DCB catalog 2020-22

General Information 41 Cooperative Education An internship is required of most students who intend to graduate in the horticulture, business, and natural resources area. However, participation in the program is not limited to any specific major. Students in any major can participate in the program. The co-op program integrates classroom education with successive, career related work placements. Incomplete Work Incomplete grades (I) are assigned only to students who have been in attendance and performed satisfactory work up to a time within three weeks of the close of the semester, and whose work is incomplete for reasons acceptable to the instructor. The student must fulfill all requirements of the course 30 calendar days from the date that final grades were due in the semester in which the “I” was received. Eight-week sessions have a 15-calendar day requirement. If the “I” is not removed by this time, the grade is automatically changed to “F.” Students are responsible for removing incomplete grades from their record. Course Repetition A course may be repeated; however, previous course work will not be removed from students’ records. When a course is repeated, only the last grade earned will be used in the cumulative grade point average. All credits attempted, including repeated courses, will be used in determining satisfactory financial aid progress. Credits will not duplicate for repeated courses. Course Cancellation The college administration reserves the right to cancel any course that appears on a semester class schedule that it deems to have insufficient enrollment. Academic Forgiveness A former DCB student who has not completed a Certificate of Completion, Certificate, Diploma, or Associate Degree and has not attended DCB for four or more years, may request to exclude from GPA calculations all grades earned in selected full quarters or semesters completed at the College prior to the four-year interval. Such courses and grades will remain on students’ academic record, but grades will be excluded from GPA calculations. Excluded courses cannot be used to satisfy any academic requirements. Academic forgiveness may affect eligibility for federal financial aid. Prior academic standing of a student will not change because of Academic forgiveness. A student may exercise this option only once by submitting the academic forgiveness form to the Registrar’s office. If approved credits, honor points, and grades will be excluded from grade point average calculations, but courses and grades will remain on the student’s record. The student will be notified by the Student Services Office the results; this process may take up to four weeks.