be required to take a college placement               psychology, and sociology also   same subject area and must be taken  exam. Those students who score at                     being acceptable);               as early as possible during the first 30  college level may enroll in college                                                    semester hours of credit.  credit courses. College level work will          5.	 Two (2) years of electives  be restricted to twelve (12) semester                 (foreign language, music, art,   ADMISSION OF HIGH  hours until the student successfully                  or vocational education).        SCHOOL STUDENTS  passes the state-approved high school  equivalency exam. Acceptance of             EXEMPTIONS: When admitted,                 Students 16 years of age or older,  applications and granting of admission      students in the following categories are   still enrolled in a high school, may be  are subject to completion of the            exempt from the High School Subject        considered for enrollment in college  application process.                        Requirements:                              credit courses by meeting specific                                                                                         eligibility requirements. The student  ADMISSION TO                                     1.	 Transfer students with more       must complete the admission process  ASSOCIATE IN ARTS,                                    than 26 semester or 39 quarter   and meet all college requirements for  ASSOCIATE IN                                          hours of college credit;         the course(s) in which they enroll.  SCIENCE, ASSOCIATE                                                                     Additionally, if the courses(s) in  IN ENGINEERING                                   2. 	 Students who have earned an      which the student wishes to enroll are  SCIENCE AND                                           ACT composite score of 20 or     offered during the regular school day  ASSOCIATE IN FINE                                     higher or an SAT composite       established by the secondary school,  ARTS DEGREES                                          score of 1020 or higher and;     and are not being taken through a dual                                                                                         credit agreement or the Early College  High School Subject Requirements                 3. 	 Students who have scored         Program, prior approval of the chief  Effective with the 1993 fall semester,                at college level on an SIC-      executive officer of the secondary  Illinois state law requires that new                  approved college placement       school must be received. If the student  freshmen applicants and transfer                      exam.                            is taking courses through a dual  applicants with less than 26 semester                                                  credit agreement or the Early College  or 39 quarter hours of college-level        In addition to the admission               Program, the policies, procedures and  credit must, also, satisfactorily complete  requirements noted above, all              guidelines of those programs will be  high school course requirements for         students are required to take a college    followed. High school students are  admission into the Associate in Art,        placement exam unless they are             required to meet the same standards  Associate in Science, Associate in          exempt due to meeting other placement      as any other college student and are  Engineering Science and Associate in        recommendations. If through testing,       given the same credit, which is placed  Fine Arts degree programs. Students         students demonstrate a need for            on the student’s permanent academic  who do not meet these high school           remediation in English, math or reading,   transcript.  requirements will be admitted on a          they may be provisionally admitted to  provisional basis.                          the program. Placement into remedial       Students who are pursuing high                                              courses may occur even if a student has    school-level curriculum through home  High School Course Requirements             met the high school requirements.          schooling are eligible to enroll based  are as follows:                                                                        on the same requirements as students                                              Provisional Admission                      enrolled in district high schools.       1.	 Four (4) years of English                                                     Appeals for consideration of special            (emphasizing written and          Students who do not score at college       circumstances may be made to the Vice            oral communications and           level on SIC’s approved placement test     President of Academic Affairs.            literature);                      will be considered deficient in those                                              respective areas. These deficiencies can   STUDENTS WHO DID       2.	 Three (3) years of mathematics     be rectified by successful completion      NOT COMPLETE HIGH            (introductory through             of related college coursework and          SCHOOL            advanced algebra, geometry,       enable students to be fully admitted to a            trigonometry, or fundamentals     transfer program.                          Any student who is 16 or 17 years of            of computer programming);                                                    age and has severed connection with a                                              Provisionally-admitted students will       secondary school must submit a written       3.	 Three (3) years of laboratory      be required to make up all course          statement from the chief executive            science (biology, chemistry,      deficiencies as early as possible during   officer of the secondary school in            physics, earth science or other   the first 30 semester hours of credit.     which the student has legal residence,            college preparatory science       A deficiency may also be corrected at      certifying that the relationship has been            courses);                         another institution prior to transfer to   severed.                                              Southeastern Illinois College. Once all       4.	 Three (3) years of social          course deficiencies have been satisfied,            science (emphasizing history      the student will be fully admitted to a            and government, with              program.            anthropology, economics,            geography, political science,     All students who demonstrate through                                              testing or another placement measure a  12                                          need for remediation in English, math or                                              reading will be required to successfully                                              complete the required developmental                                              coursework before the student can                                              enroll in any entry level course in the