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Student Attendance
Students have the responsibility to attend classes regularly and apply themselves to the college classes in which they are enrolled. When you have been absent due to illness, you should explain the absence(s) to your instructor. No credit will be given for a class in which a student is not officially enrolled. Students who do not attend the first meeting of each class in which they are registered may be dropped from the class. However, it is the student’s responsibility to officially drop any class they stop attending or do not attend. Instructors may also drop students who have missed class for an equivalent of two or more weeks of instruction.
CATALOG
www.bakersfieldcollege.edu/catalog Administration Building | (661) 395-4305
Catalogs explain the BC academic programs, requirements for admission and the various support services available on campus. Remember, for graduation and degree requirements, students must refer to their appropriate catalog depending on their year of catalog rights. If a student wishes to use a current catalog they may do so as well.
Catalog Rights
BC students have the right to elect to meet graduation requirements in effect during the academic year of first enrollment or at the time of graduation. To maintain catalog rights to graduation requirements, a student must remain in continuous enrollment at Bakersfield College or within the Kern Community College District.
This means the student must earn a grade of A, B, C, D, F, NP, P, I, IP, RD or W in at least one course each academic year. For the purposes of continuous enrollment, an academic year begins with the summer semester and includes the following fall and spring terms.
Petitions for exceptions should be initiated in the Counseling Department. Catalog rights apply only to Bakersfield College graduation and program requirements. If other institutions change their requirements for entrance, graduation, satisfaction of general education patterns, or in other ways, it may be necessary for the student to meet the new requirements upon transfer, even if continuous enrollment has been maintained.
GRADUATION
www.bakersfieldcollege.edu/admissions/graduation-requirements Administration Building | (661) 395-4305
Associate Degree Guidelines
The Associate Degree requires 60 degree applicable or transfer level units. Multiple degrees may be awarded when all general education requirements and major requirements are satisfied.
The 60 units include the following types of courses:
1. General Education Courses
2. BC Major Courses
3. Elective courses, if needed to reach 60 units
Additional Graduation Requirements:
✓ Multicultural Course
✓ Educational planning courses, recommended first semester: STDV B1, STDV B2, STDV B6 ✓ A Cumulative GPA of 2.0 is required on all degree applicable units.
✓ Students must complete Graduation Competencies that include the following:
➢ English: English B1a with a minimum grade of "C"
➢ Math: 2 years of high school algebra OR Math BD OR MATH B70, with a minimum grade of "C" or an
equivalent score on the placement/assessment (students will be required to complete an appropriate
mathematics course listed in the general education pattern). ✓ BC offers five types of Degrees
1. Associate in Arts (18-24 units major preparation)
2. Associate in Science (24-30 units major preparation) 3. Associate of Arts for Transfer (AA-T)
4. Associate of Science for Transfer (AS-T)
5. Bachelor of Science (BS)
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