ON-LINE CALENDAR (1999-2001)

RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS

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In order to graduate with an LCC credential, students are required to meet residency criteria. Residency ensures a minimum standard, quality and program content for credentials issued by LCC. A minimum 25% of the total credits required for a Lethbridge Community College (LCC) credential must be completed through enrolment in LCC credit courses.

Credit programs are described by the number of credits required by or included in parchments or credentials awarded for specific programs. Thus a program of 88 credits would have an LCC residency requirement of 25% or 22 credits.

To qualify for graduation from a program, students must be admitted to the program and meet the graduation requirements as stipulated (See Graduation).

Minimum GPA requirements are set institutionally. Additional graduation requirements may be stipulated under graduation requirements for individual programs. See the current calendar for these stipulations.

Credits toward a specific parchment can be earned while students are enroled in another program. (Examples: General Studies or Occasional Students)

The following types of earned credit are not included in the minimum residency requirements:

• Prior Learning Credits
  
• Advanced Standing Credits
  
• Student Government Credits
  
• Athletics Participation Credits
  
• Credit earned through Advance Credit awarded for work completed at another institution.

See the policy.