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2012-2013 TMCC College Catalog A-5
MATHEMATICS
• MATH 090 CONTINUING STUDIES IN
MATH
• MATH 095 ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA
• MATH 096 INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA
Registration for online developmental
math courses is by departmental
permission and limited to students
who meet the following three
requirements:
1. The student has not dropped or failed
the class prior,
2. The student has earned a grade of ‘A’
or ‘B’ in the prerequisite class within
the past two years, or has qualifying
ACCUPLACER math , ACT math or SAT
math score within the past two years,
and
3. The student has a minimum
ACCUPLACER Reading
Comprehension score of 86 and a
minimum ACCUPLACER WritePlacer
score of 5 or the student has a
minimum ACCUPLACER ESL Reading
Skills score of 115 and a minimum
ACCUPLACER ESL WritePlacer score
of 3 or the student has a minimum
score of 440 on both the SAT Reading
andWriting tests, or a minimum score
of 18 on both the ACT Reading and
Writing tests, taken within the past
two years.
Students who meet these requirements
are advised to contact the Math
Department.
Please Note: Students must complete
any required coursework before
completing 30 credits, otherwise students
must pay for themon their own as financial
aid will not fund remedial courses once
the student has attempted 30 credits.
Advanced Standing
TMCC will accept credit from a variety of
training and educational programs toward
an associate degree and/or certificate of
achievement. Contact the Admissions and
Records office about how to obtain an
advanced standing evaluation.
The maximum number of credits
allowed for transfer from all sources is 45
credits per degree. The maximumnumber
of credits possible in each category is:
1. advanced standing from other
colleges and universities: 45 credits
total.
2. advanced standing from credit by
examination: 30 credits.
3. advanced standing from
nontraditional sources: 15 credits or a
maximum of 25% of the total credits
required for the degree.
Transcripts which are received from
other colleges or universities must come
directly fromthat school to theAdmissions
and Records office to be classified as
official transcripts. We accept official
transcripts from students provided the
envelope is not open. All other transcripts
will be considered unofficial and will not
be evaluated. The TMCC Transfer Credit
Policy appears in Appendix C of this
course catalog.
Advisement
Advisement is required for all new
degree-seeking students. Visit http://
www.tmcc.edu/advisement/ to enroll in a
New StudentAdvisement Workshop.
NEWTRANSFER STUDENTS
Students transferring college credits to
TMCC should refer to the Steps to Enroll
for Transfer Students online at www.tmcc.
edu/transfer/stepstoenroll/.
TMCCHigh School
TMCC is one of only a handful of colleges
nationwide to be home to a school
district high school. TMCC High School is
designed for juniors and seniors who want
to get a jump on their college education.
This program gives high school students
the opportunity to attend college while
they are still in high school. Call 775-674-
7660 for details.
Appeals Information
Appeal of Policy
Students appealing the application of
a TMCC policy or procedure should begin
the process by completing the “Student
Appeals Form” and filing it with the
Admissions and Records office. Appeals
will be accepted for review if students
begin the process within six (6) months
from the date of occurrence or six (6)
months from when it could be reasonably
assumed that the student was aware of
the occurrence.
The student appeals board consists
of the affirmative action officer or the
designee of the president as chair,
three faculty members, one counselor,
two administrators, and one student.
Departmental consultants attending
meetings will be non-voting participants.
The board meets monthly, or more
frequently as needed, to hear appeals and
recommend action to the vice president
of academic affairs and student services
who has final authority.
The student appeals board reviews
appeals which deal with processes
outlined in the college catalog with the
exception of the following: affirmative
action issues, classroom or departmental
procedures, disciplinary issues, financial
aid appeals or grade change issues. To
initiate an appeal for one of these issues,
the student should contact the following:
• Affirmative action appeal - contact
the affirmative action officer and
follow guidelines listed in Board of
Regents Handbook
• Classroom or departmental
procedures - contact the appropriate
department
• Disciplinary issues - contact the office
of the vice president of academic
affairs and student services
• Financial aid appeals - contact the
financial aid department
• Grade change issues - contact the
instructor and follow the procedures
outlined in the TMCC Catalog
Appeal of Class Grade
The purpose of the Grade Appeal
Policy is to provide the student with a
safeguard against receiving an unfair final
grade, while respecting the academic
responsibility of the instructor. Thus, this
policy recognizes that:
• Every student has a right to
receive a grade assigned upon a fair
and unprejudiced evaluation based on
a method that is neither arbitrary nor
capricious; and,
• Instructors have the right to
assign a grade based on any method that
is professionally acceptable, submitted in
writing to all students and applied equally.
A grade appeal shall be confined
to changes of unfair action toward an
individual student and may not involve
a challenge of an instructor’s grading
standard.
In a grade appeal, the presence of one or
more of the following will be considered
as the only legitimate grounds for an
appeal: arbitrariness, prejudice, error or
personal hardship. A student who wishes
to appeal the grade must do so in writing
within 90 days of the official ending date
of the class.
This policy does not cover instances
where students have been assigned
grades based on academic dishonesty
or academic misconduct. Also excluded
from this policy are grade appeals alleging
discrimination, harassment or retaliation
in violation of TMCC’s Sexual Harassment
Policy, which shall be referred to the
appropriate office at TMCC. A student who
wishes to appeal the grade must do so
within 90 days of the official ending date
of class.