Frequently Asked Questions - Instruction

Yes, EMT courses are listed as those that can apply to those 12 credits.  The EMT sequence 151 and 152 are typically offered every Fall and Winter terms.  The EMT Advanced courses have not been approved by the statewide consortium as of yet so it will not be added to the list in the 12-13 catalog.  Yes, you could also apply those credits to an AGS but please check with your advisor to develop a cluster of courses that would satisfy the requirements.

Within a week of the first day of the term in which you enroll for an individual music lesson section, the instructor will attempt to contact you by the phone number or email address in your college record to arrange lesson times.   In future terms, the class schedule will include contact information for the instructor in a note connected to the class listing. 

The instructor for MUP174-E1 in spring 2012, Denise Reed, can be reached at 503-325-3602.

Our Spanish language courses for the summer are still being finalized.  An update will be posted soon indicating what will be offered.  

GED Transcripts are held by different organizations based on where the GED Tests were administered.  To obtain your transcript, call or mail your request directly to the local GED testing center where you took your tests.

You can find contact information for local testing centers at

http://www2.acenet.edu/resources/ged/center_locator.cfm .

For West Virginia, you can also contact the state's GED Administrator:

Debra Kimbler
West Virginia Department of Education
GED Office
Capitol Complex, Building 6, Room 250
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Charleston, WV 25305-0330
Phone 1: (304) 558-6315
Phone 2: (800) 642-2670
Fax: (304) 558-4874

GED Administrators for other states can be found at

http://www.acenet.edu/Content/NavigationMenu/ged/test/admin.htm

Tankerman courses are being scheduled now for future terms.  

Please contact Toni Middleton at 503-325-7962 or at tmiddleton@clatsopcc.edu to get the exact dates.

If you are interested in First year Spanish, a class will be offered this spring term.  Please check the spring academic schedule on My CCC to register online or for questions please call Student Services please call 503-338-2411.

Clatsop Community College offers non credit Adult Basic Education courses.

Adult Basic Education (ABE) instruction is for students who wish to improve their basic reading, writing, and math skills. Students attend these classes for a variety of reasons, from increasing their workplace skills to fulfilling a desire to raise  their personal educational level.  Click here for more information.

Yes there will be Spanish Language classes in 2012. The Winter and Spring term schedules both include Spanish courses. Spanish courses will also be part of the 2012-2013 academic year. That year-long schedule will be developed in the early months of 2012.

While Clatsop does not have a certificate or degree program in Music, there are several courses offered by the College in the area of music. For example, adjunct faculty member David Drury offer guitar lessons at the College. We also have a Music Appreciation course (MUS 105) which counts towards the Arts and Letter distribution requirement for the Associate of Arts, Oregon Transfer (AAOT) and the Associate of Science, Oregon Transfer in Business (ASOT-Bus). 

Additionally, the College enjoys a long-standing partnership with several community arts organizations, including the North Coast Chorale and the North Coast Symphonic Band. Participants in both the Chorale and Band can enroll in Music courses in Group Voice, Woodwind, Brass, and Percussion. 

Recently the College added offering voice lessons to its curriculum.

Adjunct faculty at Clatsop are a vital resource for student learning. As such, we typically require equivalent qualifications as our full-time faculty (Masters in the subject to be taught, appropriate work and/or teaching experience) who teach in the same area.

We offer an orientation for new adjunct faculty. We also invite adjunct faculty to participate in any trainings that are scheduled for the teaching faculty (both full-time and adjunct). While not required, these services are valuable resources for adjunct faculty at the College.

To get started, anyone interested in teaching at Clatsop Community College should review our position opportunities. Most adjunct faculty teaching areas are listed as "open until filled" enabling anyone interested in teaching in that subject the ability to apply and therefore express the availability. To review the list of current openings please click here and then follow the directions listed under "Part-time (Adjunct) Faculty Positions Available".

Yes.  Clatsop Community College offers American Sign Language - ASL 101, ASL 102, ASL 103 each year, and ASL 201 as needed.  You may register for these courses online as you would any other course. 

On the GED page of our website, near the bottom, are two links that give instructions as to how to get GED scores. 

Which link to select depends on whether the student knows his/her GED Access code or not.  Both of these procedures are limited for those students who have tested in Oregon.

GED test scores for all tests except Writing are scored the same day and those scores can be obtained by calling George Heiner at 503-338-2347, or Lurayne Smith at 503-338-2426. If they are not available you can leave a message and they will return your call.

The general description of the content of a course is found either in the online college catalog or a particular term's online schedule of sections by clicking on the course name.  This description applies to all sections of the course and all instructors of the course during a specified academic year.

The schedule also lists the textbook(s) needed for the section.

For information about what a particular section of a course requires beyond the course description, request from the instructor of the section the syllabus, which provides a general schedule of assignments, tests, grading criteria, and other requirements.  This is usually available the first meeting of the section.  For answers to questions about these requirements before the syllabus is available, contact the instructor by phone or email before the first meeting.

Specific credit courses in photography can be found in the searchable on-line schedule.

Introduction to Probability & Statistics [descriptive statistics] (MTH243) is scheduled winter term 2012 MWF 2:00PM-3:45PM.  When winter term registration is opened, the section identifier is MTH243-D1 (CRNs are no longer used for registration).  MTH243 is a 4 credit course.

Introduction to Probability & Statistics [inferential statistics] (MTH244) is scheduled spring term 2012 MWF 2:00PM-3:45PM.  When spring term registration is opened, the section identifier is MTH244-D1 (CRNs are no longer used for registration).  MTH244 is a 4 credit course.

Intro: Probability & Statistcs

View degree and certificate course lists in our online catalog.

Credit by examination is a method for awarding credit enabling a student to proceed through an established program in accordance with the student's present ability and knowledge.  To ensure that a student taking an examination has achieved at the same level as any other student completing the course, the following conditions have been set forth for gaining credit through examination:

1. A student must be enrolled in a diploma or degree program before a credit by examination petition (challenge) can be initiated.  Exceptions may be granted by the Vice President Instruction.
2. A student must submit a formal application, obtained from Melissa McLeod in the Office of the VP of Instruction.
3. The application must be approved by the Vice President of Instruction, the student's advisor, and the instructor who will administer the examination.  Only when these three signatures have been obtained will Student Services Center/Registration accept the first 50% of the course tuition and issue a receipt.  The examination will not be administered until the petition is fully signed and receipted by Student Services Center/Registration staff.
4. A student may elect to challenge a course in which he/she is currently enrolled, provided the class is formally dropped prior to the beginning of the fourth week of classes.  Courses in which the student has previously enrolled and received a grade may not be challenged.
5. A student may not challenge more than 24 credit hours, and credits earned through examination cannot be counted for the degree completion requirement of  “complete at least 24 credits at Clatsop Community College”. A maximum of 6 credits, taken by exam, may be in cooperative work experience.
6. The academic department of the College offering the instruction in the challenged course will be responsible for the formulation, administration, and compilation of the results of the equivalency test in accordance with other provisions of this policy.  The examination may be either oral, written, performance, or a combination of these methods of evaluation.  Under no circumstances will the requirement for credit by examination exceed the pre-established criteria for the course.
7. Examination for course credit may be taken only once.  If successful, the student will pay the second 50% of the course tuition and will receive the grade of pass and the letter "P" will be entered upon the transcript.  If unsuccessful, the student will receive a "N/C" on the transcript.  Credits so earned will not be calculated in the student's GPA.

Please refer to the college catalog under “Credit by Examination” for further information or call the Office of the VP of Instruction at 503-338-2440.

A student usually initiates a request for a course not in the current schedule of classes by consulting with an instructor who typically teaches the course.  Occasionally an instructor will offer reading and conference to students when a class has too few students to run as a class. 

In either case, it is the instructor's prerogative to agree to teach the R&C.  If the instructor agrees that circumstances warrant an R&C, the instructor and the student(s) will develop a contract outlining the terms of the R&C.  Then the instructor submits the necessary paperwork to the Curriculum Specialist, Carol Bone (Tow ler 110A, 503-338-2458).

After the proposal is approved by the instructor's supervisor, copies are returned to the instructor and the student.  The Curriculum Specialist will create an RC section in the course management system. 

The student takes her or his copy of the signed form to the Student Services Center and registers for the course.