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Lamar State College Port Arthur
2016-2017 Catalog
Developmental courses cannot be used to satisfy
degree requirements.

Developmental Education Courses
The courses listed below are Developmental
Education Courses:
1.

MATH 0311 Developmental Mathematics

2.

MATH 0313 Introductory Algebra

3.

MATH 0332 Intermediate Algebra

4.

ENGL 0301 Basic Reading Skills

5.

ENGL 0310 Developmental Writing I

6.

ENGL 0327 Integrated Reading/Writing (IRW)

7.

SSC 101 Individual Instruction Integrated
Reading/Writing (IRW)

8.

SSC 102 Individualized Instruction
Mathematics

Students enrolled in developmental courses are
expected to follow the attendance requirements
outlined in the course syllabus and complete all
assignments and testing. Instructors may drop a
student with a grade of “FD” for failure to follow the
attendance policy, failure to complete assigned work
and/or failure to complete all required testing

Requirements

2.

3.

AD*.................................... Excellent
BD ............................................ Good
CD .............. .................. Satisfactory
DD ............................ Unsatisfactory
FD......................................... Failure
I ...................................... Incomplete
W ....................................Withdrawn
Q ............................. Course Dropped
* ‘D’ indicates a developmental class

Tutoring

The Student Success Center provides tutorial
services, web-based learning systems, computers
and printers for student use and administers makeup exams for all departments.

Attendance

1.

Grade Scale for Developmental
Courses

A student completes a “required developmental
education program” by complying with one of
the following provisions:
a.

Passing the relevant section or sections of
an approved test for TSI purposes.

b.

Passing an approved developmental course
or courses with a grade of “CD” or better.
Students who earn a grade of “CD” or better
will advance to the next level. Students who
earn a “DD” or “FD” must repeat that
course subject to all attendant conditions.

Students
testing
into
any
first-level
developmental courses must be in remediation
in the Student Success Center. The SSC
requirement for any developmental course must
be completed concurrently with that course, or
a grade of “FD” will be issued for the course. See
an advisor for details.
If a student earns a “DD” or “FD” in a
developmental course once and takes it a second
time, the student must be enrolled in EDUC
1300 OR PSYC 1300 (Learning Framework)
concurrently. If a student earns a “DD” or “FD”
in a developmental course the second time,
he/she must be in remediation in the Student
Success Center. See an advisor for details.

Placement

Students who are deficient in any basic skill will be
placed in an appropriate developmental program
designed to remedy the deficiency. Until the
deficiency is eliminated, students may be prohibited
from enrolling in certain credit courses. See
Placement Guidelines, page 17.

Remediation

Students must be continuously enrolled in a
developmental course until they have passed the TSI
or an approved alternative test. A student must
remain in one or more developmental courses until
all TSI testing requirements have been met.
Students may retake an approved test for TSI
purposes with no waiting period to determine their
readiness to perform college level academic
coursework. However, students who do not score
high enough on such a placement test must enroll in
and complete the prescribed developmental course
or sequence of courses. Students who pass
placement tests on this campus during a semester
must fulfill the requirements of the course(s) in
which they are enrolled.
Students who fall into first level of remediation on
the assessment exam must participate in continuous
remediation in the Student Success Center, in
addition to enrolling in the appropriate
developmental course(s).

Repeating a Developmental Course

A student who enrolls for a second time in the same
developmental course must enroll concurrently in
EDUC 1300 and/or the corresponding Student
Success Center lab.

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