THE COLLEGE

Shoreline Community College offers excellent academic, professional/technical and work force training programs to meet the lifelong learning needs of its community. Dedicated faculty and staff are committed to the educational success of all students.
  Located 10 miles north of downtown Seattle, Shoreline is one of the most strikingly beautiful college campuses in Washington. Nestled among native evergreens, the campus is a brilliant sea of colors during spring, summer and fall, when many flowering plants are in bloom. The scenic surrounding area is nationally known for its recreational and cultural opportunities, which richly complement academic life. Twenty-six buildings constitute the 83-acre campus. These include an award-winning automotive training center, a visual arts building, computer centers, laboratories, a student center, a theater, a well-equipped gymnasium that includes an exercise room and racquetball courts, a child care center, a sophisticated multimedia center and the Ray W. Howard Library/Technology Center.
  Established in 1964, Shoreline operates under the regulations of the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges and is governed by the Board of Trustees of Shoreline Community College, District Number Seven.
  The college is a member of the American Association of Community Colleges and the Association of Community College Trustees. Shoreline's satellite campus, SCC at Lake Forest Park, provides academic transfer courses and computer certificate programs as well as customized training. The Center, located in Lake Forest Park Towne Centre, features state-of-the-art technology labs and newly furnished classrooms.

SCC AT LAKE FOREST PARK
Lake Forest Park Towne Centre
17171 Bothell Way NE, Suite A220
Lake Forest Park, WA

Shoreline Community College also offers educational opportunities to the local community with its satellite campus, the Shoreline Community College, Lake Forest Park. Shoreline Community College, Lake Forest Park is located in the Lake Forest Park Towne Centre and was established in 1990 to serve the eastern portion of the College's district. The extension campus consists of six classrooms and computer labs, a testing center, a conference room, and office space.
  Shoreline Community College at Lake Forest Park's mission is to meet the lifelong learning and workforce development needs of its diverse community. As such, Shoreline Community College, Lake Forest Park offers a variety of credit classes, continuing education and computer certification classes, community service classes, and customized training. In addition, the Work Skills Assessment Center provides state-of-the art testing and training programs for area businesses, individuals and organizations. Shoreline Community College, Lake Forest Park's training programs and testing services are aimed at developing the skills of the local workforce.

RAY W. HOWARD LIBRARY
The Library/Technology Center plays an influential role in providing instruction and instructional support to students and faculty across all college programs. The recently renovated building provides a variety of individual and group study areas including a state-of-the-art information and research classroom/lab and a 100+ seat open computer lab. The various service areas and reading rooms house a collection of more than 77,000 books, periodicals, videos, DVD/CDs and other non-print media. All new equipment, furnishings and study areas provide students with a building well suited for research and learning in the 21st century.
  Technology is featured on the first of the building's three floors. The student computer lab is open seven days a week during the fall, winter and spring quarters and contains current versions of standard and specialized software installed on new computers and scanners. A television/ITV studio is also available for video production and editing. The interactive television service provides a two-way, full motion video/audio capability that enables the college to be linked to other colleges, government agencies and businesses in the United States and around the world. A video editing lab for students is adjacent to the television/ITV studio.
  The second and third floors of the Library/Technology Center house library and media collections and services. The Library features an online catalog, many full text periodical and reference databases, a home page (www.shoreline.edu/library/) with reviewed web sites, online reference services, research tutorials, links to other libraries and distance learning ser- vices. In addition to quiet, comfortable reading/study areas, there is an information/research and media classroom, 24 public access computer terminals, copy machines, group study rooms equipped with media playback units and distributed data jacks for connection to the campus network. Additional Internet connectivity is available through the building’s wireless network. High-end multimedia computers available for playback or video production, digital cameras and other media equipment are available for student use.
  Friendly faculty and staff are available throughout the building to assist you with your research, information and technology questions. Our librarians and media coordinator provide both general and subject-specific information as well as research and media literacy instruction for students and faculty. Look for courses offered by this division under Informatics and Library in the course description section of this catalog. Information about the various services and collections of the Library/Technology Center may be obtained by calling (206) 546-4556.

SCC WEBSITE
The official website address of the College is www.shoreline.edu . The website contains information that is helpful to students and should be consulted often. The College uses the website to deliver online classes, post grades, register students, sell books, and more. Announcements regarding changes to polices and programs, publicity for events on campus, and more are posted on a regular basis.

ACCREDITATION
Shoreline Community College is accredited by:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
8060 165th Avenue North East, Suite 100
Redmond, WA 98052

Specific programs are accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, the American Dental Association, the American Dietetic Association, Commission on Accreditation of Health Informatics and Information Management Education and the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences. The Automotive Program is accredited by the National Automobile Technicians Education Foundation.

COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY
Shoreline Community College is dedicated to meeting the post-secondary educational needs of its community. The college serves more than 8,000 credit students per quarter. Individuals may take, on a credit or an audit basis, any class for which they meet the requirements. The college is here to serve its community and regularly offers continuing education classes to more than 1,200 people each quarter. Schedules listing continuing education classes are issued quarterly.

INSTRUCTIONAL DIVISIONS
Shoreline Community College is organized into the following instructional divisions: Business; Health Occupations and Physical Education; Humanities; Intra-American Studies and Social Sciences; and Science. Continuing Education and Contract Training constitutes another division, which offers noncredit courses. Courses offered by the college generally fall under one of these units. Each unit cooperates in the planning and administration of the instructional programs offered by the college.

ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Shoreline Community College operates a year-round academic calendar comprised of three (3) 11-week quarters during fall, winter, and spring, and one (1) 8-week quarter during the summer. Courses are also offered in the evenings and weekends. Class schedules are published each quarter listing the date, times, and locations of classes. These schedules are available approximately four weeks prior to the start of registration.

GENERAL PROGRAMS OF STUDY
Shoreline Community College is a comprehensive college that offers courses in a variety of areas to meet the demands of local and regional communities. The college offers courses in the following areas: University Transfer College courses at the freshman and sophomore levels are offered. These courses have been designed to prepare students for upper-division work at a four-year college or university. The curriculum at Shoreline is rigorous and challenging. Instructors focus on preparing students for the high caliber of study at the four-year universities.

Career Training Professional/Technical and Workforce Training
These programs are designed to prepare students for gainful employment upon completing a course of study at the college. More than 50 career training programs are now available at Shoreline Community College. Details may be found in the Professional/Technical Degree Programs section of this catalog.

Worker Retraining Program
The Worker Retraining Program is a partnership between community and technical colleges and the Employment Security Department. The program provides funding and other resources to enable unemployed individuals to acquire the skills needed to return to work. This could mean a short-term skills upgrade, or a new career path and enrollment in a professional-technical program.

The WorkFirst Program
The WorkFirst Program provides free job training as well as free tuition and books for parents who are receiving cash assistance (TANF) or are considered low-income. Currently, the program offers a variety of options and services including a Customized Jobs Skills Training, which prepares participants for employment with an employer partner. The College, through partnerships with local industry, develops short-term (22 weeks or less) training programs designed to give students specific job skills. In addition, WorkFirst provides funding for tuition assistance for working parents to continue their education in SCC's professional/technical programs. For more information, please call (206) 546- 6927.

Study Abroad
(206) 546-4627
Shoreline Community College is a regional leader in providing short and long-term study abroad programs for two-year college students. In addition to 10-week (one academic quarter) programs sponsored in association with the Washington State Community College Consortium for Study Abroad (WCCCSA), Shoreline offers unique three- and four-week International Summer Institute study abroad programs around the world. Recent opportunities have included programs in Argentina, England, France, Guatemala, Italy, Japan, South Africa, Namibia, Mexico, China, Greece and Turkey.
  Shoreline sponsored study-abroad programs cover a variety of instructional disciplines and feature credit-bearing courses that are transferable to four-year colleges and universities. Financial aid resources apply to Shoreline sponsored study-abroad programs.
  Please contact International Programs to learn more about current study-abroad offerings at (206) 533-6676.

Parent Education Program
 (206) 546-4593; (206) 546-4540
The Parent Education Program encourages parents to develop child guidance skills and a personal philosophy of family relations. Child development, parenting roles in home and society and family communications are studied in a supportive environment. Parents enroll in the following courses: Parent Education 110, 111, 112, 120, 121, 122, 125, 126, 127, 130, 131, 132, 140, 141, 142 and 150, 151, 152. All of these are college credit courses. Up to 6 credits of Parent Education courses may be accepted towards degree requirements at transfer institutions.
  Topics explored in these courses include:

Child Development
• Social, emotional, physical and cognitive development
• Language and literacy development
• Multicultural perspective

Nutrition and Health
• Early intervention and preventive measures
• The impact of diet on children’s health
• Dental health care
• Accident prevention for children
• Available resources

Parenting Skills
• Child guidance strategies
• Effective communication
• Developing self esteem
• Values structuring
• Impact of mass media pressures

Family Relationships
• Single parents/blended family issues
• Family communication
• Changing adult roles and lifestyles in the family
• Parenting in our diverse society
• Impact of culture

Cooperative preschools are located throughout the college district. These programs are affiliates of the college and have varying hours depending on the number of participants. Each preschool is a separate corporation, with responsibility for the financing and operation of their cooperative preschool. The college provides the instructors for the parent education courses. The eight affiliated Parent Education Cooperative Preschools serve parents of children from infants through age 5. For information on the schedules of these affiliated preschools, please call (206) 546-4593. To enroll, contact the cooperative preschool directly.

State Training and Registry System (S.T.A.R.S.)
(206) 546-4565 Shoreline Community College provides training and professional development opportunities for family childcare providers, childcare center staff, school-age directors and staff, program supervisors, site supervisors and lead teachers. This training and instructional development is in accordance with the Department of Social and Health Services' licensure requirements. In addition, the curriculum is based on the guidelines of the Washington Association of Education of Young Children (W.A.E.Y.C.). Instructors who conduct this training have been approved as S.T.A.R.S. trainers.
  Childcare providers can acquire the required 20 hours of basic training during the first six months of DSHS licensing or the first six months of employment in child- care by enrolling in EDU 282. The additional 10 hours of training that is required annually by DSHS can be acquired by enrolling in EDU 281. These courses are offered on a quarterly basis through our Education program and students earn college credit for these courses. Tuition costs for this required training is reimbursed through W.A.E.Y.C.

HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS
Shoreline's High School Completion Program helps students earn a high school diploma. Adults age 18 or older may be able to earn a high school diploma by attending classes at the college. Full-time high school students may be able to earn a high school diploma from a high school by attending classes at the college and transferring the credits to that high school. For more information, call (206) 546-6964.

GED Program
Shoreline Community College offers a low-cost General Education Development (GED) preparation course to help students preparing to take the GED test. Successful completion of the test results in the awarding of a General Educational Development Certificate. Areas of instruction include math, spelling, punctuation, grammar and vocabulary. In addition, the course concentrates on reading skills in social studies, natural sciences and literary interpretation. The GED test is given at various times during fall, winter and spring quarters. For additional information about GED classes, call (206) 546- 4788. For information on GED testing, please call (206) 546-4608.

Career Education Options (CEO)
The Career Education Options (CEO) Program offers out-of-school youth a chance to go back to school for the education and training needed to succeed in the world of work. The program is available to 16- to 21-year-olds who left high school without earning a diploma.
  Through CEO, students enhance life skills, receive job training and learn effective job search strategies. The program also provides assistance with placement into internships and employment. While in the program, students may pursue a college degree or certificate in a professional/ technical field. Many students also simultaneously work toward a GED certificate.
  The CEO Program provides continuous support services to help students achieve their educational and career goals. Funded in partnership with the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the program provides tuition, books, supplies, transportation assistance and tutoring to qualifying students. Additional support services may be available on an individual basis. For information on enrolling in CEO, please call (206) 546- 7844 or drop by the CEO office, Rm. 5222 in the 5000 (FOSS) Building.

Running Start
High school juniors and seniors may qualify to participate in the Shoreline Community College Running Start Program and earn college credit while simultaneously completing their high school graduation requirements. To qualify for the program, high school students must take the COMPASS placement test and qualify for English 101. Students must qualify for Math 110 and English 101 if they wish to take any math courses or any science courses for which math is a prerequisite. To receive a free COMPASS testing appointment, submit an admission application and an official copy of your high school transcript directly to the Running Start Office in the 5000 (FOSS) Building. For additional information on the Running Start Program, call (206) 546-6964.

Tech Prep
The Tech Prep Program offers high school students the opportunity to prepare for Professional/Technical degrees and to complete college equivalent classes while still in high school. An agreement is prepared between the high school and college faculty that ensures that credits taken in high school and college are transferable between programs. If you enter this program, you will get a solid start on a community/technical college certificate or degree, earning college credit while completing your high school requirement.
  Students who complete a Tech Prep class while attending high school with a grade of "B" or better and have submitted a Tech Prep application to the North East Tech Prep Consortium will receive a college transcript from either Shoreline Community College or another North East Tech Prep Consortium member college: Bellevue CC, Cascadia CC, Edmonds CC and Lake Washington Technical College. For additional information, call (206) 546-7852, or go to www.techprep.org.

COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAMS

Adult Basic Education (ABE)
Low-cost courses in reading, writing, study skills and mathematics are designed to help students improve their skills for work-related or personal reasons, or to prepare to enter degree programs or professional/technical training. These courses, along with student support services, provide orientation and guidance to help students discover their interests and abilities and prepare for success in their college courses. Call (206) 546-5827 for more information.

English as a Second Language (ESL)
Classes are offered at low cost to help students improve their English skills in speaking, listening, reading, writing and grammar. These classes are offered as intensive day programs (17 hours/week) and part-time evening programs (5 hours/week) on campus and at various locations. Call (206) 546-5827 for more information.

Continuing Education
The Continuing Education Department sponsors a wide variety of professional development and personal enrichment courses designed to upgrade and strengthen job skills. These courses may include computer technology, management, biotechnology and education. Courses on foreign language, dance, exercise, art, music, writing and other areas of interest are also offered. Most courses are held evenings or on Saturdays. Credits are granted for some Continuing Education classes meeting the requirements of employers and funding agencies supporting skill development activities. These credits are all below the 100 level and are not considered to be college-level. They are not intended by SCC as transferable credits, although some receiving institutions may accept them at their discretion. Continuing Education courses and workshops are offered on the main campus, at SCC@Lake Forest Park and at Shoreline School District locations. For additional information, call (206) 533-6700.

Contract Training
In addition to classes listed each quarter in the college class schedule, customized professional training is available to businesses and organizations to meet specific workforce needs. This skill training can be offered at our site or yours. Call (206) 533-6700 for more information.

DISTANCE LEARNING
Shoreline Community College is committed to providing quality education at times and places most convenient to students. To accomplish this, the college has developed distance learning courses that offer several options to students who cannot attend traditional on campus courses. These options include video courses, online courses (computer based/ Internet) and interactive television (ITV) courses. In addition, several degrees and certificates can be obtained at a distance. For further information, please call (206) 546-6966 or visit www.shoreline.edu/distance on the Web. The Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges accredits Shoreline's distance learning program.

Video Courses
Video courses make use of videocassettes, DVD’s, textbooks and study guides to deliver content. Cassettes and DVD’s may be rented as a set for the quarter or checked out individually from the Media Center. Contact the checkout desk at (206) 546-4529 or media@shoreline.edu. Students may be required to attend one or more on-campus sessions. Video courses offer flexibility, convenience and challenge in a quality video- and print-based course format.

Online (Internet)
Fully online courses have start and stop dates, regular assignments and project due dates, but because the classroom is online and asynchronous, work can be done at a time and place most convenient for the student. They have been developed with the same learning outcomes as traditional on-campus courses. Because online courses are delivered at a distance, they are reading and writing intensive. Even though attendance is not required at a specific time, students will need to spend time in the online classroom five out of every seven days and plan on a minimum of 12 to 15 hours of class work each week for each course. Using a computer and the Internet, students receive lessons and assignments and return completed course work. Students communicate with their instructor and other class members through e-mail and threaded discussions from their home or work place. For mostly online classes, students may be required to test on campus or arrange to have an exam proctored several times during the quarter.

Hybrid
Hybrid courses offer students a mixture of on-campus and online learning experiences, with regular on-campus meetings per week. Why choose a Hybrid class? You get face-to-face, personal interaction with your instructor and other students. Plus, you have anytime/anywhere access to the course, on your own computer or in Shoreline’s computer labs with Internet access. You spend more time learning and less time traveling to campus or looking for a parking space.

Web Enhanced
Web-enhanced courses take place at one of the college's physical sites. Online resources are used to supplement the on-campus instruction and do not reduce the requirement for on-site classroom attendance. Many SCC classes are now web-enhanced; please check with your instructor for more information.

Interactive Television (ITV)
Shoreline Community College, in cooperation with 32 community college sites in Washington, participates in the K-20 network. The network makes it possible to offer high-quality interactive TV courses. Students in ITV courses are required to attend class at the designated time at one of the designated sites.

WashingtonOnline
WashingtonOnline courses are developed and shared by the Washington State Community and Technical Colleges system and offered as Shoreline courses. These asynchronous online courses are conducted completely on the internet. WAOL courses have start and stop dates, regular assignments and project due dates, but students can work at the time and place most convenient to them. Students must be admitted and enrolled at Shoreline Community College in order to enroll in these courses. Grading and content for these courses are the responsibility of the instructor's home college. Collections and refunds of tuition and fees are Shoreline's responsibility.

INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
Shoreline's Interdisciplinary Studies allow students to discover, explore, and connect. Interdisciplinary Studies courses allow you to fulfill graduation requirements in an alternative way. These courses integrate two or more subjects into one class that focuses on a common theme. Two or more instructors team-teach these Interdisciplinary Studies courses, so students get to explore issues or problems through multiple perspectives. Interdisciplinary Studies courses offer you a unique, challenging, engaging learning experience. The benefits of these studies include having you:
  • Join a community of learners, students and instructors together.
  • Work collaboratively around a common theme.
  • Gain a deeper understanding of subjects by exploring the connections between them.
  • Solve more complex problems.
  • Turn ideas into action and social change.
Interdisciplinary Studies courses come in many forms. Some courses may combine three or more disciplines, giving students a full-time load. Other courses may provide students with ten, eight, or five credits. Below are some examples of various forms and courses we have offered.

10 Credit course with two instructors
Dreams and Nightmares: Imagined and Real
PSYCH 100 (Introduction to Psychology) & ENG 101 or 271 (Composition)
This interdisciplinary course takes concepts in Introductory Psychology and explores them in greater depth by applying them to fiction and film and exploring them through the process of writing. Through traditional and untraditional sources, we will examine the mind through dream analysis; we will also explore the role our society plays in shaping our behavior through obedience, conformity, and other social factors; then, we will integrate these approaches to examine the nature of mental disorders.

8 Credit course with two instructors
Sex and Sweat
PSYCH 210 (Human Sexuality) & PE 238 (Physical Education)
Are you interested in good health, good bodies and good relationships? Then this class is for you. This interdisciplinary studies program (Human Sexuality and Physical Education) will focus on sexual function, dysfunction, orientation, communication, sexually transmitted diseases, reproductive health, and contraception. To promote a healthier lifestyle, students will engage in cardiovascular exercise, resistance training, flexibility training and contemporary movement to music. Students will explore issues concerning body image, eating disorders, self esteem, lifestyle choices and appropriate goal setting.

5 Credit course with multiple faculty
The West vs. the Rest: Modern History of the
International Political Economy
INTST 285 (Global Issues)
Interested in the causes and effects of violence, conflict, and globalization? This course examines the crucial foundational events of the modern world from the French Revolution to the development of today’s Global Marketplace. We examine the political framework and institutional structures that make up the modern world, including the impact of the World Wars, the Great Depression, the Cold War, the creation and governance of international institutions (IMF, WTO, etc.), and the relations between the industrialized West and the ex-colonial states.

SPECIAL PROJECTS
Guidelines for Special Projects
Special project credits are for individualized study. They consist of advanced study in the student's primary academic or career area of interest under the guidance of the division involved. Students initiate requests for special projects with an appropriate faculty member. Students planning to participate in special project credits must have completed a basic course in the relevant discipline.
  Special project credits may not be used to satisfy general or distribution degree requirements. Students should consult with their advisors and check with the elective degree requirements of their transfer institution to determine the applicability of special project credits.

Special project credits:
  For 3 credits: Students must complete 99 project hours and enroll before the end of
the second week (10th day) of the quarter.
  For 2 credits: Students must complete 66 project hours and enroll before the end of
the third week of the quarter.
  For 1 credit: Students must complete 33 project hours and enroll before the end of
the fifth week of the quarter.

Faculty offering special project credits submit to the division dean a written contract, including details of the nature of the project, the resources to be used, the materials to be produced or activities to be completed by the student and the method of evaluation and grading that is to be used by the instructor.
  Shoreline's academic regulations are an ongoing concern of the Faculty Senate and the college governance structure. As such, any of the following requirements are subject to periodic review and possible change.