• a standardized test
  
• other measurement instrument
  
• other verifiable indicators (i.e. recommendations from professional educators or counselors who are not employed or affiliated with San Joaquin Delta College)
  

3. Mandatory Skills Assessment--All new Delta College students enrolling in college for the first time will be required to participate in skills assessment prior to registration. Assessment will include English composition, reading and math skills. Students will be provided with their assessment results.

a. Exemptions from the Assessment Requirement

• Students with earned college degrees from a regionally accredited college or university in the USA are waived from the test requirement. (provide offical transcripts)
  
  
• Some courses are specifically exempt from assessment; these exempt courses are identified in the Catalog and Schedule of Classes.
  
  
• Students intending to register in only Level I basic skills courses in reading, writing, or math do not need the assessment. These courses are identified in the College Catalog and Schedule of Classes in the same manner as other courses exempt from assessment.
  
  
• A waiver from the assessment requirement may be granted to a student who wishes to enroll in a single course with no prerequisite. A student may subsequently enroll in one course per term, provided that the previous course to which a waiver had been applied was passed with a grade of "C'' or higher. The continuance of this waiver shall not exempt the student from other skill or course requisites.
  
  
• Completed intermediate algebra and college-level English composition at another regionally accredited college in the United States with a grade of "C" or better (indicate on application and provide offical transcipts).
  

a. Reading--Students who score Level I in reading may enroll in any course designated as exempt from assessment. Students who score Level I in reading and wish to enroll in a course with a prerequisite of reading Level II must reach Level II before they will be allowed to enroll.

b. ESL students who have a United States of America high school diploma may either use the ESL assessment or the reading section of the academic assessment and the following reading requirements:

Students who score Level I in reading may enroll in any course designated as exempt from assessment. Students who score Level I in reading and wish to enroll in a course with a prerequisite of reading Level II must reach Level II before they will be allowed to enroll.

5. Admitted Student- An admitted student is defined as one who has:

a. filed a completed application for admission and has been admitted to the College; and,

b. has been assessed, submitted equivalent scores, or qualified for an assessment waiver.

6. Matriculated Student- A matriculated student is defined as one who has:
a. filed a completed application for admission and has been admitted to the College;

b. declared a goal of AA/AS, transfer, or certificate;

c. been assessed, submitted equivalent scores, or qualified for an assessment waiver;

d. been admitted to a specific program where required, i.e. nursing, police academy;

e. met or is meeting the Level II reading standard; and,

f. continually remained under the declared AA/AS, transfer, or certificate goal.

g. Responsibility for satisfying requirements--Each student must assume complete responsibility for:

• compliance with the instructions and regulations set forth in the College Catalog;
  
  
• selecting all the courses which will permit achievement of individual educational objectives; and,
  
  
• satisfying prerequisites for any course which the student plans to take.