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Please note: If you do not attend or stop
attending classes and fail to personally
withdraw online within the full-refund period,
you will be held responsible for all applicable
tuition and fees. Instructor withdrawals do not
remove charges.
Workforce development and continuing
education programs adhere to different
refund policies. Please consult WDCE’s
course guide for refund details.
Registration Information
Any person wishing to enroll for courses
taught by the college must register during
the scheduled registration periods using
MyTMCC. Each semester, the college will
publish (online only) a class schedule
which includes detailed information
on the courses available, registration
procedures and dates, and add/drop
periods. Enrollment appointments
are assigned to students based on the
number of completed credits. Registration
materials for all students will be available
online. Registration is official only when all
registration fees have been paid.
NSHE College Preparation
Enrollment Policy
In 2007, the Nevada System of Higher
Education (NSHE) passed the Board
of Regents guidelines that all degree-
seeking students must be immediately
and continuously enrolled in appropriate
developmental mathematics, reading
and English courses until they have
successfully completed all developmental
course work prescribed. Students
requiring remediation must complete all
required course work prior to completion
of 30 college credits unless otherwise
authorized by TMCC or any other NSHE
institution.
Adding Classes
Students may add classes using the
MyTMCC portal only during the published
registration periods. The registration
period for full term classes is up to 8am
of the first day of the semester. The
registration period for Dynamically Dated
classes (short term) classes is either the
day before or the first two days of class,
depending on the length of the class.
Written permission from the department
is required after the registration period
has ended. Students may enroll in full
term with departmental permission
only through the Friday of the first week
of classes. Students who add classes
or register late become immediately
responsible for the fees of these classes.
The student should be aware that they
may not be eligible for any refunds if
they drop from these classes. Refunds
are based on the times the class has met
and not on the attendance of a particular
student. See the refund policy on page
A-12 of this course catalog. It is important
for students to verify the accuracy of their
enrollment schedules and fees any time a
change is made.
Audit
A student who wishes to enroll for
no credit may register as an auditor. An
auditor pays regular fees and, at the
discretion of the instructor, must meet
all regular class requirements. A student
who audits a course will not receive a
grade or credit for that course. Changing
from audit to credit or from credit to audit
must be completed by the last day for a
100% refund. Forms for changing to or
from audit status require the student’s
signature and must be processed at the
Admissions and Records office. The audit
form is available on the college’s Web site.
Withdrawing fromClasses
Refunds for withdrawing from classes
are based on the times the class has met
and not on the attendance of a particular
student. During the 100% refund period,
an instructor may drop a student for
non-attendance and/or not meeting
prerequisites; in this case, no grade will
appear on the student’s record. If a student
drops during the 100% refund period, no
grade will appear on the student’s record.
See the refund policy in this college
catalog for additional information.
Unless the class is officially dropped,
the student is responsible for the fees and
the instructor may assign a failing grade.
It is important for students to verify the
accuracy of their enrollment schedules
and fees any time a change is made.
A student may choose to withdraw
from a course up to the midpoint (60%) of
a course. There may be conditions under
which a student will be administratively
withdrawn from a course. Date of last
attendance will be stored in PeopleSoft.
Cancellation of Classes
The college reserves the right to cancel
any class. Students will automatically
receive a full refund for a canceled class.
Concurrent Registration
Veterans, international students and
financial aidstudentswhoareconcurrently
enrolled at TMCC and any other post-
secondary institution must notify the
Admissions and Records office in writing.
These students must also indicate to the
appropriate office which school is the
parent institution and provide verification
of fees paid and credits earned at the
other institution.
Credit Load
All classes taken for credit constitute
the total credit load for each student.
The maximum number of credits a
student may carry without the approval
of a counselor or academic advisor is 18
credits during the fall/spring terms and 14
credits during summer term (seven credits
per summer session). A student wishing
to carry more than 18 credits in fall/spring
and 14 credits during summer term must
have a compelling reason to fulfill specific
requirements in a given term, have a
grade point average of 3.0 or higher and
have completed one semester at or above
full time enrollment (12 or more credits).
**exceptions to the overload policy
are highly discouraged in the summer
session(s) due to the intensive pace of
classes.
Full-Time, Part-Time Students
The enrollment status of students is
determined by the number of credits,
excluding workforce development and
continuing education credits, in which
they officially enroll each semester.
• Full time: 12 credits or more.
• Three-quarter time: at least nine but
fewer than 12 credits.
• Half-time: at least six but fewer than
nine credits.
• Less than half-time: fewer than six
credits.
Students who receive veterans’
assistance and/or financial aid must refer
to Appendices D and E for the specific
federal enrollment requirements students
must maintain to remain eligible to
receive benefits.
Date of Matriculation
A student’s date of matriculation is the
date of the first day of instruction in the
semester or term in which enrollment
first occurs. Registration in continuing
education courses, which are not state
funded, will not cause out-of-state tuition
to be assessed, nor will enrollment in
these courses be included in the date of
matriculation for evaluation of residence.
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
RegistrationOption
• Any student may choose to take any
course on an S/U basis but no course
taken for a satisfactory/unsatisfactory
grade (except those offered S/U
ONLY) may be used to satisfy any
TMCC general education or division
core requirement.
• A maximum of six elective credits
graded S/U may be used to satisfy
credit requirements for any degree or
certificate earned at TMCC.
• Students must come to the
Admissions and Records office to
select this option. Any changes to
or from the S/U option must be
completed prior to the end of the
100% refund period.