Page 74 of Delgado Community College 2004-2005 Catalog by Delgado Community College New Orleans Louisiana

STUDENT CLASSIFICATION A credit of one semester hour usually represents one hour of classwork or one laboratory session per week for a semester together with the necessary outside preparation. A students classification is determined upon registration and again at the end of each semester according to the number of credit hours earned. A student who has earned fewer than 30 credit hours is classified as a freshman. A student is classified as a sophomore after earning at least 30 hours and as an upperclassman after earning 60 hours. A student is also classified as full-time or part-time in accordance with the number of credit hours pursued during a semester. Twelve hours constitutes a full-time schedule in a regular semester, six hours in the summer session. Only an exceptional student may, upon the approval of the appropriate associate dean, enroll in more than 18 credit hours (nine hours in summer session). The maximum allowable course load is 21 credit hours (12 hours in summer session). The permission of the campus provost is required to enroll in hours beyond this maximum. Students receiving financial assistance in any form need to verify with the qualifying agency the definition of full-time applicable for that form of financial assistance. CAMPUS CLASSIFICATION Student campus classification for a semester is based on the campus the student is attending. For students attending more than one campus, the campus to which a student is enrolled over 50% of his/her credit hours determines the students campus classification. If a student is enrolled evenly across more than one campus (for example 50%/50% or 33 1/3%/33 1/3%/33 1/3%), the student's campus classification is determined as the campus to which the student originally applied to the College. Students may officially request to change their campus classification in the Office of the Registrar. However, this classification is based on which campus the student takes the majority of their classes. Please refer to the above campus classification criteria. Certain fees vary by campus and additional fees may be charged to your student account for the semester if your campus classification changes. Campus classification changes will be denied if the above criteria are not met. All majors are not available on all campuses, but a student may begin any major at the City Park Campus, the West Bank Campus, or Northshore. Students in limited admissions programs are residents of the City Park Campus and the School of Nursing. Students will be changed to the appropriate campus when they are admitted into a limited admissions program. ATTENDANCE Class attendance is an obligation as well as a privilege. All students are expected to attend regularly and punctually all classes in which they are enrolled. Failure to do so may lead to being dropped from the course or a failing grade. Faculty members are required to state in the courses syllabus and to explain their expectations concerning class attendance and absences. Each instructor must keep a permanent record for each class. It is the instructors prerogative to define excused and unexcused absences. If a student has unexcused absences for ten percent of the total scheduled classes, the instructor may drop the student from the course. Students who are dropped from courses for excessive absences may appeal the action. (See Drops Due to Excessive Absences Challenges/Appeals, p. 78.) 71 ACADEMIC POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

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