SWCC College Catalog & Student Handbook

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2024-25 College Catalog & Student Handbook (9.34 MB)

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2023-24 College Catalog & Student Handbook (9.77 MB)
Released 2023

2022-23 College Catalog (9.67 MB)
Released 2022

2022-23 Student HandbookPDF

 2021-22 College Catalog (9.58 MB)
Released 2021

2021-22 Student HandbookPDF

 2020-21 College Catalog (9.02 MB)
Released 2020

2020-21 Student HandbookPDF

2019-20 College Catalog (8.87 MB)
Released July 2019

2017-19 College Catalog (8.3 MB)
Released August 2018

2017-19 College Catalog (7.8 MB)
Released October 2017

2015-17 College Catalog (2.8 MB)
Released January 2017

2015-17 College Catalog v3  (2.8 MB)
Released July 2016

2015-17 College Catalog v2 (2.8 MB)
Released January 2016

2015-17 College Catalog v1 (PDF 2.8 MB)
Released July 2015

2013-15 College Catalog v4 (PDF 2.3 MB)
Released January 2015

2013-15 College Catalog v3 (PDF 1.52 MB)
Released September 2014

2013-15 College Catalog v2(PDF 1.04 MB)
Released January 2014

2013-15 College Catalog v1 (PDF 2.2 MB)
Released July 2013

2011-13 College Catalog v4 (PDF 3.66 MB)
Released January 2013

2011-13 College Catalog v2 (3.8 MB)
Released August 2012

2011-13 College Catalog v1 (3.7 MB)
Released February 2012

2009-11 College Catalog (3.3 MB)
Released July 2009

2007-09 College Catalog (4.3 MB)
Revised Fall 2008

Catalog User Guide

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Navigation

There are three helpful built-in features to help you navigate around in the college catalog.

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At the top of each page, there is a gray navigation bar with links to four parts of the catalog. On each of the four navigation bar pages, as well as the beginning page for each section, there are clickable hyperlinks to other pages in the catalog.

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Each entry in the table of contents is a hyperlink to the corresponding page.

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Clicking on a page number in the index will also take you to that page.

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The first page of each new section also has an abbreviated listing of topics for the section. 

So, how do you use these?

Here is a brief example of how to use these navigation features to find the description for a specific course. For this example let's look for HIS 201, Iowa History.

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Click on the Course Descriptions link at the top of your current page.

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Then, click on the discipline area for the course you are searching for. For our example, click on History in the listing.

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The page that displays will be page 96. Scroll to HIS 201. *Sometimes, due to page flow, you my have to scroll to a consecutive page to find the course you are looking for.

How to Print Important Pages

Page numbers are listed at the bottom of each page. Make note of the page or page range you would like to print. Choose the “Print” command from your browser’s menu or use the short cut keys Ctrl+P on Windows (Cmd+P on Mac). In the print dialog box that appears, type the number of the page you want to print in the “Pages” text field. You can print multiple pages by separating each page number by a comma (e.g. 3,18,23) or print a page range by entering the first and last page numbers separated by a hyphen (e.g. 18-21). In most browsers and PDF viewers you can even combine single pages and page ranges at one time (e.g. 3,18-21,23).

By printing only the pages you need you will help conserve paper, money, and the environment.