2106 South 9th Street Salina, KS 67401 785.825.5422 1.800.365.0433 www.brownmackie.edu/Salina 105 Vulcan Road, Suite 100 Birmingham, AL 35209 205.909.1500 1.888.299.4699 www.brownmackie.edu/Birmingham 9705 Lenexa Drive Lenexa, KS 66215 913.768.1900 1.800.635.9101 www.brownmackie.edu/KansasCity 2016–2017 Academic Catalog 7101 Northwest Expressway, Suite 800 Oklahoma City, OK 73132 405.621.8000 1.888.229.3280 www.brownmackie.edu/OklahomaCity ©2014 Brown Mackie College 2614 10/14 ACADEMIC CATALOG 2016-2017 Brown Mackie College – Salina 2106 South 9th Street Salina, KS 67401 Phone: 785-825-5422 Fax: 785-827-7623 Toll free: 800-365-0433 Brown Mackie College – Brown Mackie College – Brown Mackie College – Birmingham Kansas City Oklahoma City 105 Vulcan Road, Ste. 100 9705 Lenexa Drive 7101 NW Expressway, Ste. 800 Birmingham, AL 35209 Lenexa, KS 66215 Oklahoma City, OK 73132 Phone: 205-909-1500 Phone: 913-768-1900 Phone: 405-621-8000 Fax: 205-909-1558 Fax: 913-495-9555 Fax: 405-621-8055 Toll free: 888-299-4699 Toll free: 800-635-9101 Toll free: 888-229-3280 www.brownmackie.edu Volume #1 Effective: February 2016 In order to continually provide current information, this catalog may be amended by any inserts identified as Bulletins to the 2016-2017 Academic Catalog. 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TABLE OF CONTENTS CONSUMER INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................................. 1 ABOUT THE COLLEGE ...................................................................................................................................................... 1 COLLEGE MISSION AND PURPOSE ................................................................................................................................ 3 Mission Statement ............................................................................................................................................................. 3 Philosophy ......................................................................................................................................................................... 3 General Education Philosophy ........................................................................................................................................... 3 ABOUT BROWN MACKIE COLLEGE SYSTEM OF SCHOOLS ..................................................................................... 5 OWNERSHIP ........................................................................................................................................................................ 5 BOARD OF TRUSTEES ....................................................................................................................................................... 5 ADMINISTRATION ............................................................................................................................................................. 6 ACCREDITATION AND AFFILIATIONS .......................................................................................................................... 7 Institutional Accreditation ................................................................................................................................................. 7 State Licensure .................................................................................................................................................................. 7 Programmatic Accreditation .............................................................................................................................................. 7 Affiliations ......................................................................................................................................................................... 8 U.S. Department of Education ........................................................................................................................................... 9 Veterans Administration .................................................................................................................................................... 9 U.S. Department of Homeland Security ............................................................................................................................ 9 ADMISSIONS ..................................................................................................................................................................... 10 General Admissions Requirements .................................................................................................................................. 10 Program Specific Admissions Requirements ................................................................................................................... 10 Certificate in Practical Nursing (Brown Mackie College - Salina and Brown Mackie College - Kansas City) ........... 10 Associate of Applied Science in Nursing (Brown Mackie College - Salina and Brown Mackie College - Kansas City) ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Associate of Applied Science in Nursing (Brown Mackie College - Oklahoma City) ................................................. 11 Readmissions ................................................................................................................................................................... 11 International Non-Immigrant Student Admissions Policy ............................................................................................... 12 English Language Proficiency Policy .............................................................................................................................. 13 ACADEMIC AFFAIRS ....................................................................................................................................................... 15 Initial Academic Assessment ........................................................................................................................................... 15 Initial Academic Assessment: Occupational Therapy Assistant Program ....................................................................... 15 Transitional Studies Courses ........................................................................................................................................... 15 Orientation ....................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Transfer Credit ................................................................................................................................................................. 15 Transferability Criteria ................................................................................................................................................. 15 Transcript Evaluation for Transfer of Credit ................................................................................................................ 16 Other Sources of Credit ................................................................................................................................................ 16 Residency Requirement ................................................................................................................................................ 17 Advanced Placement .................................................................................................................................................... 17 Transferability Of Credit To Other Institutions ............................................................................................................ 18 ii Definition of a Quarter Credit Hour ................................................................................................................................. 18 Credit Hour Determination and Outside Work Experience ............................................................................................. 18 Definition of an Academic Year ...................................................................................................................................... 18 Attendance ....................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Last Date of Attendance .................................................................................................................................................. 20 Student Withdrawal ......................................................................................................................................................... 20 Program Changes ............................................................................................................................................................. 21 Undergraduate Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy ................................................................................................... 21 Criteria for Honors Designations .................................................................................................................................