Field trips in academic courses can be important educational experiences.  Any planned field trips must contribute to student learning and must be planned so as to keep costs to the students and college at a minimum. These experiences should also be arranged so that students will not have difficulty making up work in classes missed.  The following procedures are used in organizing field trips:

1. Approval from the Vice President for Academic Affairs must be obtained one week in advance of the trip if at a time other than regularly scheduled hours of the particular class involved.
2. A list of names of faculty and students participating in the field trip is to be submitted to the Vice President for Academic Affairs who will forward the list to all instructors.
3. Arrangements to use a college vehicle must be made through the business office.
4. It is the responsibility of the faculty member planning a field trip to inform the participants of the students’ responsibility to contact instructors regarding makeup work prior to any absence from class.
5. Each student participating in a field trip must sign a Liability Release Form.