SACS -- Online Compliance Certification

Standard 3.4.6: The Institution employs sound and acceptable practices for determining the amount and level of credit awarded for courses, regardless of format or mode of delivery.

Judgment of Compliance
X	Compliance	Partial Compliance	Non-Compliance

NARRATIVE/JUSTIFICATION FOR JUDGMENT OF COMPLIANCE

Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College (SKCTC) is able to provide sufficient documentation that the Institution has sound and acceptable practices for awarding or accepting course credits. Faculty, Chairs, and the Chief Academic Affairs Officer are involved in the different levels of assistance for the approvals and evaluations of all coursework.

Course proposals originate in an academic program or division, where they are reviewed by the program faculty to determine if they meet the general scope of that program, are appropriate in content for the proposed credit to be awarded, and contain appropriately-challenging content for the level at which the credit is to be offered. If a proposal passes successfully through the departmental review process, it is forwarded to Program Development Committee, where a similar review is conducted. The PDC is a committee of the Faculty and is composed of representatives from each academic division. Proposals that are approved by the PDC are then subject to additional review by the Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College Faculty [1] prior to being forwarded to the KCTCS Curriculum Review Committee [2] and KCTCS Council [3], who review the proposed course or curriculum. Once new courses and curricula are approved, they are added to the KCTCS Catalog [4].

Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College and KCTCS employ sound and acceptable practice for determining the amount and levels of credit for courses and outline the awarding of credit and curriculum procedures in Section III of the KCTCS Senate Rules: Rules Relating to Course Numbering and Curriculum Procedures [5].

Consistent practices on the awarding of credit are followed at SKCTC regardless of the delivery method, including traditional, online, and other forms of distance education. Method of delivery of on-line course content is determined by the instructor, just as in traditional classes. Instructors personalize standard course content, create online assessments, and establish timelines for course assignments and tests. Course syllabi state the same learning outcomes and award of credit, regardless of delivery method. Credits assigned and instructional modes are included in the SKCTC Schedule of Classes published each term [6].

Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College maintains standards that ensure it employs sound and acceptable practices for awarding credit for the courses that it offers. The requirements and procedures for awarding credit are governed by rules issued by KCTCS [7] and the Council on Postsecondary Education [8] and follow generally accepted practices.

Supporting Documents		Links to Supporting Documents
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1	SKCTC Faculty (faculty assembly)	http://www.secc.kctcs.edu/sacs/supportingdocuments/faculty.pdf
2	KCTCS Curriculum Review Committee	http://unity.kctcs.edu/docushare/dsweb/View/Collection-7062
3	KCTCS Council	http://unity.kctcs.edu/docushare/dsweb/View/Collection-5131
4	KCTCS Catalog	http://www.kctcs.edu/catalog
5	KCTCS Senate Rules, Section III: Rules Related to Course Numbering and Curriculum Procedures	http://unity.kctcs.edu/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-151743/Section III Curriculum 2004-2005.doc
6	SKCTC Schedule of Classes	http://www.secc.kctcs.edu/StudentAffairs/class_schedule/
7	Board of Regents Policy 4.11 Policy on Program Approval	http://www.kctcs.edu/employee/policies/volumeI/boardpolicies4-11.pdf
8	Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education Policy on Program Approval	http://cpe.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/8CC2C1D6-4DEF-4DF0-B5DA-805895F62B1C/0/ProgramApprovalPolicy.doc

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