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ALABAMA SOUTHERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Catalog and Student Handbook

2016 – 2017

Alabama Southern Community College
is accredited by the
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
to award associate degrees and certificates.
Contact the Commission on Colleges at:
1866 Southern Lane
Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097
or call 404-679-4500 for questions
about the accreditation of
Alabama Southern Community College.
The Associate Degree and Practical Nursing programs are approved by the Alabama Board of Nursing.
The Associate Degree Nursing program is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in
Nursing and/or ACEN, 3343 Peachtree Road NW, Suite 850, Atlanta, GA 30326, P: [phone].
Member of
American Association of Junior and Community Colleges
and
Alabama Community College Association
Monroeville Thomasville Gilbertown
P.O. Box 2000 (36461) P.O. Box 2000 P.O. Box 2000
2800 South Alabama Avenue 30755 Hwy. 43 South 251 College Street
Monroeville, AL 36460 Thomasville, AL 36784 Gilbertown, AL 36908

Jackson LifeTech Institute
P.O. Box 2000 2117 Bashi Road
235 College Avenue Thomasville, AL 36784
Jackson, AL 36545

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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
In accordance with the official policy of the Alabama Community College System Board of Trustees, Alabama Southern
Community College is committed to equal opportunity in employment and education. No person is excluded from participation
in, denied the benefits of, or subjected to discrimination under any program, activity, or employment on the grounds of race,
color, disability, sex, religion, creed, national origin, or age. Alabama Southern complies with non-discrimination regulations
under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended (20 U.S.C., subsections 1681-1683, 1685-1686), which prohibit
discrimination on the basis of sex; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (20 U.S.C. subsection 794), which
prohibits discrimination on the basis of disabilities; Title IX, Section 106.8, which provides protection against acts of sexual
harassment; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; and the Campus Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990 (Title II of
Public Law 101-542). Alabama Southern Community College also complies with The Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1989 (P.L. 100-
690). Inquiries concerning Title VI, Title VII, Title IX, ADA, and/or Section 504 may be directed to the following:
Dr. Melissa Haab
Dean of Students
2800 South Alabama Avenue
Monroeville, AL 36460
Phone: [phone]
Alabama Southern Community College observes all provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (Public
Law 93-380), commonly known as the Buckley Amendment.
NOTE:
This Catalog becomes effective Fall 2016. Alabama Southern Community College reserves the rights to correct, alter, amend, or
modify any item contained in the College Catalog & Student Handbook as necessary to achieve factual accuracy. Possible
changes include, but are not limited to, academic requirements for graduation. Although changes may be made without actual
notice to individual students, an effort will be made to keep students advised of such changes through publication in semester
schedules and other printed or electronic materials. Information on changes will also be available in the Student Development
Office and/or the Office of Academic Affairs. Each student should assume responsibility for keeping informed regarding academic
regulations, requirements, and/or changes.
Statements presented in this catalog are for information purposes only and do not represent the basis of a contract between a
student and Alabama Southern Community College.
Although the publisher of this catalog has made every reasonable effort to attain factual accuracy herein, no responsibility is
assumed for editorial, clerical, or printing errors or error occasioned by honest mistake. All information contained in this catalog
is subject to change by the appropriate officials of Alabama Southern Community College without prior notice.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
COLLEGE CALENDAR .......................................................................................................................................................................... 4
THE COLLEGE ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
ADMISSION TO COLLEGE ................................................................................................................................................................. 10
FINANCIAL INFORMATION .............................................................................................................................................................. 16
SUPPORT SERVICES ......................................................................................................................................................................... 31
ACADEMIC POLICIES ........................................................................................................................................................................ 38
PROGRAMS OF STUDY .................................................................................................................................................................... 50
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS ................................................................................................................................................................... 78
CONTINUING EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES .............................................................................................................. 108
ADMINISTRATION, FACULTY, AND STAFF ..................................................................................................................................... 113
STUDENT HANDBOOK ................................................................................................................................................................... 120

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CALENDAR 2016 – 2017
Fall Semester 2016
August 17 – 18 Registration for Fall Semester
August 22 Fall Semester Classes Begin
August 22 – 24 Drop/Add Period
September 5 College Closed – Labor Day Holiday
September 26 Midterm for Mini-Term Classes
October 17 Midterm for Full Term Classes
October 20 Last Day of Mini-Term Classes
October 24 – 27 Final Exams for Mini-Term Classes
November 11 College Closed – Veteran’s Day
November 15 Priority Pre-Registration for Sophomores
November 16 Priority Pre-Registration for Freshmen
November 21 – 25 Thanksgiving Holidays for Students
November 24 – 25 College Closed – Thanksgiving Holidays
December 9 Last Day of Full Term Classes
December 12 – 16 Final Exams for Full Term Classes
December 23 – 30 College Closed – Christmas Holidays
Spring Semester 2017
January 2 College Closed – State Holiday
January 4 Registration for Spring Semester
January 9 Spring Semester Classes Begin
January 9 – 10 Drop/Add Period
January 16 College Closed – Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
February 13 Midterm for Mini-Term Classes
February 27 – 28 Student Holidays
March 6 Midterm for Full Term Classes
March 9 Last Day of Mini-Term Classes
March 13 – 16 Final Exams for Mini-Term Classes
March 27 – 31 Spring Break for Faculty and Students
April 11 Priority Pre-Registration for Sophomores
April 12 Priority Pre-Registration for Freshmen
April 14 College Closed – Local Holiday
May 2 Last Day of Full Term Classes
May 3 – 9 Final Exams for Full Term Classes
May 11 Graduation
Summer Semester 2017
May 22 Registration for Summer Semester
May 24 Summer Semester Classes Begin
May 24 – 25 Drop/Add Period
May 29 College Closed – Memorial Day Holiday
June 5 Mini-Term Registration
June 7 Mini-Term Classes Begin
June 28 Midterm for Full Term Classes
July 4 College Closed – July 4th Holiday
July 26 Last Day to Withdraw With a “W”
July 31 Last Day of Classes for Full Term and Mini-Term
August 1 – 3 Final Exams for Full Term and Mini-Term Classes

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INTRODUCTION

Alabama Southern Community College (Alabama Southern)
is a multi-campus, comprehensive community college
located in the most rural southwest portion of the state of
Alabama. Alabama Southern’s students commute mostly
from five extremely rural counties that include Choctaw,
Clarke, Marengo, Monroe, and Wilcox counties. This area
accounts for approximately 5,000 square miles of mostly
forest and farms and represents 10% of Alabama’s land

area. Also, the area population density per square miles is
only 18.7 residents compared to 94.7 and 88.6 for the state
of Alabama and the United States respectively.
HISTORY AND ACCREDITATION
The Alabama State Board of Education through the ASCC LOCATIONS
consolidation of Patrick Henry State Junior College and
Hobson State Technical College created Alabama Southern
Community College on August 22, 1991. Alabama Southern Alabama Southern Community College has five locations
Community College was fully accredited by the Commission within its service area to meet the needs of its students and
on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and the communities that it serves.
Schools (SACS) on June 19, 1992, and reaffirmed in 1995 and
Monroeville Campus
2006.
Act No. 93 of the Alabama Legislature in 1963 created each The Monroeville campus is the parent campus of the College
of the original colleges. Both colleges began classes in fall and houses offices for the executive administration.
1965. According to the Alabama Public Higher Education Facilities
Inventory Report, the Monroeville campus has a total of
Patrick Henry was initially accredited by the Southern
nine buildings with 90,404 square feet of gross building area
Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Commission on
for academic and technical programs which supports the
Colleges in December 1970, and was reaffirmed in
mission of the College. The Associate Degree Nursing
December 1974 and again in December 1985. Hobson State
Program is unique to the Monroeville campus of the
was initially accredited by SACS Commission on
College.
Occupational Education Institutions in December 1972 and
was reaffirmed in December 1977, in December 1982, in The Monroeville campus library offers state-of-the-art
December 1987, and in December 1992. research resources and is also home to the Southwest
Alabama Regional Arts Museum. The library building also
houses an authorized Pearson-Vue Testing Center, a Student
ALABAMA SOUTHERN AREA LAND AND
Success Center, and Student Support Services.
POPULATION DENSITY
Percentage The College’s intercollegiate athletic programs are housed
of total Population
on the Monroeville campus and include a gymnasium for
Square Alabama density per
men’s and women’s basketball, a softball complex, and a
Description miles land area square mile
baseball complex. In addition, the College’s outdoor
Choctaw County 920.85 2.0 15.0
facilities include a tennis complex which has eight lighted
Clarke County 1,252.51 3.0 21.0 courts for student and public use. The College also has a
Marengo County 982.85 21.0 21.0 scenic bike/pedestrian walking trail on the western side of
the Campus which is approximately 1.2 miles long and
Monroe County 1,034.53 22.0 22.0
connects the Monroeville campus with the Monroe County
Wilcox County 907.46 13.0 13.0
High School campus. Students from both institutions and
AREA 5,098.20 10.0 18.7 the public are able to enjoy this walking trail, which is
Alabama 52,419 94.7 owned by Alabama Southern Community College.
United States 9,826,675 88.6

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A 900-seat auditorium is located on the campus which provides adult education and technical training for early
serves the cultural needs of both the College and the release parolees from the Alabama prison system. The
community. The auditorium is equipped with state-of-the- LifeTech Institute provides this non-credit technical training
art sound, lighting, and broadband wireless Internet to to early release parolees in order to mitigate prison
support conferences, musicals, and theater productions for overcrowding in the State. The LifeTech Institute consists of
the College and the community. With Monroe County two buildings with approximately 25,590 gross square feet.
designated by the Alabama Legislature as the Literary The Administrative/Classroom building contains
Capital of Alabama, Nettles Auditorium is the focal point of administrative offices, faculty offices, classrooms, and
the College’s annual Alabama Writers Symposium which computer labs. The Technical Building houses training labs
began in 1998 with the recognition of local writers such as for teaching Welding, Building Construction – Carpentry,
Nell Harper Lee and her famous novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Building Construction – Painting and Drywall, Building
Construction – Masonry, Small Engine Repair, Horticulture,
Thomasville Campus and Industrial Maintenance.

The Thomasville campus contains approximately 95,476 Jackson Center
gross square feet of space in thirteen buildings as shown on
the Alabama Public Higher Education Facilities Inventory The Jackson center, located in Jackson, Alabama, consists of
Report. The campus houses several technical programs two classrooms, a computer lab, and an administrative
unique to the College including Practical Nursing, office provided by the Clarke County Board of Education in
Cosmetology, and Paper and Chemical Technology. The the Jackson Middle School. The center is in a separate wing
National Science Foundation designated National Center for of Jackson Middle School and has been renovated and is
Pulp and Paper Technology Training is officially housed on maintained by the College. A limited number of academic
the Thomasville campus. Actual paper making laboratories university transfer courses are taught at the center along
are located in building 7000 where students receive hands- with adult education classes.
on experience with the high technology that drives today’s
paper industry. Workforce Development Center
The Thomasville campus library offers state-of-the-art
The Workforce Development Center located in Monroeville
research resources and is also home to the Kathryn Tucker
near the Monroeville campus, consists of approximately 17
Windham Museum. The museum, housed in the College's
acres of land located on the Highway 21 Bypass with a large
library building, takes visitors through Ms. Windham's early
building that was used for distribution of goods by Vanity
childhood in Thomasville, her career as a journalist and her
Fair, Inc. and a small storage building inside a security fence.
rise to national attention as a storyteller.
The approximately 75,000-square-foot building was
The Thomasville campus also houses a regional center of purchased in 2010 from Vanity Fair, Inc. after the
the Alabama Technology Network which is part of the manufacturing operations were moved to another
Alabama Community College System. The Alabama country. The building will be primarily used to expand the
Technology Network Center provides training and business technical programming in the Monroeville campus area as
solutions for the existing businesses and industries in the well as promote economic development in the region.
College’s service area.
The College has begun renovating the building and currently
teaches dual enrollment welding classes in the facility.
Gilbertown Campus
Dual Enrollment
The Gilbertown campus includes two buildings which
contain approximately 13,081 gross square feet of space as
Alabama Southern Community College offers dual
shown on the Alabama Public Higher Education Facilities
enrollment welding programs at Thomasville High School in
Inventory Report. The Gilbertown campus is supported by
Thomasville, Alabama and Wilcox Central High School in
an administration/classroom building and a library/adult
Camden, Alabama. In addition, the College offers academic
education building. Academic university transfer courses as
university transfer dual enrollment courses at Thomasville
well as a limited number of technical programs are
High School and Jackson High School in Jackson, Alabama.
offered on the Gilbertown campus.
Distance Education
LifeTech Institute Campus
Alabama Southern Community College also provides
The LifeTech Institute, a non-credit prison education
distance education opportunities to students as part of a
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formal asynchronous educational process using the Priority III: Instructional Services
Internet. Some of the specific technologies that the College
A. Faculty – Improve the quality of activities available
uses to enhance student learning are the Canvas Learning
to faculty and staff to promote professional growth
Management System, ASCC Online, and Eagle Alert
and improve performance.
emergency notification system. All students taking online
courses are required to use Canvas as their Learning B. Programs – Maintain the content, quality,
Management System. Traditional students also use the effectiveness, and appropriateness of the
Canvas LMS. It can be accessed from the front page of the curriculum in academic degree programs and
Alabama Southern Community College website. certificates.
Priority IV: Learning Resources
MISSION
A. Technology – Provide technology resources for
students that enhance learning, meet the
instructional needs of faculty, and the
Alabama Southern Community College provides
administrative needs of staff.
comprehensive educational opportunities and services in
diverse learning environments to enhance community and B. Library Services – Maintain qualified staff and
economic development for the citizens of southwest ensure adequate learning informational resources
Alabama. are provided to students through diverse methods
of delivery.
PRIORITIES AND STRATEGIES
Priority V: Physical and Financial Resources
A. Physical – Operate and maintain physical facilities
The priorities of Alabama Southern Community College are:
that are appropriate for the institution’s needs,
Priority I: Student Access which also provide a healthy, safe, and secure
environment for all college constituents.
A. Distance Education – Provide access to high quality
instruction and support services through distance B. Financial – Make effective use of financial
education and ensure that the learning resources required to operate programs and
environment is comparable to the traditional provide services in order to demonstrate financial
formal educational process without the need for stability and accountability.
students to be in a specific location at a set time.
Priority VI: College-Wide Enhancement
B. Dual Enrollment/Accelerated High School Programs
A. Internal Communication – Provide information in a
– Provide early exposure to the college learning
timely fashion through publications and internal
environment to eligible high school students in
channels to enhance communications and
general education and career technical programs.
knowledge of the college’s practices and policies.
C. Partnerships – Increase the opportunities for
B. Marketing – Maximize the use of all outlets of
articulated transfer programs with university
advertising and media to ensure accurate
partners.
representation of the College’s practices and
D. Financial Assistance – Provide students with policies
assistance and information concerning federal,
C. Institutional Effectiveness – Maintain a structured,
state, local, and institutional financial aid
institution-wide planning and evaluation process to
opportunities.
include student learning and departmental
Priority II: Student Success outcomes which provide evidence of continuous
improvement based on evaluation of results.
A. Support Services – Promote student development
and academic support programs, services, and D. Quality Enhancement Plan – Provide resources for
activities to enhance student learning and the development and implementation of the
development. college’s quality enhancement plan
B. Achievement – Strengthen and improve services to Priority VII: Community and Economic Development
students to address identified student needs and A. Workforce Development – Provide academic and
establish a solid foundation for success in future
technical skills training that increases access to
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employment, career advancement, and support
local economic needs.
B. Continuing Education – Provide educational and
skills training to promote the personal enrichment
and development of individuals within the
community.
C. Community Outreach – Provide programs and
services that enhance the quality of life and foster
the academic and cultural development of
members within the college community.
D. Adult Education – Provide adult basic education to
create a learning workforce in a knowledge-based
economy.

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