Citrus College Catalog 2009-2010 (ver. 10/22

What are the Rules?
Academic Policies and Requirements, Attendance and Enrollment
Attendance Policy
Students are expected to attend
all regularly scheduled class
meetings, including other required
activities such as labs, field
trips, athletic meets, and performances.
It is the instructor's
responsibility to notify the students
of all such required activities
early enough in the semester
to enable students to attend all
meetings.
Absences
It is the student's responsibility to
speak to the instructor regarding
their absence and arrange to
make up the coursework missed.
Instructors may allow make up
work for excused absences for
reasons that include:
• Illness, bereavement, personal
emergency or medical
appointment
• College-approved field trips,
performances, or intercollegiate
events
Instructor Drop
An instructor may drop a student
who has missed three class meetings.
This drop can be made up
to the midpoint of a semester or
session. After the midpoint, a student
may not be dropped and the
instructor must assign a grade.
Auditing Courses
Auditing classes is not permitted.
Withdrawal from the College
Any student who withdraws from
Citrus College at any time after
registration must be formally
withdrawn. Official withdrawal
forms are available from the Attendance
and Records Office.
• Students in good standing will
be honorably withdrawn upon
application.
• Students who stop attending
class without a formal
withdrawal risk receiving failing
grades.
• Students who withdraw from
the college may lose their
"continuous enrollment" status
for graduation purposes and be
subject to any new graduation
requirements when they
re-enroll.
All books and equipment belonging
to Citrus College must be returned
or paid for before an
honorable withdrawal is granted.
Credits, Grades and
Academic Status
All credit courses listed in the description
of courses section have
been reviewed by the Citrus College
Curriculum Committee and
approved by the Board of
Trustees in accordance with California
Education Code requirements.
Units
A unit is the amount of college
credit earned by satisfactory completion
of a course taken for one
semester. A unit of credit may be
earned by:
• One hour per week of lecture
or recitation
• Three hours in a laboratory or
other exercises not requiring
outside preparation.
Freshman: A student with fewer
than 30 units.
Sophomore: A student with 30
or more units.
Grades
Grade reports will be available online
at https://wingspan.citruscollege.edu
at the close of each
semester and session. Contact the
Admissions and Records Office for
more information.
Academic Record Symbols
and Grade Points
Evaluative Grades
Evaluative grades are assigned
grade point values, which are
used in calculating a student's
GPA. An instructor's determination
of a student's grade is final, if
no evidence of mistakes, fraud,
bad faith or incompetence has
been determined.
Symbol Definition Grade Point
A Excellent 4
B Good 3
C Satisfactory 2
D Less than satisfactory 1
F Failing 0
FW Failing/Withdrawal 0
Indicates that a student
ceased participating in a
course after the drop date
without achieving a final
passing grade.
P Passing
At least satisfactory, units
awarded, not counted in grade
point average
NP No Pass
Less than satisfactory, or failing,
units not counted in grade point
average
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