ADMISSIONS

Admissions/General Information

Applicants for courses or programs offered by Okaloosa-Walton Community College may obtain appropriate admission forms from the Admissions office. These forms are available at the Niceville campus, the OWCC Chautauqua Center in DeFuniak Springs, the OWCC/UWF Fort Walton Beach Campus, the OWCC Robert L.F. Sikes Education Center in Crestview, the OWCC Eglin AFB and Hurlburt Field Centers, and at all high schools in the OWCC District. Each applicant will be notified of acceptance or non-acceptance for admission.

All forms and supporting documents must be submitted in sufficient time to permit processing and notification of admission status prior to registration. In unusual cases where this is not feasible, applicants may be conditionally enrolled as provided on page 12. (This does not apply to dual enrollment and foreign student applicants). Applicants whose circumstances are unique may request special consideration for admission through a formal petition. Registration for applicants admitted in this category normally will be authorized on a space available basis.

Any decision on admissibility by the Registrar may be appealed to the Admissions Committee. A decision of the Admissions Committee may be appealed to the President via the Vice-President for Instruction .

FALSIFICATION OR FAILURE TO FURNISH CORRECT INFORMATION ON ADMISSION PAPERS WILL SUBJECT APPLICANTS TO DENIAL OF ADMISSION OR IMMEDIATE DISMISSAL.

COLLEGE CREDIT ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

College-credit programs at Okaloosa-Walton Community College include the Associate of Arts Degree Programs, Associate of Science, and Occupational Certificate Programs, College Preparatory Programs, and individual credit course enrollments.

Each applicant for college-credit programs or courses at OWCC must submit a completed application. In addition, a properly executed Residency Declaration must be submitted by applicants who claim Florida residency (see page 14, Residency Classification).

All students seeking admission to the Associate of Arts Degree Program who graduated from high school after August 1, 1987, with other than a standard Florida public high school diploma, must provide an official high school transcript verifying their completion of a secondary school curriculum. This must include four years of English and three years of mathematics, science, and social studies, or they must provide evidence of receipt of a General Education Development diploma. Applicants not meeting these requirements will be classified Pre-AA Degree until such time as these conditions are met. (See Admissions or OWCC Center personnel for additional information).

Entry-level Testing: Florida Statutes specify that selected standardized tests must be used to measure achievement of college-level communication and computation skills for admissions counseling and placement of students entering degree programs. OWCC accepts minimum scores earned on all tests approved by the State Department of Education, which includes ACT, FCEP, and SAT.

OWCC administers the Florida College Entry Level Placement Test (FCEP) as the primary placement test. See current schedule of classes for minimum scores on other placement tests. Students scoring below the cutoff level in one or more categories of a state required placement test are required to enroll in at least one college prep course each semester until all deficiencies are removed with a minimum grade of C. According to State Department of Education rules, students are required to pay full cost of instruction beyond two attempts in each college preparatory course. Withdrawals prior to the mid-point of a college prep course do not count as one of the attempts (per state board rules).

Beginning with admissions for Fall 1996, students scoring below the following cut-off scores on the Florida College Entry-Level Placement test are required to enroll in college preparatory courses: Reading Comprehension 83; Sentence Skills 83; Elementary Algebra 72.

Reading, College Prep: REA 0001 Prep Reading 1, FCEP scores 0-63. REA 0002 Prep Reading 2, FCEP scores 64-82. Above 82, eligible for REA 2105 Advanced Reading and other courses. Students advance from level one to level two by earning a grade of C or above in REA 0001 or scoring 83 or above on the FCEP.

English, College Prep: FCEP scores less than 83: Writing Sample score of 2 or 3, take ENC 0080 Prep English 3: WS score of 1b, take ENC 0020 Prep English 2; WS score of 1a, take ENC 0010 Prep English 1.

Students will provide a writing sample (WS) at the time they complete the FCEP. The writing sample is graded holistically on a scale of 1A, 1B, or 3 by members of the English Communications faculty and other selected personnel to determine eligibility for certain courses. Students with scores above the cut-off on the FCEP are not required to take preparatory level English, although those with WS scores below 3 are advised to enroll for ENC 0080 Prep English 3. Students with scores below the cut-off on the FCEP are required to enroll for prep English.