CAPITAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE CATALOG 2019-20 950 Main Street • Hartford, Connecticut 06103 www.capitalcc.edu 860-906-5077 or 1-800-894-6126 IMPORTANT TELEPHONE NUMBERS Emergency/Public Safety . 860-906-5075 or ** on any college phone Main College Number . 860-906-5000 Toll-Free Number . 1-800-894-6126 Academic Media Technology . 860-906-5030 Academic Advising . 860-906-5040 Academic Success Center/Tutoring . 860-906-5200 Admissions . 860-906-5140 Athletics . 860-906-5000, x 6435 Bookstore . 860-525-5956 Cashier/Bursar’s Office . 860-906-5061 Counseling . 860-906-5040 Disabilities Services Coordinator . 860-906-5204 Early Childhood Lab School . 860-906-5237 English-as-a-Second Language (ESL) . 860-906-5203 Financial Aid . 860-906-5090 Health Careers . 860-906-5154 Human Resources . 860-906-5007 L .E .A .D . Center . 860-906-5130 Library . 860-906-5020 w.capitalcc.edu ww Nursing/Health Careers . 860-906-5150 • Placement Testing . 860-906-5089 Registrar . 860-906-5311 School of Workforce & Continuing Education . 860-906-5130 Student Services . 860-906-5086 Transcript Requests . 860-906-5311 Veterans Oasis Center . 860-906-5044 CAPITAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAPITAL 2 MESSAGE FROM THE CEO Welcome to Capital Community College! Capital Community College (CCC) holds a very special place Capital has a variety of guided pathways and articulation in Greater Hartford . For more than 50 years we have been agreements that enable students to save thousands of dollars transforming the lives of individuals who walk through our doors, the first two years of undergraduate study and transfer COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAPITAL providing them with the tools and the support to improve their seamlessly as a junior . The University of Connecticut, the lives, continue their education, and succeed in the working world . Connecticut State University system (Central, Eastern, Southern CCC is a community of learners dedicated to helping students and Western), Charter Oak State College, Trinity College, the accomplish and exceed their goals . We continually strive to University of Hartford, and the University of Saint Joseph increase student satisfaction and engagement . Our commitment are among the baccalaureate choices for Capital graduates . to high standards inspires students to excel . We meet students Other programs prepare students to launch into careers after where they are and respond promptly to their issues, making completing their associates degree and earn a wage that allows certain they have the information needed to make decisions that them to provide for themselves and their families . • increase their ability to be successful . This culture is woven into We’re honored that you’ve selected Capital as your “Destination Phone: 860-906-5077 the fabric of who we are . We call this “The Capital Way ”. College ”. Our pledge to you: Whether you’re here to earn your Our downtown location and partnerships with cultural associate’s degree and transfer to a four-year college or enter institutions, businesses and government provide students with the working world, or whether you’re here to earn a certificate a rich learning experience that is stimulating, with access to jobs or take a class or short term program to advance or change your and internships they won’t get anywhere else . Unique to CCC career, we’ll meet you where you are and help you get where is our Hartford Heritage Program (www .capitalcc .edu/HHP/), you’re going . an initiative that connects course content to the cultural and Welcome to campus and to The Capital Way . historical institutions in the college’s neighborhood . G . Duncan Harris, Ed . D . Campus Chief Executive Officer 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Important Telephone Numbers . 2 INTERNSHIPS . 48 Message from the CEO . 3 ONLINE LEARNING . 49 College Calendar Fall 2019–Spring 2020 . 6 CERTIFICATES AND DEGREES . 50 GENERAL INFORMATION Certificate and Degree Program Information . 50 Mission Statement / Vision Statement . 7 Accounting: Basic . .52 Accreditations and Affiliations . 7 Accounting: Advanced . .52 Getting Here and Parking . 8 Computer and Information Systems: About Our Building / Building Directory . 9 Mobile Application Developer . .53 DEGREE and CERTIFICATE OFFERINGS . 10 Computer and Information Systems: Web Publishing . .53 HISTORY OF THE COLLEGE . 12 Computer Networking . .54 STUDENT SERVICES . 13 Computer Networking: Cisco Certified Networking Admissions . 13 Associate (CCNA) . .54 Nursing Program Admissions . 15 Computer Programming . .55 EMT–Paramedic Certificate . 20 Computer Hardware Support Specialist . .55 and EMT–Paramedic Studies Admissions Computer Software Support Specialist . .56 Radiologic Technology Admissions . 21 Construction Management . .56 Financial Aid Programs . 22 Cybersecurity . .57 Payment of Tuition and Fees . 26 Early Childhood Education . .57 Tuition Waivers for Connecticut Residents . 27 Emergency Medical Services: Instructor . .58 Tuition and Fees . 28 Emergency Medical Technician: Refunds of Tuition and Fees . 30 Emergency Management Response (EMR) . .58 EMT–Paramedic . .58 Advising & Counseling . 31 Health Science . .60 Student Leadership / Veterans Oasis Center / Bookstore . 32 Management . .60 Programs for High School Students . 33 www.capitalcc.edu www.capitalcc.edu • Management: Entrepreneurship . .61 SCHOOL OF WORKFORCE & CONTINUING EDUCATION Mental Health Assistant . .61 L .E .A .D . Center . 34 Social Services Aide . 62 ACADEMIC INFORMATION Visual Communication . .62 ACADEMIC POLICIES . 36 2019-2020 ASSOCIATE IN ARTS DEGREES PROGRAMS NEASC/NECHE Credit Hour Policy . 36 Liberal Arts and Sciences . 63 Academic Load . 36 Accounting . .64 Graduation Requirements . 39 Architectural Engineering Technology . .64 Semester Honors . 40 Biotechnology . .65 Graduation Honors . 40 College of Technology . .66 Associate Degrees – Multiple . 41 College of Technology: Technology Studies Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) . 41 and Pathway to Industrial Technology at CCSU . .66 Independent Study . 42 College of Technology: Technology Studies – CAPITAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAPITAL Placement Testing / Transcripts . 43 Engineering Technology Option . 66 Transcripts . 43 Communication Media . .67 ACADEMIC SUPPORT SERVICES . 44 Computer and Information Systems . .68 ACADEMIC SUCCESS CENTER . 44 Computer and Information Systems: ACADEMIC ADVISING . 44 Mobile Application Developer Option . .68 PRE-ACADEMIC PROGRAMS . 46 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS Computer and Information Systems: Associate in Science Degree Program Web Publishing Option . .69 for Certified Radiographers . .89 Computer Networking . .70 Computer Networking: Cybersecurity Option . 71 Social Services Degree Program . .89 Computer Support Specialist . 72 Social Services: Family and Child Studies Option . .90 Computer Support Specialist: Social Services: Mental Health Option . .90 Hardware Support Option . .72 Theatre Arts . .91 Construction Management: AS Degree . .73 TRANSFER OPPORTUNITIES Construction Management: AAS Degree . .74 Transfer Opportunities at Capital . 92 Criminal Justice . .75 Cross Registration . 94 EMT–Paramedic Studies . .76 ABOUT THE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS EMT–Paramedic Studies: Emergency Medical Services Prerequisites, Corequisites and Course Numbers . 96 Instructor Option . .77 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS . 97 EMT–Paramedic Studies: Emergency Management (Courses listed in alphabetical order) Response Option . .77 BOARD OF REGENTS POLICIES . 132 Early Childhood Education . .78 General Studies . .80 FERPA – The Family Rights and Privacy Act . 133 Management . .81 DIRECTORY Management: Entrepreneurship Option . .82 Boards and Councils . 134 Medical Assisting . .82 Staff . 135 Faculty . 139 Music Industry . .83 CAPITAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAPITAL Nursing . 84 QUANTWAY PROGRAM . 143 Radiologic Technology . .88 INDEX . 144 2019-2020 • Phone: 860-906-5077 5 ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR THE COLLEGE FALL 2019 SPRING 2020 Monday, August 26 Last Day for a Full Tuition Refund Monday, January 20 Martin Luther King Jr . Day – Tuesday, August.