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Compliance Certification Section 2.7.4
Contractual Agreements for Instruction
The institution provides instruction for all course work required for at least one degree program at each level at which it awards degrees. If the institution makes arrangements for some instruction to be provided by other accredited institutions or entities through contracts or consortia, or uses some other alternative approach to meeting this requirement, the alternative approach must be approved by the Commission on Colleges. In all cases, the institution demonstrates that it controls all aspects of its educational program.
Coker College is in compliance.
The College offers 30 complete degree programs at the bachelor's degree
level (four year degrees) and one (Medical Technology) that must be completed
elsewhere. Program information can be found on the Academic
Programs page. They are also described along with course offerings
in the Academic Catalog [510]
.
Coker College has three programs that are offered through consortia relationships
or contractual agreements. These are the Servicemembers' Opportunity Colleges
(SOC) (the manual is found in [1057]), the College's study abroad agreement
with Central College [1156],
and the medical technology program with McLeod Medical Center [1116].
All are discussed in Section
3.4.7. Transfer credit is discussed in Section
3.4.4.
The first two of these are merely arrangements to allow for the transfer
of credit. They do not require a student to take classes through a consortium
arrangement and provide for the earning of degrees that would be equivalent
to those taken for the same degree completely at Coker College. Students
take comparable courses provided by SOC-member colleges (for those students
in the army who are transferred to other locations) (see the SOCAD-4 Handbook
[1057])
or Central College (for those students who wish study abroad opportunities).
Copies of Coker College's agreement with Central College [1156]
and of the Central College international catalog are on file in the CIEE
office.
Only the Medical Technology program provides for courses taken at McLeod
Medical Center that are not comparable to classes offered on the Coker
College campus. The affiliation agreement is found in [1169].
Coker College's program at the McLeod Regional Medical Center School of
Medical Technology is accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for
Clinical Laboratory Sciences, as shown in [1585]. Students who have completed
the prerequisite 90 hours of courses from Coker College may take a senior
year at McLeod consisting of 30 semester hours in Medical Technology.
Upon successful completion of this work, the student is awarded a Bachelor
of Science degree by Coker College.
Although the College does not have direct control over the education
received in the last 30 hours of the Medical Technology degree, a review
process ensures that the College is aware of and approves any changes
that are made. The most recent review consisted of a site visit and interviews
with instructors. The report concludes that "It is clear that this
program is a credit to Coker College and that the students receive an
excellent education in Medical Technology" [1191].
Control in this case is therefore indirect, but the external accreditation
of the program provides additional assurance that the program's standards
are maintained.
Reference Documents Cited
| ID | Type | Source | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 510 | HTML PDF | Office: Registrar | 2003-04 Catalog | Course descriptions, tuition, faculty, administration, staff listing, majors and minors, completion requirements, transfers, general education |
| 1057 | Office: Provost and Dean of Faculty | SOCAD-4 Manual | Manual for the Serviceman's Opportunity Colleges Bachelor's Degree Program for the Army, Interim Handbook 2003 | |
| 1156 | Office: Center for International and Experiential | Cooperating Agreement Central College Abroad Programs | Agreement for study abroad courses with Central College | |
| 1169 | Office: Provost and Dean of Faculty | Affiliation Agreement with McLeod Medical Center | Defines working relationship between the medical center and the college to provide clinical learning experiences | |
| 1191 | HTML DOC PDF | Academic: Science and Math Dept. | Site Visit Assessment of Medical Technology Program | Report from a site visit to McLeod Medical Center regarding the Medical Technology agreement |
| 1585 | Office: Provost and Dean of Faculty | Medical Technology Accreditation Documents | Letter showing the accreditation of the Medical Technology program at McLeod Hospital through the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences. |