Academic Standards & Policies Definition of Terms 4. The Academic Senate president will notify the student of a final decision within thirty (30) instructional days (excluding Mistake—An unintentional error such as a clerical error or weekends and holidays) of receiving the appeal. If the an error made by the instructor in calculating a student’s Academic Senate president is directly involved in the grade- grade change request, then another full-time Academic Senate Council member will be chosen by lot to address and Fraud—A deliberate misrepresentation of the truth in order respond to the appeal in writing. to secure unfair or unlawful gain 5. The written notification of the Academic Senate president’s Bad faith—An intentional or malicious act that infringes on final decision will be copied to the superintendent/president the rights of someone else in cases where no grade change is recommended. Incompetence—A lack of ability, qualification, fitness, or Students and instructors wishing to change a grade after sixty performance (60) instructional days (excluding weekends and holidays) of the date when official grades are posted must submit Evaluative symbols—A, B, C, D, F, P, NP, SP their request in writing to the Committee on Exceptions. Such requests must be made within three years of the date when Nonevaluative symbols—I, IP, RD, W, EW, MW the grade was posted. The Committee on Exceptions will consult with the instructor of record, review deadlines, and Requesting a Change from an Evaluative examine extenuating circumstances. Approved changes will Symbol to Another Evaluative Symbol be submitted to the Admissions and Records Office through a grade change form approved by the instructor and chair of the 1. Students requesting a grade change from one evaluative Committee on Exceptions. symbol to another should first attempt to discuss the request informally with the instructor—in person or by Requesting a Change from an Evaluative email—within sixty (60) instructional days (excluding Symbol to a Nonevaluative Symbol weekends and holidays) of the date when official grades are posted. If contact with the instructor is not possible Students who request a grade change from an evaluative because the instructor is not available, the student has symbol to a ’W’ (Withdrawal) or ’NR’ (No Record) or from a ’W’ filed a discrimination complaint, or the district determines to an ’EW’ (Excused Withdrawal) must submit their request in there may have been gross misconduct by the original writing to the Committee on Exceptions. Such requests must instructor, then the student should make initial contact with be made within three years of the date when the grade was the appropriate department chair—in person or by email posted.The Committee on Exceptions will consult with the —within sixty (60) instructional days (excluding weekends instructor of record, review deadlines, and examine extenuating and holidays) of the date when official grades are posted to circumstances. Approved changes will be submitted to the discuss the grade-change request. Admissions and Records Office through a grade change form approved by the instructor and chair of the Committee on 2. If the student’s grade-change request is not resolved Exceptions. satisfactorily by contacting the instructor, the student should contact the appropriate department chair—in person or A student who requests a change from any grade to a Military by email—within ten (10) instructional days (excluding Withdrawal (MW) must submit proof of orders compelling weekends and holidays) after the student’s discussion with a withdrawal of courses to the Director of Admissions and the instructor. The department chair or their designee will Records. (Please refer to Administrative Procedure 5075.) investigate and address the student’s request by email or letter within ten (10) instructional days. Requesting a Change from a Nonevaluative Symbol to an Evaluative Symbol 3. If the student wishes to appeal the finding of the department chair or their designee, the student must make Changes of “I” (Incomplete) to an evaluative grade are a request by email or by letter to the Academic Senate based on criteria identified by the instructor in the “Petition president within ten (10) instructional days (excluding for Incomplete Grade” signed by both the instructor and the weekends and holidays) of receipt of the department student when the “I” was issued. The agreed upon criteria chair’s or their designee’s written notification. must be satisfied no later than one semester following the end of the term in which the “I” was assigned. The student, with Wherever possible, the instructor who first awarded the instructor’s concurrence that extenuating circumstances the grade will be apprised of all evidence and given prevented the student from satisfying the criteria within the time every opportunity to rebut the evidence or to submit limit, may request an extension of the time limit by petitioning a voluntary change of grade prior to the Academic the Committee on Exceptions. Senate president’s final decision. (Sources: MCCD Board Policy/Administrative Procedure In the case of fraud, bad faith, or incompetence, the 4230; MCCD Board Policy/Administrative Procedure 4231; final determination concerning removal or change of MCCD Administrative Procedure 4232; MCCD Board Policy/ grade will be made by the Academic Senate president Administrative Procedure 4235. All MiraCosta College board in consultation with the superintendent/president. In all policies and administrative procedures are located on the cases, the instructor who first awarded the grade will be Board of Trustees webpage.) given written notice of the change. 401MiraCosta College 2020-2021 Catalog
Academic Standards & Policies Harassment & Unlawful Physical harassment—Inappropriate or offensive touching, Discrimination assault, or physical interference with free movement. This may include, but is not limited to, kissing, patting, lingering Unlawful Harassment or intimate touches, grabbing, pinching, leering, staring, unnecessarily brushing against or blocking another person, All forms of harassment are contrary to basic standards of whistling, or sexual gestures. It also includes any physical conduct between individuals and are prohibited by state and assault or intimidation directed at an individual due to that federal law—as well as by MiraCosta Community College person's gender, race, national origin, sexual orientation or District Board Policy 3430—and will not be tolerated. other protected status. Physical sexual harassment includes acts of sexual violence, such as rape, sexual assault, sexual The district is committed to providing an academic and work battery, and sexual coercion. Sexual violence refers to environment that respects the dignity of individuals and groups. physical sexual acts perpetrated against a person’s will The district shall be free of sexual harassment and all forms of or where a person is incapable of giving consent due to sexual intimidation and exploitation including acts of sexual the victim’s use of drugs or alcohol. An individual also may violence. It shall also be free of other unlawful harassment, be unable to give consent due to an intellectual or other including that which is based on any of the following statuses: disability. race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical Visual or written harassment—The display or circulation disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic of visual or written material that degrades an individual information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender or group based on gender, race, nationality, sexual expression, age, sexual orientation of any person, or military orientation, or other protected status. This may include, and veteran status, or because they are perceived to have one but is not limited to, posters, cartoons, drawings, graffiti, or more of the foregoing characteristics. reading materials, computer graphics, or electronic media transmissions. Definitions Environmental harassment—A hostile academic or work environment may exist where it is permeated by sexual General harassment—Harassment based on race, religious innuendo; insults or abusive comments directed at an creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, individual or group based on gender, race, nationality, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, sexual orientation, or other protected status; or gratuitous marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, comments regarding gender, race, sexual orientation, age, or sexual orientation of any person, military and veteran or other protected status that are not relevant to the status, or the perception that a person has one or more of subject matter of the class or activities on the job. A hostile these characteristics is illegal and violates district policy. environment can arise from an unwarranted focus on Harassment shall be found where, in aggregate, the incidents sexual topics or sexually suggestive statements in the are sufficiently pervasive, persistent, or severe that a reasonable classroom or work environment. It can also be created by person with the same characteristics as the victim of the an unwarranted focus on, or stereotyping of, particular harassing conduct would be adversely affected to a degree racial or ethnic groups, sexual orientations, genders or that interferes with the ability to participate in or to realize the other protected statuses. An environment may also be intended benefits of an institutional activity, employment, or hostile toward anyone who merely witnesses unlawful resource. harassment in their immediate surroundings, although the conduct is directed at others. The determination of whether Gender-based harassment does not necessarily involve an environment is hostile is based on the totality of the conduct that is sexual. Any hostile or offensive conduct based circumstances, including such factors as the frequency on gender can constitute prohibited harassment. For example, of the conduct, the severity of the conduct, whether the repeated derisive comments about a person’s competency conduct is humiliating or physically threatening, and to do the job, when based on that person’s gender, could whether the conduct unreasonably interferes with an constitute gender-based harassment if it meets the definition individual's learning or work. above. Harassment comes in many forms, including but not limited to the following conduct that could, depending on the Sexual harassment—In addition to the above, sexual circumstances, meet the definition above, or could contribute harassment consists of unwelcome sexual advances, requests to a set of circumstances that meets the definition: for sexual favors, and other verbal, visual, or physical conduct of a sexual nature made by someone from, or in, the work or Verbal harassment—Inappropriate or offensive remarks, educational setting when: slurs, jokes or innuendoes based on a person's race, gender, sexual orientation, or other protected status. This Submission to the conduct is explicitly or implicitly made a may include, but is not limited to, inappropriate comments term or condition of an individual's employment, academic regarding an individual's body, physical appearance, status, progress, internship, or volunteer activity. attire, sexual prowess, marital status or sexual orientation; Submission to, or rejection of, the conduct by the individual unwelcome flirting or propositions; demands for sexual is used as a basis of employment or academic decisions favors; verbal abuse, threats or intimidation; or sexist, affecting the individual. patronizing or ridiculing statements that convey derogatory The conduct has the purpose or effect of having a attitudes based on gender, race, nationality, sexual negative impact upon the individual's work or academic orientation, or other protected status. performance, or of creating an intimidating, hostile or 402 MiraCosta College 2020-2021 Catalog
Academic Standards & Policies offensive work or educational environment (as more fully of harassment and does not constitute discipline against any described below). affected employee. Submission to, or rejection of, the conduct by the individual is used as the basis for any decision affecting the individual Protection from Retaliation regarding benefits and services, honors, programs, or activities available at or through the community college. The district seeks to foster an environment in which all employees and students feel free to report incidents of This definition encompasses two kinds of sexual harassment: harassment without fear of retaliation or reprisal. Therefore, the district also strictly prohibits retaliation against any individual ’Quid pro quo’ sexual harassment occurs when a person in for filing a complaint of harassment or for participating in a position of authority makes educational or employment a harassment investigation. Such conduct is illegal and benefits conditional upon an individual's willingness to constitutes a violation of Board Policy 3430: Prohibition of engage in or tolerate unwanted sexual conduct. Harassment. All allegations of retaliation will be swiftly and ’Hostile environment’ sexual harassment occurs when thoroughly investigated. If the district determines that retaliation unwelcome conduct based on a person's gender has occurred, it will take all reasonable steps within its power is sufficiently severe or pervasive so as to alter the to stop such conduct. Individuals who engage in retaliatory conditions of an individual's learning or work environment, conduct are subject to disciplinary action, up to and including unreasonably interfere with an individual's academic or termination or expulsion. work performance, or create an intimidating, hostile, or abusive learning or work environment. The victim must Any student or employee who believes that they have been subjectively perceive the environment as hostile, and the harassed or retaliated against in violation of this policy should harassment must be such that a reasonable person of the immediately report such incidents by following the procedures same gender would perceive the environment as hostile. described under ’Filing an Unlawful Discrimination Complaint’ A single or isolated incident of sexual harassment may be below. Supervisors are mandated to report all incidents of sufficient to create a hostile environment if it is severe, i.e., a harassment and retaliation that come to their attention. sexual assault. This policy applies to all aspects of the academic environment, Sexually harassing conduct can occur between people of including but not limited to classroom conditions, grades, the same or different genders. The standard for determining academic standing, employment opportunities, scholarships, whether conduct constitutes sexual harassment is whether a recommendations, disciplinary actions, and participation in reasonable person of the same gender as the victim would any community college activity. perceive the conduct as harassment based on sex. Employees who violate the policy and procedures may be Consensual Relationships subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination. Students who violate this policy and related procedures may be Romantic or sexual relationships prohibited: subject to disciplinary measures up to and including expulsion. Between a supervisor and a subordinate employee. Filing an Unlawful Discrimination Complaint Between any classroom faculty member and a MiraCosta College student who is currently enrolled in a class taught Complaints by the faculty member or who is working as a student employee under the supervision of the faculty member. Any person who has suffered harassment, discrimination, Between any non-classroom faculty member and students or retaliation may file a formal or informal complaint of whom they are currently advising. harassment, discrimination, or retaliation. Romantic or sexual relationships discouraged: A formal complaint is a written and signed statement filed with the district or the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Between a supervisor and an employee. Office that alleges harassment, discrimination, or retaliation Between any employee (whether administrator, faculty in violation of the district’s board policies and administrative member, or classified staff member) and a student. procedures or in violation of state or federal law. There is an inherent imbalance of power and potential for An informal complaint is any of the following: (1) an unwritten exploitation in such relationships. A conflict of interest may allegation of harassment, discrimination, or retaliation; (2) a arise if the administrator, faculty member, or staff member must written allegation of harassment, discrimination, or retaliation evaluate the student's or employee's work or make decisions that falls outside the timelines for a formal complaint; or (3) affecting the employee or student. The relationship may a written complaint alleging harassment, discrimination, or create an appearance of impropriety and lead to charges of retaliation filed by an individual who expressly indicates that favoritism by other students or employees. A consensual sexual they do not want to file a formal complaint. relationship may change, with the result that sexual conduct that was once welcome becomes unwelcome and harassing. Oversight of the Complaint Procedure In the event that such relationships do occur, the district has the authority to transfer any involved employee to eliminate The director of labor relations/Title IX coordinator is the or attenuate the supervisory authority of one over the other, ’responsible district officer’ charged with receiving complaints or of a teacher over a student. Such action by the district is a of discrimination or harassment, and coordinating the proactive and preventive measure to avoid possible charges investigation. 403MiraCosta College 2020-2021 Catalog
Academic Standards & Policies The actual investigation of complaints may be assigned by knew or should have known of the facts underlying the the director to other staff or to outside persons or organizations allegation(s) of discrimination, harassment, or retaliation. under contract with the district. This shall occur whenever The complainant must file any formal complaint alleging the director is named in the complaint or implicated by the discrimination, harassment, or retaliation in employment allegations in the complaint. within 180 days of the date of the alleged discriminatory, harassing, or retaliatory conduct, except that this period Informal Complaints shall extend by no more than 90 days following the expiration of the 180 days if the complainant first obtained Any person may submit an informal complaint to the director knowledge of the facts of the alleged violation after the of labor relations/Title IX coordinator, or any other district or expiration of the 180 days. college administrator. Administrators receiving an informal complaint shall immediately notify the director in writing of Who May File a Complaint all pertinent information and facts alleged in the informal complaint. Any student, employee, or third party who believes they have been discriminated against or harassed by a student, Upon receipt of an informal complaint, the director will notify employee, or third party in violation of this procedure and the the person bringing the informal complaint of their right to file related policy may file a complaint. a formal complaint, if the incident falls within the timeline for a formal complaint, and explain the procedure for doing so. Where to File a Complaint The complainant may later decide to file a formal complaint, if within the timelines to do so. If the individual chooses not A student, employee, or third party who believes they have to file a formal complaint, or if the alleged conduct falls been discriminated against or harassed may make a complaint outside the timeline to file a formal complaint, the director shall orally or in writing. If a complainant decides to file a formal, consider the allegations contained in the informal complaint written, unlawful discrimination or harassment complaint and determine the appropriate course of action. This may against the district, they must file the complaint on a form include efforts to informally resolve the matter or a fact-finding prescribed by the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s investigation. Office. These approved forms are available from the director of labor relations/Title IX coordinator and at the State Chancellor’s Investigation of an informal complaint will be appropriate if Office website. the director determines that the allegation(s), if proven true, would constitute a violation of the district policy prohibiting The completed form must be filed with any of the following: harassment, discrimination, or retaliation. The director will explain to any individual bringing an informal complaint that Director of labor relations/Title IX coordinator the director may decide to initiate an investigation, even if the Superintendent/president individual does not wish the director to do so. The director shall California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office not disregard any allegations of harassment, discrimination, or retaliation solely on the basis that the alleged conduct falls Filing a Timely Complaint outside the deadline to file a formal complaint. Since failure to report harassment and discrimination impedes Formal Complaints the district’s ability to stop the behavior, the district strongly encourages anyone who believes they are being harassed Formal complaints must be filed with the California Community or discriminated against to file a complaint. The district also Colleges Chancellor’s Office or the director of labor relations/ strongly encourages the filing of such complaints within thirty Title IX coordinator. If the party submitting the formal complaint (30) days of the alleged incident. While all complaints are alleges discrimination, harassment, or retaliation against the taken seriously and will be investigated promptly, delay in filing director, the complaint should be submitted directly to the impedes the district’s ability to investigate and remediate. All superintendent/president or the State Chancellor. Formal supervisors and managers have a mandatory duty to report complaints should be submitted on the form prescribed by incidents of harassment and discrimination; the existence of a the State Chancellor. A copy of the form will be available at hostile, offensive or intimidating work environment; and acts of the Department of Human Resources and on the district’s retaliation. The district will investigate complaints involving acts website. In no instance will the district reject a written allegation that occur off campus if they are related to an academic or of harassment, discrimination, or retaliation on the basis that it work activity. was not submitted on the proper form. Communicating that the Conduct is A formal complaint must meet each of the following criteria: Unwelcome The formal complaint must allege facts with enough The district further encourages students and staff to let the specificity to show that the allegations, if true, would offending person know immediately and firmly that the constitute a violation of district policies or procedures conduct or behavior is unwelcome, offensive, in poor taste, or prohibiting discrimination, harassment, or retaliation. inappropriate. The complainant must sign and date the formal complaint. The complainant must file any formal complaint not Intake and Processing of the Complaint involving employment within one year of the date of the alleged discriminatory, harassing, or retaliatory conduct When a person brings charges of unlawful discrimination to the or within one year of the date on which the complainant attention of the director of labor relations/Title IX coordinator, the director will do the following: 404 MiraCosta College 2020-2021 Catalog
Academic Standards & Policies Undertake efforts to informally resolve the charges. confidentiality because release of some information on a Advise the complainant that they need not participate in “need-to-know-basis” is essential to a thorough investigation an informal resolution of the complaint, and has the right to and to protect the rights of accused students and employees end the informal resolution process at any time. during the investigation process and any ensuing discipline. Notify the complainant of their right to file a formal complaint and explain the appropriate procedure for doing Timeline for Completion so. Advise a student complainant that they may file a The district will undertake its investigation as promptly and complaint with the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. swiftly as possible. To that end, the investigator shall complete Department of Education. If the complaint is employment‐ the above steps, and prepare a written report within ninety (90) related, the complainant should also be advised that days of the district receiving the complaint. they may file a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and/or the California Investigation Steps Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) where such a complaint is within that agency's jurisdiction. The district will fairly and objectively investigate harassment and Advise complainants that they have a right to file a discrimination complaints. Employees designated to serve as complaint with local law enforcement if the act complained investigators shall have adequate training on what constitutes of is also a criminal act. The district must investigate sexual harassment, including sexual violence, and that they even if the complainant files a complaint with local law understand how the district’s complaint procedures operate. enforcement. The investigator may not have any real or perceived conflicts Advise complainants of any available resources, such as of interest and must be able to investigate the allegations counseling, health, and mental health services. impartially. Take interim steps to protect a complainant from coming into contact with the respondent. Investigators will use the following steps: interviewing the Notify the State Chancellor’s Office of the complaint. complainant(s); interviewing the accused individual(s); identifying and interviewing witnesses and evidence identified Investigation of the Complaint by each party; identifying and interviewing any other witnesses, if needed; reminding all individuals interviewed of the district’s The district shall: no-retaliation policy; considering whether any involved person should be removed from the campus pending completion of Authorize the investigation of the complaint and supervise the investigation; reviewing personnel/academic files of all or conduct a thorough, prompt, and impartial investigation involved parties; reach a conclusion as to the allegations and of the complaint, as set forth below. Where complainants any appropriate disciplinary and remedial action; and see opt for informal resolution, the director will determine that all recommended action is carried out in a timely fashion. whether further investigation is necessary to ensure When the district evaluates the complaint, it shall do so using a resolution of the matter and utilize the investigation process preponderance of evidence standard. Thus, after considering outlined below as appropriate. all the evidence it has gathered, the district will decide whether Review the factual information gathered through the it is more likely than not that discrimination or harassment has investigation to determine whether the alleged conduct occurred. constitutes harassment, or other unlawful discriminatory conduct, giving consideration to all factual information and The results of the investigation of a complaint shall be set forth the totality of the circumstances, including the nature of the in a written report as specified in Administrative Procedure 3435. verbal, physical, visual, or sexual conduct, and the context in which the alleged incidents occurred. For more information about the harassment and unlawful discrimination complaint process, contact the Human The district shall promptly investigate every complaint Resources Office, 760.795.6672. of harassment or discrimination. No claim of workplace or academic harassment or discrimination shall remain Academic Freedom unexamined. This includes complaints involving activities that occur off campus and in connection with all the academic, The MiraCosta Community College District Board of Trustees educational, extracurricular, athletic, and other programs of reaffirms its commitment to academic freedom, but recognizes the district, whether those programs take place in the district’s that academic freedom does not allow any form of unlawful facilities, on a district bus or vehicle, or at a class or training discrimination. Nothing in the district's policy and procedure on program sponsored by the district at another location. As discrimination, harassment, or retaliation shall be interpreted set forth above, where the complainant opts for an informal to prohibit conduct that is legitimately related to the course resolution, the director may limit the scope of the investigation, content, teaching methods, scholarship, or public commentary as appropriate. of an individual faculty member or the educational, political, artistic, or literary expression of students in classrooms and Confidentiality of the Process public forums. Freedom of speech and academic freedom are, however, not limitless and the district's policy and procedure will Investigations are best conducted within a confidential climate. not protect speech or expressive conduct that violates federal Therefore, the district does not reveal information about or California anti-discrimination laws. ongoing investigations, except as necessary to fulfill its legal obligations. The district will keep the investigation confidential (Sources: MCCD Board Policy/Administrative Procedure 3430 to the extent possible, but it cannot guarantee absolute and MCCD Administrative Procedure 3435. All MiraCosta 405MiraCosta College 2020-2021 Catalog
Academic Standards & Policies College board policies and administrative procedures are (Source: MCCD Board Policy/Administrative Procedure 3050. located on the Board of Trustees webpage.) All MiraCosta College board policies and administrative procedures are located on the Board of Trustees webpage.) Institutional Code of Ethics Non-Degree Applicable Courses Ethical behavior is often defined as ’right’ or ’good’ behavior as measured against commonly accepted rules of conduct for a Developmental Coursework and Unit Limits society or profession. The ethical person is often described as one who is fair, honest, straightforward, trustworthy, objective, Developmental coursework consists of non-degree-applicable moral, and unprejudiced. The consistent exercise of integrity is basic skills courses. These courses are designed to prepare the cornerstone of ethical behavior. students for success in college-level classes and are designated with a course number from 0 to 49 (e.g., ENGL 49, ESL 40, MiraCosta College is composed of professionals who are MATH 30). A student’s need for developmental coursework dedicated to promoting a climate that enhances the worth, is determined using appropriate assessment instruments, dignity, potential, and uniqueness of each individual within the methods, or procedures. college community. Employees are committed to protecting human rights and pursuing academic excellence. Students cannot receive more than 30 semester units for developmental coursework subject to the following exceptions: MiraCosta College employees seek to model ethically responsible behavior for students and colleagues and expect A student who is enrolled in one or more courses of English ethical behavior from others at all times. In fulfillment of their as a Second Language is exempt from this unit limitation. obligation to the student, employees do the following: A student who has been officially identified by the college as having a learning disability is exempt from this unit Promote freedom of inquiry and expression in the limitation. pursuit of learning. Avoid intentionally suppressing or distorting subject A student who demonstrates significant, measurable progress matter relevant to the student's progress. toward the development of skills appropriate to enrollment in Ensure that the student has access to varying points of college-level courses may request a waiver of this unit limitation. view. Such a waiver, if granted, will be given for specified periods of Make reasonable effort to protect the student from time or for specified units pursuant to standards approved by conditions harmful to learning or to health and safety. the MiraCosta College Board of Trustees. Avoid intentionally embarrassing or disparaging the student. Students who need more than 30 units to develop college-level Avoid disclosing information about students obtained basic skills will be restricted to taking only noncredit courses, in the course of professional service, unless disclosure non-degree-applicable courses that do not involve remediation, serves a compelling professional purpose or is required and those degree-applicable credit courses that do not by law. have basic skills prerequisites or advisories on recommended Are sensitive to ethics issues in measurement and preparation. evaluation both in and out of the classroom and including but not limited to the following factors: (Source: MCCD Administrative Procedure 4222. All MiraCosta College board policies and administrative procedures are Orientation of students to the purposes and results located on the Board of Trustees webpage.) of testing. Insurance against risks of stereotyping due to Open Enrollment possible instrument limitations with regard to socioeconomic, ethnic, and cultural factors. Unless specifically exempted by statute or regulation, every The insurance of adequate qualification of course, course section, or class reported for state aid that is employees responsible for the administration, offered and maintained by the MiraCosta Community College scoring, and interpretation of instruments. District shall be fully open to enrollment and participation by Maintenance of test security. any person who has been admitted to the college and who Insurance against risk of over-reliance on test data meets established prerequisites. Prerequisites are established and over-interpretation of results. pursuant to regulations contained in section 55003 of Division 6 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations. Conduct that is determined to be in direct violation of this procedure will be subject to disciplinary action in accordance (Source: MCCD Board Policy 5052. All MiraCosta College board with applicable regulations, board policies, administrative policies and administrative procedures are located on the procedures, working condition manuals, and collective Board of Trustees webpage.) bargaining agreements. 406 MiraCosta College 2020-2021 Catalog
Standards of Student Academic Standards & Policies Conduct of any drug paraphernalia, as defined in California Health Student Affairs and Safety Code §11014.5. MiraCosta College does not permit students to use medically prescribed marijuana at The board of trustees and the campus community at MiraCosta any college site or at any college-sponsored activity. College support a harmonious, safe, and productive learning environment. To promote such an environment, the board F. Committing or attempting to commit burglary, robbery, and the superintendent/president have established a set of or extortion. standards for student conduct. This policy and the procedures associated with it delineate and define student rights and G. Causing or attempting to cause damage to district responsibilities and the resolution steps associated with due property or to private property on campus. process. Students are expected to conduct themselves in an ethical manner consistent with a safe and harmonious campus H. Stealing, or attempting to steal, district property or environment. Matters related to student rights, responsibilities, private property on campus, or knowingly receiving stolen and conduct are addressed by the dean of Student Affairs or district property or private property on campus. their designee. I. Smoking or using any tobacco products at any district MiraCosta College Standards of Student site (see Administrative Procedure 3570: Tobacco/Smoke/ Conduct Vapor-Free Campus). Students must refrain from engaging in any of the following J. Committing, or attempting to commit, sexual assault, behaviors or face the possibility of disciplinary action, which sexual misconduct, or sexual exploitation, regardless of may include a warning, educational resolution, restricted the victim/survivor’s affiliation with the district. access to district property, probation, suspension, and/or expulsion: K. Committing sexual harassment as defined by law or by district policies and procedures. A. Causing, attempting to cause, or threatening to cause physical injury to another person, including any act L. Engaging in harassing or discriminatory behavior based chargeable as a violation of a federal, state, or local law on any protected class, including, but not limited to, age, that poses a threat to the safety or well being of members ancestry, color, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, of the college community, to property within the college gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, community, or poses a significant threat of disruption or marital status, medical condition, genetic information, interference with college operations. national origin, parental status, military or veteran status, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, and any B. Possessing, selling, or otherwise furnishing any firearm, other status protected by law. knife (over 2.5 inches long per California Penal Code §626.10c), explosive, or other dangerous objects, unless M. Engaging in intimidating conduct or bullying against the student has obtained written permission to possess another student or district personnel through words or the item on campus from the dean of Student Affairs or actions, in person, through a third party, or electronic designee. communication, including direct physical contact; verbal assaults, such as teasing or name-calling; social isolation C. Possessing, selling, or otherwise furnishing any imitation or manipulation; and cyberbullying. firearm, knife, explosive, or other dangerous objects, unless the student has obtained written permission to N. Behaving in a manner that results in injury or death possess the item on campus from the dean of Student to a student or to college district students, personnel, or Affairs or designee. community members. D. Unlawfully possessing, using, selling, offering to sell, O. Willful disobedience, failure to comply with lawful furnishing, or being under the influence of an alcoholic direction, habitual profanity or vulgarity, or the open and beverage. While the distribution or sale of alcohol is persistent defiance of the authority of college personnel. permitted at events sponsored by the MiraCosta College Foundation and off campus events sanctioned by the P. Cheating, plagiarizing, or engaging in other academic college, students serving as representatives of the college dishonesty as defined by Board Policy 5505: Academic at such events are prohibited from consuming alcoholic Integrity and Administrative Procedure 5505: Academic beverages. Dishonesty. E. Unlawfully possessing, using, selling, offering to sell, Q. Behaving dishonestly, appropriating institutional furnishing, or being under the influence of any controlled resources for personal gain, committing forgery, substance listed in California Health and Safety Code tampering with college or student elections, altering or §§11053 et seq., including marijuana; or unlawfully misusing district documents, records, or identification, or possessing, or offering, arranging, or negotiating the sale knowingly furnishing false information to the district. R. Entering or using district facilities or equipment without authorization. 407MiraCosta College 2020-2021 Catalog
Academic Standards & Policies S. Engaging in lewd, indecent, or obscene conduct or ensure safety throughout our community. The superintendent/ expression on district-owned or controlled property or at president has designated the dean of Student Affairs as the district-sponsored or supervised functions. administrator responsible for student conduct procedures. T. Engaging in expression that is obscene, libelous, Definitions slanderous, or that incites others, creating a clear and present danger of the commission of unlawful acts on A. District: The MiraCosta Community College District college premises. (commonly referred to as MiraCosta College). U. Disruptive behavior, including the disruption of B. Student: Any person who has applied, is enrolled, or formerly teaching, administration, or other college activities or enrolled, in any course(s) at any site, online, or in any program programs. offered by the district. V. Violating district or California Education Code C. Faculty member: Any academic employee of the district regulations pertaining to student organizations, distribution in whose class a student subject to conduct procedures of literature, and place and manner of public expression, is enrolled, or counselor who is providing or has provided as defined by Administrative Procedure 3900: Speech - services to the student, or other academic employee who has Time, Place and Manner. responsibility for the student's educational program. W. Illegally obtaining or altering college records, electronic D. Days: Unless otherwise stated in this document, the term information, or computer applications and committing “days” refers to days when the district is open. any computer-related crimes, as defined in California Penal Code §502. E. Student conduct officer: A district employee designated as responsible for administering student rights and responsibilities X. Preparing, giving, selling, transferring, distributing, meetings to determine findings of responsibility and issue or publishing for any commercial purpose any resolutions. contemporaneous recording of an academic presentation in a classroom or equivalent site of F. Hearing officer: A district employee designated responsible instruction, including but not limited to handwritten or for hearing appeals who is impartial and does not have an typewritten class notes without authorization, except interest in the outcome of the appeal. as permitted by any district policy or administrative procedure. G. Student rights and responsibilities meeting: The due process meeting by which an allegation of a violation of the standards Y. Harassing, threatening, or intimidating any person who of student conduct is addressed by the student conduct officer is a complaining witness or witness in a school proceeding with the responding party. for the purpose of either preventing that person from being a witness or retaliating against that person for being H. Appeal hearing: The meeting that addresses a responding a witness, or both. party’s request for appeal of a finding of responsibility and/or appeal of a resolution. Z. Persistent, serious misconduct where other means of correction have failed to bring about behavior that follows I. Preponderance of the evidence: The standard by which a the Standards of Student Conduct. decision is made by the student conduct officer or the hearing officer. The standard is such that a reasonable person would Students who engage in any of the above are subject to the find it more likely than not that a behavior occurred and that it procedures outlined in the student conduct procedures listed violated one or more of the standards of student conduct. below. J. Advisor: A support person who may accompany the student Student Conduct Procedures during a student rights and responsibilities meeting or an appeal hearing. As part of MiraCosta’s culture of care, this procedure is designed to support student success. As a community college, K. Witness: Any person with direct knowledge of the incident all stakeholders, including students, have responsibilities who may be invited to participate in the student conduct to ensure a safe and productive learning environment. process. The purpose of this document is to outline the rights and responsibilities of our students, who are all MiraCosta College L. Reporting party: The person who reports behavior that community members. The purpose of the student conduct may be in violation of the standards of student conduct. The procedure is to provide a prompt and clear means to address reporting party may be different than the impacted party. alleged violations of the MiraCosta College Standards of Student Conduct, which guarantees to the student or students M. Impacted party: A person who is commonly known as a involved the due process rights afforded by state and federal victim or survivor of a reported behavior that is in violation of the laws. This procedure will be used in a fair manner and not standards of student conduct. for purposes of retaliation. It is not intended to substitute for criminal or civil proceedings that may be initiated by other N. Responding party: A student reported to be in possible agencies. Rather, this is an educational and developmental violation of the standards of student conduct. approach that is designed to uphold students’ rights and O. Resolution: Commonly known as a sanction, the resolution serves as the outcome assigned to the responding party when 408 MiraCosta College 2020-2021 Catalog
Academic Standards & Policies a student is found responsible for a violation of the standards of the student’s due process rights, determine if the behavior student conduct. occurred, offer an educational and developmental dialogue to discuss the impact of the behavior, and determine next steps P. In absentia: When a student fails to schedule or attend a with identified resolutions as appropriate. Within an equity- student rights and responsibilities meeting or appeal hearing, minded and educational framework, the student conduct the student conduct officer or hearing officer may make a officer shall be responsible for upholding the student conduct determination in the absence of the responding party. procedures. The dean of Student Affairs or a designee has the right to bring a case forward to the Behavioral Intervention Q. Expulsion hearing: The hearing held by the board of trustees Team for review and consultation. to address a recommendation for expulsion. All communication with students will be conducted utilizing R. Behavioral Intervention Team: Designated employees of the the contact information located in the student’s account. district who work to assess, prevent, intervene, and respond to As a result, it is the student’s responsibility to update their situations that may pose a threat to the campus community or contact information in their student account, so that the Office require consultation with a multidisciplinary team. of Student Affairs may reach them to schedule a meeting to discuss the alleged violation of the standards of student STUDENT RIGHTS conduct. It is also the student’s responsibility to check and respond to email and phone communication in a timely Students have the right to report concerns about behavior and manner. also have the right to be informed of any credible reports filed about them to provide an opportunity to respond to them in INTERIM MEASURES a timely manner. Recognizing that students often manage significant matters outside of their educational responsibilities, Pending the outcome of a student rights and responsibilities the district has outlined the following procedures to support meeting, interim measures may be administratively imposed. a clear student conduct process. All students have the right Student conduct officers also retain the right to administratively to a student rights and responsibilities meeting, commonly implement interim measures when a report of student behavior referred to as a student conduct meeting. Students have a indicates that the student poses a threat of harm or is inimical right to review Administrative Procedure 5520: Student Conduct to the welfare of others, or if it is necessary to ensure the orderly Procedures and Administrative Procedure 5500: Standards operations of the district. An interim measure may be put in of Student Conduct prior to the meeting. These documents place to ensure the safety of the campus community, provide can be emailed to the responding party, or the responding time for further evidence to be gathered and reviewed, and/ party may also request to view a copy in designated areas on or offer support to the responding party. A responding party campus such as the Office of Student Affairs, or review them on will receive verbal and/or written notice of the interim measure. the district website. Interim measures may include, but are not limited to, no contact orders, withdrawal of consent to remain on campus, Students also have the right to bring an advisor with them to restricted use of district property, class removal with academic the student rights and responsibilities meeting, appeal hearing, accommodations, interim suspension, or more as deemed and/or expulsion hearing. If the student chooses to bring a appropriate by the student conduct officer. lawyer to serve as their advisor, the student must inform the student conduct officer no later than five (5) days prior to To protect lives, property, or to ensure the orderly operations of the meeting or hearing date, so that the district may make the district, the student may be suspended for an interim period accommodations to have their own legal counsel attend the of ten (10) days (Education Code section 66017). In the event meeting as well. of an interim suspension, the student rights and responsibilities meeting shall be held within ten (10) days of the notice of Students also have the right to request reasonable interim suspension. Reasonable opportunity, such as academic accommodations. This request must be made in writing to the accommodations, may be provided to the responding party assigned student conduct officer in advance of the student during their interim suspension. rights and responsibilities meeting and/or appeal hearing. The student conduct officer will review the request and consult STUDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES MEETING with appropriate parties if needed to determine if and how the PROCEDURES accommodation request can be fulfilled. When a report about an alleged violation of the standards The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) protects of student conduct is made to the Office of Student Affairs, student privacy rights. Student privacy rights are maintained the dean of Student Affairs or their designee will contact through the student conduct process. Allegations, findings the responding party in written form via email at the email of responsibility, and resolutions remain private to the extent address noted in their student account. This email will inform required by law. A record of all cases will be held within the the responding party that a concern about their behavior has Office of Student Affairs. been reported and they may be in violation of the district’s standards of student conduct. This email will include the STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES following: (i) a short statement of facts alleged in the report, (ii) the standard(s) of student conduct allegedly violated, (iii) When a report about student behavior that may be in violation the nature of the discipline that is being considered, and (iv) of the Standards of Student Conduct (Administrative Procedure information about student conduct procedures and how to 5500) is filed with the Office of Student Affairs, the matter shall schedule a student rights and responsibilities meeting. be addressed in a student rights and responsibilities meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to address the concern, uphold 409MiraCosta College 2020-2021 Catalog
Academic Standards & Policies responding party and shall not conflict with attendance at class requirements. The purpose of educational resolutions Students must arrange a student rights and responsibilities is to help students deepen their understanding of their meeting within ten (10) days of the issued notice. Arrangements behavior from a new perspective, learn about the impact to hold the student rights and responsibilities meeting outside of of their behavior, identify their values and goals, or support the ten (10) day period can be arranged, but must be done so their learning. with the approval of the student conduct officer within ten (10) Restorative resolution: Restorative resolutions focus days of when the meeting notice was issued to the responding on addressing impact of behavior and reintegrating party. If a responding party fails to schedule a student rights responding parties into the community. A restorative and responsibilities meeting within ten (10) days of the issued resolution requires the full agreement and voluntary notice, the student conduct officer retains the right to review participation of the responding party and other parties the allegation in absentia, make a determination of finding of involved in the case, including but not limited to reporting responsibility, and issue appropriate resolution(s) without the parties and impacted parties. Restorative resolutions are student’s participation. designed to assist the responding party with identifying the impact or harm that was caused by their behavior, and At the scheduled student rights and responsibilities meeting, provide a means for the responding party to repair that the responding party will meet with the student conduct officer harm or impact as an active member of the community. to review the details of the allegation. The responding party Restorative resolutions should be timely in response. A has the right to receive notice of the allegations, share their responding party has the right to request a restorative perspective, present evidence related to the event in question, resolution for consideration, and a student conduct officer accept or not accept responsibility, share what they have retains the right to not issue a restorative resolution should learned, and have the right for an advisor to be present. Formal they deem it inappropriate for the situation. rules of evidence and court procedures do not apply. Relevant No contact order: A no contact order is an administrative evidence, including hearsay, can be considered if it is the directive that may be implemented without a finding of type of evidence that reasonable members of the college responsibility for a violation of the standards of student community would rely upon to make a decision. conduct. The no contact order between two or more parties prevents any contact between the parties (physical or Finding(s) of responsibility will be determined either at the otherwise, including, but not limited to verbal, written, student rights and responsibilities meeting, or at a later date to electronic, text message, email, and social media). allow for more consideration, evidence, or witness statements Additionally, the parties may not request contact with the to be shared and reviewed as appropriate at the determination other through a third party. A violation of a no contact of the student conduct officer. A finding of responsibility is order will result in an additional violation of the standards of determined based on the standard of preponderance of the student conduct. evidence (more likely than not that the behavior occurred and Restricted access to district property: The student conduct violated a standard of the student conduct). When a finding of officer has the right to restrict, modify, or limit a responding responsibility is determined, this information will be shared with party’s access to district property, including specific the responding party via an in-person meeting, or in writing via locations and equipment. email or print form. Withdrawal of Consent to Remain on Campus: The student conduct officer has the right to issue a withdrawal of If there is a finding(s) of responsibility, the resolution(s) will consent of any person to be on campus, in accordance be determined by the student conduct officer. The student with California Penal Code Section 626.4, when there is conduct officer may consider the responding party’s conduct reasonable cause to determine that the person has willfully history, the current violation, the impact of their behavior, and disrupted the orderly operation of the district. other considerations when issuing a resolution. Two-Day Removal: A faculty-initiated class removal that involves exclusion of the student from class by an instructor RESOLUTIONS for the day of the exclusion and the next class meeting. If the exclusion is from an online class, then the instructor/ When there is a finding of responsibility for a violation of a faculty member may remove the student for a period of standard(s) of student conduct, one or more of the following time that equates to two (2) class sessions. This decision resolutions may be implemented: cannot be appealed, and the instructor must report the removal to the Office of Student Affairs (Education Code Warning: A written warning is issued as a directive to section 76032). cease the behavior in question and other violations of the Hold on Student Account: A student conduct officer may standards of student conduct. Warnings may be issued to place a hold on a student’s account when deemed those found responsible for a first time, low-level violation appropriate. For example, a hold on a student account will with minimal impact. Following a written warning, any other be placed while a student is on an interim suspension, long- violations of the standards of student conduct will result in term suspension, has a withdrawal of consent to remain on an additional resolution. campus, has been issued a recommendation for expulsion, Educational resolution: An educational resolution may or has been expelled from the district. This hold may be be issued when the student conduct officer deems temporarily or permanently lifted when deemed appropriate appropriate. Educational resolutions may include reflection by the respective student conduct officer. papers, research assignments, creation of art pieces, Disciplinary Probation: When the behavior for a violation active participation at seminars, trainings, institutes, rises beyond a warning, or is repeated conduct, the webinars, or any educational outcome that is deemed culturally relevant, equity-minded, proportionate and relevant to the behavior and/or impact of the reported behavior. Educational resolutions shall not be of cost to the 410 MiraCosta College 2020-2021 Catalog
Academic Standards & Policies student conduct officer may place a student on disciplinary justification for the finding of responsibility and the applicable probationary. During disciplinary probation, any other resolution, the student’s transcript, any provided evidence, violation of the standards of student conduct may result in speak with the responding student, the student conduct officer, an additional resolution, including suspension or expulsion and/or witnesses who have direct knowledge of the incident in from the district. question, and review any relevant documentation to determine Long-Term Suspension: Following a finding of responsibility, if the appeal will be granted. a long-term suspension may be implemented. A long-term suspension is exclusion of the student from one or more The hearing officer shall explain the rules of the hearing and classes by the student conduct officer for good cause for has final say about what evidence may be submitted and the remainder of the school term, or for one or more terms. which witnesses may be addressed. Formal rules of evidence and court procedures do not apply. All participating parties If a student wishes to enroll after the completion of a shall agree to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but long-term suspension, the student should contact the the truth. The student conduct officer and the responding Office of Student Affairs to request a reinstatement party shall each be permitted to make an opening statement, meeting. During the reinstatement meeting, the student limited to five (5) minutes each. Thereafter, the student conduct conduct officer, or designee, will meet with the student officer shall be allowed time to address the facts of the case. to review the gravity of the offense, evidence of any The student then has the right to respond and address the subsequent offenses, the likelihood that the student allegations, and present evidence that supports their appeal. would cause substantial disruption if they are reinstated, The hearing officer may ask questions of the responding and any other relevant matters to either permit or deny party and the student conduct officer. If deemed necessary the student’s request for reinstatement. The student or appropriate, the hearing officer may ask questions of the conduct officer may permit conditional reinstatement witness(es). The burden shall be on the student conduct officer and specify the conditions under which reinstatement to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the facts will be permitted (Education Code section 76030). alleged are true. The parties shall be permitted to provide Expulsion: An expulsion is permanent exclusion of the questions to the hearing officer to consider and bring forward student from the district by the board of trustees (Education to the other parties involved, if deemed appropriate by the Code Section 76030). Following a finding of responsibility, hearing officer. an expulsion may be implemented for good cause when other means of correction fail to bring about proper The hearing officer will make a determination to either uphold, conduct, or when the presence of the student causes a modify, or remove the long-term suspension and/or withdrawal continuing danger to the physical safety of the student or of consent to remain on campus. The determination of the others. Expulsions are notated on student transcripts. appeal will be communicated to the responding party within five (5) days of the appeal hearing. If the student disagrees APPEAL PROCEDURES with the decision of the hearing officer, a final appeal request may be made in writing to the vice president of Student Services Students have the right to appeal a student conduct officer's or their designee. The vice president of Student Services decision when the decision includes a resolution that is a long- or designee may review the student’s final written appeal term suspension, withdrawal of consent to remain on campus, statement, the student conduct officer’s hearing summary, and/or a recommendation for expulsion. No other decisions or the audio recording of the hearing appeal and/or more, resolutions can be appealed. if determined necessary by the vice president of Student Services or designee. The vice president of Student Services or Appeal Procedures: Long-Term Suspension and Withdrawal of designee will make a determination to either uphold, modify, Consent to Remain on Campus or remove the long-term suspension. The decision is final. The determination of the appeal will be communicated to the The appeal procedures for a long-term suspension and responding party within five (5) days of the final appeal review. withdrawal of consent to remain on campus follow the same procedure. The responding party may request an appeal of a Appeal Procedures: Recommendation for Expulsion long-term suspension and/or withdrawal of consent to remain on campus by making a formal appeal hearing request in If the student conduct officer determines that a violation of the writing to the student conduct officer within five (5) days of district’s standards of student conduct is so egregious that it the issued finding(s) and resolution(s). The written appeal warrants expulsion from the district, the student conduct officer must include the reason for the requested appeal. The student may make a recommendation for expulsion. The responding conduct officer shall present the request to a hearing officer party may request an appeal of a recommendation for within five (5) days of receiving the written appeal request. expulsion by making a formal appeal hearing request in writing to the student conduct officer within five (5) days of the issued The hearing officer will arrange for an appeal hearing to finding(s). The written appeal must include the reason for the take place in a timely manner. During the appeal hearing, requested appeal. The student conduct officer shall present the the responding party and student conduct officer will have request to a hearing officer within five (5) days of receiving the an opportunity to meet with the hearing officer in person to written appeal review request. address the appeal request. If the responding party is not able to meet in person, accommodations can be made to hold The hearing officer will arrange for an appeal hearing to the appeal hearing through electronic means, such as video take place in a timely manner. During the appeal hearing, conferencing. The hearing will be audio recorded. the responding party and student conduct officer will have an opportunity to meet with the hearing officer in person to The hearing officer may review the initial report, the responding party’s conduct history, the student conduct officer’s 411MiraCosta College 2020-2021 Catalog
Academic Standards & Policies address the appeal request. If the responding party is not able any other student, other than the responding party, in closed to meet in person, accommodations can be made to hold session (Education Code section 72122). the appeal hearing through electronic means, such as video conferencing. The hearing will be audio recorded. During the hearing, the president of the board of trustees or a designee will serve as the hearing officer. The hearing officer The hearing officer may review the initial report, the responding shall explain the rules of the hearing and has final say about party’s conduct history, the student conduct officer’s what evidence may be submitted and what witnesses may justification for the finding of responsibility and the applicable be addressed. Formal rules of evidence and court procedures resolution, the student’s transcript, any provided evidence, do not apply. All participating parties shall agree to tell the speak with the responding student, the student conduct officer, truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. The student and/or witnesses who have direct knowledge of the incident in conduct officer and the responding party shall have time to question, and review any relevant documentation to determine make an opening statement, limited to five (5) minutes each. if the appeal will be granted. Thereafter, the student conduct officer shall be allowed time to address the recommendation for expulsion. The student The hearing officer shall explain the rules of the hearing and then has the right to respond and address the allegations, has final say about what evidence may be submitted and and present evidence that supports their appeal. The board which witnesses may be addressed. Formal rules of evidence may ask questions of the student and the student conduct and court procedures do not apply. All participating parties officer. If deemed necessary or appropriate, the board may ask shall agree to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but questions of the witness(es). The parties shall be permitted to the truth. The student conduct officers and the responding provide questions to the hearing officer to consider and bring party shall have time to make an opening statement, limited to forward to the other parties involved, if deemed appropriate by five (5) minutes each. Thereafter, the student conduct officer the hearing officer. shall be allowed time to address the facts of the case. The responding party then has the right to respond and address the After the hearing, the board of trustees will deliberate. The allegations and present evidence that supports their appeal. board may accept, modify, or reject the student conduct The hearing officer may ask questions of the responding officer’s recommendation for expulsion. The board shall take party and the student conduct officer. If deemed necessary action in open session and the result of the action shall be or appropriate, the hearing officer may ask questions of the public record. The name of the student will not be released in witness(es). The burden shall be on the student conduct officer public record unless required by law (Education Code section to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the facts 72122). alleged are true. The parties shall be permitted to provide questions to the hearing officer to consider and bring forward The Office of Student Affairs will notify the responding party to the other parties involved, if deemed appropriate by the of the decision in writing within five (5) days of the hearing. If hearing officer. the student is expelled by the board of trustees, the student will be permanently excluded from enrolling at the district. The The hearing officer will make a determination to either uphold, decision is final. modify, or remove the recommendation for expulsion. The determination of the appeal will be communicated to the REFERENCES responding party within five (5) days of the appeal hearing. If the hearing officer upholds the recommendation for expulsion, Education Code Sections 66017, 66300, 66301, 72122, the hearing officer shall issue a recommendation to the vice 76030-76037, 76234 president of Student Services. If the vice president of Student Services supports the recommendation for expulsion, the Student Records & recommendation will be forwarded to the board of trustees for Privacy Rights an expulsion hearing. Student Records, Directory Information, and The expulsion hearing will take place within thirty (30) days Privacy of the receipt of the recommendation. The board of trustees may hold the expulsion hearing during a regularly scheduled The superintendent/president shall assure that student records meeting or convene a special meeting. The student will be are maintained in compliance with applicable federal and notified of the board of trustees expulsion hearing at least five state laws relating to the privacy of student records. (5) days prior to the board of trustees meeting at which the expulsion recommendation will be considered. The notification The superintendent/president may direct the implementation of will include the date, time, and location of the board meeting. appropriate safeguards to assure that student records cannot be accessed or modified by any person not authorized to do The board of trustees expulsion hearing shall be conducted so. in closed session unless the responding party, within forty- eight (48) hours after receipt of the notice of hearing, formally Any currently registered or former student of the district has a requests in writing to the superintendent/president that the right of access to any and all student records pertaining to the hearing be conducted in open session. Even if a responding student that are maintained by the district. party has requested the board consider an expulsion recommendation in an open session, the board will hold any discussion that might be in conflict with the right of privacy of 412 MiraCosta College 2020-2021 Catalog
No district representative shall release the contents of a student Academic Standards & Policies record to any member of the public without the prior written consent of the student, other than directory information as investigation or prosecution of an offense concerning an defined in this policy and information sought pursuant to investigation or prosecution of terrorism. a court order or lawfully issued subpoena, or as otherwise Student records may be released to officials and employees authorized by applicable federal and state laws. of the district only when they have a legitimate educational interest to inspect the record. The supervisor of an employee Students shall be notified of their rights with respect to student who requires access to student records as part of their records, including the definition of directory information normal course of duties shall submit an access-to-records contained here, and that they may limit the information. request as part of the hiring process. The employee shall be Directory information shall include the following: required to sign a confidentiality form to ensure compliance with privacy laws. Non-routine requests for access to student Student name, address, phone number, email address, records shall be submitted to the Director of Admissions and date of birth, dates of attendance, photograph, and Records or the Dean of Admissions and Student Support, enrollment status (full-time, half-time). who shall review the request for appropriate use, approve or Student participation in officially recognized activities and deny the requests, and provide direction regarding proper sports, including weight and height. disposal of records after use. Degrees, certificates, and awards received by students, Student records may be released to authorized including date, major, honors, scholarship awards, athletic representatives of the Comptroller General of the United awards, and President’s List and President’s Permanent States, the Secretary of Education, an administrative head Honor Roll recognition. of an education agency, state-education officials, or their respective designees, or the United States Office of Release of Student Records Civil Rights, when that information is necessary to audit or evaluate a state or federally supported educational A cumulative record of enrollment, scholarship, and program or pursuant to federal or state law. Exceptions educational progress shall be kept for each student. No are that when the collection of personally identifiable instructor, official, employee, or Board of Trustees member shall information is specifically authorized by federal law, any authorize access to student records to any person except under data collected by those officials shall be protected in a the following circumstances: manner that will not permit the personal identification of students by other than those officials, and any personally Student records in the form of a transcript shall be released identifiable data shall be destroyed when no longer needed pursuant to a student's written or verified electronic consent. for that audit, evaluation, and enforcement of federal Students shall submit a signed transcript request to the legal requirements. Requests shall be submitted to the Admissions and Records Office indicating the number of Dean of Institutional Planning, Research and Grants who in transcripts requested and destination. Students may submit conjunction with the Director of Admissions and Records or an electronic transcript request whereby the identity of the Dean of Admissions and Student Support shall monitor the requestor is verified through a series of questions and the retrieval and distribution of such records. responses and validation of the payer. If identity cannot be Student records may be released to officials of other public verified electronically, the student’s written signature will be or private schools or school systems, including local, required by the transcript-processing vendor prior to release county, or state correctional facilities where education of the academic record. programs are provided, when the student seeks or intends Directory information may be released in accordance with to register or is directed to register. The release is subject the definitions in Board Policy 5040. Requests for release of to the conditions in Education Code §76225. Requests directory information shall be submitted to the Director of shall be submitted to the Dean of Institutional Planning, Admissions and Records or the Dean of Admissions and Research and Grants who in conjunction with the Director Student Support for approval or denial. The district reserves of Admissions and Records or the Dean of Admissions and the right to deny any such requests. Student records shall Student Support shall monitor the retrieval and distribution of be released pursuant to a judicial order or a lawfully such records. issued subpoena. Subpoenas shall be submitted to the Student records may be released to agencies or Admissions and Records Office. The subpoenas shall be organizations in connection with a student's application reviewed to determine the type of records requested and for, or receipt of, financial aid, provided that information the appropriate office of retention of such records. Retrieval permitting the personal identification of those students may of records from college departments and offices shall be be disclosed only as may be necessary for those purposes organized by Admissions and Records staff. The Director as to financial aid, to determine the amount of the financial of Admissions and Records shall review the subpoena aid, conditions that will be imposed regarding financial and gathered documents and, when required, prepare aid, or to enforce the terms or conditions of financial aid. a declaration of records as submitted in order to comply Requests shall be submitted to the Director of Admissions with the subpoena. The district will make a reasonable effort and Records or the Dean of Admissions and Student to notify the eligible student of the order or subpoena in Support who shall monitor the retrieval and distribution of advance of compliance so that the eligible student may such records. seek protective action, unless the disclosure is prohibited by Student records may be released to organizations regulation. conducting studies for or on behalf of accrediting Student records shall be released pursuant to a federal organizations, educational agencies, or institutions for judicial order that has been issued regarding an the purpose of developing, validating, or administrating predictive tests, administering financial-aid programs, and 413MiraCosta College 2020-2021 Catalog
Academic Standards & Policies improving instruction, if those studies are conducted in If the district has, prior to January 1, 2004, used an individual’s such a manner as will not permit the personal identification social security number in a manner inconsistent with the of students or their parents by persons other than above restrictions, it may continue using that individual’s social representatives of those organizations, and the information security number in that same manner only if: will be destroyed when no longer needed for the purpose for which it is conducted. Requests shall be submitted to the The use of the social security number is continuous. Dean of Institutional Planning, Research and Grants who in The individual is provided an annual disclosure that informs conjunction with the Director of Admissions and Records or the individual that they have the right to stop the use the Dean of Admissions and Student Support shall monitor of their social security number in a manner otherwise the retrieval and distribution of such records. prohibited. Student records may be released to appropriate persons MiraCosta Community College District agrees to stop in connection with an emergency if the knowledge of that the use of an individual’s social security number in a information is necessary to protect the health or safety of a manner otherwise prohibited upon a written request by that student or other persons, subject to applicable federal or individual. state law. Requests under this procedure shall be submitted No fee shall be charged for implementing this request, to the Director of Admissions and Records, the Dean of and the district shall not deny services to an individual for Admissions and Student Support, grievance officers at making such a request San Elijo Campus and the Community Learning Center, or the Vice President, Student Services, who shall review the Challenging Content and Access Log request for appropriate use, approve or deny the requests, and provide direction regarding proper disposal of records Challenging Content after use. The following information shall be released to the federal Any student may file a written request with the Director of military for the purposes of federal military recruitment: Admissions and Records to correct or remove information student name, address, telephone listing, date of birth, level recorded in their student records that the student alleges to be of education, degree received, registration status, and (1) inaccurate, (2) an unsubstantiated personal conclusion major. Under FERPA, students may request that directory or inference, (3) a conclusion or inference outside of the information be withheld. This protection will be honored observer's area of competence, or (4) not based on the under the Solomon Amendment. personal observation of a named person with the time and place of the observation noted. The Director of Admissions and Charge for Transcripts or Verifications of Records shall identify the appropriate administrator responsible Student Records for the record(s) in question. A student/former student shall be entitled to two free copies of Within thirty (30) days of receipt of the request, the appropriate the transcript record. Additional copies shall be made available administrator shall meet with the student and the employee to the student or to an addressee designated by the student who recorded the information in question, if the employee at the rate of five dollars per copy. A two dollar convenience is presently employed by the district. The appropriate fee will be added to the transcript requests submitted using the administrator shall then sustain or deny the allegations. on-line system. Students may request special processing of a transcript. If the appropriate administrator sustains any or all of the allegations, they shall order the correction or removal and Use of Social Security Numbers destruction of the information. If the appropriate administrator denies any or all of the allegations and refuses to order the Effective January 1, 2007, the district shall not do any of the correction or removal of the information, the student, within following: thirty (30) days of the refusal, may appeal the decision in writing to the superintendent/president. Publicly post or publicly display an individual’s social security number. Within thirty (30) days of receipt of an appeal, the Board Print an individual’s social security number on a card of Trustees shall, in closed session with the student and the required to access products or services. employee who recorded the information in question, determine Require an individual to transmit their social security number whether to sustain or deny the allegations. If the board sustains over the Internet using a connection that is not secured or any or all of the allegations, it shall order the superintendent/ encrypted. president or designee to immediately correct or remove and Require an individual to use their social security number destroy the information. The decision of the board shall be final. to access an Internet website without also requiring a If the final decision is unfavorable to the student, the student password or unique personal identification number or other shall have the right to submit a written statement of objection authentication device. to the information. This statement shall become a part of the Print, in whole or in part, an individual’s social security student's record until the objected information is corrected or number so that it is visible on any materials that are mailed removed. to the individual, except those materials used for: Whenever there is included in any student record information Application or registration purposes concerning any disciplinary action, the student shall be allowed To establish, amend, or terminate an account, contract, to include in such record a written statement or response or policy concerning the disciplinary action. To confirm the accuracy of the social security number. 414 MiraCosta College 2020-2021 Catalog
Academic Standards & Policies Whenever there is included in any student record information orientation of any person, citizenship status, or military and concerning any disciplinary action in connection with any veteran status, or because they are perceived to have one or alleged sexual assault or physical abuse or threat of sexual more of the foregoing characteristics), students should contact assault, or any conduct that threatens the health and safety of the Title IX coordinator (located in Human Resources), the dean the alleged victim, the alleged victim of that sexual assault or of Student Affairs, or the deputy Title IX coordinators at the San physical abuse shall be informed within three (3) days of the Elijo Campus and Community Learning Center. Staff members results of the disciplinary action and the results of any appeal. in those areas will assist students with the correct processes for The alleged victim shall keep the results of that disciplinary resolution. Complaint and investigation procedures related to action and appeal confidential. harassment and discrimination (including sexual assault, sexual violence, dating violence, stalking, and domestic violence) can Access Log be found in Administrative Procedure 3435. A log or record shall be maintained for each student record In addition to MiraCosta Community College District that lists all persons, agencies, or organizations requesting procedures, a student may address a grievance or receiving information from the record and their legitimate directly to the California Community Colleges interests. The listing need not include any of the following: Chancellor’s Office by accessing the following website: californiacommunitycolleges.cccco.edu/ComplaintsForm.aspx. Students seeking access to their own records. Parties to whom directory information is released. This procedure also does not apply to the following: Parties for whom written consent has been executed by the student. Student Conduct Procedures, which is covered under Officials or employees having a legitimate educational MCCD Board Policy 5500 and Administrative Procedure interest. 5520. Police traffic tickets. Those complaints must be made to the The log or record shall be open to inspection only by the local courts. student and the Director of Admissions and Records, and by Parking tickets. Those complaints must be made at the Comptroller General of the United States, the Secretary of the College Police Office. Education, an administrative head of an education agency, and state educational authorities as a means of auditing the Definitions operation of the system. Day during which MiraCosta College is in session: This means (Sources: MCCD Board Policy/Administrative Procedure 5040 a day when MiraCosta College classes are being held. This and MCCD Administrative Procedure 5045. All MiraCosta excludes winter break, spring break, and holidays. When College board policies and administrative procedures are Saturday classes are included in the college schedule, those located on the Board of Trustees webpage.) Saturdays are considered to be days during which MiraCosta College is in session. Student Rights & Grievances Calendar day: This means any day of the year. The purpose of MiraCosta College's Student Rights and The college: This means MiraCosta Community College District. Grievances Procedure (MCCD Administrative Procedure 5530) is to provide an efficient and equitable means of A student who has a concern or complaint must first follow resolving student grievances. This procedure is available to the informal conflict resolution process, which is described students who believe a decision or action by an instructor, a below. Any academic administrator can assist a student with college official, or another student has adversely affected their this process. status, rights, or privileges as a student. At any point in the informal conflict resolution process, The college has a central point of contact on all three mediation is an option and may be requested by a student or campuses. Please use the CARE Referral Form, found on the suggested by a faculty member, staff member, or administrator Student Affairs website, if you are in need of support or have as a means of resolving a disagreement. The college maintains a concern about anyone's behavior. If it is an emergency a list of trained mediators, and any academic administrator or related to immediate safety, please call College Police at can assist in arranging mediation. 760.795.6640. To file a grievance, the student must do so in writing, explaining Grievances related to course grades are addressed in MCCD the details of the complaint. This report can be filed with Board Policy 4231, Grade Changes, and Administrative the dean of Student Affairs, the director of Student Services Procedure 4231.* at the San Elijo Campus, the director of Student Services at the Community Learning Center, or a designee. Once the For complaints or reports related to sexual harassment, sexual complaint is received, the appropriate person will meet with the assault, or illegal discrimination (i.e., race, religious creed, student to provide information on the grievance process. color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, 415MiraCosta College 2020-2021 Catalog sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual
Academic Standards & Policies Conflict Resolution To informally resolve any issues with a faculty member, the student must make a reasonable effort to follow the steps listed below: Contact the instructor in person, by email, or by telephone, unless there is a valid reason (student feels intimidated, instructor unavailable after several attempts, etc.) to omit this step. If the concern or complaint is not resolved satisfactorily by contacting the faculty member, contact the appropriate department chair in person, by email, or by telephone. If the concern or complaint is still not resolved, contact the appropriate dean in person, by email, or by telephone. If the concern or complaint is still not resolved, contact the dean of Student Affairs, the director of Student Services at the San Elijo Campus, or the director of Student Services at the Community Learning Center to learn about the grievance process. To informally resolve any issue with a staff member or administrator, the student must make a reasonable effort to follow the steps listed below: Contact the staff member or administrator with whom the student has the grievance in person, by email, or by telephone, unless there is a valid reason (student feels intimidated, staff member or administrator unavailable after several attempts, etc.) to omit this step. If the concern or complaint is not resolved satisfactorily, contact the appropriate supervisor in person, by email, or by telephone. If the concern or complaint is still not resolved, contact the appropriate dean or department head in person, by email, or by telephone. If the concern or complaint is still not resolved, contact the dean of Student Affairs, the director of Student Services at the San Elijo Campus, or the director of Student Services at the Community Learning Center to learn about the grievance process. To informally resolve a conflict with another student, the student must make a reasonable effort to follow the steps listed below: If appropriate, discuss the issue with the student with whom the student has the grievance in person, by email, or by telephone unless there is a valid reason (student feels intimidated, student unavailable after several attempts, etc.) to omit this step. Meet with the dean of Student Affairs, the director of Student Services at the San Elijo Campus, or the director of Student Services at the Community Learning Center, or designee in person to request assistance in resolving the conflict. *All MiraCosta College board policies and administrative procedures are located on the Board of Trustees webpage. 416 MiraCosta College 2020-2021 Catalog
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Additional Information Full-Time Faculty & Bonds David (2001) Mathematics Administrators B.A., University of California, San Diego; M.A., University of California, Santa Cruz Ali Shafin (2007) Economics B.S.S., M.S.S., University of Dhaka, Bangladesh; M.A., Burd Abby (2020) Mental Health Counselor Ph.D.,Claremont Graduate University B.A., Wesleyan University; M.S.W., San Diego State University Allison Megan (2009) Horticulture Burman Anthony (2008) English, Literature B.S., Cornell University; M.L.A., California State Polytechnic B.A., University of San Diego; M.A., San Diego State University University, Pomona Burns Larry (2002) EOPS/CalWORKs Counselor/Facilitator Ante-Contreras Daniel (2017) English B.S., M.A., San Diego State University B.A., M.A., University of California, Riverside Byrd Krista (2014) Psychology Apalatea Janeen (1999) Mathematics B.A., San Diego State University; M.A., Northern Arizona University B.S., University of California, San Diego; M.A., San Diego State University Byrom Brad (2001) History B.A., M.A., California State University, Long Beach; Ph.D., Arenivar Sam (2005) Communication University of Iowa B.A., M.A., San Francisco State University Carey Giana (2020) Nursing Arquero Kristine (2017) Chemistry B.A., B.S.N., California State University, San Marcos; M.S.N., B.S., University of California, Berkeley; M.S., City University of New University of Phoenix York Carstensen Eric (2009) Accounting Askerneese Adrean (2009) Counselor B.A., University of California, San Diego; M.B.A., National B.A., Point Loma Nazarene University; M.S., San Diego State University University; M.M.F.T., Ed.D., University of Southern California Cassoni Rick (2015) Chair, Computer Studies & Info Tech Bailey Suzie (2009) Biological Sciences B.S., University of Utah; M.S., San Diego State University B.S., Ph.D., University of California, San Diego Chapeton-Lamas Nery (2014) Computer Science Balcazar Yesenia (2015) EOPS Director B.S., University of California, Irvine; M.S., University of Iowa B.A., California State University, San Marcos; M.A., San Diego State University Clark Raymond (2015) Biological Sciences B.A., The Colorado College; M.A., Ph.D., Idaho State University Beltran Angela (2005) Mathematics B.S., University of California, Los Angeles; M.S., California State Clarke Elizabeth Dinamarca (2009) Noncredit English as a University, Los Angeles Second Language B.S., Universidad de Santiago de Chile; M.A., Alliant Benschop Joanne (2009) Articulation Officer International University B.S., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; M.P.A., California State University, Long Beach; M.S., University of La Clarke Paul (2003) Design Verne B.S., California State Polytechnic, Pomona; M.A., California State University, Long Beach; M.B.A., University of Southern California Bishop Eric (2000) Dramatic Arts B.A., California State University, Fresno; M.F.A., California State Cleveland Karl (2006) Multimedia Technology University, Fullerton B.A., University of California, San Diego; M.A., San Diego State University Bloss Veronica (2019) EOPS/CARE Counselor B.A., California State University, San Marcos; M.A., San Diego Cluff Leah (2011) Art State University B.A., University of California, San Diego; M.A., University of New Mexico Boland Phillip (2020) Film Studies B.A., University of North Carolina, Greensboro; M.F.A., Art Center Collins Laney (2018) Counselor College of Design B.A., University of San Diego; M.S., National University Bolaños Theresa (2009) Chemistry Comstock Sandy (2007) Associate Dean, Nursing and Health B.S., University of Houston; Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin B.S., Chapman College; M.P.A., Golden Gate University; M.S.N., University of San Diego; Certified Nurse Midwife/OBGYN Nurse Bond Robert (2014) History Practitioner, University of California, San Diego B.A., California State University, Fullerton; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles Conrad Scott (2019) Dean of Academic and Information Services B.S., University of Wisconsin; M.B.A., University of Minnesota; M.S., Walden University; Ed.D., Brandman University 418 MiraCosta College 2020-2021 Catalog
Additional Information Coobatis Christy (1999) Music Technology, Music Duran Erica (2016) Noncredit English B.A., Wayne State University; B.A., B.M.,University of California, B.A., M.A., California State University San Marcos Irvine; M.M., California State University, Fullerton Eso Steve (2004) Psychology Cooke Sunita (2015) Superintendent/President B.A., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; M.A., B.A., The American University, Washington D.C.; Ph.D., University of Victoria Georgetown University Estrella Roland (2008) Nursing Cord Julie (2005) Noncredit Social Sciences B.A., San Diego State University; M.S., University of Phoenix B.A., University of California, Berkeley; J.D., Lewis and Clark Northwestern School of Law Falero Roberto (2019) Oceanography, Geology B.S., M.S., University of California, Riverside Cotnoir Leigh (2015) Media Arts and Technology B.A., Louisiana State University; M.F.A., San Diego State University Falker Matthew (2006) Music B.M., Western Michigan University; M.M., University of Southern Davis Donna (2001) Faculty Director, Career Studies & Services California B.A., Southeastern Massachusetts University; M.Ed., Bridgewater State College; M.A., University of Massachusetts Fallstrom Scott (2011) Math Learning Center Coordinator B.A., M.S., Eastern Washington University Davis Sean (2015) Sociology, Social Work and Human Services B.A., M.A., California State University, San Marcos Farnam Michelle (2006) Counseling B.A., California State University, Fullerton; M.A., Pepperdine De La Cruz Angelito (2018) Nursing University B.S., San Diego State University; Ph.D., University of San Diego Fast Lisa (2009) Psychology Deineh Steven (2010) Librarian, Library Science A.A., MiraCosta College; B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; M.L.I.S., San Jose State California, Riverside University; Advanced Certificate in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Studies, San Diego State University Figueroa-Chacon Maria (2008) English B.A., University of California, San Diego; M.A., Dartmouth Deschamps Michael (2008) Accounting College B.S., University of San Diego; M.S., San Diego State University Fino Michael (2004) Dean, Mathematics and Sciences Detwiler David (2008) Spanish B.S., M.Eng., University of California, San Diego B.A., Southern Oregon State College; M.A., San Diego State University Firouzian Shawn (2017) Mathematics B.A., B.S., University of Missouri, St. Louis; M.A., M.S., University of Diaz Zulema (2016) English, Literature Maine B.A., M.S., University of California, San Diego Fisher Kaitlin (2018) Chemistry Dicker Rich (2019) Medical Admin Professional B.S., Sonoma State University; M.S., Ph.D, University of California, B.S., University of Phoenix; M.S., Colorado State University San Diego Dieckmeyer Diane (2017) Vice President, Instructional Services Flocken Lise (2002) Director, Transfer Center B.A., M.A., University of California, Riverside; Ed.D., University of B.A., University of California, San Diego; M.S., Ed.D., United States Southern California International University Doig Lesley (2011) History Flood Tim (2019) Vice President, Business Administrative Services B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.A., University of B.S., M.P.A., National University California, Riverside Flores Claudia (2015) Child Development Dua Arti (2014) Counseling B.S., San Diego State University; M.A., National University B.A., San Diego State University; M.S., National University Fohrman Jonathan (2013) Dean, Arts and International Duarte-Braunstein Karina (2016) SSSP Counselor Languages B.A., California State University, Long Beach; M.S., California B.A., University of Washington; M.A., University of Washington State University, Northridge French Rica Sirbaugh (2004) Astronomy Dunbar Keith (2000) Mathematics B.S., Middle Tennessee State University; M.A., University of Texas, B.A., San Diego State University; M.S., California State University, Austin San Marcos Fulbright Robert (2006) Health, Kinesiology Duncan Yvette (2007) Nursing B.S., M.S., California State University, Northridge; Ph.D., B.S.N., San Diego State University; M.S.N., Point Loma Nazarene Northcentral University University Gardiner Yana (2016) Nursing B.S.N., Olivet Nazarene University; M.S.N., University of Phoenix 419MiraCosta College 2020-2021 Catalog
Additional Information Gay Ruth (2007) Noncredit English as a Second Language Hidle Jade (2015) English - Transfer B.A., M.A., Azusa Pacific University B.A., M.F.A., California State University, Long Beach; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego Gomez-Zinn Hilda (1996) Counseling A.A., Southwestern College; B.A., M.A., San Diego State Higginbotham Jeffrey (2019) DSPS Director University B.S., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; M.S., San Diego State University Goueth Pierre (2007) Chemistry B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Picardie, France Horton Wendy (2005) Counselor B.A., Chico State University; M.A., Pepperdine University Goulette Korey A. (2020) Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing R.N., Board of Registered Nursing; M.S., Point Loma Nazarene Hoskins Bruce (2004) Sociology University B.A., University of California, San Diego; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California Greenwald Lauren (2018) Photography B.A., College of Charleston; M.F.A., University of New Mexico Hoste Tricia (2017) Noncredit ESL B.A., Biola University; M.A., Fuller Theological Seminary Gross Mary (2005) English as a Second Language B.A., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; M.S., Hughes Melissa (2013) Counseling California State University, Fullerton; Certificate in Online B.A., Azusa Pacific University; M.S., California State University, Teaching, University of California, Los Angeles Long Beach Guinon Teresa (2008) English Hull Stacey (2013) Biology B.A., M.A., Arizona State University B.S., Denison University; Ph.D., Ohio State University Gunn Billy (2014) Film Ihara Jeff (1991) Biological Sciences B.A., Arizona State University; M.A., Brigham Young University; B.S., University of California, Irvine; S.M., Ph.D., University of M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California Chicago Ha Thao (2007) Sociology Ingato Dominique (2018) Biotechnology B.S., University of Houston, University Park; M.A., University of B.S., University of Pennsylvania; M.S., University of California, Texas, Austin; Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin Irvine Haar Linda (2015) Child Development Center Director/Instructor Jara José (1994) English B.S., San Diego State University; M.Ed., National University B.A., California State University, Chico; M.A., Arizona State University Hagen Kelly (2008) English B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.A., San Francisco Johnson Christina (2018) Chemistry State University B.S., Brigham Young University; M.S., Ph.D., University of California, San Diego Hanada-Rogers Trisha (1997) Dance B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.F.A., University of Julius James (2011) Faculty Director, Online Education California, Irvine B.S., M.A.T., Willamette University; Ed.D., SDSU-USD Joint Doctoral Program Hastings Rachel (2018) Communication B.A., California State University, Chico; M.A., California State Juncosa Barbara (2017) Biotechnology University, Long Beach; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, B.S., University of Miami; Ph.D., The Rockefeller University Carbondale Katson Paul (2005) Automotive Technology Hayashi Yoshimi (2001) Art Certificate in Automotive Technology, MiraCosta College; B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; M.S., California State Automotive Service Excellence|ASE|certified technician University, Stanislaus; M.F.A., University of New Mexico Kelley Robert (2002) Psychology Hayek Laura (2016) SSSP Counselor B.A., B.S., University of California, Irvine; M.A., Ph.D., University of B.A., California State University, Long Beach; M.A., San Diego California, San Diego State University Kirwan John (1997) English Headlee Mary Beth (2016) Mathematics B.A., Washington University, St. Louis; M.A, Ph.D., University of B.S., M.S., West Virginia University California, Riverside Hernández Pilar (2004) Spanish Kiyochi Emiko (2018) Japanese B.A., University of Texas, Austin; M.A. University of California, Los B.A., Doshisha University, Japan; M.A., University of Southern Angeles California 420 MiraCosta College 2020-2021 Catalog
Additional Information Kulkarni Himgauri (2005) Biological Sciences McCorkle Kent (2014) Chemistry M.S., Marathwada University, India; Ph.D., Osmania University, B.S., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Auburn India University Lambert Luke (2009) Reading, English McFall Lauren (2017) Librarian B.A., M.A., San Francisco State University B.A., M.S., University of California, Los Angeles; M.L.S., San Jose State University Lane Lisa M. (1989) History B.A., California State University, Bakersfield; M.A., University McFarland Casey (2015) Kinesiology, Health Education of California, Santa Barbara; Certificate in Online Teaching, B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.P.H., San Diego University of California, Los Angeles State University Langager Arlie (2008) Music McField David (2009) Psychology B.A., Augustana University College; M.M., University of B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.S., University of Southern Calgary; D.M.A., University of Texas, Austin; Certificate in Arts California Administration, Grant MacEwan College Meinhold Gail (2009) Nutrition Lara Luke (2009) Counselor B.A., California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo; B.A., Carleton College; M.A., Ed.D., San Diego State University M.S., Chapman University Laurel Mark (2005) Mathematics Mercado Serena (2018) Mathematics B.A., California State University, Sacramento; M.A., University of B.S., M.S., California State University, San Marcos California, Berkeley Miller Lynne (2000) Anthropology Lindstrom Zhenya (2017) Associate Dean, Career and Technical B.A., Pitzer College; Ph.D., University of California, Davis Education B.S., M.S., Vladivostok State University Mitchell Curry (2014) English, Literature B.A., M.A., California State University, San Marcos Lloyd-Jones Melissa (2008) English as a Second Language B.A., University of Redlands; M.A., University of California, Los Moon Louisa (1990) Philosophy Angeles B.A., California State University, Long Beach; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Irvine Loedel Delores (2015) Accounting B.S., M.S., University of North Texas Morgado Pedro (2018) Biological Sciences B.S., Ph.D., University of California, Irvine; M.S., San Francisco Lomeli Sinar (2016) Counseling State University B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.S., University of Southern California Morgan Rebecca (2014) Veterans Counselor B.S., Columbia Bible College; M.A., Psy.D., Biola University Lopez Alicia (2016) Sociology B.A., University of California, Riverside; M.A., San Diego State Mortaloni Nick (2017) Interim Dean, Student Life and Judicial University Affairs B.S., University of California, Los Angeles; M.S.W., University of Love Don (2018) Umoja Counselor Southern California B.S., Azusa Pacific University; M.A., Point Loma Nazarene University Munshower Donald (2017) Veterans Counselor B.A., University of California, Davis; M.A., San Diego State Luengo Isabel (1995) Philosophy University Licenciada, Barcelona University, Barcelona, Spain; Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington Murico Jeffrey (2015) Chair, Religious Studies, Philosophy B.A., San Diego State University; M.A., Claremont Graduate Ma Richard (2008) Librarian, Library Science University; M.A., Ph.D. Claremont School of Theology B.A., University of Redlands; L.M.T. Credential, California State University, Long Beach; M.A., National University; M.A., California Mushinsky Jane (1991) English State University, San Bernardino; M.L.I.S., Drexel University B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; M.A., University of Virginia, Charlottesville Makevich John (2020) Dean, Continuing and Community Education Myers Shannon (2011) Mathematics B.S., University of California, San Diego; M.S., University of Arizona B.A., M.A., San Diego State University Mariscal Apolinar (2017) Mathematics Nagai Tyrone (2017) English B.S., M.S., California State University, San Marcos B.A., University of California, San Diego; M.F.A., San Diego State University Massey Dave (2004) Dance B.S., Chapman University; M.F.A., University of California, Irvine Nakamura Lemee (2004) Mathematics B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of California, Irvine 421MiraCosta College 2020-2021 Catalog
Additional Information Nemour Leslie (1993) Art Phillips John (2004) Political Science B.A., M.F.A., University of California, San Diego B.A., California State University, Long Beach; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University Neri Gilbert (2007) Art B.A., M.F.A., University of California, San Diego Phinney Alison (2018) Nursing B.S., University of California, Santa Barbara; B.S.N., University of Ng Charlie (2013) Vice President, Human Resources Oklahoma; M.S.N., Grand Canyon University B.S., San Diego State University; M.S., Claremont Graduate University; M.B.A., University of Redlands Pickett Brent (1992) Mathematics B.A., M.A., University of California, San Diego Ngo Annie (2017) Business B.B.A., University of San Diego; M.B.A., Arizona State University; Pohlert Edward (2003) Faculty Director, Retention Services Ph.D., University of San Diego B.A., California State University, Los Angeles; M.S., San Diego State University; Psy.D., Alliant International University Nguyen Thong (2016) Chemistry B.S., University of California, Irvine; M.S., Ph.D., University of Powell Beth (1996) Mathematics California, San Diego B.A., M.S., West Virginia University Noddings Victoria (1999) Mathematics Powers Leola (2009) Communication B.A., A.M. Stanford University; M.A., San Diego State University B.A., M.A., Middle Tennessee State University; Ph.D., Ohio State University Ongyod Anthony (2009) Communication B.A., San Diego State University; M.A., University of Hawaii at Prescott JahB (2019) English Manoa B.A., M.S.Ed., Old Dominion University Osman Ghada (2020) Mental Health Counselor Ramirez Freddy (2004) Dean, Admissions and Student Support B.A., M.A., University of California, Los Angeles; M.A., Brandman B.A., M.B.A., California State University, San Marcos; M.A., San University; Ph.D., Harvard University Diego State University; Ed.D., San Diego State University Owens Candelaria (2001) EOPS/CARE Counselor/Facilitator Ramirez Oswaldo (2016) Noncredit Counselor B.A., University of California, San Diego; M.A., San Diego State B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; M.S., San Diego State University University Paris Jennifer (2004) Librarian, Library Science Ramos Dean (2006) Art B.A., University of Washington; M.A., University of Iowa B.A., North Park College; M.F.A., University of New Mexico Parker David (2009) Design Reyes Kristi (2004) Noncredit Vocational English as a Second Bachelor of Architecture, Carnegie-Mellon University; Master of Language Architecture, Harvard University B.A., University of South Dakota; M.A., Northern Arizona University Paulding Michael (2018) Computer Science Rice Carroll Cynthia (2015) Associate Dean, Student Services B.S., Bucknell University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Hawaii, Manoa San Elijo Campus B.A., National University; M.A., Alliant International University Peck Kris (2019) Learning Disabilities Specialist, DSPS Counselor B.A., California State University, Fullerton; Master of Roberts Aaron (2019) English Rehabilitation Counseling, University of Kentucky B.A., Eureka College; M.A., Georgia Southern University Perales Dara (2006) English Robertson Eric (2010) Communication B.A., M.A., California State University, San Marcos B.A., California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo; M.A., San Diego State University Perez Medina Wally (2018) Biotechnology B.A., International American University of Puerto Rico; M.S., Rodriguez Jr. Julio S. (2020) Physics Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico B.S., M.S., University of California, Los Angeles Perovic Zikica (2005) Mathematics Safaralian Leila (2013) Mathematics B.S., M.S., University of Belgrade, Serbia; Ph.D., University of B.S., Azad University, Tehran; M.S., California State University, San Minnesota Marcos; Ed.D., University of California San Diego Perry Pamela (2004) Library Salamon Joe (2016) Physics B.A., Clark University; M.L.I.S., University of Texas, Austin B.S., California Institute of Technology; M.S., Ph.D., University of California, San Diego Peters Erika (2008) Physics B.A., Dartmouth College; M.S., Ph.D., University of California, Los Sanchez Violeta (2017) English, Literature Angeles B.A., Texas A&M University; M.A., University of Houston; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego Petri Andrea (2008) Italian, Spanish B.A., University of Trieste, Italy; M.A., University Granada, Spain 422 MiraCosta College 2020-2021 Catalog
Additional Information Scharff Nate (2018) Business Administration Taylor Krystle (2019) Learning Disabilities Specialist, DSPS B.S., San Diego State University; M.B.A., University of San Diego Counselor B.S., University of Maryland, University College; M.S., San Diego Schlueter Jed (2010) Transfer Counselor State University B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.Ed., University of Southern California Thomford John (1996) Biology B.S., University of California, Davis; M.S., University of Nevada, Senigaglia Angela (2011) Noncredit English Reno; Ph.D., University of California, Davis B.A., San Diego State University; M.A. Notre Dame de Namur University Toharia Cristina (2016) French B.A., Universidad Autonoma de Madrid; M.A., Ph.D., University of Sepulveda Jeanine (2004) Biology California, Santa Barbara B.A., M.A., California State University, Fullerton; Ph.D., Scripps Institute of Oceanograpy-University of California, San Diego Torok Stephen (2008) Music B.F.A., Carnegie Mellon University; M.M., University of Southern Sharp Christina (2006) Business California B.S., California State University, San Marcos; M.S., University of La Verne Trzoss Lynnie (2019) Chemistry B.S., M.S., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of Siegel Dan (2010) Music Technology California, San Diego B.A., University of Oregon; M.M., University of Southern California Tsuyuki Chad (2010) English, Literature Silva Mariana (2018) Noncredit ESL B.A., M.F.A., California State University, Long Beach B.A., M.A., Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania; M.A., California State University, San Marcos Tucker Sade Alexis (2016) Anthropology B.A., University of Hawaii, Manoa; M.A., Ph.D., University of Simpson Susan (2003) Nursing California, San Diego B.S.N., California State University, Dominguez Hills; M.S.N., University of Phoenix Turbeville John (2006) Geology, Oceanography B.S., San Diego State University; M.S., University of New Orleans Sipman Glorian (2001) Librarian, Library Science B.A., M.A., University of California, Los Angeles; M.L.S., University Vail Steve (2005) Automotive Technology of Arizona A.A., Santa Monica College; B.A., California State University, San Marcos Sleeper Christopher (2008) History B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A., University of Vasquez Gonzales Cynthia (2016) Noncredit Counselor California, Riverside B.A., California State University, San Bernardino; M.A., University of Redlands Smith Dana (2000) Dean, Letters and Communication Studies and San Elijo Site Administrator Vidal Lilia (1999) Spanish B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A., University of B.A., California State University, Bakersfield; M.A., San Diego California, Davis State University Stephenson Denise (2004) Writing Center Faculty Director Viramontes Rosa E. (2009) Spanish A.A., Iowa Central Community College; B.A., University of B.A., M.A., University of California, Los Angeles Northern Iowa; Ph.D., University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Walker Catherine (2019) Computer Science Stewart Wendy (2011) Dean, Counseling and Student B.A., Rutgers University; M.S., University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Development University of Hawaii, Manoa B.A., University of California, San Diego; M.S., San Diego State University; Ed.D., University of Southern California Welch-Scalco Rhonda (2018) Child Development B.A., California State University, Northridge; M.A., San Diego Strona Jake (2015) English State University; Ph.D., University of California, Riverside B.A., M.A., California State University, San Marcos West Janelle (2017) Biology Sullivan Jim (2004) English B.S., Seattle Pacific University; M.S., San Diego State University B.A., Georgetown University; M.A., Claremont Graduate University Wezniak Steve (2002) Noncredit Mathematics A.S., Holyoke Community College; B.S. Westfield State College; Taccone Al (2007) Dean, Career Education M.A., San Diego State University B.S., Bryant College, Rhode Island; M.B.A., Anna Maria College, Massachusetts; Ph.D., Walden University, Minnesota White Rick (2020) Computer Studies and Information Technology Tam Vicky (2015) Nursing B.A., University of Southern California; M.S., National University B.S., University of Dubuque; M.S., University of Phoenix 423MiraCosta College 2020-2021 Catalog
Additional Information Whitney Mark (1999) Child Development B.S., San Diego State University; M.S., University of California, Davis; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University Williams Arnoldo (2005) Automotive Technology A.A., Palomar College; Automotive Service Excellence|ASE| Master Technician Certification; CA Vocational Education Credentials; Certificate on Tune-Up and Engine Analysis, Palomar College Williams Tracy (2005) Dramatic Arts B.F.A., Utah State University; M.F.A., University of Missouri, Kansas City Wish Kristi (2014) Transfer Counselor B.A., University of California, Riverside; M.A., Chapman University Wojcik Alketa (2005) Vice President, Student Services B.S., California State University, San Marcos; M.A., San Diego State University; Ed.D., University of California, San Diego Zaman Afifa (2016) SSSP Counselor B.A., M.A., San Diego State University Zepeda Magdalena (2017) Counselor B.A., Univerity of California, Los Angeles; M.S., University of Phoenix; M.S., National University 424 MiraCosta College 2020-2021 Catalog
Additional Information Glossary clear pathway to a California State University (CSU) major and baccalaureate degree. It requires completion of lower- Academic and Career Pathway (ACP) division coursework totaling not fewer than 60 semester units in the major, general education, and electives. California A grouping of areas of study that lead to related transfer and community college students who are awarded an ADT career opportunities. are guaranteed priority admission with junior status to a participating CSU campus and given priority admission to their Academic Map local CSU campus. (See Associate Degrees (p. 66).) A suggested sequence of courses for obtaining a certificate or Bachelor's or Baccalaureate Degree (BA, BS) degree or for preparing to transfer in a major/program. A degree received upon completion of coursework totaling a Academic Renewal minimum of 120 semester units. These units include lower- and upper-division major and general education courses as well as A process through which students can petition to exclude low electives. grades from their MiraCosta College grade point average. The grades must be from classes completed at least two years prior; Board of Governors Waiver (BOGW) a maximum of 30 units may be excluded. Petition forms are available at the Admissions and Records Office. (See Academic A program by which enrollment fees are waived for eligible Renewal (p. 394) in Academic Standards & Policies.) students. The BOGW application form is available from the Financial Aid Office and website. It must be submitted to the Advisory Financial Aid Office prior to enrollment to waive fees or before the last day to drop classes to obtain a refund of enrollment Recommended preparation that a student is advised, but not fees paid. A new application is required each academic year. required, to meet before or in conjunction with enrollment in a course or educational program. Students have the right to take Catalog a course without meeting the advisory and are encouraged to do so if they feel that their education, work experience, or other A publication that describes the college's academic programs, circumstances have prepared them. courses, student services, requirements, policies, and procedures. Application for Admission Catalog Rights This form must be completed before a new student is allowed to register for classes. Returning students who have missed Rights that protect students from being held responsible for one semester (excluding summer intersession) must submit changes made to their academic programs in the years that a new application. The application form is available from the follow their initial enrollment. These rights are established when Admissions & Records Office and website. a student first takes classes at MiraCosta College and are maintained through continuous enrollment at the college Area of Study (see Continuous Enrollment). The catalog used to determine graduation eligibility is the catalog operating at the time the An academic discipline. student began continuous enrollment at MiraCosta unless the student's petition requests a different catalog. Articulation Agreements C-ID A list of courses offered at MiraCosta College that are acceptable at transfer universities as equivalent in content A common number assigned to comparable courses within (or as acceptable substitutes) to those courses offered by the the California community college system. When a C-ID number universities. is listed in the catalog or schedule at the end of a MiraCosta course description, students can be assured that it will be Assessment accepted in lieu of a course bearing the same C-ID designation at another community college. The C-ID designator means the Testing to meet course prerequisites and/or to determine course is comparable in content and scope to a similar course proper placement in courses. offered by participating California community colleges. (See C- ID Courses (p. 26).) ASSIST Certificate The official transfer and articulation system for California’s public colleges and universities. The ASSIST.org website contains Awarded upon completion of coursework leading to proficiency all articulation agreements between California community or achievement, usually in a vocation or occupation. colleges and University of California and California State University campuses. (See www.assist.org.) Class Schedule Associate Degree (AA, AS, AA-T, AS-T) A listing of classes to be offered during a specific semester (fall, spring, summer). The schedule also contains an online A degree awarded upon completion of lower-division registration schedule, testing dates and times, and general coursework totaling not fewer than 60 semester units in the information of interest to new and continuing students. major, general education, and electives. (See Associate Degrees (p. 66).) 425MiraCosta College 2020-2021 Catalog Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) A degree developed as a result of the Student Transfer Achievement Reform (STAR) Act and designed to provide a
Additional Information Committee on Exceptions Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) A process through which students can petition to deviate Application required for federal financial aid eligibility from the college's policies and procedures. Petition forms are determination. The form is available in the Financial Aid Office available in the Admissions and Records Offices. or electronically at www.fafsa.ed.gov. The FAFSA can be used at community colleges and four-year institutions. A new Community Services Classes application is required each academic year. Classes or workshops that are fee-based, noncredit enrichment Full-Time Student courses. Neither credit nor grades are given, and no records are kept. (See Community Services & Business Development One who takes classes equaling 12 or more units per semester. (p. 390).) GE Concurrent Enrollment Permit General education, also known as breadth or core High school students must obtain signatures from their high requirements. (See the A-Z Directory for information about school counselor, principal, and a parent on a Concurrent specific general education plans.) Enrollment Permit form in order to attend MiraCosta College. Students must be enrolled as a sophomore, junior, or senior at Grade Points their high school. The form is available from the Admissions & Records Office and website. Points per unit given for academic grades. Continuing Education (Tuition-Free Noncredit) A = 4 points Tuition-free courses offered as part of the Adult High School B = 3 points (p. 370) and other authorized categories of noncredit instruction. (See Noncredit Courses (p. 377).) C = 2 points Continuous Enrollment D = 1 point To be considered continuously enrolled, a student must have F = 0 points received a letter grade (including ’W’) for each semester from the semester of initial enrollment to the semester when all GPA degree and/or certificate requirements are completed. A one- semester leave does not negate a student's continuing status. Grade point average; determined by dividing total grade points by total graded units attempted. Corequisite Half-Time and Three-Quarter Time Student A course that a student is required to take during the same semester or term with another course. Corequisites are One who takes classes equaling 6–8.5 units per semester is enforced through the registration process. considered half-time; 9–11.5 units is three-quarter time. CTE Transitions Honors Program A program in which high school students can earn college An academic program offering the possibility of graduating credit for certain vocational courses taken at their respective with honors and priority or guaranteed admission to certain high schools. (See Alternative Sources of Credit (p. 31).) competitive four-year colleges and universities. (See Honors Program (p. 57).) Educational Plan Hybrid Course A step-by-step guide based on requirements that helps students meet their educational goals. Developing an ’ed plan’ with A course that is taught partially on a MiraCosta campus and the help of a counselor ensures students take their courses partially online. in the right sequence and have completed the necessary prerequisites to transfer to a four-year university. IGETC (Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum) EOPS—Extended Opportunity Programs and Services A general education program that California community Provides outreach and special assistance to students from college transfer students can use to fulfill all lower-division G.E. culturally, educationally, or financially disadvantaged requirements at any CSU or UC campus (except Revelle and backgrounds. (See EOPS (p. 44).) Roosevelt colleges at UCSD). (See Plan C (p. 80).) Final Examinations Late-Start Classes Tests given on fixed days at set times at the end of each course, Classes that begin later in the semester and compress the time according to the schedule published in the class schedule. required so students finish at the end of the regular semester. Financial Aid Program Major Designed to provide grant, work, and/or loan assistance to A specialized area of study that leads to a degree or certificate. students who are enrolled at least half-time and who meet income guidelines. (See Financial Aid (p. 46).) Matriculation An application, assessment, orientation, and advisement process for new students. (See Matriculation (p. 18).) 426 MiraCosta College 2020-2021 Catalog
Additional Information Medal of Academic Merit Student Learning Outcome The college's highest academic honor awarded annually to Student learning outcomes identify the knowledge, skills, recognize selected students' academic achievements. Faculty abilities, and attitudes that students will be able to demonstrate members nominate the recipients. (See Academic Awards as a result of their engagement in a particular course, program, (p. 56).) or collegiate experience. Minor's Petition SURF Home-schooled students or minors who are not currently Online service available to students for the purpose of enrolling attending high school must obtain signatures from their parent in classes, paying fees, verifying student schedules and grades, and a MiraCosta College counselor on a Minor's Petition form and obtaining unofficial transcripts. in order to attend MiraCosta. In addition, students must provide documentation from their previous high school or, for home- Syllabus schooled students, from the San Diego County Department of Education or sponsoring agency that verifies they have An instructor-prepared and distributed statement of a course's completed the equivalent of their freshman year of high school objectives, expected student learning outcomes, attendance education. requirements, grading practices, required reading, due dates for assignments, and schedule of examinations. Non-Degree Applicable Courses TAG (Transfer Admission Guarantee) Includes college-preparatory courses in basic skills and counseling (numbered 0 to 49) as well as specialized or TAG programs guarantee qualified MiraCosta students advanced courses (numbered 900 and above). admission to most University of California campuses. (See UC Transfer (p. 97).) Non-Resident Fee Transcript (of Record) The law requiring that out-of-state students pay extra tuition. An official copy of the record of classes attempted/completed Online Class by a student. A class that is offered entirely via the Internet. Many online Tutor classes are offered each semester, and they are identified in an online schedule within each semester's class schedule. A person recommended by faculty as knowledgeable in specified subjects who is available free of charge through the Part-Time Student Tutoring & Academic Support Center (p. 40) to work with an enrolled student in need of help with coursework. One who takes classes equaling fewer than 12 units per semester. Units Attempted Prerequisite Credit units (see Unit of Credit) in which the student was enrolled. A requirement students must satisfy prior to enrolling in a particular course or educational program. Prerequisites are Unit of Credit enforced through the registration process. A credit hour of college work involving approximately 1 to President's List 3 hours per week of lecture, activity, or laboratory with a credentialed instructor for a semester. Students are expected to An honor designed to recognize students who achieve at high spend 2 hours outside of class in preparation for each hour of levels during a given semester. (See Academic Awards (p. 56).) lecture. Less outside preparation time is expected for laboratory courses. One unit of credit is thus understood to represent at President's Permanent Honor Roll least 3 hours of the student's time each week for a semester. An honor designed to recognize students who qualify for Unit Limitations placement on the President's List at least three semesters. (See Academic Awards (p. 56).) A normal study load per semester is 15 units. Students may not register for more than 18 units in a regular semester or 9 Probation units in summer intersession without approval from a MiraCosta counselor. A warning status that scholastic standards are not being met. (See Academic Progress, Probation & Probation Appeal Process Wait List (p. 392) in Academic Standards & Policies.) A list of students waiting to register for a closed class. Registration Work Experience Signing up for specific classes and paying fees. A program that combines classroom studies with on-the-job Semester experience. (See Cooperative Work Experience (p. 56).) A 16-week period of coursework offered fall and spring. Sophomore A student who has completed at least 30 but fewer than 60 degree-applicable units of college credit. 427MiraCosta College 2020-2021 Catalog
A-Z Directory A-Z Directory C A Cafeterias (Food Services) ....................................................................................48 Campus Assessment, Resources, & Education (CARE) ...................................... 42 Academic and Career Pathways (ACPs) .......................................................... 102 Career & Life Planning ........................................................................................ 164 Academic Awards ................................................................................................. 56 Career Studies & Services ..................................................................................... 42 Academic Calendar 2020-2021 ............................................................................. 5 Cashier ....................................................................................................................49 Academic Freedom .............................................................................................392 Certificates ..............................................................................................................85 Academic Integrity & Discipline Appeal Process .............................................. 392 Chemistry .............................................................................................................. 164 Academic Progress, Probation & Probation Appeal Process ........................... 392 Child Development ..............................................................................................168 Academic Renewal ............................................................................................. 394 Child Development Center ................................................................................... 42 Academic Senate Council ................................................................................... 15 Chinese .................................................................................................................177 Academic Services & Tutoring ............................................................................. 40 C-ID Courses ...........................................................................................................26 Accounting ...........................................................................................................106 College Foundation ...............................................................................................13 Accreditation ............................................................................................................4 College Leadership ................................................................................................14 Administration of Justice ..................................................................................... 111 College Level Examination Program (CLEP) Credit Guide ..................................37 Administrative Officers ........................................................................................... 14 College Level Examination Program (CLEP) for MiraCosta College and California Admissions & Records Office ................................................................................ 41 State University (CSU) ............................................................................................ 37 Admissions Information ......................................................................................... 19 College Police & Lost and Found .........................................................................43 Adult Basic Education Courses (Noncredit) ......................................................377 Communication ................................................................................................... 177 Adult High School ................................................................................................ 370 Community Education & Workforce Development ........................................... 390 Advanced Placement (AP) Credit Guide ............................................................33 Complaints ........................................................................................................... 395 Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking on Campus ............................................................. 395 Computer Science ...............................................................................................180 Alternative Sources of Credit ................................................................................ 31 Computer Studies & Information Technology ................................................... 183 American College English ...................................................................................115 Contextualized Learning Program ........................................................................ 60 Anthropology ........................................................................................................115 Cooperative Work Experience Education (Co-op) ............................................. 56 Art .......................................................................................................................... 119 Counseling (Courses) ..........................................................................................193 Associate Degrees (Requirements) ......................................................................66 Counseling Services ...............................................................................................44 Associate Degrees & Certificate Programs (Table) .............................................87 Course Numbering ................................................................................................ 20 Astronomy .............................................................................................................132 Course Repetition ................................................................................................ 396 Athletics (Courses) .............................................................................................. 134 Creative and Applied Arts .................................................................................. 102 Athletics & Intramural Sports .................................................................................41 Credit Courses (General Information) ................................................................. 20 Attendance .......................................................................................................... 395 Credit from Other Colleges ...................................................................................25 Automotive Technology ...................................................................................... 135 CSU Transfer ........................................................................................................... 94 B D Biology ...................................................................................................................141 Dance ................................................................................................................... 194 Biotechnology ...................................................................................................... 146 Design ................................................................................................................... 207 Board of Trustees ................................................................................................... 14 Directed Study ........................................................................................................56 Bookstores ...............................................................................................................41 Disabled Students Programs & Services (DSPS) .................................................. 44 Business Administration ....................................................................................... 154 Distance Education ............................................................................................... 56 Business and Technology ................................................................................... 102 District & Campus Information ..............................................................................11 Business Office Technology ................................................................................ 163 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion ......................................................................................13 429MiraCosta College 2020-2021 Catalog
A-Z Directory Dramatic Arts ....................................................................................................... 215 How to Read Course Descriptions ......................................................................106 Humanities ............................................................................................................ 262 E I Earth Sciences ......................................................................................................222 Economics ............................................................................................................ 222 Institutional Code of Ethics ................................................................................. 406 Education ............................................................................................................. 223 Institutional Student Learning Outcomes .............................................................10 English ................................................................................................................... 223 Instructional Services ............................................................................................. 66 English as a Second Language ......................................................................... 227 Interdisciplinary Studies ....................................................................................... 263 English as a Second Language Courses (Noncredit) ...................................... 377 International Baccalaureate (IB) Credit Guide ................................................... 36 Equal Access ..........................................................................................................13 International Students & Study Abroad ............................................................... 59 Equal Opportunity/Nondiscrimination ............................................................... 397 Internship Studies Program ................................................................................... 60 Extended Opportunity Programs & Services (EOPS) ........................................... 44 Italian .................................................................................................................... 265 F J Faculty (Full-Time) ................................................................................................ 418 Japanese ..............................................................................................................267 Fees ......................................................................................................................... 23 Film ........................................................................................................................ 228 K Final Exams ...........................................................................................................398 Financial Aid Office ............................................................................................... 46 Kinesiology ............................................................................................................270 First Year Forward .................................................................................................. 56 Food Pantry & Farmer's Market ............................................................................ 47 L Food Services ......................................................................................................... 48 Freedom of Speech .............................................................................................398 Languages, Communication, and Humanities ................................................. 103 French ................................................................................................................... 231 Learning Skills ....................................................................................................... 275 Liberal Arts ............................................................................................................ 276 G Liberal Arts with an Area of Emphasis in Applied Health, Nutrition, and Kinesiology ................................................................................................................................ 277 General Education Outcomes ..............................................................................66 Liberal Arts with an Area of Emphasis in Arts and Humanities ......................... 278 General Noncredit ............................................................................................... 377 Liberal Arts with an Area of Emphasis in Business and Technology ................. 280 Geography ........................................................................................................... 233 Liberal Arts with an Area of Emphasis in Creative and Applied Arts ................ 281 Geology ................................................................................................................ 235 Liberal Arts with an Area of Emphasis in Mathematics and Sciences ..............283 German .................................................................................................................236 Liberal Arts with an Area of Emphasis in Multicultural Studies ..........................285 Gerontology ..........................................................................................................237 Liberal Arts with an Area of Emphasis in Social and Behavioral Sciences ....... 287 Glossary ................................................................................................................ 425 Library ....................................................................................................................288 Grades & Grading Policies ................................................................................. 399 Library & Information Hub ..................................................................................... 61 Linguistics ..............................................................................................................290 H Literature ............................................................................................................... 290 Lost & Found .......................................................................................................... 43 Harassment & Unlawful Discrimination ...............................................................402 Health and Safety Courses (Noncredit) .............................................................377 M Health Education ................................................................................................. 239 Health Sciences ................................................................................................... 102 Massage Therapy ................................................................................................ 294 Health Services .......................................................................................................48 Math and Sciences ............................................................................................. 103 History ....................................................................................................................242 Mathematics ........................................................................................................ 294 Honors Program ..................................................................................................... 57 Matriculation .......................................................................................................... 18 Horticulture ........................................................................................................... 250 Matriculation: Orientation & Advisement .............................................................18 Hospitality ..............................................................................................................257 Media Arts & Technologies .................................................................................300 Medical Administrative Professional ................................................................... 307 Mission & Institutional Goals ................................................................................. 10 Music .....................................................................................................................311 430 MiraCosta College 2020-2021 Catalog
A-Z Directory Music Technology ................................................................................................324 Standards of Student Conduct .......................................................................... 407 N Student Accounts Office/Cashier ........................................................................ 49 Noncredit ESL ....................................................................................................... 383 Student Learning Outcomes & Core Competencies .......................................... 10 Non-Degree Applicable Courses ........................................................................406 Nursing .................................................................................................................. 328 Student Life & Leadership ..................................................................................... 50 Nutrition .................................................................................................................335 Student Records & Privacy Rights .......................................................................412 O Student Rights & Grievances .............................................................................. 415 Oceanography .................................................................................................... 338 Older Adult Courses (Noncredit) ....................................................................... 377 Surgical Technology ............................................................................................ 367 Open Enrollment .................................................................................................. 406 T P Testing Services ...................................................................................................... 52 Parenting Courses (Noncredit) ...........................................................................377 Pharmacology ...................................................................................................... 339 Transfer Center .......................................................................................................52 Philosophy .............................................................................................................340 Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society ............................................................................61 Transfer Center Services ...................................................................................... 100 Physical Science .................................................................................................. 342 Physics ...................................................................................................................344 Transfer Options ..................................................................................................... 94 Plan A ......................................................................................................................68 Plan B ...................................................................................................................... 75 U Plan C ..................................................................................................................... 80 Political Science ................................................................................................... 346 UC Transfer ............................................................................................................. 97 President's Welcome ................................................................................................7 Private College/Out-of-State University Transfer ...................................................99 Umoja Community .................................................................................................63 Psychology ............................................................................................................348 Puente Program ..................................................................................................... 62 V R Veterans Education Office ....................................................................................52 Reading ................................................................................................................ 354 Veterans Services ...................................................................................................52 Refunds ................................................................................................................... 24 Registering for Courses ..........................................................................................20 W Religious Studies ...................................................................................................355 Work Experience Education ................................................................................ 367 S Workforce Preparation Courses (Noncredit) ..................................................... 377 Scholarships ............................................................................................................48 School Relations/Diversity Outreach .................................................................... 49 Service Learning Program ..................................................................................... 62 Short-Term Vocational ......................................................................................... 387 Short-Term Vocational Courses (Noncredit) ......................................................377 Social and Behavioral Sciences ......................................................................... 103 Social Work and Human Services ...................................................................... 356 Sociology .............................................................................................................. 357 Spanish ................................................................................................................. 364 Special Education Courses (Noncredit) ............................................................ 377 431MiraCosta College 2020-2021 Catalog
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The 2020–2021 MiraCosta College Catalog was prepared by the Office of Instruction using Leepfrog’s CourseLeaf Academic Catalog Management System. CATALOG PRODUCTION TEAM Cindy Dudley, Senior Curriculum & Accreditation Analyst Gwen Partlow, Instructional Technical Support Specialist Gabe Waite, Creative Director Heidi Willis, Business Systems Analyst COURSES & PROGRAMS COMMITTEE 2019–2020 Kate Alder, Interim Dean, Behavioral Science, History & Adult Education (fall 2019) Joanne Benschop, Articulation Officer (fall 2019) Diane Dieckmeyer, Vice President of Instructional Services Mike Fino, Dean, Math & Sciences (spring 2020) William Gunn, Film Linda Haar, Child Development Kelly Hagen, Pre-Transfer Letters Mary Beth Headlee, Mathematics Stacy Ingham, Classified, Admissions & Records Specialist Jim Julius, Faculty Director of Online Education John Makevich, Dean, Continuing & Community Education (spring 2020) Donald Munshower, Veterans Counseling (fall 2019)/Interim Articulation Office (spring 2020) Gilbert Neri, Art David Parker, Design Erika Peters, Physics Nate Scharff, Business Administration Jed Schlueter, Counseling Angela Senigaglia (Chair), Adult High School Al Taccone, Dean, Career Education (fall 2019) Mana Tadayon, Student (fall 2019) Sinclaire Tirona, Classified, Student Services Specialist–Testing Rosa Treptow, Associate Faculty Non-Credit ESL
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