Catalog 2016 - 2018

Volume XLIV

Catalog 2016 - 2018

First Printing Published biennially by

Miami Dade College, Miami, Florida.

The information contained herein is subject to change without notice.

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Equal Access/Equal Opportunity

Miami Dade College is committed to providing equal access to education and employment opportunities to students, employees, appli cants for admission and employment, and to its activities for the general community in an environment free from harassment or other discriminatory practices based upon sex race, color, marital status, pregnancy age religion, national origin, ethnicity, veteran's status, dis ability, sexual orientation or genetic infor mation. The College's commitment to equal access and equal opportunity is contained in the District Board of Trustee policies and pro cedures based on the nondiscrimination provi sions of federal and state laws and regulations, including the Civil Rights Acts of 1964, as amended, and 1991; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008; and the Florida Educational Equity Act (? 1000.05, F.S.); The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (The Clery Act) as amended in 2008; and The Violence Against Women REAUTHORIZATION Act of 2013 ("VAWA"),

In accord with these protections, Miami Dade College provides equal access/equal oppor tunity in admissions, recruitment, financial assistance, access to course offerings, partici pation in extracurricular programs and activi ties, access to and use of facilities, counseling, housing referral, guidance, advising, health services, athletics, employment and retention of personnel and students.

Responsibility for the implementation of the College's commitment to equal access and equal opportunity rests with the College presi dent.

Consult the offices below for assistance or to obtain more detailed information on equal access/equal opportunity:

District Administration Joy C. Ruff Office of Equal Opportunity Programs/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinator/ Title IX Coordinator Miami Dade College 11011 S.W. 104th St. Miami, FL 33176-3393 Phone: 305-237-0278 Fax: 305-237-0943

North Campus Office of the Campus President 11380 N.W. 27th Ave. Miami, FL 33167-3495

Kendall Campus Office of the Campus President 11011 S.W. 104th St. Miami, FL 33176-3393

Wolfson Campus Office of the Campus President 300 N.E. Second Ave. Miami, FL 33132-2296

Medical Campus Office of the Campus President 950 N.W. 20th St. Miami, FL 33127-4693

Homestead Campus Office of the Campus President 500 College Terrace Homestead, FL 33030-6009

InterAmerican Campus Office of the Campus President 627 S.W. 27th Ave. Miami, FL 33135

Hialeah Campus Office of the Campus President 1780 W. 49th St. Hialeah, FL 33012-2918

West Campus Office of the West Campus President 3800 N.W. 115th Ave.

Doral, FL 33178-4856

To obtain additional information about the College, including an Application for Admission/Readmission, contact any campus Admissions and Registration Office or visit the College's Web site at mdc.edu.

Purpose of the Catalog

This Catalog provides information about Miami Dade College's academic programs and student support services. The Catalog contains summaries of College policies for academic areas, degree and certificate requirements, descriptions of support ser vices and course listings. Because the Catalog is produced for a two-year period, it does not necessarily contain all of the current policies and requirements. Prospective students and current students may verify these policies and requirements with an academic advisor.

Faculty and academic advisors provide aca demic advisement; however, students are responsible for fulfilling graduation require ments.The certificate or degree will be award ed only if all requirements have been met. It is important that students know the policies, requirements and procedures that they are expected to follow during their college career.

Accreditations

Miami Dade College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award associate and baccalaureate degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-6794500 for questions about the accreditation of Miami Dade College.

Additional accreditations include:

Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN)

Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA)

American Bar Association, Standing Committee on Paralegals

American Board of Funeral Service Education, Committee on Accreditation (ABFSE)

American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA)

American Veterinary Medical Association, Committee on Veterinary Technician Education and Activities (CVTEA)

Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM)

Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC)

Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE)

Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)

Commission on Opticianry Accreditation (COA) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Joint Review Committee on Education in Diagnostic

Medical Sonography (JRC-DMS) Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic

Technology (JRCERT) National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory

Sciences (NAACLS) National Association for the Education of Young Children

(NAEYC)

Additional approvals include:

Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)

Florida Board of Nursing Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Emergency

Medical Services

Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission (CJSTC)

Florida Real Estate Commission, Department of Business and Professional Regulation ? Division of Real Estate

Professional Organizations and Association Memberships

American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO)

American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education

Inc. (ACCHHE) American Association of State Colleges and Universities

(AASCU) American Council on Education (ACE) American Council on International Intercultural

Education (ACIIE) Asociaci?n de Universidades de America Latina y el

Caribe para la Integraci?n (AUALCPI) Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) Association of Florida Colleges (AFC) Association of Governing Boards of Universities and

Colleges (AGB) Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) Center for Global Advancement of Community Colleges

(CGACC) Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU) College Consortium for International Studies (CCIS) Community College Baccalaureate Association (CCBA) Community College Survey of Student Engagement

(CCSSE) Community Colleges for International Development (CCID) Consorcio-red de Educaci?n a Distancia (CREAD) Consortium for North American Higher Education

Collaboration (CONAHEC) Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) Council for the Study of Community Education &

Information Studies (CSCC) Council of Foreign Relations (CFR) Council on Competitiveness EDUCAUSE-Association of Managing and Using

Information Technology in Higher Education Florida Association of Colleges and Universities (FACU) Florida Association of Community Colleges (FACC) Florida Campus Compact Florida College System Activities Association (FCSAA) Florida Community College Activities Association (FCCAA) Florida Developmental Education Association Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce (GMCC) Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities (HACU) Hispanic Educational Telecommunications System (HETS) League for Innovation in the Community College National Association for Community College

Entrepreneurship (NACCE) National Association of College and University Attorneys

(NACUA) National Association of College and University Business

Officers (NACUBO) National Assoc. of Cuban American Educators (NACAE) National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators National Collegiate Honors Council National Commission for Cooperative Education (NCCE) National Community College Hispanic Council (NCCHC) National Institute for Staff and Organizational

Development (NISOD) Southeast Florida Library Information Network Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Southern Association of Collegiate Registrars and

Admissions Officers (SACRAO) Southern Association of Junior, Community, and Technical

Colleges (SAJCTC) The College Board World Association for Cooperative Education (WACE) World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics (WFCP)

Requests for review of letters of accreditation may be forwarded to the Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs or Associate Provost for Academic Affairs.

Note: In addition to the above, Miami Dade College administrators, faculty and staff mem bers participate in numerous other inter national, national, state and regional orga nizations. Additional information regarding professional associations may be obtained from the College.

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Table of Contents

Academic Calendar 3-4 About Miami Dade College 6 Admissions and Financial Aid 13

Student Services 29 Information and Policies 35

Academic Regulations 39 Standards of Academic Progress 42 Graduation Requirements and Transfer Information 45

Academic Programs 55 Collegewide Schools 105 Special Academic and Other Programs 111 Special Information 121 Academic Offerings 123 Course Information 125 Course Descriptions 132 Board of Trustees, Administration, Faculty and MDC Foundation 261 Academic Definitions 288

Maps 290 Index 299

MDC

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Fall 2016-1

2017

Spring 2016-2

Sumer 2016-3

Sumer 2016-3

Fall 2017-1

2018

Spring 2017-2

Sumer 2017-3

Sumer 2017-3

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Academic Calendar 2016 - 2018

Fall Term 2016 (2016-1)

Aug. 18 (Thur)

Faculty Report, FALL TERM.

Aug. 19 (Fri)

Fall Term preparation.

Aug. 22 (Mon)

Evening and weekday classes begin.*

Aug. 26 (Fri)

Last day to drop classes with 100% refund for regular Fall Term classes.

Aug. 27 (Sat)

Saturday classes begin.*

Sept. 3-5 (Sat-Mon)

Holiday Period ? Labor Day

Nov. 1 (Tues)Last day to apply for institutional credit by examination, for Individual course withdrawal,

and complete withdrawal from college.

Nov. 11-13 (Fri-Sun)

Holiday Period ? Veterans Day

Nov. 24-27 (Thur-Sun)

Holiday Period ? Thanksgiving

Dec. 16 (Fri)

Last day of classes and examinations

Dec. 17 (Sat)

Faculty grade input ends at 12:00 noon

Dec. 19, 2016 ? Jan. 2, 2017 Winter Break

Spring Term 2017 (2016-2)

Jan. 3 (Mon)

Faculty Report, SPRING TERM

Jan. 4 (Tue)

Evening and weekday classes begin.*

Jan. 7 (Sat)

Saturday classes begin.*

Jan. 10 (Mon)

Last day to drop classes with 100% refund for regular Spring Term classes.

Jan. 14-16 (Sat-Mon)

Holiday Period ? Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Feb. 18-20 (Sat-Mon)

Holiday Period ? President's Day

Feb. 23 (Thurs)

College-wide Academic Convocation (no classes).

Mar. 16 (Thurs)Last day to apply for institutional credit by examination, for individual course withdrawal, and

complete withdrawal from college.

Mar. 27 (Mon)

Last day to apply for graduation and have name appear in Commencement program.

Apr. 14-16 (Fri-Sun)

Spring Recess

Apr. 28 (Fri)

Last day of classes and examinations.

Apr. 29 (Sat)

Faculty grade input ends at 12:00 noon.

Apr. 29 (Sat)

Commencement

May 1-5 (Mon-Fri)

Semester Break

Summer Term 2017 (2016-3)

May 8 (Mon)

Faculty Report, SUMMER TERM

May 8 (Mon)

Evening and weekday classes begin for first 6-week

May 10 (Wed)

Summer session and for the 12-week Summer Term*.

May 11 (Wed)

Last day to drop classes with 100% refund for first 6-week Summer session.

May 11 (Thur)

Last day to drop classes with 100% refund for the 12-week Summer Term.

May 27-29 (Sat-Mon)

Holiday period ? Memorial Day

June 1 (Thur)Last day to apply for institutional credit by examination, for individual course withdrawal, and

complete withdrawal from college for the first 6-week Summer session.

June 16 (Fri)

Last day of classes and examinations for the first 6-week Summer session.

June 17 (Sat)

Faculty grade input for the first 6-week Summer session ends at 12:00 noon.

June 19 (Mon)

Evening and weekday classes begin for the second 6-week Summer session.

June 21 (Wed)

Last day to drop classes with 100% refund for the second 6-week Summer session.

June 27 (Tue)Last day to apply for institutional credit by examination, for individual Course withdrawal, and

complete withdrawal from college for the 12-week Summer Term.

July 4 (Tue)

Holiday Period ? Independence Day

July 13 (Thur)Last day to apply for institutional credit by examination, for individual course withdrawal, and

complete withdrawal from college for the second 6-week Summer session.

July 28 (Fri)Last day of classes and examinations for the 12-week Summer Term and the second 6-week

Summer session.

July 29 (Sat)

Faculty grade input ends at 12:00 noon.

*Registration information provided each term by campus Registration Office.

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Academic Calendar 2016 - 2018

Fall Term 2017 (2017-1)

Aug. 24 (Thur)

Faculty Report, FALL TERM.

Aug. 25 (Fri)

Fall Term preparation.

Aug. 28 (Mon)

Evening and weekday classes begin.*

Sept. 1 (Fri)

Last day to drop classes with 100% refund for regular Fall Term classes.

Sept. 2-4 (Sat-Mon)

Holiday Period ? Labor Day

Sept. 9 (Sat)

Saturday classes begin.*

Nov. 7 (Tues)Last day to apply for institutional credit by examination, for Individual course withdrawal,

and complete withdrawal from college.

Nov. 10-12 (Fri-Sun)

Holiday Period ? Veterans Day

Nov. 23-26 (Thur-Sun)

Holiday Period ? Thanksgiving

Dec. 22 (Fri)

Last day of classes and examinations

Dec. 23 (Sat)

Faculty grade input ends at 12:00 noon

Dec. 25, 2016 ? Jan. 7, 2017 Winter Break

Spring Term 2018 (2017-2)

Jan. 8 (Mon)

Faculty Report, SPRING TERM

Jan. 9 (Tue)

Evening and weekday classes begin.*

Jan. 13-15 (Sat-Mon)

Holiday Period ? Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Jan. 16 (Mon)

Last day to drop classes with 100% refund for regular Spring Term classes.

Jan. 20 (Sat)

Saturday classes begin.*

Feb. 17-19 (Sat-Mon)

Holiday Period ? President's Day

Mar. 9 (Fri)

College-wide Academic Convocation (no classes).

Mar. 21 (Wed)Last day to apply for institutional credit by examination, for individual course withdrawal,

and complete withdrawal from college.

Mar. 26 (Mon)

Last day to apply for graduation and have name appear in Commencement program.

Mar. 30, 2018 - Apr. 1, 2018 (Fri-Sun) Spring Recess

May 4 (Fri)

Last day of classes and examinations.

May 5 (Sat)

Faculty grade input ends at 12:00 noon.

May 5 (Sat)

Commencement

May 7-11 (Mon-Fri)

Semester Break

Summer Term 2018 (2017-3)

May 14 (Mon)

Faculty Report, SUMMER TERM

May 14(Mon)Evening and weekday classes begin for first 6-week and Summer session and for the

12-week Summer Term*.

May 16 (Wed)

Last day to drop classes with 100% refund for first 6-week Summer session.

May 17 (Thur)

Last day to drop classes with 100% refund for the 12-week Summer Term.

May 26-28 (Sat-Mon)

Holiday period ? Memorial Day

June 7 (Thur)Last day to apply for institutional credit by examination, for individual course withdrawal,

and complete withdrawal from college for the first 6-week Summer session.

June 22 (Fri)

Last day of classes and examinations for the first 6-week Summer session.

June 23 (Sat)

Faculty grade input for the first 6-week Summer session ends at 12:00 noon.

June 25 (Mon)

Evening and weekday classes begin for the second 6-week Summer session.

June 26 (Wed)

Last day to drop classes with 100% refund for the second 6-week Summer session.

July 3 (Tue)Last day to apply for institutional credit by examination, for individual Course withdrawal,

and complete withdrawal from college for the 12-week Summer Term.

July 4 (Wed)

Holiday Period ? Independence Day

July 19 (Thur)Last day to apply for institutional credit by examination, for individual course withdrawal,

and complete withdrawal from college for the second 6-week Summer session.

Aug. 3 (Fri)Last day of classes and examinations for the 12-week Summer Term and the second 6-week

Summer session.

Aug. 4 (Sat)

Faculty grade input ends at 12:00 noon.

*Registration information provided each term by campus Registration Office.

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