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Grade Appeal Procedure

Student grade appeals may be expected to occur in a large and complex institution. The prevailing philosophy of the institution is that such appeals be handled informally if possible. Only after full and comprehensive attempts made by students and...

Course Forgiveness and Repeat Policy

Course forgiveness is implemented when a student repeats a course and the higher/highest grade awarded (excluding the grades of W and WP) replaces all previous grades for that course in the computation of the cumulative grade point average. The official...

Auditing a Course

Instructions for auditing a course at Calhoun are as follows:

  1. A student who desires to audit a course must be admitted to the College;
  2. The student's intent to audit a course must be made by the end of the registration/drop/add period and may not be...

Academic Program Changing

Requests for a change of academic program should be completed using the “Request to Change Program form” with an Academic Advisor in the Advising Center at either the Decatur or Huntsville location. Students should be aware of the possible consequences...

Academic Bankruptcy

  1. A student may request in writing to the Registrar a declaration of academic bankruptcy under the following conditions for coursework attempted with Calhoun:
    1. Student must have completed 12 semester credit hours of coursework at the College since the...

Student Course Overloads

A full-time student must be enrolled for 12 semester credit hours or more each term. Students may register for more than 19 semester credit hours only with the written permission of the Vice President for Academic Affairs or designee. No student will be...

Attendance

College instructors are required to provide a syllabus to each student enrolled in their course. The syllabus establishes the instructor's expectations, policies, procedures, course content, course schedule, and other information defining the...

Recognition of Academic Excellence

President's List

Calhoun publishes a President's List at the end of each semester. The President's List contains the names of all students carrying 12 or more semester hours who have earned a grade point average of 4.00. Developmental courses will not...

Degrees & Graduation

Calhoun Community College awards the following:

Associate of Science degree: designed for those students who plan to transfer to a four-year institution. The degree is comprised of at least 60 semester credit hours but no more than 64 semester credit...