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CIVILITY STATEMENT
Students are expected to assist in maintaining a classroom environment that is
conducive to learning. In order to assure that everyone has opportunity to gain from
time spent in class, inappropriate or distractive classroom behavior is prohibited.
Should a disruptive classroom incident occur, the faculty member in charge may
remove the student on either a temporary or permanent basis. Students have the
right to appeal through the appropriate channels.
CLASSIFICATION OF STUDENTS
Students are classified as full-time or part-time students. Full-time students are
those taking at least 12 semester hours. Part-time students are those who take less
than 12 semester hours.
A sophomore student at Trinity Valley Community College is one who has credit for
at least 30 semester hours of work. A freshman student is one who has less than 30
semester hours.
COMPLETION RATE
The completion rate for Trinity Valley Community College is 24.3% for first-time,
full-time students within a three year period.
COURSE CANCELLATION POLICY
Trinity Valley Community College reserves the right to cancel any scheduled courses
which do not have sufficient enrollment to justify, economically or educationally,
teaching the course. In such cases, students will be notified of a cancellation at the
first scheduled meeting of the course.
DEVELOPMENTAL STUDIES PROGRAM
Prior to registering for coursework, students must submit official test scores on an
approved Texas Success Initiative (TSI) test unless the student meets one of the TSI
exemptions. Approved TSI tests are the THEA, THEA Q-T, COMPASS, ASSET and
ACCUPLACER. Students who do not receive the minimum required test scores will
be required to enroll in developmental courses and remain in those courses until
passing test scores in each area (reading, writing and math) are received or until the
developmental course sequence in each area has been successfully completed.
The developmental studies program at Trinity Valley Community College is
designed to assist students with the attainment and mastery of basic skills which
they will need to function effectively in college and in life.
Developmental courses are required for students whose college readiness (TSI, etc.)
test scores reflect a need for skills development in reading, writing and/or
mathematics. Developmental courses are also an option for students who feel a need
to review and develop basic educational skills, even though the courses may not be
required. Developmental courses carry no semester hour credit, do not transfer, do
not count in a student’s GPA and cannot be used for graduation purposes.
