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COLLEGE POLICEIS
ADMISSIONS AND
ACADEMIC INFORMATION
ADMISSION POLICIES
CLC provides a wide range of learning
opportunies to meet the various educaonal
needs of students from diverse educaonal
backgrounds. The college welcomes all who
may benet from its courses and programs
of study.
An individual will be admied to the college by
compleng the Student Admission Form found
at www.clcillinois.edu/apply. The college
serves those who are high school graduates,
others who are 18 years of age or older, and
individuals under 18 years of age who meet
established criteria.
Admission to the college does not guarantee
entrance into all courses or programs of study.
Entrance into specic programs may depend on
other criteria such as age, evidence of language
and mathemacs skills and level of educaon.
Students taking college-level courses must
demonstrate college-level competency in
language and mathemacs. In addion,
students are required to complete specied
prerequisites prior to enrollment in
certain courses.
The college reserves the right to limit
enrollment because of space or budget
restricons, to establish selecve admission
requirements and to give preference to
residents of Community College District #532.
Please visit www.clcillinois.edu/apply for a
Student Admission Form. Specic requirements
can be found on page 14.
Admission to Associate in Arts,
Associate in Science, Associate
in Engineering Science and Associate
in Fine Arts
To qualify for uncondional admission to these
programs, students must provide evidence that
they have aained a certain level of knowledge
in the arts and sciences through previous
learning. Evidence may be provided by
observing the following procedures:
1. Successfully complete the admission
requirements. See pages 14-19 for more
informaon.
2. Submit either a high school transcript or a
student prole report from the American
College Tesng (ACT) Program showing the
achievement listed below:
A. High school transcript showing successful
compleon of the following:
• Four years of English emphasizing
wrien and oral communicaon and
literature.
• Three years of social science
emphasizing history and government.
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• Three years of mathemacs including
introductory through advanced
algebra, geometry, trigonometry
or fundamentals of computer
programming.
• Three years of science including
laboratory science.
• Two years of elecves from any
combinaon of foreign language, music,
vocaonal educaon or art.
Up to three of the 15 required units of
course work may be redistributed by
deducng no more than one unit from
each of the categories of social science,
mathemacs, science and elecves and
compleng those units in one of the
other categories.
B. ACT Student Prole Report showing the
compleon of the high school course
distribuon requirements listed above
or standard scores of 21 or higher for
English, reading, mathemacs and science
reasoning.
C. SAT Report showing scores of 500 or
higher for verbal and mathemacs.
The Oce of Admissions will consider
excepons to these procedures on an individual
basis for students who have completed 30
or more semester hours of course work with
grades of C or beer from an accredited college
or university, those with an associate degree
from an accredited college or university and
those who present equivalent course work or
test scores.
Students who are unable to provide any of the
forms of informaon indicated above will be
condionally admied to the degree program and
will be required to complete all of the following
prescribed College of Lake County courses:
English: ENG 121 English Composion I
Speech: CMM 121 Fundamentals
of Speech
Mathemacs: Any mathemacs course
required for the A.A., A.S., A.E.S.
or A.F.A. degree in this catalog
Science: Any lab science course from the
list required for an A.A., A.S.,
A.E.S. or A.F.A. degree in this
catalog
Social
Sciences: Any social science course
required for an A.A., A.S., A.E.S.
or A.F.A. degree in this catalog
Humanies: ENG 122 English Composion
II or any humanies course
required for an A.A., A.S., A.E.S.
or A.F.A. degree in this catalog
See pages 55-262 for courses required for
specic degrees.
Please see the secon on advising on page 21
of this catalog for further informaon.
Admission to Limited Enrollment
Health Career Programs
Health career programs are open to a limited
number of students.
Computed Tomography, Dental Hygiene,
Health Informaon Technology, Magnec
Resonance Imaging, Medical Imaging,
Registered Nursing and Surgical Technology
students must complete a special screening
procedure. Preference will be given to residents
of Community College District 532 and
community college districts with which CLC has
a cooperave agreement. Students who live
outside of CLC’s district, but are eligible for in-
district tuion because they are employed by
a district employer are NOT considered
residents of the district for purposes of
selecon into the program.
Please see the secon on Wellness and Health
Sciences Field of Interest on pages 216-262 of
this catalog for further informaon including
selecve admission requirements.
Admission for Students Under the Age
A student under the age of 18 or currently
aending high school must submit a CLC
Secondary School Reference form signed by a
parent and an ocial of the secondary school
of current or last aendance. To apply, submit
the following credenals to the Oce of
Admissions.
1. Completed CLC Student Admission
Form, which can be found at
www.clcillinois.edu/apply.
2. Completed CLC Secondary School Reference
form signed by a school representave and
parent. Home schooled students will have
the form signed by the parent or home
school representave.
Admission for Students Age 16-17
Students who are 16-17 years of age and are
enrolling in adult educaon classes only should
submit the following credenals to the Oce of
Admissions:
1. Completed CLC Student Admission
Form, which can be found at
www.clcillinois.edu/apply.
2. Completed CLC Secondary School Reference
form signed by a school representave and
parent. Home schooled students will have
the form signed by the parent or home
school representave.
Dual Enrollment, Dual Credit,
The dual enrollment and dual credit programs
at CLC oer high school students opportunies
to earn college credit prior to graduang from
high school. Dual enrollment allows high school
students to enroll in CLC’s regularly scheduled
classes. Dual credit courses are oered under
agreements between CLC and specic local
high schools. Students who parcipate in dual
enrollment or dual credit must meet CLC’s
academic prociencies as idened in the
college catalog. Students who are concurrently
enrolled in high school (public, private or
homeschool) are not eligible for federal
Title IV funds.
Arculated credit is awarded for high school
courses under agreements between CLC
and area high schools. Arculated credit
posts with a grade of T on students’ CLC
transcripts and is not included in students’
GPAs. Taking an arculated credit course
allows students to complete CLC degrees or
cercates more quickly, but the courses will
likely not be accepted for transfer to other
colleges. Students that earn a B or beer in
an arculated credit course have up to three
years aer compleng the course to submit the
Arculated Credit Request form to obtain
credit for it.
High school students should check with their
high school counseling oce to see if their high
school parcipates in dual credit or arculated
credit and to see what courses are available.
For addional informaon, contact the College
Readiness and Dual Credit department at
(847) 543-2030.
Admission for Students Under
the Age of 16
A student under 16 years of age must be
judged by both the high school and the College
of Lake County to possess both exceponally
high academic ability and maturity to handle
the discipline and personal skills required for
successful compleon of college work.
A student less than 16 years of age is required
to submit all of the credenals outlined below
to the Oce of Admissions in order to enroll in
credit courses:
1. Ocial school transcript(s) showing
successful compleon of the most advanced
course oerings from the high school in the
subject area in which the student wishes to
enroll at CLC
AND
A leer of recommendaon from the high
school department outlining the student’s
intended course or study at CLC.
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Home-schooled students should submit
the following credenals to the Oce of
Admissions: A leer from the home educator
lisng completed curricula
AND
A leer of recommendaon from the home
educator outlining the student’s intended
course of student at CLC.
2. Completed CLC Student Admission
Form, which can be found at
www.clcillinois.edu/apply.
3. Completed Secondary School Reference form
for students less than 16 years of age.
4. Middle school students must provide a leer
from their district high school conrming
that the high school cannot academically
accommodate the student’s needs and that
the educaonal level needed exceeds the
high school level.
5. All students must submit independent
documentaon of exceponal student ability
through a standardized test. Acceptable
standardized tests are listed on the
Secondary School Reference form.
In addion to providing items listed above,
students must meet all course prerequisites
prior to the CLC division dean’s consideraon.
Internaonal students are dened as any
individual admied into the U.S. on an F-1
student visa or issued the Form I-20 Cercate
of Eligibility approved for study at CLC.
Internaonal students must be at least 17 years
old and have completed the equivalent of an
American highschool educaon (12 years of
formal educaon).
Internaonal students must enroll in a
minimum of 12 credit hours each semester.
Applicaon deadlines are: July 1 for Fall
Semester, November 1 for Spring Semester
and April 1 for Summer Session (transfer
students only).
To apply, the following must be submied:
• Completed Internaonal Student Applicaon
• Ocial, cered, English translated copy
of secondary school record, indicang
compleon
• Credit evaluaon of college/university
transcript for transfer, if applicable
• Evidence of sucient nancial support,
including original bank leer and adavit of
support, as necessary
• Copy of passport
• A TOEFL exam is not required for English
language training. Students who submit an
ocial minimum score of TOEFL 71 Internet
based or IELTS 6.0 Academic Format will
qualify for regular academic classes
• Completed Internaonal Student Transfer
In Form, if transferring from another U.S.
instuon
For further informaon about admission
requirements, for F-1 visa internaonal
students, contact the Center for Internaonal
Educaon at (847) 543-2399.
RESIDENCE STATUS
Students are classied at the me of
admission to the college for purposes of
tuion assessment and enrollment reporng
according to resident status as listed below:
In-District Illinois Resident Student:
1. A student who is 18 years of age or older
and who has lived in Community College
District #532 in some capacity other than
as a student at a post-secondary educaon
instuon or a correconal instuon for at
least thirty (30) days prior to the rst day of
the semester of enrollment at CLC.
2. An unemancipated student under 18 who
has at least one parent, step-parent or
court-appointed guardian who meets the
above criteria.
3. There are some communies within Lake
County that CLC only serves a poron of
its residents. If you reside on a community
college border, your property tax bill or
voter registraon card will idenfy your
community college.
Out-of-District Illinois Resident Student:
1. A person who resides in Illinois but is not a
resident of Community College District #532
as dened above.
2. Includes residents of the Barrington, Illinois
public high school district.
Out-of-State Student:
1. A person who is not a resident of the state
of Illinois.
2. Internaonal students and other non-
immigrant aliens.
Proof of Illinois Resident Status:
Evidence of district residency shall be based on
ownership and/or occupancy of a dwelling in
Community College District #532 and may be
veried by displaying one of the following:
• Illinois driver’s license or ID card issued by
Illinois Secretary of State Oce
• an Illinois voter ID card
OR
By displaying two of the following, which
must display the student’s name and current
address:
• lease
• mortgage or home purchase contract
• auto registraon
• tax bill
• paycheck stub
• ocial mail of current bill statements,
such as cell phone, ulity, credit card,
auto insurance
CREDIT FOR PRIOR LEARNING
Credit for prior learning is a way for students
to earn college credit for college level learning
that occurs outside of the instuon. CLC
provides opportunies to earn credit for
prior learning through a variety of methods.
Students intending to transfer credits to
another college are strongly advised to check
with the transfer school to determine its policy
toward credit for prior learning.
CLC board policy states that credit for prior
learning is:
• Not to exceed a total of 30 semester hours
required toward compleon of an associate
degree
• Not to exceed one-half of the semester
hours required toward compleon of a
cercate
• Not to count toward the fulllment of
residency requirement for degrees or
cercates
There are three broad categories of credit for
prior learning available to students enrolled
at CLC: naonal standardized exams (such
as AP, CLEP and DSST), locally administered
challenge exams and credenal review. For
details about fees, specic credit, passing
scores and examinaon requirements,
addional informaon is available at
www.clcillinois.edu/cpl. Students can also
discuss credit for prior learning in person by
vising Counseling and Advising located in
Room A124, or by meeng with a specic
academic division.
Credit earned from credit for prior learning
is intended to be used towards a CLC degree
or cercate. Approved credit will be posted
as transfer credit and may not be accepted at
other colleges or universies.
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Students who plan to earn CLC course credit
through AP, CLEP and/or DSST must request an
ocial transcript of their exam scores from
the appropriate tesng agency, and ask the
agency to send the transcript directly to
CLC Records Oce.
• Advanced Placement (AP): High school
students can arrange for AP tests,
administered by the College Board,
through their local high schools. AP test
scores determine specic placement and/
or college credit. Students may nd more
informaon about AP exams through
the College Board’s website at
.
• College Level Examinaon Program (CLEP):
The College Level Examinaon Program is a
naonal program sponsored by the College
Board. Addional informaon can be found,
along with study guides on the College
Board’s website: www.collegeboard.org –
choose links for “Students” and “CLEP.”
• DSST (formerly known as DANTES Subject
Standardized Tests): The DSST program is
a naonal credit-by-exam program
oered by Prometric. Students can
nd more informaon on DSST at
www.getcollegecredit.com.
Each division determines which tests it will
accept for credit and the amount of credit it
will award. For details about exams oered
and specic credit, addional informaon is
available at www.clcillinois.edu/cpl. Students
can also discuss their opons in person by
vising the Welcome and One Stop Center,
Room B114, Grayslake Campus, or by meeng
with a specic academic division.
The College of Lake County grants credit only
to students enrolled at CLC. Results of these
exams may also be sent to another school at
which a student is enrolled for the purposes
of credit recognion. Please call the Tesng
Center of your choice for tesng schedules,
registraon procedures, related fees and
other informaon:
• Grayslake Campus, Grayslake
(847) 543-2076
• Lakeshore Campus, Waukegan
(847) 543-2120
• Southlake Campus, Vernon Hills
(847) 543-6544
• Great Lakes Center, Great Lakes
(847) 543-2120
Challenge Exams
Challenge exams are available for students
who possess prior knowledge of a subject area
in a specic course. Students may not take
a challenge exam for a course in which they
were previously enrolled and received any
grade inclusive of I, W or X. Students may only
aempt a challenge exam one me for any
parcular course and may not take a challenge
exam aer the rst week of a course for which
they are currently enrolled.
Challenge exams are not available for all
courses and are oered at the discreon of
the discipline/program faculty. Each division
determines which tests it will oer for credit
and the amount of credit it will award. For
details about exams oered and specic credit,
addional informaon is available at
www.clcillinois.edu/cpl. Students can also
discuss their opons in person by vising
Counseling and Advising located in Room A124,
or by meeng with a specic academic division.
Please call the Tesng Center of your choice
for tesng schedules, registraon procedures,
related fees and other informaon:
• Grayslake Campus, Grayslake
(847) 543-2076
• Lakeshore Campus, Waukegan
(847) 543-2120
• Southlake Campus, Vernon Hills
(847) 543-6544
• Great Lakes Center, Great Lakes
(847) 543-2120
CLC awards college credit for credenals
earned outside of a tradional college or
university seng. Credenals may include
professional cercaons, licenses, and
documented educaonal and training courses.
The evaluaon process will examine credenals
on an individual basis and award college
credit when appropriate. Credenals must be
current at the me of evaluaon and posng.
Provisional or cercates of aendance will
not be eligible for credit.
Credenal review is not available for all
courses and is oered at the discreon of
the discipline/program faculty. Each division
determines which credenals it will accept for
credit and the amount of credit it will award.
For details about fees, currently accepted
credenals, and required documentaon,
addional informaon is available at
www.clcillinois.edu/cpl. Students can also
discuss credenal review in person by vising
Counseling and Advising located in Room A124,
or by meeng with a specic academic division.
There are other types of credit that may be
considered credit for prior learning. For more
informaon on arculaon agreements with
area high schools please see the catalog secon
on dual enrollment/dual credit (page 30). For
more informaon on transcript evaluaon,
including internaonal transcripts, please
see the secon on transfer of credit below.
Transfer of Credit
A student who has previously aended
another college and who intends to earn a
degree or cercate from the College of Lake
County must have an ocial transcript from
each college sent directly to the Oce of
Records and submit a “Request for Evaluaon
of Transfer Credit” form. Students who have
earned credit at non-regionally accredited
instuons must complete the “Appeal of
Evaluaon of College Transcript” and follow the
steps on the form. For informaon on credit for
prior learning related to exams or credenal
review see page 31.
Transfer evaluaons are based on the student’s
program of study at CLC. Credit will be granted
for acceptable work completed at other
approved colleges and universies for courses
in which a student has earned a grade of C or
beer. Credit will also be awarded for courses
in which a D has been earned provided a
student’s overall average is C or beer for the
credits transferred. Transfer credits accepted
from other collegiate instuons will be
entered on the student’s permanent record
at the College of Lake County, but the grades
earned in these courses will not be used to
compute the student’s cumulave grade
point average.
Internaonal transcripts will not be evaluated;
you must contact a NACES approved evaluator
for evaluaon for foreign coursework and have
the ocial evaluaon sent to Registrar and
Records. The evaluaon must be a Catalog
Match evaluaon in order to be considered for
transfer credit. Contact a student development
counselor or advisor for a list of approved
companies that provide Catalog Match services
All documents and transcripts submied to the
College of Lake County become part of CLC’s
permanent record. Copies of documents and
transcripts will not be released to the student
or third pares unless required by law.
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ACADEMIC INFORMATION
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REGISTRATION
Students are responsible for ocially
registering in classes they aend. Registraon
for the Fall Semester begins the preceding
March, registraon for the Spring Semester
begins the preceding November. Summer
registraon begins in March.
Registraon must be completed on or prior to
the rst day of class. Registraon is available
online. Students requiring assistance may
contact the Welcome and One Stop Center at
the Grayslake Campus, the Student Services
Oce at the Lakeshore Campus in Waukegan
or the Campus and Student Support Center at
the Southlake Campus in Vernon Hills.
CLC strictly enforces its policy that students
may not register for a class aer it has begun.
The policy states that the nal day to enroll
is midnight of the rst day of the specic
class. Aer that rst day, late enrollment
will be allowed only under extraordinary
circumstances approved by the dean of the
division for the class.
Course Load
The course load for a full-me student ranges
from 12 to 18 credit hours during the Fall
and Spring Semesters and from 6 to 10 hours
during the Summer Session. Special permission
from a Student Development Counselor or
Academic Advisor must be obtained for more
than 18 credit hours during the Fall and Spring
Semesters or for more than 10 credit hours
during the Summer Session. Intersession is
part of the Summer Session, and only one
intersession course is recommended, because
intersession courses are very accelerated.
An employed student should vary his or her
course load according to the number of hours
he or she works. A good rule of thumb is to
plan for three hours per week for each credit
hour taken; one hour for the formal class
meeng and two hours for outside study
and homework.
The number of credit hours that a student
may take is limited for those on academic
restricon.
A nal examinaon is generally required in all
courses. Examinaons dates and mes will be
available to students in their student portal
aer registering for classes.
Except under emergency circumstances,
a student may not be excused from these
examinaons. If a student is unable to appear,
it is his or her responsibility to inform the
instructor prior to the scheduled examinaon.
REPEATING A COURSE/
Students may repeat courses that are
idened in the course descripon as being
repeatable. Repeatable courses are those that
teach a skill that may be improved through
connued pracce or those whose subject
maer changes from semester to semester.
The number of mes these courses may be
repeated is idened in the course descripon.
In some cases students may be stopped from
enrolling if they have exceeded the maximum
allowable aempts at a course (i.e. PED 121
for 4 credits).
WITHDRAWAL POLICY
Student may also re-enroll in a course in an
aempt to improve their grade or for other
reasons. When a student re-enrolls in a
course, the highest grade earned, or the most
recent grade if all the grades are the same,
should be the only grade computed in the
student’s grade point average.
Grades that are not computed in a student’s
grade point average based on the repeat rules
will be noted on the transcript.
Important dates such as withdrawal deadlines are provided to you on your class schedule and
many faculty list these dates on the course syllabus. These dates may dier from class to class.
Please consult your class schedule for specic dates for your class. It is your responsibility to
withdraw from a class that you no longer wish to aend.
Your transcript and the grade for the course may vary depending on the me at which you
withdraw or request to withdraw from a course. The table below briey outlines the acons you
must take and the potenal outcomes if you decide to withdraw from a course. If you are unsure
of what to do, please speak with your instructor or contact an advisor or Student Development
Counselor.
If you wish to withdraw: You must: What you will see on your transcript:
Prior to the Refund Date Withdraw from Transcript will not reect
(see your class schedule for date) course via enrollment in the course
(see page 42 for Refund Policy) MyStudentCenter
Between the Refund Date and the Withdraw from A grade of W will be recorded
75% point of the class (see your course via on your transcript
class schedule for date) MyStudentCenter
Any me aer the 75% point of Request withdrawal If you are passing the course and
the class but before compleon from your instructor obtain your instructor’s approval:
of the nal exam or assignment and follow their. a grade of W will be recorded
direcon on your transcript
If you are failing the course: a grade
of FW will be recorded on your
transcript (this has the same impact
on your GPA as a grade of F)
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The college may administravely withdraw
students who have never aended class, who
stopped aending class without ocially
dropping or whose aendance is so sporadic
that they would not be able to complete
the course requirements. Students who are
withdrawn by the instuon on the midterm
or nal grade rosters will be assigned an
appropriate withdrawal grade and a date of
last aendance of the mid-term date of the
semester. Students who are withdrawn by the
instuon will remain responsible for all tuion
and fees charged for the class. The withdrawal
grades are dened below:
WN Withdrawal of a student who never
aended. The WN grade has no
impact on GPA.
WS Withdrawal of a student who stopped
aending. The WS grade has no
impact on GPA.
FW Withdrawal of a student who stopped
aending and instructor deemed as
failing. The FW grade will be included
in the GPA.
Financial aid students who drop, withdraw or
otherwise fail to complete all of their classes
for a term will be subject to Title IV return of
funds calculaon. See pages 42-45 for more
informaon on nancial aid.
Withdrawal of Veterans
and Military Personnel
Veterans and military personnel who are
deployed (including training at U.S. or
overseas locaons) or called to acve duty
may withdraw anyme during the semester
in which they are enrolled and called to acve
duty. The date of the ocial noce of orders
for deployment will serve as the date of
withdrawal, and the withdrawal request must
be submied to the college by the end of the
semester in which the withdrawal occurs. If
the eecve date occurs aer the 75 percent
point between the start and end of the class,
a grade of W will be recorded. This policy also
applies to the spouses of veterans and military
personnel. Another opon is to receive a
grade of Incomplete. See next page for more
informaon on incompletes. For addional
informaon on incompletes, please review the
following page under "incompletes." Addional
informaon about military benets can be
found by vising www.clcillinois.edu/military
Involuntary Withdrawal
Students who pose a direct threat of harm to
self or others, or who substanally impede
the lawful acvies of other members of
the college community may be involuntarily
withdrawn by college administrators, pursuant
to this Policy and to the Involuntary Withdrawal
Procedures developed and adopted by the
college. Students may be responsible for
tuion and fees.
A student should not be subject to involuntary
withdrawal when disciplinary, academic or
other administrave responses are available.
The procedures and specicaons given in the
Involuntary Withdrawal Procedures apply in
those situaons in which, in the judgment of
the appropriate administrators, the response
through the Student Rights and Responsibilies
Policy are insucient. See Student Rights and
Responsibilies Policy for more details.
Pursuant to the Family Educaonal Rights
and Privacy Act (FERPA), 20 U.S.C.§1232g, the
college reserves the right to disclose and release
student records and personally idenable
informaon without consent to appropriate
persons during a period of emergency if the
informaon released is necessary to protect the
health or safety of students or other individuals.
(Board policy 403.1)
Medical and Catastrophic Incident
Withdrawal
The college, upon request and with appropriate
documentaon, may administravely withdraw
a student due to serious illness or related
medical issues that prohibit the student from
compleng his/her classes and withdrawing his/
her self. Documentaon will be required from
a physician or licensed medical professional.
The college, upon request and with appropriate
documentaon, may administravely withdraw
a student due to catastrophic circumstances
that prohibit the student from compleng
his/her classes and withdrawing his/her
self. Documentaon will be required from a
government agency, social service organizaon,
rst responder or similar enty.
The request for withdrawal and relevant
documentaon must be received no later than
60 days aer the end of the semester for which
the student is seeking a withdrawal. This policy
will be administered by the Oce of the Vice
President of Student Development.
To begin the medical or catastrophic
withdrawal process, contact a student
development counselor at (847) 543-2060.
Reinstatement of Withdrawn Students
Students who withdraw from classes and
subsequently request to be re-enrolled must
present compelling reasons for reinstatement
and obtain instructor's consent. Students
should contact instructor if they wish to be
reinstated in a class.
Grades and Grade Points
Final leer grades are earned for each class,
issued at the end of each semester, and
recorded on the student’s permanent academic
record according to the following schedule:
Calculated A Excellent
in Grade 4 Grade Points
Point B Good
Average: 3 Grade Points
C Average
2 Grade Points
D Below Average
1 Grade Point
F Failure
0 Grade Points
FW Withdrawn by
Instuon, Failing
0 Grade Points
Not I Incomplete*
Calculated N Requirements
in Grade Not Fullled
Point O No Grade
Average: Received
P Sasfactory
R Repeated
W Withdrew
WN Withdrawn by
Instuon,
Never Aended
WS Withdrawn by
Instuon,
Stopped
Aending
X Audit
* See next page for more informaon on
Incompletes.
The college oers a number of developmental
and academic ESL courses that are graded A
through F, but not computed in the student’s
grade point average. These courses appear on
the student’s academic transcript with a grade,
but no grade points. (Developmental courses
include ENG 108, 109; MTH 101, 102, 104, 105,
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106, 107, 108; academic ESL courses such
as ELI 103, 104, 108, 109 and 110.)
Grades of P and N are used for non-academic
ESL courses such as ESL 30 through 83.
Note: Although CLC does not compute the
grades of basic skills or academic ESL courses
into the grade point average, some colleges
and universies to which a student transfers
may include these course grades when
recalculang the grade point average to
meet their standards.
ACADEMIC HONORS
Semester Honors
Semester honors are compiled and published
at the end of the fall and spring semesters.
Students who have earned a grade point
average of 3.0 (B) or higher while enrolled in
at least 6 semester hours of transfer or career
courses during a semester are recognized by
placement on the College Honor List for that
semester. Students placed on the Honor List
are noed by the Educaonal Aairs Oce
approximately one month aer the
semester ends.
Commencement Honors
Students who have earned at least 30 semester
hours at CLC by the end of the Fall Semester
immediately preceding the commencement
ceremony will be recognized as receiving the
following honors based upon cumulave GPA:
Honors 3.00-3.49
High Honors 3.50-3.74
Highest Honors 3.75-4.00
The Records Oce compiles the
Commencement Honors list as part of the
commencement program.
Incompletes
An I (Incomplete) may be given to a student
who nds it impossible to complete the work
by the end of the semester because of a
jusable reason such as illness. If an I grade is
assigned, the instructor shall nofy the student
and the dean. The specic I grade procedure
will be set forth in the appropriate secon of
the college catalog. A student receiving an I
grade has 120 days to complete coursework
and receive a nal grade. The nal grade shall
be A, B, C, D or F. An I becomes an F on the
121st calendar day aer the end of the term
if no grade change is signed by the instructor.
Excepons may be granted by an instructor
only in unusual circumstances and with the
approval of the appropriate dean.
Veterans and military personnel who are
deployed (including training at U.S. or overseas
locaons) or called to acve duty and receive
an I Incomplete grade will be given up to one
year aer the end of the term, or before the
date of graduaon (whichever comes rst)
to complete the requirements. A nal grade
will be recorded within 365 calendar days
aer the end of the term. The nal grade shall
be A, B, C, D, or F. An I becomes an F on the
366th calendar day aer the end of the term
if no grade change is signed by the instructor.
This procedure also applies to the spouses of
veterans and military personnel. Excepons
may be granted by an instructor under special
circumstances and with the approval of the
appropriate dean. Another opon is to receive
a withdrawal. See page 34 (Withdrawal of
Veterans and Military Personnel.)
Independent Study
Students may pursue courses oered by the
college on an independent study basis under
the following condions:
1. Lack of enrollment in a course appropriate
for the student’s program of study precludes
its being oered as a regularly scheduled
class.
2. Documented, extenuang personal
circumstances preclude an individual’s
enrollment in a scheduled class appropriate
for his or her program of study.
Approval is granted upon the concurrence of
a faculty member who agrees to guide the
independent study and upon the authorizaon
of the academic dean.
ACADEMIC STANDARDS
To help guide and measure students’ academic
success, the college has developed Academic
Standards.
Academic standards are measured by the
Grade Point Average Standard. Students must
meet this standard to be in good standing.
Grade Point Average Standard
The grade point average calculaon includes
only baccalaureate/transfer courses and
career courses; developmental courses are not
included. Students who have aempted 15 or
more semester hours at CLC must maintain the
minimum grade point average listed below to
remain in good standing:
15-44 2.0 either cumulavely
or for the semester
45 or more 2.0 cumulave
NOTE: The GPA standard is not applied to
students who have cumulave aempted hours
less than 15.
Students In Good Standing
Students who meet the Grade Point Average
Standard are designated to be in good standing.
Students Not In Good Standing
Students are not in good standing if, due to
their academic record, they are placed in one
of the following categories:
Students previously in good standing who do
not meet the Grade Point Average Standard will
be placed on academic cauon.
Students on cauon are recommended to limit
their enrollment to the number of semester
hours successfully completed during the
previous term, or to only one course for credit,
depending on whichever opon yields the most
credit hours. It is recommended that students
on cauon meet with a student development
counselor.
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Students on academic cauon who do not
meet the Grade Point Average Standard will be
placed on academic restricon.
Students on academic restricon are required
to meet with a student development counselor
and receive approval to register for courses.
In their next semester at the college, students
placed on academic restricon may only enroll
in the number of credit hours successfully
completed during the previous semester, or
enroll in only one course for credit, depending
on whichever yields the most credit hours.
Academic Suspension
1. Students who fail to meet the Grade Point
Average Standard for three successive
semesters are prohibited from taking
courses the following fall or spring semester,
except for Adult Educaon, Connuing
Educaon and Workforce and Professional
Development Instute courses. Students on
academic suspension are prohibited from
taking summer courses during the period
of suspension.
2. If a student on academic suspension is
enrolled for the following semester their
enrollment will be dropped.
3. Students have the right to appeal their
suspension to the Dean of Counseling,
Advising and Transfer Center.
Students Returning From Academic
Suspension
Students who have completed the one-
semester suspension (summer excluded) are
required to meet with a student development
counselor and receive approval to register
for courses. Students may be limited to the
number of semester hours they may take in
the inial semester following their suspension,
based on the recommendaon of the Student
Development Counselor. Appeals to increase
the number of permied semester hours may
be made to the Dean of Counseling, Advising
and Transfer Center.
Students Who Were on Academic
Suspension, Returned to CLC and
Again Fail to Meet Academic Standards
1. Students are placed in academic suspension
again and prohibited from taking courses the
following fall or spring semester. Students
on academic suspension are prohibited from
taking summer courses during the period
of suspension.
2. Students who have completed the one-
semester suspension again are required to
meet with a student development counselor
and receive approval to register for courses.
Academic Standards Appeal Procedure
1. Purpose
Students who have been suspended for
failing to meet the Grade Point Average
Standard requirement may appeal their
suspension to the Dean of Counseling,
Advising and Transfer Center.
2. Appeal Procedures
a. Within ve (5) working days of the receipt
of a suspension nocaon leer, the
student must obtain a copy of the appeal
procedures from the Counseling Oce
and meet with a student development
counselor.
b. Within ve (5) working days, the student
must complete an Academic Suspension
Appeal Form and return it to the student
development counselor.
c. The Academic Suspension Appeal Form will
be forwarded by the student development
counselor to the Dean of the Counseling,
Advising and Transfer Center. A decision
will be made within ve (5) working days
of the receipt of the appeal form. The
student may be asked to meet with the
dean if it is deemed necessary.
d. The decision of the dean may be appealed
to the Vice President for Student
Development within ve (5) working days
of the dean’s decision. The Vice President
for Student Development will review
the request for appeal, meet with the
appropriate pares and render a nal
decision regarding the appeal.
Reinstatement of Good Standing
Students placed on academic cauon,
restricon or suspension, who sasfy the
Grade Point Average Standard during their
next semester or summer term at CLC, will be
considered to be in good standing.
Students who have not enrolled in any course
listed in the CLC class schedule for at least two
years are considered inacve and will be placed
in a course-taker, non-degree program.
Inacve students who decide to re-enroll for
courses will be governed by the college catalog
covering the semester in which they register
for courses.
Under extenuang circumstances, students
may peon for a one-me forgiveness of
up to 15 hours of prior D, F or FW grades in
accordance with the following guidelines:
• At least two years have passed since the end
of the term of the grades to be forgiven.
• Fieen consecuve credit hours have been
completed at CLC with no grades lower
than a C.*
• Forgiven grades remain on the student’s
record but are not computed in the
student’s grade point average.
• Forgiven grades cannot be used to meet
graduaon requirements.
• Students lose any exisng educaonal
guarantees for the forgiven courses.
• The college accepts no responsibility for the
ways in which a transfer college or university
or an employer might interpret a student’s
use of the forgiveness opon.
• In consultaon with a student development
counselor, the student has signed a
declaraon of understanding.
Students who would like to use the
Forgiveness Opon should meet with a student
development counselor.
* This calculaon includes baccalaureate/
transfer courses, career courses and
developmental courses.
Declaring or Changing Program of Study
Students may declare or change their program
of study by compleng the Change of Program
Study Form or by contacng the Welcome
and One Stop Center, Room B114, Grayslake
Campus. Any changes to the program of study
should be planned with an academic advisor or
student development counselor. The deadlines
for changing a program of study are: Fall -
December 1; Spring - May 1; Summer - July 15.
Any change request received aer the deadline
will take eect beginning with the start of the
next academic term. Changes to the program
of study may aect a student’s eligibility for
nancial aid. See page 44 for informaon on
programs that are ineligible for nancial aid.
AUDITING
Students are permied to audit courses. For
audited courses, students receive a grade of
X, which carries no grade points or semester
hours of credit. Audited courses do not serve
as prerequisites for subsequent coursework.
The fee for auding is the same as enrolling for
credit.
A student who wishes to audit a course is
expected to aend regularly. The compleon of
assignments, exams and projects is at
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the discreon of the student. Some types of
courses may be deemed inappropriate for
auding because they require a high level of
student involvement.
Students can request to audit a course by
subming the Course Audit Request from aer
enrolling in the course. Contact the Welcome
and One Stop Center, Room B114, Grayslake
Campus for more informaon. Changes in a
student’s enrollment status (audit to credit or
credit to audit) must follow the me frames
as listed for refunds in the withdrawal/refund
schedule (Policy 421). See pages 33-35 and 42
for more informaon.
COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS FOR
ASSOCIATE DEGREES THAT
TRANSFER
Students must meet the following general
requirements for Associate degrees that
transfer:
A. Sasfactory compleon of the maximum
number of credit hours for the respecve
degree (A.A.; A.S.; A.E.S.; and A.F.A. in Art
or Music);
B. Compleon of at least 15 credit hours at
CLC. This does not include credit earned
through prior learning such as prociency
examinaons or credenal review.
C. Minimum cumulave grade point average
of 2.00 (C) for all work completed at CLC;
D. A grade of C or beer is required for
ENG 121 and 122;
E. Sasfactory compleon of the General
Educaon Requirements for the
appropriate degree.
A. General Educaon Requirements must
be lled with courses with a 1.1 (transfer
course) PCS code. An excepon of up to
six hours of courses with a 1.2 (career
course) PCS code may be used as general
elecves in the degree; however, students
should select these courses only aer
they have veried their transferability with
an advising professional or their transfer
instuon. EDU 999 does not count toward
this six-hour limit. The PCS code for each
course is listed in the course descripons
starng on page 224 of this catalog.
B. The course taken to fulll the Internaonal/
Mulcultural Educaon requirement is not
an addional course requirement; it will
count toward the Humanies and Fine Arts
or the Social and Behavioral Science or
general elecves.
C. Except for the Internaonal/Mulcultural
Educaon requirement, no course may
be used to sasfy more than one general
educaon requirement.
D. Specic elecves and total hours vary by
degree and program.
E. Only a limited number of MUS and PED
courses may be used toward a degree.
Please see course descripons for courses
within these areas for more informaon.
F. The following courses cannot be used to
sasfy degree requirements and do not
count in the grade point average: PCS 1.4,
1.6, 1.7, 1.8 and 1.9
INTERNATIONAL/
MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION
The Internaonal Mulcultural Educaon
requirement may be met by a course taken
in another area. Either include one course
(indicated by “+”) from the general educaon
areas of Social/Behavioral Sciences, Humanies
or Fine Arts or select one of the following
courses and it will be used towards elecve
hours (include course list). A B.A. degree at
many four-year colleges may require college
level foreign language.
Philosophy
The goal of the Internaonal/Mulcultural
Educaon requirement is to help prepare
students to:
1. Foster awareness and mutual respect by
seeking to understand our own and other
people’s cultures, characteriscs, histories,
condions, social realies, issues and
contribuons;
2. Live eecvely in an increasingly connected
global community;
3. Bring informed mulple perspecves to the
work force.
Reected through this requirement is the
recognion that “diversity is an essenal and
dening characterisc of our naon – of the
world – and the convicon that this diversity
can enrich all of us if we respect, value, and
culvate it.”
— Janice R. Welsch (1999), Preface
Cultural Diversity: Curriculum,
Classroom, and Climate.
Students pursuing transfer degrees (A.A./A.S./
A.E.S./A.F.A.) are required to pass an I/M course
that focuses primarily on the underrepresented
groups within the United States or on the
culture of a society outside the United States.
Courses may fulll a core General Educaon
requirement or elecve requirement while
at the same me sasfying the internaonal/
mulcultural emphasis. Students should meet
with a student development counselor/advisor
or consult the catalog for appropriate courses.
I/M Course Criteria
Courses may be in any discipline and will seek
to promote a more reasoned understanding
of human diversity within the United States or
within a society outside the United States. See
the lists below for courses that meet the I/M
Educaon requirement criteria.
Expected Learning Outcomes
Approved I/M courses must demonstrate all
of the following learning outcomes. Upon
successful compleon of an I/M
course, students will be able to:
1. Describe the signicant condions
and contribuons of (a) tradionally
underrepresented groups within the United
States or (b) of world sociees;
2. Develop an informed perspecve on (a)
tradionally under-represented groups in
the United States or (b) world sociees;
3. Explore and ulize the informaon and ideas
generated in class to compare and contrast
their own background, beliefs, and values
with that of others.
Internaonal/Mulcultural Educaon
Courses IAI APPROVED
ARA 222
ART 240, 241, 261
ASI 121
CHI 222
DNC 240
ENG 129, 228, 244, 246, 247
FRN 222
GER 222
HUM 121, 122, 126, 128, 129, 140
141, 221, 226
ITL 222
JPN 222
LAT 121
PHI 125, 126, 128, 221
RUS 222
SPA 222, 223, 224
THE 123
Social Sciences
ANT 121, 221, 228
GXS 121, 229
HST 121, 122, 126, 127, 128, 245, 246
PSC 221, 222
SOC 225, 229
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Internaonal/Mulcultural Educaon
Courses NOT IAI APPROVED
CMM 127
ENG 263, 264
HUS 153
PHI 129
Personal Development
PDS 123
Social Sciences
ECO 225
EDU 224
GXS 221, 299
HST 141, 142, 269
PSY 229
SSI 121
MULTIPLE TRANSFER DEGREES
A College of Lake County student may peon
for mulple transfer degrees when applying
to graduate. The following requirements
must be met:
1. All degree requirements for each degree
being sought must be met, and
2. Twelve addional hours of semester credit
must be earned at the College of Lake
County outside of credits earned toward
the rst degree. The addional 12 hours of
credit may not be applied toward the rst
degree earned.
Contact a student development counselor or
advisor for more informaon.
STEPS TO GRADUATE
Student Development Counselors, faculty and
academic advisors help students determine if
they are meeng or have met the graduaon
requirements to earn a degree or cercate.
Students may contact the Counseling, Advising
and Transfer Center for more informaon
at (847) 543-2060, or in Room A124 on the
Grayslake Campus.
1. Meet with an appropriate advising
professional to make sure you are meeng
the requirements for the catalog term you
are following.
2. If you have sased all the degree or
cercate requirements, complete a
Peon to Graduate online at
. The
2. deadline for students graduang in the fall
is October 1, Spring Semester is February 15
and Summer Session is July 1.
3. You will receive the results of the evaluaon
of your peon approximately four to six
weeks aer the peon deadline for the
term you have designated as compleng
your requirements.
4. Ocial transcripts cannot be issued if
there are any outstanding bills to the
college. See payment opons at
www.clcillinois.edu/payment.
Diplomas are mailed out approximately four
weeks aer the end of the term you have
graduated. Diplomas will be sent via USPS to
the address on le. Make sure to verify your
current address is on le prior to graduaon.
Duplicate diplomas can be purchased for $15
per diploma. To order a duplicate diploma,
go to and
complete the Duplicate Diploma Request Form.
A commencement ceremony is held annually
in the month of May for summer/fall graduates
and spring/summer candidates. To parcipate
in the commencement ceremony, students
should submit a Peon to Graduate by
the spring peon deadline of February 15.
This includes students planning to graduate
Summer Session. Informaon about the
commencement ceremony can be found at
www.clcillinois.edu/commencement.
CLC may idenfy students who have completed
a program but have not peoned to graduate,
and “auto-award” the degree or cercate.
Students must meet specic criteria to be
eligible for an auto-award, and the college does
not guarantee all students who have completed
their program will be selected. Students should
always submit a Peon to Graduate when
planning to complete any degree or cercate
program. Students who received auto-awarded
degrees and cercates are not eligible to
parcipate in the Commencement ceremony.
TRANSCRIPTS
You may request an ocial transcript of
your CLC academic record online through
myStudentCenter or by going to
www.clcillinois.edu/transcripts. There is
a $10 fee per CLC Ocial transcript request.
Electronic Ocial transcripts will be sent
almost instantly. Paper Ocial transcripts
will be mailed within 24 hours. If you have an
outstanding nancial obligaon to the college,
your transcript will not be released unl the
obligaon has been cleared.
A one-me waiver of ocial transcript fees
is available to eligible students. To be eligible to
receive this waiver, students must be
currently enrolled or have been enrolled in
the prior academic (fall or spring) term.
Students must also meet nancial need
criteria. For more informaon, visit
www.clcillinois.edu/transcripts.
If you would like to pick up your transcript
order instead of having it mailed, you may do
so in the Welcome and One Stop Center, B114,
Grayslake Campus during normal business
hours. You must present a photo ID in order
to have the transcript released. If someone
is picking up the transcript on your behalf,
you must include that person’s name on your
transcript request and that person must also
present a photo ID when picking up your
transcript. It is important to note that since it
takes me to process your transcript request,
you are advised to call the Welcome and One
Stop Center to make sure the transcript is
available before arriving to pick it up.
Unocial college transcripts are free of charge
and students are encouraged to review and
use unocial transcripts as oen as needed.
Unocial college transcripts are available
anyme through myStudentCenter. Ordering
ocial transcripts should only be done when
unocial transcripts will not suce. Ocial
transcripts are usually only needed at the
nal step of admissions, transferring credits
to a four-year college or university and aer
acceptance of new employment.
JOINT AGREEMENTS AND
TUITION CHARGEBACKS
Joint Agreements – CAREERS
The College of Lake County parcipates in
the CAREERS (Comprehensive Agreement
Regarding the Expansion of Educaonal
Resources) partnership with other Illinois
community colleges. CAREERS allows students
from parcipang community colleges to
enter programs leading to an Associate in
Applied Science degree or cercate oered
at parcipang colleges and pay in-district
tuion rates.
Students who reside in a parcipang district
and are interested in a CLC program that is not
oered by their home district may be eligible
for in-district tuion. For these programs,
in-district tuion rates may be available
upon presentaon of a Joint Agreement
Authorizaon form. Authorizaon forms are
obtained at the home district college.
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Students living in CLC’s district who are
interested in a program not oered by CLC
may be eligible for in-district tuion while
aending a parcipang college. Students
should contact the contact the Welcome and
One Stop Center at (847) 543-2061 for program
informaon and authorizaon to register at
the appropriate school.
The following schools parcipate in the
CAREERS Agreement:
• Black Hawk College
• Carl Sandburg College
• City Colleges of Chicago
• College of DuPage
• Danville Community College
• Elgin Community College
• Heartland Community College
• Highland Community College
• Illinois Central College
• Illinois Eastern Community Colleges
• Illinois Valley Community College
• John A. Logan College
• John Wood Community College
• Joliet Junior College
• Kankakee Community College
• Kaskaskia College
• Kishwaukee College
• Lake Land College
• Lewis and Clark Community College
• Lincoln Land Community College
• McHenry County College
• Moraine Valley Community College
• Morton College
• Oakton Community College
• Parkland College
• Prairie State College
• Rend Lake College
• Richland Community College
• Rock Valley College
• Sauk Valley Community College
• Shawnee Community College
• South Suburban College
• Southeastern Community College
• Southwestern Illinois College
• Spoon River College
• Triton College
• Waubonsee Community College
• William Rainey Harper College
TUITION CHARGEBACKS
Chargebacks and joint agreements are available
only for programs resulng in an Associate in
Applied Science degree or cercate and not
for individual courses. A joint agreement is
valid for one academic year and will need to
be renewed upon the start of each academic
year. Students who wish to renew or apply for a
joint agreement or a chargeback may do so by
contacng the Welcome and One Stop Center
at (847) 543-2061.
JOINT AGREEMENT WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONS
The College of Lake County has addional agreements with other colleges, such as Gateway
Technical College. This agreement is similar to the CAREERS agreement and may provide eligible
students the advantage of in-district tuion. All programs have been planned with the assistance
of cizen’s advisory commiees to meet local and regional employment needs. They have also
been planned in conformity with the Illinois Community College Board, the Illinois Board of Higher
Educaon and the Illinois State Board of Educaon.
Gateway Technical College NO CHARGEBACKS WILL BE ISSUED TO THIS SCHOOL
400 County Rd. H, Elkhorn, WI 53121
Gateway Technical College residents will be assessed a slightly higher tuion rate
upon presentaon of the Joint Agreement Authorizaon.
by College of Lake County by Gateway Technical College
Automove Collision Repair
(A.A.S. and Cercate)
Dental Hygiene (A.A.S.)**
Electrician Apprenceship (A.A.S.)
Health and Wellness Promoon
• Health and Wellness Promoon (A.A.S.)
• Personal Training (Cercate)
• Health and Wellness Coaching (Cercate)
Laser/Photonics/Opcs
• Laser/Photonics/Opcs (Cercate)
• Applied Lasers (Cercate)
• Biophotonics (Cercate)
Machine Tool Trades (A.A.S.)
Medical Imaging
• Medical Imaging (A.A.S.)
• Computed Tomography (Cercate)
• Magnec Resonance Imaging
(Cercate)
Paralegal Studies (A.A.S. and Cercate)
Phlebotomy Technician (Cercate)
Sustainable Agriculture (Cercate)
TESOL (Cercate)
** Indicates high demand, limited seats available in program at the
College of Lake County. Per the agreement, priority for admission to
the “receiving district” shall be given to residents of the state of the
“receiving instuon.” No residents of the state of the “receiving
instuon” may be displaced from the “receiving instuon”
due to this Agreement.
Aeronaucs-Pilot Training (A.A.S.)*
Barber (DIP)*
Cosmetology (DIP)*
Dental Assistant (DIP)*
Diesel Equipment Mechanic (DIP)
Diesel Equipment Technology (A.A.S.)
Facilies Maintenance (DIP)
Graphic Communicaons (A.A.S.)
Industrial/Mobile Hydraulic
Mechanic (Cercate)
Interior Design (A.A.S.)
LPN Bridge to Nursing (A.A.S.)*
* Indicates high demand, limited seats available in program at Gateway
Technical College. Per the agreement, priority for admission to the
“receiving district” shall be given to residents of the state of the
“receiving instuon.” No residents of the state of the “receiving
instuon” may be displaced from the “receiving instuon” due
to this Agreement. Students accepted prior to August 1, 2010 and
connuously aending under this agreement will connue to be
treated as resident students. .
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