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42 2020-2021 Catalog—GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CLASSIFICATION OF STUDENTS
Students are classified as follows: Full time—enrolled in
twelve (12) or more units in a regular semester or four (4) or
more units during an inter-session. Part time—enrolled in
less than twelve (12) units during a regular semester or less
than four (4) units during an inter- session. Freshman—one
who has completed less than 30 units; Sophomore—one who
has completed 30 units or more.
CLEARANCE OF OBLIGATIONS
Students or former students are expected to meet financial
obligation due to the District. Pursuant to Title 5, Section
59410, college services such as grades, transcripts, diplomas,
registration privileges or any combination thereof may be
withheld from any student or former student who has not
made satisfactory arrangements to meet his or her finan-
cial obligation to the district. When, in the judgment of the
district, the financial obligation has been satisfied, college
services will be reinstated.
COURSE REPETITION
In the past, students have elected to repeat courses for differ-
ent reasons including alleviating a substandard grade (F, D,
NC, NP) or non-evaluative symbol (W), to improve skills or
to comply with an employer’s requirements. However, due to
changes in regulations (Title 5 and CCCCO), a student’s ability
to repeat a course is now more limited.
Under the new regulations, students will be limited to three
“takes” of a course to alleviate a substandard grade. Previous
enrollments will count toward the total three allowable takes
per course. All substandard grades and withdrawals shall
count toward the three enrollments.
Furthermore, only three types of courses may be repeatable
(regardless of grade), including courses that are designed spe-
cifically for intercollegiate athletics, intercollegiate academic
or vocational competition courses, or courses for which the
repetition of the course is required by a University of Cali-
fornia or California State University. All repeatable courses
are indicated as such in the course description section of this
catalog.
The new regulations also require grouping active participa-
tory courses previously designated as “activities” courses
into “families” and limiting enrollment in courses within the
families to four experiences regardless of grade.
Course families are courses with related content where the
content progresses into levels from one course to the next (Title and Records Office in order to have their academic records
5 §55000) or in which the content is linked around themes.
Areas that are now required to group courses into families are:
Physical Education and Visual and Performing Arts. Listed
below are GCC’s Course Families: (For specific courses in each
family, refer to the course description section of the catalog)
Course Families
ART - Ceramics; Ceramic Hand Building
STUDIO ARTS - 2D Art Foundations; Life Drawing; Oil
Media; Water Media; Printmaking; Special Projects in Studio
Arts; Sculpture; and 3D Design
2 0 2 0 – 2 0 2 1 C ATA L O G • G L E N DA L E C O M M U N I T Y C O L L E G E
DANCE - Ballet Technique; Modern Dance Technique; Jazz
Technique; American Vernacular Dances; Cultural Dance;
Choreographic Studies; Performance Skills; Production Stud-
ies; and Movement for Theatre
MUSIC - Piano; Classical Guitar; Contemporary Guitar;
Voice Training
THEATRE ARTS - Acting; Directing, Playwriting, Manage-
ment; Costume and Makeup; Scenic and Lighting, Techni-
cal Theatre: Stagecraft/Building; Musical Theatre; Theatre
Production-Rehearsal and Performance; Technical Theatre
Production-Running Crew
PHYSICAL EDUCATION/KINESIOLOGY - Adapted P.E.,
Basketball, Cardio Fitness, Cycling, Golf, Martial Arts, Motor
Performance Fitness, Racquet, Soccer/Football, Volleyball
Petitioning for Additional Enrollments
There are exceptions under which a student may be allowed
to enroll in a class to alleviate a substandard grade. Students
may petition to enroll in a class for a third time (second
repeat) by completing the Request for Third Enrollment form.
The student must obtain approvals from the instructor and
division chair. The student must register in person at the
Admissions and Records Office during the first week of a
semester/intersession.
GCC may permit one additional enrollment in the same
credit class for the fourth time, but the student will need to
submit a Petition to Waive College Requirement form (Admis-
sions and Records Office). The petition only allows a student
to repeat a course due to significant lapse of time (3 years)
since the course was last taken, OR when there are specific
documented extenuating circumstances such as flood, fire,
or other extraordinary conditions beyond the student’s
control. No additional units attempted or grade points are
allowed for the repeated course.
For further information on how these new regulations may
affect you, please see your counselor. Information about
the new regulations can be found on the State Chancellor’s
Office website: http://extranet.cccco.edu/Divisions/Legal/
Discrimination.aspx.
In computing the grade-point average of a student who
repeats a course in which a “D’’, “F’’, “NC”, or “NP” grade
was received, the previous grade is disregarded and the new
one is counted in calculation of the student’s GPA if the new
grade is equal to or higher than the original grade. After
satisfactory completion of a course, students should submit a
Request to Count the Higher Grade petition to the Admissions
adjusted. The original grade on the academic record will
not be changed or eradicated.
In some cases, students may also be able to repeat a course
for credit when the student has “used up” the four class experi-
ences within a family. For repeatable courses, a student may
petition to enroll in a course for additional experiences if the
course is determined to be legally mandated (i.e. First Aid),
required to meet industry standards, or due to extenuating
circumstances (Per Title 5 § 55040 (8) & (9), and § 55045).