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Lamar State College Port Arthur
2017-2018 Catalog
Academic Record Appeals
Students that completed previous coursework at
LSCPA and have a lapse in attendance may appeal
to disregard previous coursework. Students may
appeal to 1) disregard two successive semesters of
coursework or 2) academic credits or grades that
were earned ten or more years prior to the semester
in which enrollment is sought.
Previous Coursework
After an enrollment lapse of four or more years from
Lamar State College Port Arthur, and after
completing successfully (2.2 GPA) twenty four (24)
semester credit hours of work at the College, a
student may petition to disregard a maximum of two
entire successive semesters of work taken previously
at the College. The written petition must be filed
with the Department Chair and follow regular
channels to the appropriate Dean for a final
decision.
Endorsements and/or recommendations shall be
required at each academic level.
When approved by the registrar, disregarded work
shall not count in determining the student’s grade
point average for academic progress or for
graduation; however, it shall remain on the
transcript with an appropriate notation, and it shall
be used in determining honors. Once a degree has
been conferred, a student may not use the academic
appeals procedure for any courses used to award the
degree or calculate the cumulative grade point
average.
the Admissions Office two (2) weeks prior to the
semester the applicant plans to enroll.
Advanced Standing
LSCPA students may earn college credit or
advanced standing by successfully completing
several testing programs. The testing programs
include 1) Advanced Placement by the College
Board, 2) ACT and SAT Scores, 3) Experiential
Credit, 4) College Level Examination Program®, 5)
Credit by Examination and, 6) Transfer of Military
Credit.
Credit through any of the examinations listed in this
section is awarded when the student has completed
a semester at Lamar State College Port Arthur and
has earned an amount of resident credit equal to the
hours earned by examination.
Advanced Placement by the College
Board
Applicants who wish to receive credit for college
level work completed in high school may do so by
submitting their scores on the College Board’s
Advanced Placement Examinations. Testing
arrangement are made by high school counselors.
Subject matter areas and the basis for granting
credits for Advanced Placement courses are as
follows:
Subject Area
Required
Score
Credit Granted
Biology 3 BIOL 1406 & 1407
Calculus AB 3 MATH 2312 & 2413,
or MATH 1324 and
1325, or MATH 2312
& 2313
Calculus BC 3 Math 2312, 2413, &
2414
Under the Academic Fresh Start Policy the
applicant who is a Texas resident may petition
Lamar State College Port Arthur to not consider, in
the admission process, course credits or grades
earned ten (10) years or prior. Chemistry 3 CHEM 1411
Chemistry 4 CHEM 1405 & 1407
Chemistry 5 CHEM 1411 & 1412
3 ECON 2301
Applicants seeking entry under this section 1) will
not receive any credit for courses taken at all
institutions of higher education ten (10) or more
years prior to enrollment, 2) are subject to all
standard admission and testing criteria applicable
to persons seeking admission, 3) are subject to
standard admission and TSI criteria, and 4) when
deciding eligibility for financial aid, LSCPA must
still count all prior course credits earned. Economics-
Macro Economics-Micro 3 ECON 2302
English 3 ENGL 1301
English 4 ENGL 1301 & 1302
Foreign
Language 3 6 hours of foreign
language
Foreign
Literature 4 12 hours of foreign
language
Government 3 GOVT 2305 or 2306
History (U.S.) 3 HIST 1301 or 1302
Academic “Fresh Start”
Applicants seeking admission and who have
academic credits or grades earned ten (10) or more
years prior to the anticipated enrollment may elect
to seek entry under the terms of Academic Fresh
Start Policy, Texas Education Code §51.931.
Applicants seeking admission under the ‘Academic
Fresh Start’ policy must deliver a written request to
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