College Catalog 2021-22

EAST CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE

students an opportunity to earn technical credit towards meeting high school graduation requirements and towards the completion of an ECCC degree. The transcripting of credit for Dual Credit courses applied towards high school graduation requirements is completely discretionary at the secondary school. Dual Credit courses are generally taught on the premises of the secondary school and taught by an instructor approved by ECCC. Students may be granted admission status at ECCC in Dual Credit courses while concurrently enrolled in high school if they meet the following admission requirements: 1. Have a minimum overall high school GPA of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale; 2. Will be classified as a sophomore, junior or senior; and 3. Have the unconditional recommendation of their high school principal or guidance counselor or CTE instructor. The credit earned at ECCC by students admitted under the Dual Credit Policy will be available for transfer or for meeting the requirements for graduation from the College after the student has received her/his high school diploma. No student shall earn more than 28 semester credit hours through the Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment program. DUAL ENROLLMENT – CAREER & TECHNICAL Participation in the Dual Enrollment program at East Central Community College (ECCC) allows high school students an opportunity to earn postsecondary technical credit while still enrolled in high school. Students who qualify for Dual Enrollment are allowed to enroll in courses at the College for which they are qualified. Students may be granted admission status at ECCC while concurrently enrolled in high school if they meet the following admission requirements: 1. Have a minimum overall high school GPA of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale; 2. Will be classified as a sophomore, junior or senior; and 3. Have the unconditional recommendation of their high school principal or guidance counselor or CTE instructor. The credit earned at ECCC by students admitted under the Dual Enrollment Policy will be available for transfer or for meeting the requirements for graduation from the College after the student has received her/ his high school diploma. No student shall earn more than 28 semester credit hours through the Dual Credit/ Dual Enrollment program. PART-TIME STUDENTS Part-time students must meet the same admission requirements as full-time students. LEGAL RESIDENT STATUS East Central Community College observes the following definitions with regard to residential status of applicants and students as interpreted from laws engaged by the Mississippi Legislature. The College’s district includes the following supporting counties: Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott, and Winston. 1. Legal Residence of Adult (Persons 21 and Older). The residence of an adult is that place where he is domiciled, that is, the place where he actually physically resides with the intention of remaining there indefinitely or of returning there permanently when temporarily absent. MS Code § 37-103-13 2. Legal Residence of Minor Students for Purposes of Attendance at Universities and Community Colleges. For purposes of determining whether a person pays out-of-state or in-state tuition for attendance at universities and community and junior colleges, the residence of a person less than twenty-one (21) years of age is that of the father, the mother or a general guardian duly appointed by a proper court in Mississippi. If a court has granted custody of the minor to one (1) parent, the residence of the minor is that of the parent who was granted custody by the court. If both parents are dead, the residence of the minor is that of the last surviving parent at the time of that parent’s death, unless the minor lives with a general guardian duly appointed by a proper court of Mississippi, in which case his residence becomes that of the guardian.

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