Career/Vocational Goals
In addition to the General Education Goals, the career/vocational
degreeprogramsatVolunteerState,althoughdiverseinintent,share
a set of career/vocational goals with expected outcomes.
As these goals are achieved in the individual career/vocational
degree curricula, the degree of student success is measured
against a set of expected outcomes. Upon successful completion
of a two-year degree in a career education program, students
will have demonstrated the ability to:
- Exhibit knowledge of the basic foundations and theories
that are directly or indirectly related to functions of
a particular career
- Master the terminology used in their particular career
- Conform to rules and regulations of applicable boards
and agencies
- Recognize and conform to the ethical and professional
standards of conduct expected in the selected career
- Identify and make informed decisions about career options
within a program of study
- Master the skills and technology needed to perform the
duties of their particular career
- Develop and apply problem-solving and decision-making
skills
Graduation
All students must complete the general requirements as prescribed
by the College, take the required general education assessment
or theprogramassessment,andmeetspecificrequirementssetforthfor
the associate degree sought. A student who has completed
the required residence at Vol State and who lacks no more
than six semester hours, or two courses, toward completion
of degree requirements may earn these additional credits
by acceptable correspondence or extension work, or by residence
at another approved institution. Students planning to graduate
at the end of Spring or Summer semester should file an intent
to graduate by completing an Application for Graduation
by October 31. Students graduating at theendofFallsemestershouldfileanApplicationforGraduationby
March 31.
GraduationexercisesareheldonlyattheendoftheSpringSemester.
Students who anticipate completing their work at this time,
whose grade point average is sufficient for graduation,
and whose names appear on the official graduation roster,
may take part in the gradu-ationexercises.StudentswhocompletetheirworkinaSummerTerm
may participate in Spring graduation during the same year.
Deferred Graduation
A student is ordinarily allowed to graduate under the requirements
of the Catalog of the year in which he/she enters the College.
If a student begins work on a degree and fails to complete
the requirements, he/ she must, after five years from the
date he/she entered, reorganize his degree plan to conform
to the current catalog. Time spent on active military duty
is not considered a part of the five-year period.
Graduation With Distinction
Degree students who have fulfilled all graduation requirements
and who have completed a minimum of 30 semester hours at Vol
State are eligible for designation as honor graduates. Honors
are determined by using the student’s cumulative quality
point average at the beginning of the final semester at Vol
State. (In computing averages for honors, the grades of the
final semester of the graduation term will not be included.)
Only collegiate level courses will be used to determine eligibility
for graduation honors.
3.800-4.00 summa cum laude 3.600-3.799 magna cum laude
3.300-3.599 cum laude
Transfer students must have a minimum of 30 semester hours
at Vol State and the required cumulative quality point average
on all course work taken at Volunteer State to be eligible
for graduation with distinction. Transfer course grades
are not used to calculate graduation honors.
Student Right to Know Act
The following information is provided incompliance with
thef ederal Student Right-to-Know (SRTK) and Campus Security
Act of 1990, which requires all institutions of higher education
to disclose information about program completion. The graduation
and transfer-outratesareprovidedforallfirst-timefull-timestudentswhofirst
enrolledatVolunteerStateCommunityCollegeduringthefall1999
semester. The graduation rate includes all students who
completed a certificate or associate degree in three years
or less of initial enrollment at the institution. The transfer-out
rate represents students transferring to another Tennessee
public higher education institution. The graduation rate
for full-time students first enrolled fall 1999 and graduating
by August 2002 was 11.5%. The transfer-out rate was 21.7%.
The combined graduation and transfer-out rate was 33.2%.
Additional information concerning completion rates of students
may be obtained from the Office of Institutional Effectiveness,
Research, Planning and Assessment.
Statistics for all crimes are published and distributed
to employees and students on an annual basis, in the time
frames required by Federal/State law, and are available
to applicants for enrollment or employment upon request
from the Department of Public Safety (452-8600,ext3595or230-3595).
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