MOORPARK COLLEGE ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2015-2016 Moorpark College provides two primary semesters of instruction – Fall and Spring – as well as a Summer intersession. Course times and delivery modes are noted in each semester’s online Schedule of Classes, available at www.Moorparkcollege.edu about five weeks before each semester begins. The online schedule has continuous updates and will have the most up-to-date and accurate course information. The special deadlines for semester-length classes are listed below for each primary semester; however, the specific length of each course dictates its deadlines (enrollment, drop, refund, etc.). Check online by clicking on the specific Course Record Number (CRN) for such particulars. Contact Registration for further assistance. Detailed registration information is readily available at www.Moorparkcollege.edu. FALL SEMESTER, 2015 - August 17 - December 16, 2015 August 17............................First day of semester-length traditional classes. First day of late registration. August 28............................Last day to add semester-length classes. Last day to drop a class and apply for enrollment, health and parking fee refunds. Last day account credited if dropping classes. No refunds or credits after this date for semester-length classes. September 5-7 ....................No Classes - Labor Day. September 4 ........................Last day to drop semester-length classes without a transcript entry. September 18 ......................Last day to declare P/NP (formerly CR/NC) grading option for semester-length classes. November 5 .........................Last day to apply for Fall 2015 Associate Degree or Certificate of Achievement November 7-8 ......................Saturday/Sunday classes held November 9 .........................No Classes - Veteran’s Day. November 20 .......................Last day to drop semester-length classes with a “W.” November 26-29 ..................No Classes - Thanksgiving Holiday. December 10-16 ..................Final Exam Week for Fall 2015 SPRING SEMESTER, 2016 - January 11 - May 18, 2016 January 11 ...........................First day of semester-length traditional classes First day of late registration. January 16-18 .....................No Classes - Martin Luther King Jr. Day. January 22 ...........................Last day to add semester-length classes. Last day to drop a class and apply for enrollment, health and parking fee refunds. Last day account credited if dropping classes. No refunds or credits after this date for semester-length classes. January 29 ...........................Last day to drop semester-length classes without a transcript entry. February 11 .........................Last day to declare P/NP (formerly CR/NC) grading option for semester-length classes. February 12-15 ....................No Classes – President’s Birthday Holiday. March 1 ...............................No Classes - Self-assigned flex day March 17 .............................Last day to apply for Spring 2016 Associate Degree or Certificate of Achievement. March 19-20 ........................Saturday/Sunday Classes Held. March 21-27 ........................No Classes - Spring Break. April 22 ................................Last day to drop semester-length classes with a “W.” May 12-18 ...........................Final Exam Week for Spring 2016 May 19.................................GRADUATION SUMMER INTERSESSION, 2016* Moorpark College typically offers classes in the summer that meet anywhere from four to eight weeks with classes starting in May, June and July. The goal is to maximize offerings at times most helpful for all students, including returning students, graduating high school seniors and students home for the summer from four-year colleges. The summer Schedule of Classes is available online at www.Moorparkcollege.edu. 2015 • 2016 GENERAL CATALOG and Announcement of Courses MOORPARK COLLEGE 7075 Campus Road, Moorpark, CA 93021 805.378.1400 | Fax: 805.378.1499 www.moorparkcollege.edu Moorpark College has made every reasonable effort to ensure that the information provided in this general catalog is accurate and current. However, this document should not be considered an irrevocable contract between the student and Moorpark College. The content is subject to change. The College reserves the right to make additions, revisions or deletions as may be necessary due to changes in governmental regulations, district policy, or college policy, procedures, or curriculum. The College will make every reasonable effort to inform students of significant changes that occur after publication of this document. Information regarding significant changes will be posted and available on the Moorpark College website at http://www.moorparkcollege.edu/ apply_and_enroll/college_catalog/index.shtml. Moorpark College - College Information 2015-2016 1 MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENTS Welcome to Moorpark College! Welcome! We opened in 1967, and The Faculty looks forward we are very proud of our to working with you on beautiful campus, our your educational journey. stellar faculty and staff, We are very proud of and our excellent programs. our excellent academic Whether you are a current programs, our student or prospective student, or support, and fabulous career simply visiting our campus and technical programs to attend one of our many including our nursing, cultural or intellectual EATM (Exotic Animal events, I trust that you Training Management), and will be welcomed warmly biotechnology programs. and helpfully by all of our We encourage you to get employees. involved not only in your class work, but the college Moorpark College is a member of the Ventura County as a whole. Join a club, athletics, student government, or the Community College District, and is recognized as one of our national award winning forensic team. nation¶s ¿nest community colleges. Many of our students attend Moorpark College in order to cultivate technical skills Lets “Moorpark” it. that lead to well-paid and secure careers, and a large number of our students transfer to highly respected public and private universities. But in addition to the subject-matter expertise our students acquire, we also teach by example the values we embrace. Those values include citizenship, responsibility, compassion, and collegiality. We take very seriously our Mary Rees responsibility to the communities we serve, and to maintain Academic Senate President high standards of integrity, service, excellence, and continuous improvement. As the son of hard-working immigrants, I love this nation of freedom and opportunity, and it is my privilege to help our Moorpark College Foundation students ¿nd, academically and professionally, their footing in life. It is our joy to hear the many success stories of former The Moorpark College Foundation was formed in 1980 and is a nonprofit, tax-exempt auxiliary organization which accepts and solicits gifts, students who have gone on to spectacular success and donations, trusts, and bequests for college related use. It provides tax achievement. We are even more moved by those who toil deductible advantages to the donor. It also provides a method for the unheralded in the quiet service of their communities, or on the college to interact with businesses, government, and other nonprofit broader national and international stages, to help us address agencies in the broader Southern California community. the many vexing challenges our world faces. Their work Though public funds provide support for most of the instructional and ensures that our children and grandchildren may continue to related activities and facilities at the college, donations, gifts and bequests experience the “blessings of liberty” which we so gratefully provide a significant addition to institutional accomplishments. Private enjoy here at Moorpark College. contributions are essential for the support of creative faculty efforts which extend beyond normal institutionally supported areas, including scholarships for incoming honor students and exiting transfer students, necessary physical facilities such as the Charles Temple Observatory, Griffin Stadium, and special instructor-created projects which enhance a student’s learning experience. Luis P. Sanchez, JD, LLM President For more information, call (805) 378-1550. Write Moorpark College Foundation, 7075 Campus Road, Moorpark, CA 93021. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation recognized by the Internal Revenue Service. Website: www.moorparkcollege.edu/foundation. 2 Moorpark College - College Information 2015-2016 HISTORY OF MOORPARK COLLEGE Moorpark College was established in 1963 by the Governing Board In July 2002, Dr. Eva Conrad became Moorpark’s eighth president of the Ventura County Community College District. Soon after, a replacing Dr. Walker who retired. Fall 2002 enrollment swelled to 134-acre site on Moorpark’s eastern city boundary was secured 15,400 and work began on a new Library and Learning Resources in a combination donation/purchase from the Strathearns, a local Center. ranching family. In 2004 the college’s first bond project was completed: a parking In 1965, taxpayers passed an $8 million bond to build the first lot renovation that added 600 spaces. In 2005, the second bond phase of the district’s second community college. Construction of project was completed: the installation of an all-weather track and the Administration, Library, Science, Technology, Campus Center, artificial turf playing field. In September 2005, the new Library/ Gymnasium and Maintenance