2006-07 College Catalog - South Florida State College

5HWXUQWR6HFWLRQ0HQXMath courses. Occupational programs have a grade levelrequirement in English and Math on the TABE for you tograduate from the program. If you have questions regardingthe testing program, contact a counselor/advisor, theTesting Center, Program Manager, or a Campus/Center Directorfor more information.If you are a degree-seeking student with CPT scores thatrequire you to enroll in one or more College Preparatorycourses, you may either remediate using the TLC resourcesand re-test or you must enroll in at least one of theCollege Preparatory courses required of you within the first12 hours of college credit enrollment. If you choose thelatter route, you may also concurrently enroll in college creditcourses that do not require the skills addressed in yourCollege Preparatory courses. You may enroll in no morethan 12 college credit courses before satisfying all yourCollege Preparatory course requirements.You may attempt a College Preparatory course three (3)times at SFCC. An attempt is defined as “remaining enrolledpast the end of the Drop with Refund Period” (seeAcademic Calendar). If you do not successfully pass yourthird attempt, you will not be permitted to continue in CollegePreparatory courses and enroll in any college creditcourses simultaneously. You will be given an opportunity toparticipate in an alternative program designed to work withyou on an individual basis to prepare you to re-enter theregular college-level curriculum, or you may petition to enrollin a fourth attempt in a College Preparatory course. Ifyou have not successfully completed a College Preparatorycourse after the second attempt and desire to continuetoward the A.A., A.S., or A.A.S. degree, you will be required topay the full cost of instruction, which is equal to the nonresidentcourse fees. You may petition for an exception tothe fee which may be granted under extenuating circumstances.You may not withdraw from a third attempt of a CollegePreparatory course. If you have completed the last coursein a College Preparatory skill area (ENC 0010C, REA 0001C,MAT 0024), you must pass an exit exam. If you do not passthe exit exam and fail to successfully re-test (CPT), you willbe required to retake the course. You should complete allCollege Preparatory courses by the time you completetwelve (12) college credit hours. If your required CollegePreparatory courses have not been completed by the timeyou have completed twelve (12) college credit hours, youmay continue to enroll in college credit courses provided:1) you enroll in at least one (1) College Preparatory coursein each term and 2) your overall college credit cumulativeGPA is 2.0 or higher. If you are required to enroll in one ormore College Preparatory courses, you may not drop/withdrawfrom all College Preparatory courses without alsodropping/withdrawing from all college credit courses.Once you begin taking a College Preparatory course, youmay re-test at any time. If you meet the required CPT score,you may either complete the class or withdraw. This meansthat, if you enroll in a College Preparatory course and havenot met the required score prior to the last day to Drop WithRefund, you must maintain enrollment in the class until theend of that Term – even if you choose to “withdraw” from theclass. If you stop attending and do not “withdraw,” you willreceive a failing grade for the class. Should you fail to successfullycomplete a College Preparatory class, you mayre-test and, if you achieve the requisite CPT score(s), youmay advance to the appropriate College Preparatory classor a College Transfer class if there is no higher Collegepreparatory class to be completed.Any student with a CPT score that indicates assignment toa College Preparatory sequence may remediate utilizingthe TLC web-based resources. Upon completion, that studentmay re-test. If your CPT re-test is successful, the newscore replaces your original one.55