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earned, i.e., A, B, C, D, F, P or NP. The exception to thispolicy is the grade of MW.Repetition of CoursesState regulations restrict the number of times a studentmay enroll in a course within a community collegedistrict. Most courses are designated as non-repeatable,which means that a student can only repeat the courseunder the following circumstances: 4-4To alleviate substandard work. When a mark ofD, F, NP, or W has been previously recorded in acourse, a student may enroll to repeat the course.The student is limited to a maximum of threeattempts in any one course to earn a passing grade.The grade from the most recent time the coursewas repeated will be used for determining gradepoint average regardless of whether the last grade ishigher or lower than the grade earned on previousattempts. The grades for all earlier attempts and themost recent attempt shall each be recorded on thestudent’s permanent record, ensuring a true andcomplete academic history.Significant Lapse of Time: When a mark of A, B,C, or P has been previously recorded in a course,a student may only repeat the course if 36 monthshave passed since the grade was awarded and thestudent is required to have taken the course withina recent amount of time as required by anothercourse or program at the college or at anothercollege or university to which the student seeksto transfer. For courses in which a grade of A, B,C has been recorded, the grade of the repeatedcourse shall be counted in calculating a student’sgrade point average. The grades of all earlierattempts and the most recent attempt shall eachbe recorded on the student’s permanent record,ensuring a true and complete academic history.Courses repeated under this criterion will not beused for determining financial aid, scholarships,or athletic eligibility. Unit credit is allowed onlyonce. Neither credit nor grades shall be allowedfor unauthorized repeated courses.Mandated Training: A student will be allowed torepeat courses in which the student has previouslyearned a grade of A, B, C, or P when repetitionof the course is necessary in order to meet legallymandated training requirements or conditionsACADEMIC POLICIES of continued paid or volunteer employment.Enrollment under this provision is limited.Documentation supporting the mandated trainingis required and must be submitted to the EnrollmentServices Office.Change of Industry Standard or Licensure: Astudent may be allowed to repeat courses in whichthe student has previously earned a grade of A, B,C, or P when repetition of the course is necessaryin order to maintain licensure or if an industrystandard has changed significantly since the coursewas taken and the student needs the skills in orderto gain or keep employment. Documentationsupporting the licensure or change in industrystandard is required and must be submitted to theEnrollment Services Office.The student is responsible for ensuring that therepetition of a course is authorized by these regulations.Any student who is determined to be repeating a coursewhen not authorized to do so shall be administrativelyremoved from the class. Credit by examination andcourses in the 600-number noncredit band are notsubject to the course repetition rules.Academic RenewalThe purpose of academic renewal is to disregard aportion of a student’s prior substandard academicwork. Students wishing to disregard prior work mustcomplete the Academic Renewal Petition and submit itto the Enrollment Services Office. Academic Renewal issubject to the following conditions: The student must have completed at least 24units at Long Beach City College with at least a2.0 cumulative GPA subsequent to the term to bedisregarded. At least one calendar year must have elapsed fromthe time grades to be disregarded were earned. Courses will only be disregarded on a semester orterm basis. All courses in the designated semesterwill be ignored in determining requirements forgraduation, including grade point average, fieldof concentration, honors, general education, andunits. Any requirements that would otherwise bemet by courses thus ignored must be fulfilled byretaking a course or by other educational means. A maximum of two semesters or terms may bedisregarded.

All courses shall remain on the official record.The transcript shall be appropriately annotated toindicate that academic renewal has been applied,including the specific semesters or terms thatwere disregarded.Academic Renewal by Long Beach City Collegedoes not guarantee that other institutions will honorthis action. The student is responsible for ensuringthat his or her transfer institution will approve ofacademic renewal from Long Beach City College.Once a certificate or degree is posted at Long BeachCity College, academic renewal will not be available.Academic and Progress ProbationA student shall be placed on probation whenever thestudent’s academic record indicates any of the followingconditions:1a. Academic probation: The student’s grade pointaverage falls below 2.0 in all units graded accordingto the 4.0 grading scale after the student hasattempted more than 12 units at Long Beach CityCollege.1b. Progress probation: After enrolling in aminimum of 12 units at Long Beach CityCollege, the student has completed less thanone-half of all units in which the student hasenrolled as reflected in the student’s academicrecord.2.For the purposes of section 1.b, the entries of W,NP, and I are counted as incomplete work whileentries of A, B, C, D, F, and P are counted ascomplete.3.Students on academic or progress probationshall be subject to counseling interventionwhich includes the following provisions:Meeting with a counselor in the CounselingDepartment, DSPS, or EOPS;Completing a student “Strategy for Success”contract or an educational plan;Being limited to a maximum of 12 units eachsemester until the student is removed fromprobation; andCompleting the sequence of basic skills coursesin the educational plan. 4.Any student on probation shall be reclassifiedas “satisfactory” whenever the cumulative gradepoint average reaches or exceeds 2.0 and theratio of units-completed to units-enrolled isone-half or better based on the number of unitsindicated in section 1 above.Academic and Progress DismissalA student who remains on probation for at least twosemesters and has not completed the counselingintervention and made up the deficiencies in his or heracademic record shall be dismissed unless satisfactoryprogress is indicated during the semester in which thedismissal would normally occur. Satisfactory progressis defined as follows: In the case of academic dismissal, the student mustcomplete at least three units during the semesterwith a semester grade point average of at least 2.0. In the case of progress dismissal, the student mustenroll in at least three units during the semester. Ifenrolled in 3 to 5.5 units, the student must completeall units. If enrolled in six or more units, the studentmust complete 80% of the units. Academic and progress dismissals are recorded atthe end of the spring semester. Readmission After Dismissal Dismissed students will not be allowed to enrollin the fall semester immediately following theirdismissal. Students desiring to return to the collegeafter dismissal must submit an application and areadmission petition to the Enrollment ServicesOffice by the second Friday of September to beconsidered for readmission in the spring semester.The Readmission Committee reviews all petitions. A dismissed student who is readmitted will beplaced on probation and may be subject to furtherenrollment restrictions and requirements.Scholarship Office/FoundationFinancial ScholarshipsLong Beach City College administers more than 1,000scholarships each year. These scholarships are funded bycampus and community organizations, local businesses,and private donors. The Scholarship Office/FoundationOffice is located in Building A-1001 at the Liberal ArtsCampus.LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE 2017-2018 CATALOG4-5ACADEMIC POLICIES

Rotary Club Honors ScholarshipsEach year the Long Beach Rotary ScholarshipFoundation awards Rotary Honor Scholarships toLong Beach Unified High School students who willbe attending Long Beach City College. Recipientsmust maintain a 3.0 GPA or higher and be enrolledin the Honors Program once they attend Long BeachCity College. Scholarship applications are available inSeptember at www.lbcc.edu/scholarships.Outstanding Student ScholarshipLong Beach City College acknowledges outstandingstudent scholarship in three ways: on the Dean’sHonors List, in graduation ceremonies, and through ascholarship honor society. Outstanding Scholarship isclassified in the following ways:1. Scholarship with Honors-3.500-3.749 GPA2. Scholarship with Distinction-3.750-3.999 GPA3. Scholarship with Great Distinction -4.000 GPADean’s Honors ListStudents on the Dean’s Honors List are recognizedeach semester on a posted announcement and with apersonal letter. To be eligible for the Dean’s Honors List,a student must meet the following requirements:Attempt 12 or more units* in the specific semester witha 75 percent or better overall completion ratio andmaintain the necessary semester GPA to qualify foroutstanding scholarship described above.*Note: Units attempted are classes with grades of A, B,C, D, or F. A class taken for a grade of P or NP does notcount in computing the number of units attempted.Alpha Gamma Sigma Scholarship SocietyLong Beach City College has two chapters of AlphaGamma Sigma, the California community college honorscholarship society. Students eligible for the Dean’sHonors List are encouraged to apply for membership.Students with a 3.1 overall cumulative GPA in 12 ormore units completed are also eligible for membership.The Kappa Chapter is located at the Liberal ArtsCampus. Information and applications are available atLAC in room M-226. The Delta Chi Chapter is located atthe Pacific Coast Campus. Information and applicationsare available in the Student Affairs Office, LAC E-206(562) 938-4552.4-6ACADEMIC POLICIESEntrance to LBCC with Scholarship HonorsHigh school graduates are accorded “honors at entrance”as a form of recognition for outstanding scholarship. Tobe eligible, the graduate must have earned a 3.5 GPAor better in high school and must have matriculated toLBCC.Graduation with Scholarship HonorsStudents graduating with outstanding scholarship arerecognized during the graduation ceremony and in thecommencement program. To be eligible for honors atgraduation, a student must have a cumulative overallGPA based on all college work applied to the degree, nomatter where completed, that qualifies for “outstandingscholarship” as described above.Honors Program and CoursesThe Honors Program serves motivated, high-achievingstudents who plan to transfer to competitive colleges anduniversities. The LBCC Honors Program offers coursesin more than a dozen disciplines to serve intellectuallyambitious students. Students who complete the HonorsProgram have proven records of success in theirapplications to competitive baccalaureate programsas well as to professional and graduate schools. Fordetailed information about the LBCC Honors Programand the application process, call the Honors ProgramOffice at (562) 938-4354 or visit us in the LAC Library(L-164) or on the web at www.lbcc.edu/honors.Honors CoursesHonors courses generally have fewer students andoffer more intensive study than is normally possible inregular sections of the same courses. All honors coursessatisfy degree and transfer requirements. Courses areoffered in Anthropology, Astronomy, Art, Biology,Communications, Economics, English, Geology,History, Humanities, Learn, Math, Music, Philosophy,Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and Statistics.Please see the schedule of classes for current offerings.Transfer ProgramsStudents who complete the Honors Program earnpriority transfer consideration for admissions to suchinstitutions and programs as UCLA, UCI Honors, and

Honors scholarships for entering students fromlocal high schools and for President’s Scholarsat graduationPriority registrationFaculty mentorsHonors academic counselingInformal degree checksInvitation to special honors forums, seminars,and social eventsParticipation in honors research conferencesFacilitation of placement in four-year collegehonors programs.President’s Scholar HonorsThe President’s Scholar designation is awarded inrecognition of outstanding achievement in the college’sHonors Program.1.2.3.To qualify, a student must complete a minimum offive honors courses with a 3.5 or higher GPA andmust be transferring to a baccalaureate institution.In addition, the student must maintain a LongBeach City College cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higherwith at least 80 percent of all units attempted incourses numbered 1-99.The President’s Scholar designation is entered on thetranscript, next to the associate degree notation. Inaddition, qualifying students receive a gold seal ontheir diplomas and are given special recognition atcommencement. President’s Scholars are the first toreceive their diplomas and are awarded medallions,which they wear at graduation.As part of the President’s Scholar award, studentscustomarily receive a cash scholarship at graduation.Honors StudentThe honors student designation is awarded to all transferstudents who complete the Honors Program.1.To qualify, a student must have completed aminimum of five honors classes with a 3.0 GPAor higher.2.In addition, a student must maintain a Long BeachCity College cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher withat least 80 percent of all units attempted in coursesnumbered 1-99.Admission to the Honors ProgramTo apply for admission to the Honors Program, astudent must complete an online application and obtaintwo letters of recommendation.To be eligible for the Honors Program, students mustqualify for English 1 and meet the college’s standardfor reading proficiency or place into READ 82 orREAD 83. Students must have a GPA of at least 3.0.For further eligibility information, please visitwww.lbcc.edu/honors.Continued superior academic achievement is requiredto remain in the Honors Program. Honors studentsmust maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA in addition tocompleting program requirements.Course Credit and Class PreparationTo earn one unit of lecture course credit, students mustcomplete a minimum of 18 hours of class time during asemester or equivalent term and are expected to devotean average of two hours of preparation outside of classfor each one hour of lecture class time. To earn oneunit of credit in a laboratory, demonstration or practicesituation class, students must complete a minimum of54 hours of class time for one semester or equivalentterm. Some additional outside-of-class preparation maybe expected.For work experience classes, one unit of creditrepresents 75 hours of paid employment or 60 hoursof volunteer work per semester. In order to qualify forWork Experience, students must be currently enrolledin a qualifying occupational program and have aninstructor’s approval.Pass/No Pass Courses and GradingSome courses allow a student to change the gradingoption to pass/no pass instead of a letter grade. Studentsmay change the grading option online via student selfservice or by completing and submitting a pass/no passLONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE 2017-2018 CATALOG4-7ACADEMIC POLICIESCSULB Honors, and more than a dozen private collegesand universities. Some benefits of the Long Beach CityCollege Honors Program are as follows:

form in the Enrollment Services Office. This processmust be completed prior to the thirty percent pointof the course. The deadline can be found in the classschedule. Students are required to do all work assignedand take examinations as though they were receivingletter grades. To receive a grade of pass, a student mustdo work equivalent to a C grade or better. Studentsseeking an associate degree are limited to 20 units on apass/no pass grading basis. All 800-band courses, whichare not applicable to a degree, are graded pass/no-pass.Courses taken on a pass/no pass grading basis donot affect the grade point average at Long Beach CityCollege. Students should consult the catalogs of theschools to which they intend to transfer to determinethose schools’ policies.Maximum Student Unit LoadFull-time unit load definitions for a regular academicsemester are as follows: Minimum full-time unit load: 12 unitsNormal full-time unit load: 15 unitsMaximum full-time unit load: 18 unitsMaximum full-time unit load with writtenpermission: 21 unitsFor students with good academic standing and whoare not on any form of probation, the maximum fulltime unit load definitions for any one or combination ofsummer terms in a given year are as follows: Minimum unit load for full-time summerstatus: 6 units Maximum full-time unit load: 10 units Minimum unit load for half-time summerstatus: 3 unitsThe maximum unit limit for winter intersession is6 units.Enrollment limitations by residency category are asfollows: 4-8Residents of California may enroll for up to themaximum full-time unit loads, as stated, duringthe academic year and summer session and winterintersession.Nonresidents, unless restricted by visa, may enrollfor up to the maximum full-time unit loads, asACADEMIC POLICIES stated, during the academic year, summer sessions,and winter intersession and must pay nonresidenttuition.High School Students - During the academicyear, eligible high school students may enroll in amaximum of 8 units for fall and spring semesters and5 units for summer terms and winter intersession.See the high school concurrent application form forspecific requirements.Waiver of Maximum Unit Load Limitation1. A student may request a waiver of the maximumunit load limitation for fall or spring semesters butnot for summer sessions or winter intersessions.Under no circumstances will a student be permittedto exceed the defined maximum unit load limitationwith waiver. The determination to waive themaximum unit load limitation is the responsibilityof the counseling department and will be madeonly for extraordinarily capable students of provenacademic ability and excellent past academicperformance.2. To apply for a waiver, a student must meet thefollowing requirements:a. The student must be matriculated so that hisor her college placement examination scores,transcripts of previous academic performance, andother pertinent data are available to the counselingdepartment.b. The student must apply to the counselingdepartment for a waiver no later than two weeksprior to the first day of open registration for thesemester concerned. A waiver request after thetwo-week deadline requires approval of the Deanof Counseling and Student Support Services.3. The college reserves the right to grant specialwaivers in unusual circumstances.4. Any student enrolled in more units than arepermitted for his or her classification by theseregulations will have his or her program of studiesreduced to the applicable allowable maximum bythe Dean of Enrollment Services or designatedrepresentative.High School Concurrent EnrollmentLong Beach City College is proud to offer concurrentenrollment to local high school students. Concurrentenrollment allows high school students to enroll in

High School Pathways ProjectLong Beach City College is involved in the HighSchool Pathways Project, which is a joint programwith K-12 districts throughout the region. The aim ofthe High School Pathways Project is to provide highschool students with early college credit opportunitiesand assist them in seamlessly transitioning from highschool to LBCC. The admissions process for studentsparticipating in the High School Pathways Projectmay differ from the regular high school concurrentenrollment process. Students interested in earningearly college credit through pathway facilitated dualenrollment or articulated courses must adhere to theprocesses and criteria set forth by their K-12 district oforigin and LBCC. For more information, please contactthe Director of Career Pathways Support Services atcareerpathways@lbcc.edu.Credit by Advanced PlacementLong Beach City College recognizes the AdvancedPlacement (AP) Program of the College EntranceExamination Board. Students are required to orderofficial copies of their College Board transcripts withthe appropriate Advanced Placement scores and havethe transcripts sent to Long Beach City College’s officeof Admissions and Records. Course credit is granted forAdvanced Placement examinations with a score of three,four, or five in those instances in which the departmentconcerned has determined that the material coveredis comparable to a specific course offering within thatdepartment. Advanced Placement credit is grantedfor fulfillment of Long Beach City College degreerequirements. However, when a student transfers toany other college or university, that institution routinelyreevaluates Advanced Placement units in accordancewith its own internal policies. Thus, advanced placementunits are indicated as such in official records and do nottransfer as Long Beach City College courses. A completelisting of AP Courses and A.A. /A.S. Degree generaleducation requirements can be found at this website:www.lbcc.edu/catalog.Credit by ExaminationCredit by Examination is a provision whereby a studentwho is enrolled in the college and is in good standingmay, with departmental approval, take an examinationto earn

in accordance with the California State Education Code and any materials fees that are ordinarily required for the course. Students enrolled in classes to receive credit for ten or more units shall not be charged a fee to audit three or fewer units per semester. Fees are to be paid before auditing the course, and fees are non-refundable.