Catalog Choice and Ongoing Enrollment - Attendance

Catalog Choice and Ongoing Enrollment

• Student’s initial program will be assigned at time of initial admission or re-admittance based on the student’s admissions application.
• A student’s initial catalog designation will be the academic catalog in effect at the time of initial enrollment. A student’s catalog year can change as a result of the following:
  • A student must maintain ongoing enrollment as described or complete a new change to their declared program of study.
  • Any modification to a student’s degree/certificate will be applied with the current academic year’s catalog.
• Students must maintain ongoing enrollment at MCC or any other Arizona community college or state university to remain in their designated catalog.
• Ongoing Enrollment is defined as:
  • A semester/summer term in which a degree or certificate seeking student earns credit will be counted toward continuous enrollment.
  • Adult education courses, non-credit courses, audited courses, failed courses, or courses assigned a withdrawal (administrative or student-initiated) grade are not considered ongoing enrollment.
  • If no credit is earned for three consecutive semesters/summer terms from date of degree declaration ongoing enrollment requirement will not be maintained.
  • A student who does not maintain ongoing enrollment must use the current catalog at re-enrollment.
• The student will be responsible to fulfill the requirements of the designated catalog.
• The student may not choose a catalog from a previous academic year.
• Students admitted or readmitted for the summer term may be declared in the current or future edition of the catalog.
• Students accepted to a specialized program via the program application process (e.g., dental hygiene, nursing, and paramedic) are required to formally change the associated declared program to the current academic year’s catalog associated with the start date of their program.
• Changes to declared programs must be made before the end of the semester’s official add/drop period for semester-length courses. Any changes made after that time are contingent upon current enrollment periods.

Note: A student may move forward in catalog publications, but will never be able to declare an archived catalog. Courses and programs offered in a published catalog are subject to availability and may change.

Exceptions to these policies are at the discretion of the Registrar’s Office.

Attendance

Students who fail to attend the first week of an on-ground course or participate within the first week of an online course, and fail to contact the instructor within that first week regarding the absence, will be dropped from the class. A student may appeal this action within a week of being dropped for non-attendance (on-ground) or non-participation (online) by contacting the appropriate Associate Dean of Instruction or Program Director. In the event the course instructor is a program director or an associate dean, the appeal will be facilitated by the Dean of the student’s program. Faculty will verify their final student rosters by the fourteenth (14) day of the term to the Registrar’s Office. The College reserves the right to withdraw students from classes at any time during the semester. For further information, please see the Withdrawal section in the College Catalog and/or Student Handbook.

Note: A class that has been dropped due to non-attendance can affect a student’s financial aid or VA education benefits. If you have any questions regarding the effects of a dropped class, please contact Advising.