Lamar State College Port Arthur 2016-17 Catalog

Lamar State College Port Arthur 2016-2017 Catalog to seek entry under the terms of Academic Fresh Start Policy, Texas Education Code §51.931. Subject Area 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. English 3 ENGL 1301 Foreign Language 3 6 hours of foreign language Government (U.S.) 3 GOVT 2305 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. History (U.S.) 3 HIST 1301 or 1302 Psychology 3 PSYC 2301 Statistics 3 PSYC 2317 Applicants seeking admission under the ‘Academic Fresh Start’ policy must deliver a written request to the Admissions Office two (2) weeks prior to the semester the applicant plans to enroll. Lamar State College Port Arthur awards college credit for successful performance in these examination programs: College Board Advanced Placement (AP) Program, College Level Examination Program (CLEP), ACT, and SAT I tests. Credit through any of the examinations listed in this section is awarded when the student has completed an enrollment term at Lamar State College Port Arthur and has earned an amount of resident credit equal to the hours earned by examination. By law, students may receive only three semester credit hours of credit in U.S. history and three semester credit hours credit in government through credit by examination. 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 c redits for Advanced Placement courses are as follows: 2 Required Score English 3 BIOL 1406 & 1407 Chemistry 3 CHEM 1411 Chemistry 3 CHEM 1405 & 1407 Economics-Macro 3 ECON 2301 Economics-Micro 3 ECON 2302 Score 28 Usage/Mech 14 Rhet Skills 14 English 30 Usabe/Mefh 15 Rhet Skills 15 Mathematics 26 Pre-algebra 14 Algebra/Geometry 13 Geometry / Trigonometry 13 Mathematics Credit Granted Biology Credit Granted Credit is awarded for most CLEP subject examinations. A list of subjects for which credit can be awarded and required minimum scores is available from the Admission and Records Office or the Vice President for Academic Affairs. Credit will not be awarded for the CLEP General Examinations. Credit will be granted in composition, government, history and mathematics for students presenting the following minimum ACT Standard Scores: ACT Standard Credit by Examination Subject Area Required Score Pre-algebra 15 or Algebra / Geometry 14 Geometry / Trigonometry 14 Reading Social Studies Semester Credit Hours Page 22 of 130 28 28-29 15 LSCPA Course SCH 2 ENGL 1301 3 ENGL 1301 & 1302 6 MATH 1332 3 MATH 1332 & 1314 6 MATH 1332 & 1324 HIST 1301 or 1302 3

Lamar State College Port Arthur 2016-17 Catalog | Page 23