Each student is expected to demonstrate orderly progress in completing his/her educational objective at MCC. To help clarify each student’s status at MCC, students are assigned to one of the following categories:
- Full-time student: a person who is enrolled in 12 or more semester credit hours
(A student must take more than 12 credits per semester to complete an associate degree in two years. We encourage students to Think30! when registering for classes.) - Part-time student: a person who is enrolled in fewer than 12 semester credit hours
- Matriculated student: a person who has applied for admission to the college and has been accepted into a specific degree, certificate or professional certificate program (a letter of acceptance from the Admissions Office is sent when a student becomes accepted)
All students who complete 12 credit hours will be required to speak with an advisor to discuss their academic goal. A student deciding to matriculate must do so formally through the Admissions Office after completion of no more than 12 credit hours. Courses taken prior to matriculation may not always be applicable toward the degree sought.
A matriculated student may attend either full or part-time, but must take at least one course per academic year to maintain matriculated status. A student who has completed more than 12 semester hours prior to matriculation may find that not all credits can be applied toward the degree sought; hence, the importance of matriculating.
A student who fails to maintain matriculated status may be required to reapply for admission and meet any new academic requirements in force at that date. Only matriculated students may:- Apply for financial aid or scholarships
- Challenge out/test out of courses
- Be assigned an academic advisor
- Be awarded a degree, certificate, or professional certificate
- Non-matriculated student: a student who is taking credit or non-credit courses, but is not enrolled in a degree, certificate or professional certificate program. Students are encouraged to matriculate in order to secure the privileges and protections offered to matriculated students.