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PARKLAND COLLEGE 2013-14 Catalog 2400 West Bradley Avenue • Champaign, Illinois 61821-1899 • www.parkland.edu General information 217/351-2200 • Admissions 217/351-2482 • (toll free) 1-800-346-8089 2400 West Bradley Ave., Champaign IL 61821-1899 www.parkland.edu • 217/351-2200 Campus Tours • 217/351-2482 General Information • 217/351-2200 Admissions • 217/351-2208 • 1-800-346-8089 z Contents Board of Trustees . 2 President’s Message . 2 Calendar . 3 General Information . 7 Institutional Advancement . 17 Student Services . 21 Academic Information . 45 Educational Programs . 55 Programs of Study . 65 Courses . 217 Directory . .. 295 Catalog 2013–2014 Index . 319 Profile . 326 z Board of Trustees Community College District 505 Standing L-R: Linden A. Warfel, Secretary (Tolono); Gregory Knott (St. Joseph); Dana Trimble, Vice Chair (Newman); Donna Giertz (Champaign) Seated L-R: James L. Ayers, (Monticello); Bonnie B. Kelley (Champaign); Thomas M. Bennett, Chair (Gibson City) z Welcome to Parkland College The faculty and staff at Parkland College stand ready to pro- vide you with effective yet affordable collegiate instruction and vocational training. Over the past 46 years, our traditional campus-based and online programs have helped more than 260,000 people work to achieve their academic and career goals. Our programs allow you to enter high-skill, high-wage careers or prepare you for transfer to four-year colleges or universities. Many have considered our personalized attention, support ser- vices, and smaller class sizes an ideal means of transition into larger baccalaureate environments . Yet Parkland also serves the larger community, with services and resources that promote the intellectual, cultural, and economic development of Illinois Community College District 505. Residents take advantage of our Business Training and Community Education programs, which offer opportunities for lifelong personal enrichment and build a more highly trained local workforce . While you are a student at Parkland, we encourage you to participate; our artistic and cultural events, athletic programs, clubs and organizations, and student leadership activities will bring life and energy to your college experience . We also assure you that our college climate values and promotes integrity, inquiry, diversity, inclusion, active citizenship, global awareness, and academic freedom. We seek to be an integral part of your personal and professional development . Parkland College’s doors remain open to those who desire to become something more and achieve a brighter future . Thomas R. Ramage, Ed.D. President 2 Calendar Refer to the college website for current information . www.parkland.edu 2013–2014 Calendar 3 ❚ 2013–2014 Calendar Summer Session 2013 Spring Semester 2014 (Instruction begins May 20, June 17, July 1, and July 15) (Instruction begins January 13) (Instruction ends no later than August 8) Spring course reservation Courses begin and end on different dates within the (continuing students) . October 28–November 3 12-week summer term. Start and end dates, registration Open registration................November 4–January 12 periods, final exam schedules, and add/drop/withdrawal Last day for preregistered students to pay for dates for each summer class are published in the Parkland reserved courses (students will be dropped from summer class schedule and at www.parkland.edu. courses for failure to meet this deadline)..December 16 Summer course reservation Sections with insufficient enrollment cancelled...January 8 (continuing students) . .April 1–7 Instruction begins ............................January 13 Open registration begins . April 8 Late registration and add period ...........January 13–19 Memorial Day (college closed) ....................May 27 Last day to drop with 100% refund Independence Day (college closed) ................ July 4 from full-semester courses .................January 19 Deadline for summer graduation application ......July 11 Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday College offices closed on Fridays .......June 21–August 9 (college closed) ............................January 20 Last day to drop without record from full-semester courses .................January 27 Fall Semester 2013 Last day to drop with 50% refund (Instruction begins August 19) from full-semester courses .................January 27 Fall course reservation Professional Development Day (continuing students) . .April 8–14 (no day or night classes)...................February 27 Open registration.....................April 15–August 18 Deadline for spring graduation application Last day for preregistered students to pay for to participate in commencement ..............March 4 reserved courses (students will be dropped from Midterm ........................................March 7 courses for failure to meet this deadline)......August 5 Midterm grades due by 9 p.m. Faculty and Staff Development for full-semester courses .....................March 10 (offices closed) 8-10 a.m. August 12 Spring vacation.............................March 22–30 Sections with insufficient enrollment cancelled..August 14 Spring holiday (college closed)..................March 28 Instruction begins .............................August 19 Classes resume .................................March 31 Late registration and add period ...........August 19–25 Deadline for spring graduation application Last day to drop with 100% refund not participating in commencement.............April 8 from full-semester courses ..................August 25 Fall course reservation .........................April 7–13 Last day to drop without record Open registration.....................April 14–August 17 from full-semester courses ...............September 1 Last day to withdraw with W grade Last day to drop with 50% refund from full-semester courses ......................May 1 from full-semester courses ...............September 1 Last day of classes .................................May 8 Labor Day (college closed) ..................September 2 Study day (no classes) . .May 9 Midterm .....................................October 11 Final examinations ...........................May 12–16 Midterm grades due by 9 p.m. Commencement ................................ May 15 for full-semester courses ...................October 14 Grades due by 11 p.m. for full-semester courses ...May 19 Spring course reservation (continuing students) . October 28–November 3 Open registration begins for spring semester........................November 4 Deadline for fall graduation application ......November 5 Thanksgiving vacation (begins at 5 p.m.) ....November 27 Thanksgiving recess (college closed) ............November 28–December 1 Classes resume ..............................December 2 Last day to withdraw with W grade from full-semester courses ...............November 27 Last day of classes ...........................December 6 Final examinations ......................December 9–13 Grades due by 11 p.m. .December 16 Winter break (college closed) .........December 23–January 1, 2014 4 Calendar 2013–2014 ❚ Tentative 2014–2015 Calendar Summer Session 2014 Spring Semester 2015 (Instruction begins May 19, June 16, June 30, and July 14) (Instruction begins January 12) (Instruction ends no later than August 7) Spring course reservation Courses begin and end on different dates within the (continuing students) . October 27–November 2 12-week summer term. Start and end dates, registration Open registration................November 3–January 11 periods, final exam schedules, and add/drop/withdrawal Last day for preregistered students to pay for dates and/or rules for each summer class are published in the reserved courses (students will be dropped from Parkland summer class schedule and at www.parkland.edu. courses for failure to meet this deadline)..December 15 Summer course reservation Sections with insufficient enrollment cancelled...January 7 (continuing students) . .March 31–April 6 Instruction begins ............................January 12 Open registration begins . April 7 Late registration and add period ...........January 12–18 Memorial Day (college closed) ....................May 26 Last day to drop with 100% refund Independence Day (college closed) ................ July 3 from full-semester courses .................January 18 Deadline for summer graduation application ......July 16 Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday College offices closed on Fridays .......June 20–August 8 (college closed) ............................January 19 Last day to drop without record from full-semester courses .................January 26 Fall Semester 2014 Last day to drop with 50% refund (Instruction begins August 18) from full-semester courses .................January 26 Fall course reservation Professional Development Day (continuing students) . .April 7–13 (no day or night classes)...................February 26 Open registration.....................April 14–August 17 Deadline for spring graduation application Last day for preregistered students to pay for to participate in commencement ..............March 4 reserved courses (students will be dropped from Midterm ........................................March 6 courses for failure to meet this deadline)......August 4 Midterm grades due by 11:59 p.m. Faculty and Staff Development for full-semester courses ......................March 9 (offices closed) 8-10 a.m. August 11 Spring vacation.............................March 21–29 Sections with insufficient enrollment cancelled..August 13 Spring holiday (college closed)..................March