Current C-GCC Catalog - Columbia-Greene Community College
Current C-GCC Catalog - Columbia-Greene Community College
Current C-GCC Catalog - Columbia-Greene Community College
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COLUMBIA-GREENE COMMUNITY COLLEGE 2012-2013 CATALOG<br />
• Students who wish to re-admit<br />
to pursue additional course work<br />
requested/required by a bachelor’s<br />
level should obtain a letter (on college<br />
letterhead) from the bachelor’s level<br />
school indicating the required course<br />
work.<br />
A minimum of 30 additional semester<br />
hours must be completed for any<br />
additional degree to be awarded—that<br />
is, a total of at least 92 credits must be<br />
achieved for a second degree. A minimum<br />
of 15 additional semester hours must be<br />
completed for any additional certifcate<br />
to be awarded—that is, a total of at least<br />
45 credits must be achieved for a second<br />
certifcate.<br />
Admissions with Advanced<br />
standing<br />
Advanced standing will be awarded in the<br />
following hierarchy and sequence:<br />
a. transfer course work from other<br />
institutions of higher education<br />
b. credit from national exams (CLEP,<br />
DANTES)<br />
c. C-<strong>GCC</strong> challenge exams<br />
d. credit for life experience<br />
A student who has attended another<br />
college or post-secondary school may be<br />
admitted to <strong>Columbia</strong>-<strong>Greene</strong> <strong>Community</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> with advanced standing. Up to<br />
half of the required credit hours in the<br />
C-<strong>GCC</strong> program can be earned at another<br />
college or through advanced placement;<br />
but to earn credit, courses completed<br />
elsewhere must fulfll the requirements<br />
of the C-<strong>GCC</strong> degree or certifcate<br />
program in which the student is enrolled.<br />
For information about the transfer of<br />
credit, contact the Offce of Records and<br />
Registration.<br />
24<br />
transfer Credit from Previous <strong>College</strong><br />
Work<br />
1. Degree candidates at <strong>Columbia</strong>-<strong>Greene</strong><br />
<strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong> may receive<br />
credit for parallel courses completed at<br />
other accredited and degree-granting<br />
colleges and universities.<br />
2. Generally, only courses completed<br />
with a grade of C or better will<br />
be considered for transfer credit.<br />
However, transfer credit may be<br />
granted for up to 6 semester hours of<br />
C- or D’s provided that the grade point<br />
average of the evaluated transcript is at<br />
or above 2.0.<br />
3. Grades and quality points for courses<br />
transferred into C-<strong>GCC</strong> will not be<br />
used in calculating the grade point<br />
average at the college. Only credits<br />
transferred will be added to the<br />
cumulative credits earned.<br />
4. <strong>College</strong>-level work completed at<br />
<strong>Columbia</strong>-<strong>Greene</strong> or elsewhere will<br />
be credited only where applicable to<br />
the student’s program. A minimum<br />
of 30 semester hours of classroom<br />
instruction must be completed at<br />
<strong>Columbia</strong>-<strong>Greene</strong> for a degree to be<br />
granted. A minimum of 15 semester<br />
hours of classroom instruction must be<br />
completed at <strong>Columbia</strong>-<strong>Greene</strong> for a<br />
certifcate to be granted.tt<br />
5. Students transferring into Massage<br />
Therapy will not receive transfer<br />
credits for science courses completed<br />
more than ten years prior to their entry<br />
at C-<strong>GCC</strong>.<br />
Students transferring into Nursing will<br />
not receive credit for science courses<br />
completed more than ten years prior to<br />
their entry into NU 101. Additionally,<br />
a grade of less than C in any course<br />
will not transfer into the Nursing<br />
Program.