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GREAT BASIN COLLEGE Basin College to Great Welcome Higher Education for Rural Nevada ELKO MAIN CAMPUS 1500 College Parkway Elko, NV 89801 775.738.8493 BATTLE MOUNTAIN CENTER 835 N. Second Street Battle Mountain, NV 89820 775.635.2318 ELY CENTER 2115 Bobcat Drive Ely, NV 89301 775.289.3589 PAHRUMP VALLEY CENTER 551 E. Calvada Blvd. Pahrump, NV 89048 775.727.2000 WINNEMUCCA CENTER 5490 Kluncy Canyon Road Winnemucca, NV 89445 775.623.4824 www.gbcnv.edu Published March, 2017 Welcome to Great Basin College GBC CATALOG 2017-2018 1 A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT MARK A. CURTIS Th ank you for choosing Great Basin College to either begin or continue your education. Our mission says it all “Great Basin College enriches people’s lives by providing student-centered post-secondary education to rural Nevada.” Enrichment comes by increasing the proportion of several valuable ingredients in the student’s life, namely knowledge, self-awareness, confi dence and revealed potential. Th e faculty and staff take great pride in placing students at the center of all they do; decisions are always made with the student’s wellbeing in mind. Additionally, you will also fi nd a wide array of post-secondary educational options to choose from. Th ese options include several career oriented certifi cates and associate degrees, transfer specifi c Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degrees and a continually growing array of bachelor’s level degrees that can be earned in their entirety from Great Basin College. And when talking about rural Nevada, GBC has real bragging rights; Great Basin College provides educational opportunities over an 86,514 square mile area covering Nevada’s ten most rural counties. Th is area is larger than 37 States in the U.S. and its two largest counties are individually larger than 9 of those States. Th e main campus in Elko is a comprehensive residential college with student housing. Centers are located in Battle Mountain, Ely, Pahrump and Winnemucca. An additional twenty-one communities across GBC’s ten county service area are connected via satellite allowing the two-way Welcome to Great Basin College to Great Welcome interactive delivery of college courses along with an ever expanding slate of online off erings that have received national recognition. In fact one rating organization ranks Great Basin College as fi rst in the nation for aff ordability. Th ose who visit GBC are impressed by many things, the college’s culture of collegiality, its use of technology in serving students throughout rural Nevada, the college’s beautiful and well maintained buildings and grounds and our creative utilization of resources. Th ese common observations provide a vote of confi dence in the faculty and staff of Great Basin College and speak to just how well the institution is fulfi lling its stated mission. Over 3,200 students are attending Great Basin College. Each year more than 500 of those students earn a degree or certifi cate. Great Basin College has built strong relationships with employers in the service area. GBC has worked collaboratively with the regional mining industry over many years. With industry support, GBC has developed 48-week accelerated Associate degree programs in fi ve technical areas. Over 90% of graduates from these programs are employed within a year of completion. Bachelor and associate degrees in health sciences and education provide graduates to supply the needs of local health care providers and school districts. “Growing our own” has become a strategy to provide a trained workforce for rural Nevada in jobs for which it is otherwise diffi cult to recruit and retain quality professionals. Th ese are just a few examples of partnerships GBC has developed over the years. I trust you will fi nd Great Basin College an open and welcoming place to receive a superior education and I wish you well as you pursue your educational goals. Sincerely, Dr. Mark A. Curtis 2 GBC CATALOG 2017-2018 Welcome to Great Basin College TABLE OF CONTENTS From the President ...........................................................2 Degrees ....................................................................90-207 Basin College to Great Welcome Business ............................................................90-101 Notices and Title IX Notice Non-Discrimination ............4 Career and Technical Education ....................102-116 Computer Technologies .................................117-127 Disclosure of Student Education Records and Education .......................................................128-161 Directory Information .................................................. 5-6 English ............................................................163-165 Health Sciences ..............................................166-178 2017-2018 Academic Calendar ........................................7 Human Services .............................................179-182 Land Surveying/Geomatics ...........................183-185 Reference Calendar ...........................................................8 Science ............................................................186-197 Social Science .................................................198-203 NSHE— Th e Nevada System of Higher Education Social Work ....................................................204-206 Board of Regents, Chancellor’s Offi ce, GBC Spanish ..................................................................207 Administration, GBC Institutional Advisory Council, and GBC Ex Offi cio Council Members ......................9-10 GBC Elko Campus Map ................................................ 208 Degree and Certifi cate Programs .............................11-12 Course Descriptions ..............................................209-251 GBC Locations .................................................................13 Placement Exams CBAPE ............................................................252-253 Welcome to GBC ........................................................14-17 CLEP ...............................................................254-255 DSST ......................................................................256 Mission and Core Th emes .........................................18-19 IB............................................................................ 257 Admission ..................................................................20-30 Title 4 .....................................................................259-269 Policies .......................................................................31-55 Title 2 .....................................................................270-275 Resources ...................................................................56-61 Faculty and Administration ..................................276-279 Fees and Financial Aid ..............................................62-71 Emeritus ....................................................................... 280 Academic Standards ..................................................72-76 Part-Time Instructors ...........................................281-284 General Education .....................................................77-81 Reference Guide ....................................................285-287 Associate Degrees and Certifi cates Reference .........82-85 Index ............................................................................. 288 Bachelor’s Degrees ....................................................86-88 Skills Certifi cates .............................................................89 Welcome to Great Basin College GBC CATALOG 2017-2018 3 NOTICES Title IX Notice Non-Discrimination Th e Student Assistance General Provisions of Public Law 101-542 Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 prohibits sex requires all institutions that participate in student fi nancial assistance discrimination in federally-assisted programs. Specifi cally, the law programs as authorized by Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 reads: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex be and Higher Education Technical Amendments of 1991, Public Law excluded from participation in, be denied the benefi ts of, or be subjected 102-26, to disclose the graduation rate and/or persistence rate of all to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving full-time, degree-seeking or certifi cate-seeking undergraduate students. Federal fi nancial assistance.” Information and statistics are available on page 40 and from the Admissions and Records Offi ce, Berg Hall, 775.753.2102. Th e Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE)/Great Basin College (GBC) are committed to providing a place of work and learning free of Th e Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus discrimination on the basis of a person’s age, disability, whether actual Crime Statistics Act is the landmark federal law, originally known as or perceived by others (including service-connected disabilities), gender the Campus Security Act, which requires colleges and universities (including pregnancy related conditions), military status or military across the United Status to disclose information about crime (murder, obligations, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic robbery, arson, forcible and non-forcible sex off enses) on and around information, national origin, race, or religion. Where discrimination their campuses. Th e 2008 amendments protect crime victims, is found to have occurred, the NSHE will take action stop to