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Course Policies and Proceduresschedule. The advisor will use the PlacementAssessment results to insure that the student takes therequired courses at the appropriate level. Studentsmust take the required reading and writing courseseach semester until their developmental requirementshave been successfully completed.Note: Students who place into developmental mathcourses must complete these courses even thoughthere may not be a specific math requirement in theircurriculum.Course Policies and ProceduresPrerequisitesA prerequisite course is one that prepares a studentfor more advanced courses in an academic field.Prerequisites may be waived or substituted at thediscretion of the appropriate department chair. Asigned waiver form approved by the departmentchairperson must be filed with Records andRegistration. Students with credits earned at aprevious institution are urged to check with theRecords & Registration Office to determineappropriate course equivalencies.Note: Course prerequisites are available on-line aspart of the catalog in the course descriptions area andalso on-line as part of the course section searchfeature. A student without the appropriateprerequisites or waiver can be withdrawn from thecourse by the instructor or by the registrar.Course Outline/SyllabusCourse outlines and/or syllabi are distributed tostudents and appropriate department chairs at thebeginning of each semester. Elements to be includedin a course outline/syllabus are: heading; catalogdescription; relationship to programs; studentlearning outcomes; chronology of study; gradingsystem; types of tests; instructional materials;attendance policy; instructor withdrawal policy;support services; office location, hours and phone;campus e-mail address; religious observance; andappropriate Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)information.Departments may have their own policies regardingadditional information and end-of-the-semester reports.Repeating a CourseRepeating a course means taking a course afterhaving received a grade of A, B, C, D, F, W or M inthat course. When a student repeats a course, thegrade and credits earned in the last attempt arecalculated in the academic average, although allgrades remain on the student’s record. Students whoreceive financial aid should check with the FinancialAid Office before repeating a course in which a gradeof D or better was earned.Spring 2011Field TripsWhen students attend either group-sponsored orcourse-sponsored field trips, they must pay their ownexpenses.Audit of CourseStudents who wish to audit a course, where they donot earn credit or a grade in that course, mustcomplete a special permission card, available at theRecords and Registration Office, when they register.Nursing courses are not subject to audit.Students may, however, change their status fromaudit to credit or vice versa, if they file the specialpermission card by the end of the third week ofclasses (or its equivalent for summer sessions).Instructors are not required to evaluate the work ofaudit students. Those students who are eligible forfinancial aid should consult with the Financial AidOffice before registering or changing to audit status. Ifaudited courses are included in 12 credits of coursework, a student may become ineligible for TAP andother financial aid programs.Credit LoadCredit load refers to the total number of credits astudent is taking in a semester. Twelve or more creditsper semester is considered a full-time course load;while ½ to 11½ credits per semester is consideredpart-time.Students generally may schedule their classes in theday or evening, or both, in accordance with theirparticular needs. However, if a student wants to takemore than the maximum credit load, (19.5 or morecredits in a semester, or 8.5 or more in a summersession) the appropriate associate vice president mustapprove.Schedule Changes and WithdrawalsOnce a student’s course schedule is created, thestudent receives a computerized printout and has hisor her name added to the rosters for each course andsection. Student schedules will be given only to thestudent, who must also show proper photoidentification. Should a student need to change anyportion of his or her schedule, or to withdraw fromthe College during the semester, the following policieshave been established:Deadline for Schedule ChangesThe time set aside by the College for students tochange their schedules, usually referred to as the“drop/add period,” is the first week of a 15-weeksemester (Fall and Spring), or the equivalent duringthe summer sessions or accelerated course timeperiods. Students may register for open first andsecond half-semester courses through the second classmeeting of the first week of the course.www.sunyorange.edu37