Section 3: Academics Policies and Procedures

3.0 Assessment

• General Education (PDF - 438KB)
• Program Plans 
• Program Health Reviews (PDF - 84KB)

3.1 Course Management

• Academic Freedom (PDF - 13KB)
• Academic Offenses (PDF - 99KB)
• Academic Ombud (PDF - 103KB)
• Academic Rights of Students (PDF - 86KB)
• Changing Grades (PDF - 82KB)
• Course Schedule Creation (PDF - 79KB)
• Course Capacity Guidelines (PDF - 203KB)
• Final Examinations (PDF - 83KB)
• Grade Reports (PDF - 81KB)
• Grading System (PDF - 92KB)
• Instructor's Absence/Cancellation of Classes (PDF - 81KB)
• Midterm Progress (PDF - 82KB)
• Posting Grades (PDF - 81KB)
• Recording "I" Grades (PDF - 81KB)
• Records (PDF - 80KB)
• Syllabus Guidelines and Checklist (PDF - 91KB) 
• Unauthorized Class Attendance (PDF - 80KB)

3.2 Curriculum

• Offering a Course for the First Time (PDF - 81KB)
• Offering a Selected Topic Course (PDF - 84KB)

3.3 Faculty

• Advising (PDF - 80KB)
• Credentials (PDF - 115KB)
• Performance Review—Faculty (PDF - 167KB)
• 10-Month Faculty Guidelines (PDF - 199KB)
• 12-Month Faculty PPE Guidelines (PDF - 144KB)
• Promotion & Tenure Guidelines (PDF - 552KB)
• Reassignments (PDF - 83KB)
• Recruitment (PDF - 84KB)
• Rules of the Faculty (BCTC Faculty Council & KCTCS Faculty Senate)
• Sabbatical Leave (PDF - 77KB)
• Faculty Workload (PDF - 68KB)
• Teaching Load for Full-time Faculty (PDF - 80KB)
• Overload for Full-time Faculty (PDF - 81KB)
• Teaching Load for Full-time Temporary Faculty (PDF - 82KB)
• Teaching Load for Part-time Faculty (PDF - 4KB)
• Faculty Compensation for Instruction of Classes with Low Enrollment (PDF - 6KB)
• Faculty Compensation for On-Line Classes with Enrollment over the Class Cap (PDF - 5KB)

3.4 Organization

• Academics Divisions 
• Academics Leadership Team (PDF - 103KB)
• Academics Decision Matrix (PDF - 108KB)
• Adult Education (Boyle & Fayette Counties)
• Opportunity College 
• Distance Learning 
• Learning Resource Center 
• Tutoring Center 
• College-wide Committees (PDF - 31KB)
• International Programs 
• Organizational Chart 
• Program Advisory Committees (PDF - 94KB)