin August 21Labor Day (College closed) September 4Late Start classes begin September 18First Eight-Week classes end October 16Mid-Term October 17Second Eight-Week classes begin October 17Thanksgiving recess (College closed) November 23-26Last day of classes December 7Final exams December 8-14End of term December 15Holiday Break (College closed) To be announcedSPRING 2007Term begins January 9Martin Luther King, Jr., Day (College closed) January 15Classes begin January 16Late Start classes begin February 12First Eight-Week classes end March 12Mid-Term March 13Second Eight-Week classes begin March 13Spring Break (classes not in session) March 19-25Classes resume March 26Spring Holiday (College closed) April 6Last day of classes May 10Final exams May 11-17End of term May 18Commencement (graduation) ceremony* May 19* only ceremony held all year2007-2008FALL 2007Term begins August 14Classes begin August 20Labor Day (College closed) September 3Late Start classes begin September 19First Eight-Week classes end October 15Mid-Term October 16Second Eight-Week classes begin October 16Thanksgiving recess (College closed) November 22-25Last day of classes December 6Final exams December 7-13End of term December 14Holiday Break (College closed) To be announcedSPRING 2008Term begins January 8Classes begin January 14Martin Luther King, Jr., Day (College closed) January 21Late Start classes begin February 11First Eight-Week classes end March 10Mid-Term March 11Second Eight-Week classes begin March 11Spring Break (classes not in session) March 14, 17-23Spring Holiday (College closed) March 21Classes resume March 24Last day of classes May 8Final exams May 9-15End of term May 16Commencement (graduation) ceremony* May 17* only ceremony held all yearKEY PHONE NUMBERSAREA CODE 708College Switchboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709-3500Admissions, Records & Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709-3516Adult Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709-3548Bookstore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709-3587Business Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709-3577Campus Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709-3756Career Development Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709-3755Children’s Learning Center(Child Care) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709-3725Corporate Education & Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709-3941Counseling & Academic Advising. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709-3506Dental Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709-3707Disability Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709-3603English as a Second Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709-3790Financial Aid & Veterans Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709-3735Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709-3636GED Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709-7880Honors Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709-3771Illinois Employment Training Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709-3911Library (including South MetropolitanPhilanthropy Center) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709-3552Matteson Area Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709-3750Minority Student Affairs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709-3503Non-Credit Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709-3750Physical Education & Athletics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709-7837Placement Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709-3558Student Clubs/Government/Newspaper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709-3910Student Success Center(formerly AAAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709-3663Touchtone Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709-2527Truck Driver Training (CDL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709-7811SUMMER 2007Memorial Day (College closed) May 28First session classes begin May 29Second session classes begin June 11Independence Day (College closed) July 4First session classes end July 19Second session classes end August 2SUMMER 2008Memorial Day (College closed) May 26First session classes begin May 27Second session classes begin June 9Independence Day (College closed) July 3First session classes end July 17Second session classes end July 31IS THE COLLEGE CLOSED?Click on www.emergencyclosings.com.Listen to WGN-AM 720 or WBBM-AM 780.Watch WGN Morning News (channel 9), FOX 32,CBS 2, NBC 5, ABC 7 or CLTV.Call PSC at (708) 709-3500.