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1 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENTC ollege Catalog 2017-20183 CONGRATULATIONS! You have made one of the most important decisions of yourlife by deciding to attend college and invest in yourself. Your education will prepareyou for unexpected opportunities that come your way. I am thrilled you have chosenReynolds Community College as part of your educational journey. Let me tell have the distinct benefit of learning from our outstanding faculty who willteach you the knowledge and skills to excel both inside and outside the faculty members are an amazing resource for you. Many are heavily involvedin national professional associations and local career networks for their particularsubject or industry, and still work in the field. Ask them questions. Take their are your number-one cheerleaders and want to help you succeed at Reynoldsand beyond the you are in class, look to your right and to your left. You will be sitting besidestudents from all backgrounds, and of all ages.

2 Reynolds is proud to count studentsfrom more than 80 nations! Community college campuses offer a rich diversityof upbringings and opinions. Reynolds continues to reaffirm and improve itscommitment to diversity and inclusion. Your peers represent a wonderful variety ofpeople to learn alongside. Some are right out of high school, many are mid-career,and others are seasoned, professional business owners; you have a tremendousamount of talent and experience to benefit from in class every have also chosen to join Reynolds at an exciting time. While the cost of atraditional four-year education continues to go up and up, community collegesmaintain a firm commitment to providing an affordable, high-quality pathwayto degree attainment and the workforce. Your experience here will give you the tools to pursue your dream job, provide the creditsneeded to transfer to a four-year university, or advance in your present workplace.

3 It will also instill a desire for personal enrichmentand lifelong learning in each and every one of to outstanding lives get started!All the best,Gary L. Rhodes, PresidentTABLE OF CONTENTS4 College Catalog 2017-2018 GENERAL , Vision & 7 Nondiscrimination Policy and 8 Annual Public Calendar ..9 Telephone 16 Campus 18 ADMISSION & 20 Admission Testing/Test Test Student 21 Student 22 FINANCIAL 24 Domicile Determination for In-State Aid ..24 Eligibility 24 General Eligibility 24 Application 25 Loan 25 Federal and State Financial Aid Programs 27 Students Attending Two Colleges at the 27 Impact of Drops/ Withdrawals from 27 Satisfactory Academic Educational Assistance 32 Reynolds Advising 32 Transfer 32 STUDENT 34 Academic Support Centers (Tutoring).. 34 Campus 34 Career, Employment and Transfer 34 Center for the 35 College Success Skills 35 Enrollment 36 New Student for Adults in Vocational Education(PAVE).

4 36 Resources for Students in Academic for Students with 37 Student 37 SPECIALTY 39 Center for Distance 39 Fully Online Degree and Certificate 39 Teacher Preparation .. 40 Teacher Licensure Requirements for the CommunityCollege Teaching Scholarship Loan 40 Professional Development for School Career Switcher 41 Community College Workforce College 41 High School Dual 42 Weekend 42 Great 42 English as a Second 42 Learning 42 Reynolds Honors AND Policies & ProceduresClassification of 46 Registration 46 Registration 46 Academic Course 46 Prerequisites and Course 46 Repeating a 46 Withdrawal from a 47 Military Students During National Speakers of English (EnglishProficiency).. 47 Classroom & Instructional Policies & ProceduresGrading Developmental 49 Grade Point 49 Repeated 49 Academic 49 Academic from Suspension or 50 Advanced Standing and Transfer Credit from Credit from International 51 Credit by Assessment by Local Exam (ABLE).

5 51 Prior Learning Activity for Credit Evaluation .. 51 Military Credit ..51 Credit for Occupational Experience .. 51 Credit by Advanced Placement .. 52 Graduation and Program 55 Change of Curriculum (Program/Plan).. 56 Waiver and Substitution of Course 56 Student 56 Family Educational Rights and Privacy 56 Notice Regarding Directory Policies & ProceduresStudent Rights and 59 Student 59 Student 59 Academic Sexual 60 Substance Abuse ..60 Student 60 Reynolds Community College, Virginia CommunityCollege System, Information Technology Student/Patron Acceptable Use 60 PROGRAM 63 College Transfer 63 University Parallel 63 State Policy on Transfer from Community Colleges toSenior 63 Transfer and Technical 64 Career Studies 64 Computer Competency Requirement for 64 Academic Program Directory 72 General Information Pertaining to Education 72 General Education Goals and 73 General Education 74 Foreign Language BY Associate Degrees & CertificatesBusiness Administration AS (Transfer).

6 81 Engineering AS (Transfer).. 82 General Education C (Transfer).. 84 General Studies AS (Transfer).. 85 Liberal Arts AA (Transfer).. 87 Science AS (Transfer).. 89 Social Sciences AS (Transfer).. 93 Associate Degrees & CertificatesAccounting 101 Administration of Justice 101 American Sign Language-English and Engineering Technology 104 Automotive Technology 105 Culinary Arts Assisting 109 Diesel Mechanics Technology 111 Early Childhood Development 112 Early Childhood Development Medical Services - Paramedic Science Technology 116 Fire Science Technology 118 Health Information Management Technology Management Services 122 Information Systems Technology 124 Management 126 Medical Laboratory Technology 128 Nursing - LPN to Associate of Applied Science Degreein 134 Opticianry 138 Paralegal Studies 140 Practical Nursing 142 Respiratory Therapy Studies CertificatesAccounting Medical Coder (Health InformationManagement)

7 150 American Sign Language 151 Automotive Maintenance and Light Repair 151 CNA - Health Care Technician 152 Computer-Aided Design Specialist 154 Criminal Justice 154 Early Childhood Education 155 Early Childhood Education Advanced 156 Emergency Medical Services - Emergency MedicalTechnician 156 Emergency Medical Services - Intermediate 157 Emergency Medical Services - Paramedic 158 Entrepreneurship in Small Business 159 Floral Design Technologies 160 Health Care Technician (PCA ,CNA) and Electric Vehicle Technology 162 TABLE OF CONTENTSC ollege Catalog 2017-20185 Information Systems Technology - ComputerProgrammer 163 Information Systems Technology - Cyber 163 Information Systems Technology - InternetApplication Development (Web Design) Systems Technology - MicrocomputerApplications 164 Information Systems Technology - NetworkAdministration Systems Technology - NetworkEngineering 165 Medical Records Coder (Health InformationManagement) 165 Opticians Apprentice 166 Pastry Arts 167 Pharmacy Technician 168 Pre-Dental Assisting 168 Pre-Medical Laboratory Technology 169 Pre-Nursing 170 Pre-Practical Nursing 170 Pre-Respiratory Therapy 171 Real Estate Agent/Broker 172 Release of Health Information Specialist (HealthInformation Management)

8 Abuse Counseling Education Agriculture 173 Welding 174 EXPLANATORY 176 COURSE 178 COLLEGE Community College 234 State Board for Community 234 Reynolds Community College College 234 College 234 Reynolds Community 234 Community College Workforce Alliance VicePresident and Adjunct 246 Advisory COMMUNITY COLLEGE6 College Catalog 2017-2018 GENERAL INFORMATIONR eynolds History7 Mission, Vision & Values7 Accreditation7 Nondiscrimination Policy and ContactInformation8 Annual Public Notice8 Academic Calendar 9 Telephone Directory16 Campus Location18 GENERAL INFORMATIONC ollege Catalog 2017-20187 Responding to therecommendation of alegislative study committeethat every citizen of theCommonwealth be givenan opportunity to attendan institution of higherlearning offering academic,occupational/technical, andcommunity service programsat a nominal cost, in 1966the General Assembly ofVirginia established a state-wide system of communitycolleges.

9 A newly establishedState Board for CommunityColleges prepared a masterplan for a system of 23 Lieutenant Governor, J. Sargeant Reynolds , heralded thecreation of the community college system by the GeneralAssembly as one of its finest acts and finest hours in thiscentury. Reynolds Community College, the last of these colleges, isnamed in honor of the late Lieutenant Governor of the State, whochampioned legislation creating the state-supported communitycolleges. Opened in 1972 in temporary headquarters, Reynoldsis now a three-campus (Parham Road, Downtown, Goochland)institution and the third largest in the Virginia CommunityCollege System, serving the City of Richmond and the counties ofGoochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan, and its inception, Reynolds has recognized its strategic role inthe metropolitan Richmond area s economic development. In1977, Reynolds established its nationally recognized Center forOffice Development, a statewide pilot project with the VirginiaCommunity College System and State of Virginia, to providetraining in office and supervisory skills for employees of theCommonwealth.

10 Within several years the Center opened thistraining opportunity to all individuals and Spring 1989, Reynolds offered short-term training andseminars at three strategic locations in the metropolitanRichmond for these services from the business communitycontinued to escalate. As a result, Reynolds reorganized itsoutreach efforts in 1994 by creating the Institute for EconomicDevelopment & Extended Studies. In response to the evolvingneeds of the business community, the unit reorganized in thefall of 2000, changing its name to the Institute for WorkforceDevelopment. The Institute was comprised of six Centersincluding the Center for Corporate Training, the Center forOrganizational Effectiveness, the Center for Lifelong Learning,the Center for Apprenticeship Programs, the Center forEntrepreneurial Development, and the Center for ProfessionalDevelopment and and John Tyler Community College collaboratedin 2003 to create a new workforce development entity thatprovides business, industry, and government in the region with asingle source for workforce development.