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 />
Matriculated students who withdraw from<br />
all courses must apply for readmission and<br />
meet any new curriculum requirements in<br />
effect at the date of readmission.<br />
indePendent stUdY<br />
Independent study is a form of learning<br />
whereby a faculty member and the student<br />
cooperatively design a written contract<br />
equivalent to college-level study within a<br />
specifc discipline.<br />
1. Students must have completed at least<br />
12 semester hours with a minimum<br />
grade point average of 3.0 from an<br />
accredited college.<br />
2. Transfer students must supply offcial<br />
transcripts to verify grade point<br />
average.<br />
3. Independent study will be under the<br />
supervision of a faculty member<br />
affliated with <strong>Columbia</strong>-<strong>Greene</strong><br />
<strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>.<br />
4. An independent study cannot be<br />
substituted for a course in the catalog.<br />
It will appear on the transcript with a<br />
course title and code identifying it as<br />
an independent study.<br />
5. A student may take only one<br />
independent study per semester and a<br />
maximum of three at C-<strong>GCC</strong>.<br />
6. Each hour of credit should refect a<br />
minimum of 45 hours of work.<br />
7. To register, a student must hand in<br />
a completed contract approved and<br />
signed in the following order: the<br />
student, the faculty, the registrar, the<br />
division chairperson, and the Vice<br />
President and Dean of Academic<br />
Affairs.<br />
8. Deadline for registration and<br />
completion of projects will follow the<br />
regular college calendar as published in<br />
the current catalog.<br />
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9. Independent study contract forms and<br />
regulations are available in the Offce<br />
of the Vice President and Dean of<br />
Academic Affairs.<br />
stUdent reCords<br />
AnnUAL notifiCAtion to stUdents<br />
The Family Educational Rights and<br />
Privacy Act (FERPA) affords eligible<br />
students certain rights with respect to<br />
their education records. (An “eligible<br />
student” under FERPA is a student who is<br />
18 years of age or older or who attends a<br />
postsecondary institution.) These rights<br />
include:<br />
1. The right to inspect and review the student’s<br />
education records within 45 days<br />
after the day <strong>Columbia</strong>-<strong>Greene</strong> <strong>Community</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> (hereafter, the “college”)<br />
receives a request for access. A<br />
student should submit to the Registrar<br />
a written request that identifes the<br />
record(s) the student wishes to inspect.<br />
The Registrar will make arrangements<br />
for access and notify the student of the<br />
time and place where the records may<br />
be inspected.<br />
2. The right to request the amendment of<br />
the student’s education records that the<br />
student believes is inaccurate, misleading,<br />
or otherwise in violation of the student’s<br />
privacy rights under FERPA.<br />
A student who wishes to ask the college<br />
to amend a record should write the<br />
Registrar, clearly identify the part of the<br />
record the student wants changed, and<br />
specify why it should be changed.<br />
If the college decides not to amend<br />
the record as requested, the college<br />
will notify the student in writing of