Academic Standards
The following details the measures
that are used to determine student academic standing. The
standards have a quality component (GPA) measured against a
quantitative component (number of credits attempted).
1. Students with
1-15 total cumulative semester hours must have completed those semester
hours with at least a 1.75 cumulative GPA to advance to the next level.
Students with less than 1.75 GPA will be placed on probation. Every
attempt will be made to warn students throughout each semester of low
grades, but in some cases the low grades appear only after final exams.
2. Students with
15-30 total cumulative semester hours must complete those semester hours
with at least a 1.90 cumulative GPA to advance to the next level.
Students with less than 1.90 will be placed on probation. Every
attempt will be made to warn students throughout each semester of low
grades, but in some cases the low grades appear only after final exams.
a. Students with 30 or fewer credit hours
completed are classified as freshmen.
3. Students with
31-45 total cumulative semester hours must complete those semester hours
with at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA to advance to the next level.
Students with less than 2.0 will be placed on probation. Students in
this category for a second time are placed on academic suspension.
a. Students with more than 30 credit hours
completed are classified as sophomores.
4. Students with
46-64 total cumulative semester hours must complete those semester hours
with at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA to graduate from Independence Community
College. There is no warning at this stage.
Students must retake courses in which they had low grades to achieve a 2.0
cumulative GPA to graduate.
5. Students who
have completed requirements (completed required 64 semester hours) for
graduation from ICC and have graduated but enroll in additional classes
shall be classified as post-graduate students.
To earn an
Associates Degree from ICC students must complete 64 credit hours with a
cumulative grade point average of no less than 2.0. Within the 64
credit hours, students must complete the following courses to earn an
associates degree:
a. English Composition I – 3 credit hours.
b. English Composition II – 3 credit
hours.
c. Communications – 3 credit hours.
Speech (COM 1203) or Interpersonal Communication (COM 1233)
d. College Algebra or higher level
mathematics – 3 credit hours.
e. Arts & Humanities – (AA) 12 credit hours
from at least three of the following disciplines: art, foreign language,
history, literature, music, philosophy, theater. (Performance
courses may not be used to satisfy this requirement). (AS) (GS) Nine
credit hours from the three disciplines.
f. Social
& Behavioral Sciences – (AA) 12 credit hours from at least three of the
following disciplines: anthropology, elements of economics, geography,
political science, psychology, sociology. (AS) (GS) Nine credit hours
from the three disciplines.
g. Science
– (AA) Eight credit hours, which must include one biological and one
physical science 3-credit course, one of which must include a lab. (AS)
10 credit hours, which must include one biological and one physical
science 3-credit course, one of which must include a lab. (GS) Five
hours from any area.
h. Computer
Science course – 3 credit hours. Usually, computer concepts and
applications, but if the student can demonstrate computer competency, a
higher level course such as Computer Information Systems, is acceptable
to fulfill this requirement.
i. Wellness/Lifetime
Fitness – 1 credit hour.
j. College Skills – 1credit hour.
k. Electives
– (AA) 15 additional credit hours must be taken from disciplines
consistent with those majors leading to a Bachelors of Arts Degree.
Performance courses may be used to satisfy this requirement. (AS) 20
additional credit hours must be taken from disciplines consistent with
those majors leading to a Bachelors of Arts or Science Degree.
Performance courses may be used to satisfy this requirement. (GS) 25
additional credit hours must be taken from disciplines consistent with
those majors leading to a Bachelors of Arts or Science Degree.
Performance courses may be used to satisfy this requirement.
l. A minimum of 15 credit hours must be
earned from Independence Community College to be awarded an Associates
degree. Advanced standing credit will not satisfy this 15-credit
hour requirement (i.e., CLEP, military credit, advanced placement.)
m. A
student must complete degree requirements under one of the two most
recent ICC college catalogs.
n. A
student must complete an accepted portfolio to meet graduation
requirements.
Scholarships are
awarded in a variety of areas: academic, athletic, journalism,
performance, etc. Students are advised to follow the guidelines
offered for each scholarship, as scholarships may be revoked if students to
not fulfill the various scholarship requirements.
Generally, scholarship application deadline is April 1 of the year in which
the student is seeking a scholarship. The following scholarships
are available based on academic performance.
3.5 – 4.0 GPA or Valedictorian or
Salutatorian of high school graduating class will receive a Presidential
Scholarship of tuition and use of books for up to 18 hours per semester.
The student must carry 16 credits or more per semester.
3.0 – 3.49 GPA will receive $200 per semester
with enrollment of 12 credit hours or more.
2.0 – 2.9 GPA will receive $100 per semester
with enrollment of 12 credit hours or more.
Students
affected by the procedures in this section will be notified of academic
probation and/or suspension on the semester grade reports which are sent to
the student’s last known address. In addition to the
end-of-semester report, every attempt will be made to notify students of low
grades throughout each semester. This procedure will begin with grade
notification to students from the instructors at the end of the first five
weeks of class, follow-up from guidance/coaching, and official notification
from ICC. GPA status for all fulltime ICC students will
also be checked at semester intervals by the Registrar.
Instructors also will issue grades at the end of the first 10 weeks of
classes. Letters will be sent to all students who are being placed on
probation and/or suspension at the end of each semester.
*Students
receiving financial aid are subject to Satisfactory Academic Procedures.
A student will
be placed on academic probation if his/her cumulative grade point average is
less than the accepted standards for each semester. Students should be
aware that graduation requires a minimum grade point average of 2.00.
Students on
academic probation may not take more than 12 credit hours per Fall or Spring
semester, nor more than three credit hours per summer session.
All probationary students must have advisor approval for registration.
A student placed
on probation status has two regular (Fall and Spring) semesters to raise the
cumulative grade point average to the accepted minimum for the semester.
If the minimum cumulative grade point average is not met following a
semester of probation, the student is placed on Academic Suspension.
A student on
academic probation for two regular (Fall and Spring) semesters who fails to
raise his/her cumulative grade point average to the required minimum will be
placed on academic suspension and barred from registration for the period of
one regular (Fall or Spring) semester. Students may appeal
suspension. See Procedure for Academic Suspension Appeals.
An academically
suspended student may apply for re-admission by submitting a petition for
re-admission at least one month prior to the beginning of the semester or
summer session for which the student seeks enrollment. The
petition will be reviewed by the Dean of Instruction.
The Dean of
Instruction may elect to approve the petition as submitted, to approve the
petition with conditions (e.g., limited coursework, specific classes
allowed, other classes denied, fresh start, etc.), to uphold suspension, or
to take action which is deemed in the best interest of the student.
Re-admission may include a change in major, removal of grades, adjustment of
cumulative grade point average, etc. If the student is readmitted,
he/she will automatically be placed on academic probation.
Students who
desire to appeal probation, suspension, or denial of re-admission decisions
must submit a letter detailing the basis of the appeal to the College
Registrar. The letter will be reviewed by a special committee of three
representing the Student Progress Committee. Members of this special
review committee will be appointed by the chairman of the Student Progress
Committee. The special review committee will present their findings
and recommendation to the Student Progress Committee chair. The
Student Progress Committee chair will communicate that decision in writing
to the student, who may appeal the decision to the President of ICC.
ICC understands
that students might not get started in their first year of college in a way
they would wish. For some, the new surroundings, new classroom
demands, and the rigors of responsibility take their toll on grades.
To encourage students to continue in college and to encourage students who
have dropped out or were suspended, ICC provides academic renewal to relieve
the burden of past low academic performance.
a. A
student may request dropping one semester’s work from being calculated
in their Grade Point Average (GPA).
b. The semester in question
must meet the following requirements: (1) be more than two years in the
past. (2) Have been taken at ICC. (3) Must be entirely dropped (all
courses in that semester, not select courses.) (4) Academic renewal may
occur only once at ICC. (5) The semester in question will still be
recorded on the transcript, with grades noted as “cleared (CL)”; and
will be listed as “hours attempted,” but not as hours or grades earned.
(6) The student must demonstrate academic progress by completing a
minimum of 12 credit hours with a 2.0 or better GPA prior to applying
for academic renewal. (7) Students participating in academic renewal are
ineligible for honors programs. (8) Academic renewal forms are available
from the Registrar.
A student who
has stopped attending college for two or more years must meet the graduation
requirements of the current ICC catalog. Students who have
continuous enrollments, regardless of the number of years to complete
requirements for an associate’s degree, will meet the graduation
requirements under the catalog covering the dates on which the student
initially enrolled.
Honesty in
academic work is, of course, a central element of learning. The presentation
of another person’s work as one’s own or the act of seeking unfair academic
advantage through cheating/copying are violations of ICC’s Student Code of
Conduct. The descriptions below explain ICC’s standards of academic conduct.
ICC believes these standards are essential in the learning environment, and
are central in learning and achieving through the student’s life-long
endeavors. The following acts of academic dishonesty are among those which
will lead to ICC disciplinary action and/or dismissal from the college:
a. Use of textbooks, library
materials, or notes during an examination where those materials are not
permitted.
b. Use
of “crib sheets” or hidden notes in an examination.
c. Looking
at another student’s test paper.
d. Allowing
another student to see view your test paper during a test.
e. Possessing
written questions or answers (cheat sheets) for any closed-book
examination.
f. Having
another person stand in for you at an examination or any other graded
activity.
g. Deliberate
falsification of any graded activity.
h. Collaboration
with others in test or other graded activities when collaboration is
not permitted.
i. Submission
of previously-graded work for a new assignment (without instructor’s
consent).
j. Use (either in part or whole) of
documents obtained from internet sources designed to encourage
dishonesty and which are not the immediate result of the
student’s own academic effort.
k. Continuing work on an examination or
assignment after the allocated time has elapsed.
l. Plagiarism (in any form) is defined as
taking another person’s intellectual work and using it as one’s own.
Plagiarism is defined as submitting college work (assignments,
examinations, etc.) which is not mainly the work of the student, but for
which the student claims credit. This may include quoting without
giving proper credit to a source, expanding another person’s work
without giving credit to that person, submitting another person’s work
under the pretense it is your own. Simply, plagiarism
is taking credit for work that is not your own.
m. Cheating. Cheating is
defined as gaining unfair advantage by deception or breaking the rules
on the submission and completion of any college course assignment.
Cheating is also the act of claiming work that is not the work of the
claimant, and/or submitting work which is based on sources or activities
forbidden by the instructor. Cheating is also classified as helping
another student cheat – such as passing material to another student,
allowing another to look at your test answers/materials, or covering for
another student who is in the act of cheating. The student caught
cheating will get 0 (zero) points on the specific test/assignment.
The Dean of Instruction is to be notified of individual cheating, and is
to keep a record of the incident. The second time that the student
is caught cheating in any class, he\she will be withdrawn from the class
by the Dean of Instruction, and the transcript will show an XF.
(Withdrawn failing with extenuating circumstances). If a student
is withdrawn from more than one class for cheating, he\she will be
suspended for at least one semester, and will be placed on a
probationary status if ever allowed to return to ICC. Students
returning in this category will be probationary, and will be suspended
permanently if caught cheating during the probationary period, or at any
time after that period.
As the primary
arbiters of academic integrity, individual faculty members will include
these standards in all syllabi, and may elect to address episodes of
academic misconduct on a “case-by-case” basis. Specific sanctions
include, but are not limited to, the following:
a. Verbal warning/no grade-related action.
b. An F on the assignment/quiz/examination
(with the possibility of makeup)
c. An F on the assignment/quiz/examination
(with no possibility of makeup)
d. An F in the course (with or without
prohibition of future enrollment)
e. Designation of XF (withdrawn failing
with extenuating circumstances) grade (with or without prohibition of
future enrollment)
f. Recommendation for administrative
academic sanction(s).
A student who
withdraws from a class or is withdrawn by an official of the college because
he/she was caught cheating, will be assigned a XF (withdrawn failing with
extenuating circumstances) on his\her transcript.
Students who
withdraw from class, or are withdrawn from class, will receive one of the
following withdrawal designations
(No designation) (drop)
– Students who withdraw from a class in the first two weeks of the class.
(W) -
Students who withdraw from class before the start of the seventh week of
classes. (This time period coincides with the first progress notification at
the end of the fifth week of classes.)
(WP) – Students
who withdraw from a class with a passing grade after the start of the
seventh week.
(WF) – Students
who withdraw from a class with a failing grade after the start of the
seventh week.
(XF) – Students
who withdraw or are withdrawn for cheating in class at any time.
(XF) – Students
who are withdrawn from class for disciplinary reasons at any time.
The numbers of
classroom hours a student my miss in a particular course is determined by
each instructor, and will be covered in the syllabus for that course.
It recommended that students attend all classes, and miss no more the number
of classroom hours equivalent with the number of credits for that course.
In other words, students are advised to miss no more than three classroom
hours in a three-credit course. We believe that classroom/course
success is directly related to classroom attendance. Students are also
advised to contact their instructors when they miss class.
Missing class is not an acceptable excuse for incomplete assignments.
Students may enroll in classes late only with permission of the instructor.
If an instructor allows a late enrollment, classes missed by the student
prior to enrollment may not count as absences.
Students are
expected to attend all sessions of all their classes on time.
Tardiness occurs when a student shows up for class after the time specified
for the start of the class. The instructors may reject a late student
from the class, or not allow the student to enter, and/or withdraw a student
from class if the student is habitually late.
Incompletes are
given by instructors on an individual, case-by-case basis. All
incompletes are to be completed in the next full semester. This means
students may fulfill the requirements of an incomplete in a summer
semester, but must no later than the next fall or spring semester
following the semester in which the incomplete grade was granted.
When an incomplete is not completed in the required time, students will
receive an F for the particular course.
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Office of Instruction Contacts
Peggy Forsberg,
Dean of Instruction
Phone:
620.332.5418
FAX:
620.331.6821
Location:
Academic Building, Lower Level
Travis Githens,
Director of Evening and
Outreach Programs
Phone:
620.332.5420
FAX:
620.331.6821
Location:
Academic Building, Lower Level
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