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General Education Core Requirements

LEVEL I – Competencies

The following provide detailed descriptions of LEVEL I - Competencies (to be completed within 30 credits of matriculation), including exemption procedures.

Students may demonstrate competency in these areas by the methods outlined below. The assessment criteria will be passing grades in required courses or passing grades on required examinations. The Registrar's Office will be responsible for certifying that a student has met all General Education Core requirements.

1. Reading Comprehension
   1. By achieving a score of 410 or above on the SAT Verbal examination of the CEEB
   2. By achieving a designated reading skills level on a standardized test of reading comprehension.
   3. By achieving a GPA of 3.0 or better after 30 hours of completed course work at SSC.
   4. By satisfactorily completing a recommended reading skills improvement program through the Reading Laboratory.
2. Basic Math
   1. By achieving a score of 500 or above on the SAT Mathematics examination.
   2. By achieving a score of 72 on the Accuplacer College- Level Mathematics Test.
   3. By achieving a score in the 50th percentile or above on the CLEP College Algebra-Trig Exam.
   4. By successfully completing MAT 090 (NO DEGREE CREDIT) or any higher number math course.
3. Computer Literacy

   Computer Literacy comprises knowledge in four areas:

   1. Capabilities and limitations of computers.
   2. Ways in which computers are used.
   3. The impact that these uses have on individuals and on society.
   4. The ability to carry out certain basic activities on a computer given a simple set of instructions.

Students may demonstrate competency in Computer Literacy as follows:

1. By taking and passing one of the specific SSC courses approved as satisfying the Computer Literacy core requirement and identified as such in its Catalog course description. Currently approved Computer Literacy courses include ART 303, BTE 117, CSC 100, CSC 200A, EDU 407, and IDS 180. A transferred course, which a student wishes to use to satisfy the Computer Literacy core requirement, must be reviewed and approved in writing by the Chairperson of the Computer Science Department.
2. 1. By achieving a score of at least 60% on the written part of the Computer Literacy Exemption Exam given during the Orientation Program or taken during a student's first full year at the College. The written examination is given once each semester.
   2. Students earning a passing score on the written part of the Computer Literacy Exemption Exam must also take and pass the laboratory part of the exemption exam within 30 credits of matriculation. The laboratory part will be offered twice a semester.
   3. Transfer students entering the College as freshmen will follow the exemption procedure prescribed. All other transfer students must complete the exemption examination before the end of their first 30 credits at the College. Instructions will be distributed to students before the second part of the exam, so that they may prepare for the laboratory part of the Computer Literacy Exemption examination.

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