Pledge to Students

Marion Technical College is committed to a smooth transition from terms to semesters. Advisors are available to guide each student with an individual plan for completion of their degrees. Students are strongly encouraged to meet with his or her advisor to plan out a path for degree completion in MAPS (My Advising Plan for Semesters). It is the responsibility of the students to meet with their advisors in a timely manner. Those who do so can count on the following:

• No Loss of Academic Progress
  Students will not lose earned credit as a result of the semester conversion. Earned term hours will be converted to semester hours based on the following formula:
  Number of Term Hours x .6667 = Number of Semester Credit Hours.
• No Delay to Degree Completion
  This pledge ensures that those students who are on track to complete their curriculum requirements when the Fall Semester of 2012 begins, and who continue to adhere to their curriculum guide or degree completion plan developed with the Student's Advisor in MAPs after semester conversion, will not experience an extension of the time-to-degree completion.
• No Increased Costs for Degree Completion
  Student tuition and fees under the semester system will not be greater than they would be under the term system for a two-semester academic year. The total full-time cost of two semesters equals the full-time cost of three terms. In addition, the total tuition and fees cost over the length of the degree program (based on two semesters per academic year) will be the same for students following an approved DCP under the semester-calendar system as it would have been under the term-calendar system. Tuition and fee payment schedules will be aligned with the semester calendar. The college, however, may implement annual tuition increases as deemed necessary and authorized by the Board of Trustees.
  

FALL QUARTER Cost per credit hour $107	WINTER QUARTER Cost per credit hour $107		SPRING QUARTER Cost per credit hour $107
FALL SEMESTER Cost per credit hour $160.50		SPRING SEMESTER Cost per credit hour $160.50

FALL QUARTER Full-time tuition = $1,284	WINTER QUARTER Full-time tuition = $1,284		SPRING QUARTER Full-time tuition = $1,284	FULL YEAR Tuition = $3,852
FALL SEMESTER Full-time tuition = $1,926		SPRING SEMESTER Full-time tuition = $1,926		FULL YEAR Tuition = $3,852