Academic Success Center
"Supporting Academic Excellence"
According
to Board of Regents policies, "All non-traditional freshmen must be
screened for placement in learning support courses using the CPE or
COMPASS administered by a University System institution and must meet
University System criteria for exemption or exit of learning support in
reading, English, and mathematics. As an alternative, an institution may
allow non-traditional freshmen who have within the past seven years
posted SAT scores of at least 500 in both Verbal and Mathematics or ACT
scores of at least 21 on both English and Mathematics to exempt the CPE/COMPASS
placement test."
The
purpose of the Learning Support Program is to provide students who have
been admitted with inadequate skills in reading, composition, and/or
mathematics the opportunity to develop those skills to entry-level
competency for regular freshman credit hours.
If results of the placement tests reflect a need for assistance
in developing academic skills of those who qualify for admission,
students will be enrolled in a portion or in all of the Learning Support
curriculum.
Learning
Support courses carry institutional credit but not credit toward a
degree. Except for Hope
scholarship calculations, institutional credit is not used in computing
grade point averages. If
the diagnostic tests so indicate, a student may be allowed to enroll in
one or more college-level courses for degree credit concurrently with
Learning Support courses. The
student's first obligation, however, is to satisfy Learning Support
requirements, and a student may not accumulate more than twenty (20)
hours of degree-credit before completing Learning Support requirements.
Students'
progress will be assessed periodically, and they may move out of
Learning Support courses at the end of any semester, provided
satisfactory levels of proficiency have been reached.
Students have a maximum of three semesters to exit an area of
Learning Support (since the math area has two courses, students have a
maximum of two semesters in Math 0097).
A Learning Support student who does not complete requirements for
an area in three semesters (two semesters for Math 0097), will be placed
on dismissal.
Any
student placed on LS dismissal who is in the exit-level course and still in only one area of Learning
Support may appeal for up to two additional attempts. A
departmental appeal committee will individually evaluate the student and
the decision will be based upon the student’s prior record and
likelihood of success in completing requirements. If granted the
additional course attempt, the student may take only the required
learning support course unless the department approves additional course
work (Additional
Semester Appeal Form). Alternately, a Learning Support student who is placed on
dismissal for failure to exit Learning Support may apply for readmission
as a transfer student after satisfying Learning Support requirements and
completing thirty hours of college-level work with a minimum GPA of 2.0.
A Learning Support student who enrolls at another institution before
completing Learning Support requirements at Georgia Southern may apply
for readmission as a transfer student after satisfying Learning Support
requirements and completing thirty hours of college-level work with
a minimum GPA of 2.0.
Students
may carry a maximum of 15 hours (including any Learning Support courses)
except in their third semester when they are limited to 12 hours.
Learning
Support students will be assigned an advisor in the Academic Success
Center and must see this advisor for drop/add and registration (even if
the student has declared a major).
Students
are not allowed to drop any required Learning Support classes.
The only way a student can withdraw from a required Learning
Support course is to withdraw from school.
Students
who apply for or receive financial aid and who are enrolled as Learning
Support students will receive the same consideration and awards as any
other student.
The Academic Success Center is located on the second floor of Cone Hall across the pedestrium from Hollis and Rosenwald.
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This page is maintained by Janet O'Brien
Last updated: 1/15/08
Send questions and comments to asc@georgiasouthern.edu