2018 - 2019 CCTC Catalog and Student Handbook

c. Relay his or her wishes and VII. G. Documentation. The college will retain expectations regarding protection any documentation of the mediation for at in the future. least seven (7) years. 2. Counsel and Advisors Hearing Committee a. Legal Counsel – Under no The Hearing Committee shall be composed of circumstances may legal counsel the following: be present at the mediation on A. Five (5) faculty/and or staff members and behalf of the alleged Complainant or Respondent. The one (1) Ex Officio nonvoting member College, however, may seek appointed by the Title IX Coordinator, or advice from legal counsel on designee. questions of law and procedure B. All cases are decided by a majority vote. In through the mediation process. extenuating circumstances hearings may b. Other Advisors – Absent move forward with three (3) members. accommodation for disability, the C. The Title IX Coordinator, or designee, parties may not be accompanied will designate one (1) member of the by an advisor during the Hearing Committee as the Chair. The Hearing Committee shall perform the mediation. following functions: 3. Resolution A. Hear cases of alleged violations of the During the mediation, the Presiding Code of Student Conduct. Officer will attempt to facilitate the B. Insure that the student’s procedural rights parties’ resolution of the Complaint. If are met. the mediation results in a resolution C. Make decisions based only on evidence between the parties and the Title IX and information presented at the hearing. Coordinator, or designee, finds the D. Determine sanctions, giving consideration resolution to be appropriate under the to whether a given sanction will (a) bring circumstances (giving consideration to the an end to the violation in question, (b) extent to which the resolution will protect reasonably prevent a recurrence of a the safety of the Complainant and entire similar violation, and (c) remedy the college community), the informal effects of the violation. disciplinary procedure will be concluded, E. Provide the student with a statement of and the complaint will be closed. If such a the committee’s decision including resolutions reached, the terms of the findings of fact and, if applicable, impose one or more of the sanctions outlined in resolution shall be committed to writing Section III. and signed by all parties. If the parties are Hearing Committee Meetings unable to reach a resolution, the formal A. The chair shall be appointed by the Title resolution process outlined above will IX Coordinator, or designee, from among promptly commence. the membership of the Committee. Ex 4. Revocation officio members of the committee may not serve as the chair of the committee. Any party bound by a resolution B. Committee hearings shall be closed to all reached during mediation shall have person except the student, the person(s) the right to revoke the written initiating the charge (s), counsels for any mediation agreement provided such student and for the college, witnesses who revocation is in writing and received will be invited into the hearing and a by the Title IX coordinator, or person, mutually agreed upon by the designee, no later than the close of Committee and the student(s), to serve as business on the fifth day after full the recorder. execution of the agreement. C. The committee may identify someone to take written notes and the committee willF. Privacy and Disclosure. In order to have the hearing, with the exception of comply with FERPA and Title IX and to deliberations, recorded. No other party in provide an orderly process for the the hearing may record the proceedings, presentation and consideration of relevant and no other party is entitled to a copy of information without undue intimidation the notes or the recording. The written or pressure, the informal resolution notes and the recording will be maintained process is not open to the general public. in the office of the Title IX Coordinator. Accordingly, documents prepared in The student may review the notes and anticipation of the mediation and other listen to the recording under the information introduced at the mediation may not be disclosed outside of the mediation, except as may be required or authorized by law. 200

VIII. supervision of the Title IX Coordinator or information about the allegations if the designee. information is maintained by the school as an D. Witnesses shall be called in one at a time “education record” under the Family to make a statement and to respond to Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). questions. All hearings closed to all persons except those E. After hearing all of the information, the referenced in hearing section (VI, “Hearing Hearing Committee will go begin its Committee Meetings”). deliberations. Using the “preponderance of evidence” standard, which means that it IX.Amnesty for Drug and Alcohol Possession and is more likely than not that the violation, Consumption Violations occurred, the members will determine, by Students are encouraged to report instances of majority vote, whether the violation sex-based discrimination, sexual harassment, occurred. If it is determined that the and sexual harassment or sexual assault violation occurred, by majority vote, the involving students. Therefore, students who members will decide upon the appropriate report information about sex-based sanction. discrimination, sexual harassment, or sexual F. The Chair of the Hearing Committee will harassment or sexual assault involving students send a certified letter to the Respondent’s will not be disciplined by the college for any and to the Complainant’s addresses of violation of the college’s drug or alcohol record within two (2) instructional possession or consumption policies in which weekdays of the Committee’s decision, they might have engaged in connection with and, if applicable the sanction(s) imposed. the report. The letter will also inform each recipient about the appeal process. Student Grievances and Complaints 1. When the case results in a finding I. Policy that the student engaged in an act of It is the policy of Central Carolina Technical sexual violence, the Chair’s letter to College to provide a system to channel and resolve the Complainant will also include the formal and informal student complaints sanction imposed by the Hearing concerning decisions made or actions taken. Committee. Complaints regarding discrimination, sexual 2. When the case results in a finding violence, sexual harassment, and academic matters, that the student engaged in an act of excluding individual grades will be addressed in non-violent sexual harassment, the accordance with the Student Grievance Procedure Chair’s letter to the Complainant will set forth by the State Board for Technical and only include the sanction imposed by Comprehensive Education (SBTCE) Policy 3-2- the Hearing Committee if the 106. sanction directly relates to the Complainant (e.g., the violator has II. Definitions been directed to stay away from the Complainant while on the college’s When used in this document, unless the content campus). requires other meaning” A. “College” means any college in the South Confidentiality and Privacy The college will protect Complainants’ privacy Carolina Technical College System: to the extent possible under the law. In some B. “President” means the chief executive officer situations, including those in which disciplinary action is a possible outcome, due process may of the college. require disclosure of information to persons C. “Administrative Officer” means anyone accused. The college will make every reasonable effort designated at the college as being on the to abide by Complainants’ wishes to remain administrative staff, such as the President, anonymous; however, the college will balance Chief Academic Officer, Chief Student requests for anonymity/confidentiality with the Services Officer, etc. safety of other members of the community. D. “Chief Student Services Officer” means the Factors that will be considered in determining Administrative Officer at the College who has whether to disclose a complaint or report overall management responsibility for student misconduct to a respondent include: the services or his/her designee. seriousness of the alleged conduct; the E. “Chief Instructional Officer” means the Complainant’s age; whether there have been Administrative Officer at the College who has other complaints about the same individual; overall management responsibility for and the alleged violator’s rights to receive academic programs and services or his/her designee. F. “Student” means a person taking any course(s) offered by the college. G. “Instructor” means any person employed by the college to conduct classes. 201

H. “Staff” means any person employed by the written complaints about alleged sexual college for reasons other than conducting harassment or violence shall be submitted classes. to the employee(s) designated in the college’s Statement of Nondiscrimination I. “Campus” means any place where the college to coordinate Section 504, Title II, and conducts or sponsors educational, public Title IX compliance. service, or research activities. 2. Written complaints about decisions and actions not related to discrimination onIII. Procedure the basis of age, gender, race, disability, veteran’s status, or sexual harassment A decision or action can be grieved only if it shall be submitted to the college’s Chief involves a misapplication of the college’s policies, Student Services Officer. procedures, or regulations, or a state or federal 3. Any written complaint naming the law. This procedure may not be used in the college’s President as the person whose following instances: 1) to grieve a claim against a alleged action or decision originated the college employee for any matter unrelated to the problem shall be submitted to the employee’s role or position at the college; 2) for President of the South Carolina complaints or appeals of grades awarded in a class or for an assignment, unless the complaint is based Technical College System. upon alleged discrimination on the basis of age, B. Pre-Hearing gender, race, disability or veteran’s status or on the basis of alleged sexual harassment; or 3) to The person receiving the student’s written grieve a decision for which other grievance or complaint will send a written appeal procedures exist (e.g., appeal of a acknowledgement to the student no later than disciplinary case, a residency appeal, a financial aid two (2) instructional weekdays after receiving appeal, FERPA grievances, transfer credit the written complaint. evaluations, etc.). The person receiving the complaint will The student filing the grievance must have been forward the complaint to the immediate enrolled at the college at the time of decision or supervisor of the employee named in the action being grieved and must be the victim of the complaint no later than two instructional alleged mistreatment. A grievance cannot be filed weekdays after it has been received. When the on behalf of another person. President is named in the complaint, the A. Filing a Complaint South Carolina Technical College System’s Vice President of Academic Affairs will be This procedure must be initiated by the responsible for the pre-hearing. student within thirty (30) instructional weekdays of becoming aware of the decision, As a part of the effort to resolve the matter, action, or event giving rise to the grievance. the supervisor, or the South Carolina This time limit may be extended by the Technical College System’s Vice President for President or his/her designee, if the student Academic Affairs, will consult, as needed, requests an extension within the 30 day with the employee named in the complaint, period. the student filing the complaint, and Chief Before initiating the Student Grievance Administrative Officer of the division or process, a student may go to the college component concerned. employee who originated the alleged problem The supervisor, or the South Carolina and attempt to resolve the matter informally. Technical College System’s Vice President for In instances alleging discrimination or Academic Affairs, shall respond in writing to harassment, including sexual harassment and the student within ten instructional weekdays violence, the student is not required to initially of receipt of the complaint. The response, try to resolve the matter with the person sent by certified mail, shall include a summary alleged to have committed the violation under of the findings and, as needed propose the this policy. Where applicable, if the student is not satisfied with the outcome of this meeting steps that shall be taken to resolve the or if the student prefers to ignore this step, complaint. If the student does not agree with then the student may file a written complaint the proposed resolution, the student may and initiate the grievance process. This written request to have the complaint heard by the complaint should describe the decision or Student Grievance Committee. action that is being grieved, the date of the When the College’s President is named in the decision or action, and the college complaint, the President of the South employee(s) involved in the decision or Carolina Technical College System will action. convene a three person ad hoc committee 1. Written complaints about alleged consisting of System Presidents to hear the student’s complaint. discrimination or harassment on the basis C. Student Grievance Hearing of age, gender, race, color, national 1. Requesting a Hearing origin, disability or veteran’s status and 202

a. The student must submit a written Presidents to serve as the chairperson for request for a Grievance Hearing to the the hearing. Chief Student Services Officer within c. The Chief Student Services Officer, or five (5) instructional weekdays after designee, will send copies of the student’s receiving the supervisor's written request for a hearing to the committee response and no later than fifteen members, the employee, and the instructional days after the supervisor employee's supervisor. The employee sent the summary of findings. The against whom the grievance was filed has request must include a copy of the an opportunity to submit his/her student’s original written complaint, a response to the request for a hearing to copy of the supervisor's response, and the Committee prior to the hearing. a statement describing why the d. The Student Grievance Committee’s supervisor's response was meeting(s) shall be conducted within unsatisfactory. twenty-one (21) instructional weekdays following the date of the request. The b. If the student does not submit the chairperson may grant a postponement if written request for a hearing within either party submits a written request no fifteen (15) instructional weekdays, and later than five instructional weekdays the student can demonstrate that prior to the scheduled meeting. The extenuating circumstances resulted in chairperson of the Student Grievance the failure to meet this deadline, the Committee, in his/her discretion, may Chief Student Services Officer may postpone the hearing due to allow the hearing to take place. circumstances beyond the control of the parties. The re-scheduled hearing must c. Within two (2) instructional days of take place within ten instructional receiving the request for a hearing, the weekdays of the date of the previously Chief Student Services Officer shall scheduled hearing. notify the President or, as appropriate, the System President about the need to 3. Hearing Procedures convene a Student Grievance a. The Chief Student Services Officer, or Committee or an ad hoc committee of System Presidents. These committees designee, shall send a certified letter to shall be formed to hear specific the student filing the complaint and to complaints and a new committee may the employee(s) named in the complaint be formed each time a grievance at least five instructional weekdays before covered by this procedure is filed. the scheduled hearing. This letter shall include:2. Grievance Committees 1. A brief description of the complaint,a. Student Grievance Committee--The including the name of the person President must approve all recommended filing the complaint. members. The committee shall be 2. The date, time, and location of the composed of the following: meeting. 1. Three students recommended by the 3. The name of any person who might be called as a witness. governing body of the student body. 4. A list of the student’s procedural 2. Two faculty members recommended rights. These rights follow: a. The right to review all available by the Chief Academic Officer. 3. One Student Services staff member evidence, documents or exhibits that each party may present at the recommended by the Chief Student meeting. This review must take Services Officer. place under the supervision of the 4. One administrator, other than the Chief Student Services Officer, or Chief Student Services Officer, to designee. serve as the Committee's b. The right to appear before the chairperson. Hearing Committee and to present 5. The Chief Student Services Officer, information and additional or designee, who serves as an ex- evidence, subject to the officio, nonvoting member of the Committee’s judgment that the committee. evidence is relevant to the hearing.b. Ad hoc Committee of Presidents—The c. The right to consult with consul. President of the South Carolina This person serving as consul may Technical College System will select three not address the committee, System Presidents to serve on this committee and identify one of the three 203

question the employee(s) named in use a preponderance of the evidence the complaint, or any witnesses. standard in making this determination. The student will be responsible for h. The Committee shall decide the solution paying any fees charged by the of the grievance by a majority vote. In advisor. case of a tie, the chairperson may vote. d. The right to present witnesses i. The chairperson shall forward a copy of who have information relating to the Committee's decision to the student the complaint. Witnesses will be filing the complaint and to the dismissed after presenting the employee(s) named in the complaint information and responding to within two instructional weekdays of the questions posed by the Grievance Committee's decision. This letter will Committee, the student filing the include a rationale for the Committee’s complaint, and the employee(s) decision and inform the student and named in the complaint. employee(s) that they have a right tob. At least ten (10) instructional weekdays appeal the Committee’s decision. before the scheduled hearing the parties D. Appeal Process must submit the names of persons that If either party is not satisfied with the Student the parties anticipate calling as witnesses as well as any evidence that the parties Grievance Committee's decision, that person intend to introduce at the hearing. may submit a written appeal to the Presidentc. Hearings are closed to the public. When of the College within ten instructional testimony is being given, only the weekdays of the Committee's decision. The committee members, the student and written appeal must include a statement his/her advisor, the employee and indicating why the person was not satisfied his/her advisor, and the witness giving with the committee’s decision. The President testimony may be present. During shall review the Committee's findings, deliberations, only the members of the conduct whatever additional inquiries are Committee may be present. deemed necessary and render a decisiond. Hearings are informal and a tape within ten instructional weekdays of receipt of recording of the testimony presented the appeal. The President's decision is final during the hearing may be made. The and this decision cannot be the sole reason Committee’s deliberations are not tape for filing a grievance against the President. recorded. After resolution of the appeal, If either party is not satisfied with the System the tape recording will be kept for three Office’s ad hoc Committee of System months in the office of the Chief Student Services Officer, or designee. The student Presidents’ decision, that person may submit a filing the complaint or the employee(s) written appeal to the President of the South named in the complaint may listen to this Carolina Technical College System within ten tape recording under the supervision of instructional weekdays of the Committee's the Chief Student Services Officer, or decision. The written appeal must include a designee. statement indicating why the person was note. The Committee may question the student satisfied with the Committee’s decision. The and the employee(s). The Committee System President shall review the Committee's may also question the employee’s findings, conduct whatever additional (employees’) supervisor(s) and any inquiries are deemed necessary and render a additional witnesses that it considers decision within ten instructional weekdays of necessary to render a fair decision. receipt of the appeal. The System President’s Questions must be relevant to the issues decision is final. of the grievance. E. Record Keepingf. Both parties to the grievance may ask All electronic and hard copy records related to questions of the other during the hearing. These questions must be relevant to the formal written complaints processed through issues stated in the written complaint. the Grievance Procedure are maintained in The Chairperson of the Committee will the office of the Chief Student Services determine the appropriateness of the Officer. Documents included in these records questions. are:g. The Committee bears the burden of determining whether the allegations are 1. Grievance Form supported by the information available 2. Investigation notes through the hearing. The Committee will 3. Communication records between 204 employees 4. Letters written to students The Chief Student Services Officer, Chief Academic Officer, Academic Deans, and faculty maintain records related to informal complaints.

These types of complaints are usuallydocumented on a File Notation Form; however,due to the simplistic nature of some complaints,this form may not be needed. 205

Glossary Developmental Courses – Courses designed to assist you in basic reading, writing, or mathematics. TheseAcademic Advisor – Your advisor is the faculty courses are prerequisites to college-level, transferable courses. You are required to successfully completemember in your program of study who advises you on these courses or test out of them prior to taking higher-courses needed to complete your certificate, diploma, level college credit coursesor associate degree. Your academic advisor is the key to Diploma – A program that takes approximately oneyour success in taking the right courses, completing year to complete as a full-time student. It sometimesyour program, and learning about your career can be transferred into an associate degree in that fieldopportunities. of study.Accreditation – An endorsement given to educational Distance Education - Distance education offerings atinstitutions or academic degree programs by an Central Carolina Technical College utilize one or moreorganization that reviews qualifications. technologies to deliver instruction to students who areAdd/Drop Period – This period includes the first five separated from the instructor by time or distance.days of 14 and 16-week courses and first three days of These methods may include the use of electronic5, 8, and 10- week courses. You may drop or add learning management systems for online and hybridcourses to your schedule only during the Add/Drop delivery of courses and/or Web or videoconferencingperiod.Associate Degree – A program where a student earns technologies. Central Carolina’s distance educationa degree from a community or technical college. It courses provide regular and substantive interactiontakes two years to complete degree as a full-time between the students and the instructor, eitherstudent. synchronously or asynchronously.Catalog – A catalog is your guidebook that contains Elective – A course that is your choice, rather thaninformation regarding what you need to know about one identified as a program requirement. Usually aCentral Carolina and what you need to take so that you program of study will have one or two electivescan graduate. required, but the choice of which elective course youCertificate – A program that usually takes less than “elect” to take is flexible with the advisor’s approval.one-year to complete as a full-time student. It FAFSA – The acronym for Free Application forsometimes can be transferred into the diploma or Federal Student Aid, the form the federal governmentassociate degree in that field of study. uses to determine financial aid for you.Comprehensive Advising Process (CAP) – A Financial Aid – General term used to refer to anysystematic approach to advisement that includes form of assistance you receive to help pay for collegeprogram orientation, activities in COL 105 Freshman expenses.Seminar, midterm grades, and Freshman Advisors. Freshman Advisor – New students are assigned aCorequisite – A course that must be taken at the sametime as another course. Freshman Advisor to help them navigate the firstCounselor – A staff member in Admissions and semester of college. Your Freshman Advisor will assistCounseling Services whose role is to admit you into the and support you with COL 105, career assessments,college, provide career counseling, and refer you to and college resources. He/she will also help toothers as needed. Counselors are not academic transition to Academic Advisors.advisors. GPA – Grade point average; the average of your classCourse Numbers - Numbers assigned to specific grades, based on a 4.0 scale. You are expected to attainclasses. at least a 2.0 GPA in order to graduate from a program.Course Reference Number (CRN) – Each course (A=4; B=3; C=2; D=1; F=0)section has a unique CRN. If you know the CRN, Hybrid – A course that has required on-campusregistration is faster. However, you can look up classes meetings and online components.without knowing the CRN. Minimester – A shorter term than the 16-weekCredit Hour – Credit awarded for courses semester, usually 8 or 5 weeks.Curriculum – The group of courses within a program myCCTC - Your student information system thatof study. allows you to register online, view grades andD2L or Desire2Learn or Brightspace – Course transcripts, conduct degree audits, check on yourdelivery software which allows courses to be taken over financial aid status, send e-mails, receive campus news,the Internet using various communication, content, and and much more.management tools. Prerequisite – A course that must be completedDAE or Department Approved Elective – Specific successfully in order to enter the next course in acourses allowed to count toward graduation from a subject sequence.program. Program – The field of study in which a studentDegree Works – This is a guide accessible within enrolls that outlines the courses and the number ofmyCCTC that displays the courses required in your credit hours required by the State in order to award aprogram of study, the courses you have taken, the certificate, diploma, or degree.grades you received, and the number of courses still QEP or Quality Enhancement Plan – A formal activityrequired for you to graduate. implemented at the College to enhance student learning. 206

Registration – The process of officially choosing Syllabus – An outline of course content, whichtimes to attend classes. Once the classes are chosen and includes expectations and attendance policy, sometimesentered into the computer, a seat is held in those with assignments and their due dates.classes until tuition is paid (requiring a visit to the Transcript – Your official record of your cumulativecashier each semester) or until the payment deadline. If academic work at a college. It lists the coursestuition is not paid by the payment deadline, the classes attempted and the grades and credit hours earned forwill be dropped and the registration is cancelled. those courses.Section Number – Each semester a section number is Transfer Courses – Courses designed for transfer toassigned to each course offering to indicate when, another college as credit towards a program of study. Ifwhere, and at what time the class is meeting. These you plan to transfer, it is important for you to contactnumbers are extremely important to you during the senior college for information on the mostregistration. appropriate course selections for you to take at CCTC. Tuition – Costs for courses, not including certain fees. 207

INDEX Course Descriptions .............................................................. 127 Course Scheduling ................................................................... 25Academic Advising ..............................................................172 Crime Prevention.................................................................... 184Academic Calendar ..................................................................9 Criminal Justice & Paralegal.................................................... 56Academic Integrity Honor Code .......................................168 Criminal Justice Technology (Associate Degree) ................ 56Academic Load .......................................................................25 Cumulative Credit Hours (Quantitative Measure) ............ 171Acceptable Use Agreement for Computing Resources.179 Cumulative Grade-Point Average (Qualitative Measure) 171Accessibility for Online Courses .......................................175 Cybersecurity (Certificate) ....................................................... 53Accounting (Associate Degree) ...........................................42Accounting Specialist (Certificate) ......................................44 Declaration of Citizenship or Legal Presence in the United States ....17Add/Drop/Section Changes ...............................................25 DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST) ................................19Adding/Dropping Courses ................................................172Additional Admissions Information ...................................17 Development of Common Course System .......................... 31Additional Fees for Online Courses .................................176 Developmental Studies Standards of Academic Progress170Additional Student Information ........................................179 Distance Education ................................................................ 176Addressing Alleged Acts of Drugs, Alcoholic Beverages, and Weapons ....................... 184 Sexual Violence and Harassment ...............................................194 Dual Enrollment ....................................................................... 18Administrative Office Technology......................................37 Early Care and Education (Associate Degree) .................... 61Administrative Office Technology (Associate Degree)...37 Early Care and Education Programs ..................................... 60Administrative Support (Diploma) ....................................39 Early Childhood Development (Certificate) ........................ 64Admissions Criteria, Course Grades, GPA’s, Validations ........29 Early Childhood Development (Diploma)........................... 63Admissions Information .......................................................15 Transfer to South Carolina Colleges and Universities .............25Admissions Policy ..................................................................17 Emergency Notification System........................................... 185Advanced Air Conditioning and Heating (Certificate) ..117 Engineering Design Technology (Associate Degree)....... 120Advanced CNC Programming (Certificate) ....................119 English Fluency........................................................................... 8Advanced Mechatronics Technology (Certificate) .........124 Entrepreneurship/Small Business Management (Certificate).45Advanced Placement Examinations (AP Exams) ............19 Environmental Engineering Technology (Associate Degree) 66Advanced Standing ................................................................18 Environmental Engineering Technology & Natural Resources ...66Advisement and Registration .............................................172 Environmental, Health & Safety (Certificate)...................... 68Alcohol-Free/Drug-Free Environment ...........................179 Evacuation-Long Continuous Blast .................................... 185Applications for Financial Aid .............................................22 Exceptions/Appeals/Reinstatement................................... 171Apprenticeship Programs .....................................................33 Experiential Learning and Professional Certification......... 20Area Commission Members ..................................................5 Federal Direct Loans................................................................ 23Associate in Arts (Associate Degree)..................................74 Federal Pell Grants ................................................................... 22Associate in Science (Associate Degree) ............................77 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) ... 22Assurance of Quality .............................................................30 Federal Work-Study.................................................................. 22Attendance Policy.................................................................173 Financial Aid and Tuition and Fees..................................... 174Auditing Courses ....................................................................25 Financial Aid Categories of Enrollment ............................. 172Automotive Diagnostic Technology (Certificate) .........114 Financial Aid Information....................................................... 21Automotive Technology (Certificate)...............................113 First-time Applicants for Financial Aid .............................. 171Background .............................................................................28 Foundation Scholarships ......................................................... 23Bankmobile............................................................................174 Free Tuition for Children of Certain Veterans.................... 24Basic Air Conditioning and Heating (Certificate)...........115 General Admissions Requirements ....................................... 17Basic Machining and CNC Fundamentals (Certificate).118 General Education.................................................................... 73Basic Mechatronics Technology (Certificate)..................123 General Education (Certificate) ............................................. 79Basic Program Information ..................................................35 General Education Courses .................................................... 36Bomb Threat Procedures....................................................184 General Information .................................................................. 4Bookstore...............................................................................180 General Technology (Associate Degree) .............................. 80Brightspace D2L...................................................................176 General Use Rules for Computer Resources ..................... 179Business....................................................................................42 Gerontology (Certificate)....................................................... 111Campus-based Programs ......................................................22 Glossary .................................................................................... 206Career Services......................................................................180 Grade-Point Average.............................................................. 169Career Development..............................................................18 Grading System for GPA Computation ............................. 169Categories of Admission .......................................................18 Graduation Ceremony ............................................................. 27CCTC Academic Transcripts ...............................................28 Graduation Honors .................................................................. 28CCTCgo Mobile Applications............................................177 Graduation/Program Completion......................................... 27Central Carolina Scholars......................................................23 Health and Medical Services ................................................. 181Change of Program ..............................................................173 Health Sciences ......................................................................... 81College Accreditation ..............................................................7 Health Science Program Requirements ................................ 81College Information.................................................................6 History of the College ................................................................ 6College Level Examinations (CLEP) ..................................19 Home Contracts...................................................................... 181College Mission Statement......................................................6 Human Resource Specialist (Certificate) .............................. 48College Personnel.................................................................158 Human Services....................................................................... 108College-Wide General Education Outcomes ....................27 Human Services (Associate Degree).................................... 108Computer Specialist (Certificate).........................................52 Human Services (Certificate) ................................................ 110Computer Technology ..........................................................50 Inclement Weather ................................................................. 181Computer Technology (Associate Degree)........................50 Index ......................................................................................... 208Computer Technology Courses .........................................176 Industrial and Engineering Technology.............................. 112Contact Information..................................................... 17, 210 Industrial and Engineering Technology Drug Testing Policy .... 112Copy Machine Services .......................................................181 Infant and Toddler Care (Certificate).................................... 65Copyrights..............................................................................176 Information on Grading........................................................ 169 208

Information Processing (Certificate) ..................................40 Secondary School Articulation Agreements......................... 19Intellectual Property.............................................................176 Security Office......................................................................... 184International Baccalaureate Credit Award Policy .............20 Senior Citizens........................................................................... 18Internetworking – Cisco (Certificate) ................................54 Service and Support Animals................................................ 183Library ....................................................................................181 Sheltering Procedures............................................................. 185Library Online Resources ...................................................176 South Carolina Need Based Grant ........................................ 22LIFE Scholarship ...................................................................23 South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation ............................ 27Loans ........................................................................................23 Special Populations Program (Perkins)................................. 27Loitering .................................................................................181 Special Programs..................................................................... 183Lottery Tuition Assistance....................................................23 Specific Admissions Requirements........................................ 18Making the Most of your College Experience ................168 Standards of Academic Progress.......................................... 170Management (Associate Degree) .........................................46 Standards of Academic Progress for Financial Aid .......... 170Massage Therapy (Certificate)..............................................91 Standards of Satisfactory Academic Progress for Financial Aid ...24Maximum Program Hours (Quantitative Measure) .......171 State Funds................................................................................. 22Mechatronics Fundamentals (Certificate) ........................122 Statement of Role and Scope.................................................... 6Medical Assisting (Diploma) ................................................93 Statement of Values.................................................................... 6Medical Emergency Procedures ........................................185 Statewide Articulation Agreement ......................................... 32Medical Office Administrative Assistant (Certificate) .....41 Statewide Articulation of 86 Courses .................................... 29Medical Record Coding (Certificate) ..................................95Military Service School ..........................................................19 Statewide Publication and Distribution of Information on Transfer .30myCCTC Student Portal .....................................................177Natural Resources Management (Associate Degree) .......71 Student Appearance Statement ............................................ 168Nursing (ADN) (NURS) (Associate Degree)....................83 Student Code ........................................................................... 186Nursing (LPN to ADN Option) (Associate Degree) ......87 Student Complaints/Grievance ........................................... 178Office Hours ...........................................................................25 Student Grievances and Complaints Procedure................ 201Online Courses .....................................................................177 Student Handbook ................................................................. 167Online Course and Hybrid Attendance Requirements..177 Student Identification Card (ID).......................................... 182Online Course Prerequisite Competencies ......................178 Student Learning Center........................................................ 180Online Course Technical Assistance.................................178 Student Life.............................................................................. 183Online Resources .................................................................175 Student Responsibilities......................................................... 174Overview of Applying for Financial Aid............................21 Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act........... 174Paralegal (Associate Degree) ................................................58 Student Rights ......................................................................... 174Parking ...................................................................................181 Student Rights and Responsibilities..................................... 174Patient Care Technician (Certificate) ..................................97 Students with Disabilities ...................................................... 183Payment of Fees .....................................................................25 Summary................................................................................... 171Payment Plan...........................................................................24 Supervision and Leadership Foundations (Certificate) ...... 49Pharmacy Technician (Certificate) ......................................99 Surgical Technology (Diploma)............................................ 104Physical Therapy Assistant (AA/AS)................................102 Technical Information ........................................................... 178Pipe Welding (Advanced Certificate)................................126 Testing Center ......................................................................... 182Plan for Safety.......................................................................184 The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ........................ 8PLATO ..................................................................................180 Tips for Success ...................................................................... 168Policy on Nondiscrimination .................................................8 Title IV School Code 003995 - [email protected] ............ 24Posting and Distribution of Information.........................182 Tobacco Free Campus ........................................................... 182President’s Message..................................................................5 Transfer Blocks, Statewide Agreements, Completion of ............. 30Privacy for Students taking Online Courses....................178 Transfer Policy .......................................................................... 29Procedures for Establishing a New Student Organization.......183 Transfer Students................................................................18, 26Proficiency Tests ....................................................................19 Transfer to Central Carolina Technical College .................. 20Program Accreditations and Approvals ...............................7 Transfer to Senior Colleges and Universities.................28, 32Program Areas ........................................................................33 Transfer to South Carolina Colleges and Universities ....... 27Program Residency Requirements ......................................21 Transient Students .................................................................... 18Programs of Study..................................................................34 TRIO Student Support Services........................................... 183Programs of Study Information...........................................27 TRIO Veterans Upward Bound........................................... 183Programs of Study Table of Contents ................................35 Tuition and Fees-Effective Fall Semester 2017................... 26Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)......................................21 Types of Financial Aid ............................................................. 22Readmission ............................................................................18 Use of Electronic Devices/Phones ..................................... 182Refund Policy-Credit Courses..............................................26 VA Certification for Online Courses .................................... 24Refund Policy-Non-Credit Courses, Seminars and Workshops.....26 Verification................................................................................. 22Registration............................................................................172 Veterans’ Affairs Standards of Academic Progress ....24, 172Registration Information ......................................................25 Veterans’ and Active Duty Education Benefits................... 23Regulations for Use of Identification Card......................182 Vision Statement ......................................................................... 6Release of Student Information.........................................175 Visitors...................................................................................... 183Residency Status .....................................................................26 Wastewater Operator (Certificate) ......................................... 69Return of Title IV Funds ............................................. 25, 172 Water Operator (Certificate)................................................... 70Related Reports and Statewide Documents ......................30 Web Conferencing.................................................................. 179Safety Procedures .................................................................184 Web Development (Certificate) ............................................. 55Scholastic Honors ..................................................................27 Welding (Certificate)............................................................... 125 Withdrawing from Classes. ..................................................... 25 Withdrawing from College Course ...................................... 173 Workforce Development......................................................... 33 209

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