Registration Requirements and Procedures

Registration Holds. A student may be placed on hold based on a variety of financial and administrative reasons. Students are notified of these holds prior to each registration period and should clear them before being allowed to register. Please see the appropriate department for more details pertaining to holds. Auditing Course(s). A student may register to audit a course(s) on a space available basis. Admission to the College is not required and no credit will be given for audited courses. Registration for audit may not be changed from audit to credit, or vice versa, after the first day of class.

Cancellation of Registration. The College may cancel the registration of a student whose registration fees have not been paid in full by the deadline. Students whose registration is canceled may apply for reinstatement but must do so before the published deadline. Cancellation, however, does not include students who have received approved deferred payment status, financial aid, (i.e., scholarships, veterans deferments, third party billings, etc.) from the Business Office. Students whose registration is cancelled are not liable for registration fees for he applicable term.

Students who on their own decide not to attend the College prior to the first day of class, MUST take the necessary steps to assure cancellation of their registration. Students who cancel their registration on or after the first day of class, must do so by withdrawing from the College. This process CANNOT be done on the web site. Applicable fees may incur depending on the date. See Withdrawal. Reinstatement of Cancelled Registration. Students whose registration has been cancelled due to their failure to pay registration fees may be reinstated upon the verification of payment and approval of the Dean of Academic Affairs. Class Schedule Changes (Add/Drop). No courses can be added after the date stipulated in the calendar for making changes. Exceptions after the calendar date require the consent of the Dean of Academic Affairs. Curriculum Changes.

The student should expect to obtain the degree as outlined in the catalog of the year in which they formally declare a major program. If there is no break in enrollment, a student who has taken and passed the prescribed program of courses each term should expect to obtain a degree normally in eight semesters (unless the program indicates otherwise). Any other student may be required to spend a longer time and may be required to meet any added requirements introduced in the curriculum, including grade point averages or number of credit hours required. To keep in line with occasional changes in certification requirements, the curriculum of one or several divisions or departments may change; such changes may extend the normal time of course requirements for a degree. See also Statute of

Limitation

Students are expected to consult with their academic advisor or division chair throughout their enrollment in selecting courses.

Course Load

The normal full-time load for a student is 15 credit hours. However, some of the divisions have a maximum or minimum load which is stated in the respective curriculum sections of this catalog.

For Fall and Spring semesters, students are fulltime if they are enrolled in 12-18 hours. Students are permitted to take 19 hours with the required GPA, additional fees will be applied. Hours above 19 are considered exceptional on the undergraduate level and may be recommended to the academic dean on an individual basis by the division chairperson.

Although 12 hours is considered full-time, students taking more than 9 hours during the summer term should consult with their faculty advisors and consider the comprehensive scheduling of summer courses. Hours above 12 are considered exceptional during the summer and may be recommended to the academic dean on an individual basis by the division chairperson, additional fees will be applied. All students who are recipients of scholarships or participants in special programs may be required to maintain a full-time load as required by that program. The minimum load for fulltime benefits for the Veterans Administration is 12 credit hours, athletic participant and residence housing is 12 credit hours and an academic scholarship is 15 credit hours.