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http://www.avc.edu (661) 722-6300 Glossary of College Terms 17 within one year from the end of the semester in which the I grade was assigned. An Incomplete Contract must be completed and signed by the instructor and the student and submitted to the Admissions and Records Office when instructors submit semester grades. Limitation on Enrollment A condition of enrollment which limits how students qualify for a particular course or program. Additional information is detailed on Page 20 of this catalog. Online Courses Certain courses are offered online to provide an opportunity for students to complete the majority of the course requirements from their home or office. Participants will have the chance to interact with the instructor and other students using a variety of technologies. Classes will occasionally meet on campus in the traditional classroom to insure all students familiarity and competency with the technologies being utilized and for testing purposes. These courses will assist students with nontraditional work schedules and/or home responsibilities in the pursuit of their education. The schedule of classes provides a listing of the courses being offered online each semester. Prerequisite A condition of enrollment that a student is required to meet in order to demonstrate current readiness for enrollment in a course or educational program. A prerequisite will assure that a student has the skills, concepts and/or information necessary for success in the course; on the other hand, a student who has not met the prerequisite is highly unlikely to receive a satisfactory grade in the course. Prerequisites are enforced and a student will be blocked from enrolling or involuntarily dropped after enrolling if the student does not meet the stated prerequisite. Additional information on completion of prerequisites is listed on Page 20 of this catalog. Probation, Academic Student is placed on academic probation whenever the students grade point average in units attempted at AVC is less than 2.0. Additional information on probation is detailed on Page 48 of this catalog. Probation, Progress After enrolling in at least 12 units of AVC credit, a student shall be placed on progress probation when the percentage of all units in which a student has enrolled and for which entries of W, I and NC are recorded reaches or exceeds 50 percent. Additional information on progress probation is detailed on Page 48 of this catalog. Program Change Official process of adding or dropping a class/classes from a students course of study. Confer with a counselor prior to such action. Registration Official process of enrolling in classes. The process must be repeated each semester, in which the student wishes to enroll. Additional information about registration is detailed on Page 13 of this catalog. Residence Determination Date The residence determination date is the day immediately preceding the opening day of instruction of the semester as set by the district governing board. Additional information on residency is listed on Page 12 of this catalog. Satisfactory Grade According to the California Education Code [55200 (d)], a satisfactory grade is a grade of A, B, C or CR". Schedule of Classes Issued prior to each semesters registration period, this college publication lists the days and hours of each class offered, its location and instructor. The two schedule of classes will include: summer/fall and intersession/spring. Subject to Dismissal Severest form of warning as a result of poor grades. Transcript A copy of the students academic record at a college, including units and grades earned, and semesters of attendance. Transfer Courses Classes which are accepted for credit at four-year colleges toward a Bachelors degree. The course descriptions in this catalog specify whether a course is transferable to the CSU and/or UC. Unit (or Credit) A value which indicates the amount of credit given to a class on a student transcript. It often reflects the amount of time required for class attendance. Thus, a three-unit (or three-credit) lecture class would require class attendance for three hours per week. Withdrawal Process by which the student officially drops any class or all classes in a semester. Additional information on withdrawal is detailed on Page 47 of this catalog.

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