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Fall 2019 | Important Dates LOS MEDANOS COLLEGE 2019 FALL SCHEDULE FALL 2019 | IMPORTANT DATES Campus offices open at 10:00 a.m. Contra Costa Community 8:00 - 10:00 a.m. Faculty/Staff meeting College District 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. All-Faculty meeting .................August 23 Los Medanos College is proud to be one of the Fall semester begins .........................................August 26 Colleges of Contra Costa Community College District. The District Office is located at Labor Day (college closed) ................................ September 2 500 Court Street in Martinez, California 94553. Last day to drop semester-length courses & be eligible for refund ..September 6 Other colleges in the district include: Contra Costa College in San Pablo and Diablo Valley Last day to add semester-length courses .................... September 6 College in Pleasant Hill and San Ramon. Last day to drop semester-length courses if dropping in person to avoid “W” on transcript ................................. September 6 Board of Trustees John E. Márquez, Ward 1 Last day to drop semester-length courses if dropping on Vicki Gordon, Ward 2 WebAdvisor to avoid “W” on transcript ...................... September 8 Rebecca Barrett, Ward 3 Andy Li, Ward 4 Last day to petition for Pass/No Pass (P/NP) option for Greg Enholm, Ward 5 semester-length courses .................................. September 26 Jocelyn Villalobos, Student Trustee Native American Day (college closed) ...................... September 27 Chancellor Veterans Day (college closed) ..............................November 11 Fred E. Wood, Ph.D. Last day to drop semester-length courses ...................November 15 Los Medanos College Bob Kratochvil, Ed.D, President Thanksgiving (college closed) ...........................November 28-30 Last day of instruction .....................................December 15 Table of Contents General Information Academic Standards .................................99 New Student Workshops ............................5 Admission Information ..............................2 Off-Campus Courses ..............................21 Assessment Information ................... 5 & 98 Online Courses ........................................22 STATEMENT Associate Degree Requirements ................17 Parking Information ...............................108 Los Medanos College is a public community Brentwood Center ....................................24 Programs of Study ....................................12 college thatMission provides quality educational California College Promise Grant ..............9 Refund Information ...................................6 opportunities for those within the changing Campus Directory ..................................109 Registration Info ........................................2 Campus Map .........................................113 Register Online ........................................14 and diverse communities it serves. Campus Policies .....................................105 Saturday Classes .......................................27 By focusing on student learning and success Course Offerings ......................................28 Short-Term Courses .................................20 as our first priorities, we aim to help students Directions Map ......................................112 Student Code of Conduct ......................101 build their abilities and competencies as Fees & Tuition ...........................................6 Student Planning .....................................13 life-long learners. We create educational Final Exam Schedule ................................26 Student Services .....................................102 Financial Assistance ....................................9 Study Abroad Opportunities ....................98 excellence through continually assessing General Education Reqmt (CSU) ............18 Transportation Information ....................108 our students’ learning and our performance How to Read the Schedule .......................27 Verifications .............................................98 as an institution. To that end, we commit IGETC Requirements ..............................19 our resources and design our policies and InSite and InSite Mail ..............................11 procedures to support this mission. Course Listing Academic and Career Success ...................28 Kinesiology—Activity ..............................68 Administration of Justice ..........................29 Kinesiology—Dance ................................70 Los Medanos College provides the premier Air Conditioning & Refrigeration ............30 Kinesiology—Intercollegiate Athletics ......70 educational opportunity for East County Anthropology ...........................................30 Mathematics Course Maps .......................72 Vision Appliance Service Tech nol o gy ..................31 Mathematics Statistics Pathway ................74 residents, where learning matters most. Art/Graphic Com mu ni ca tions .................32 Math 110S/110 Linked Sections ..............75 Astronomy ...............................................35 Math 140S/140 Linked Sections ..............77 Automotive Technology ...........................36 Math 155S/155 Linked Sections ..............77 Biological Science .....................................37 Mathematics .............................................75 Values remind us of what matters most. Business....................................................39 Mathematics Course Maps .......................72 Los Medanos College is an educational Business/Management ..............................41 Mathematics Statistics Pathway ................74 Values community that cares deeply about learning, Chemistry ................................................42 Music .......................................................79 Child Development ..................................43 Nursing—Registered ................................82 collaboration, effective communication, Computer Science ....................................45 Nursing—Vocational ................................83 and engagement with our Cooperative Education .............................47 Nutrition ..................................................84 surrounding community. Counseling ...............................................48 Philosophy ...............................................84 Dramatic Arts ..........................................49 Physical Science .......................................85 Economics ................................................50 Physics .....................................................86 Electrical/Instrumentation Technology .....50 Political Science ........................................87 Emergency Medical Services (EMS) .........52 Process Technology ...................................87 Engineering ..............................................53 Psychology ...............................................89 English .....................................................53 Recording Arts .........................................90 English as a Second Lan guage Credit .......58 Sign Language ..........................................90 Los Medanos College is accredited by the English as a Second Lan guage Social Science ...........................................91 AccreditingAccreditation Commission for Community Non-Credit ..............................................57 Sociology ..................................................92 and Junior Colleges of the Western Ethnic/Multicultural Stud ies ....................59 Spanish .....................................................92 Association of Schools and Colleges, an Fire Technology ........................................62 Speech/Communications..........................93 institutional accrediting body recognized French ......................................................63 Supervised Tutoring .................................94 by the Commission on Recognition of History .....................................................64 Travel .......................................................95 Honors .....................................................65 Welding ...................................................96 Postsecondary Accreditation and the U.S. Humanities ..............................................66 Department of Education. Italian .......................................................66 Journalism ................................................67 Kinesiology ..............................................68 Fall 2019 | Register Online www.losmedanos.edu | 1 Admission & Registration Infor ma tion Fall 2019 ONLINE REGISTRATION DATES How to Register DATE PRIORITY GROUP CRITERIA Continuing student priority registration: April 29-30 Group 1 Priority registration for EOPS, DSPS, qualified veterans, • By appointment online/mobile app registration qualified foster youth and CalWORKs for students under 100 degree-applicable units or in good standing only (see page 14 for instructions). • Registration appointments are automatically May 1 Group 2 Special registration for DSPS note takers, early graduation applicants and qualified athletes for students under 100 assigned to continuing students based on units degree-applicable units or in good standing accumulated as of Fall 2018 session. Appointment dates and times can be viewed May 2 Group 3a Continuing*students with 45-75 units within the district by going to InSite Portal via the college web site, May 6-7 Group 3b Continuing* students with 0-44.99 units
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