Enrollment @ TCC

Enroll in Classes

• Apply for admission before enrolling.
• The Touchtone Telephone Enrollment system
• The Student Information System (SIS)
• Going to any campus or off-campus Enrollment Site 
• Mailing materials by the deadline listed in the TCC Schedule of Classes 
• Enrollment Changes

Note: If you are currently enrolled and in good academic and financial standing at the college, you may take advantage of early-priority touchtone enrolling. You should receive a card in the mail from the college indicating your registration dates. If you are a curricular student, see your academic advisor during the academic advising period listed in the college calendar. Students with academic blocks on their records because they are on academic suspension or dismissal may NOT enroll until granted readmission. Students with financial blocks on their records - holds due to unpaid library charges, financial aid payments, or other student debts to the college - may not enroll until their record is cleared. Complete registration procedures are outlined in the TCC Schedule of Classes published each semester.

Touchtone Telephone Enrollment System

The Touchtone Telephone Enrollment System enables you to perform a number of functions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can enroll in classes, pay tuition, check dates, and more.

• Get counselor's approval
• Fill out the Enrollment Worksheet
• Call ~ 757.822.2000 to use the touchtone system
• Touchtone Help Request form

Or you can use our NEW ONLINE OPTION to pay your tuition at http://www.tcc.edu/students/sis/faq/payment.htm or in person at any campus business office.

SIS Note: Use the Class# not the CourseID from the online schedule

Enroll on Campus

Chesapeake Campus - Pass Building
Norfolk Campus - Mason Andrews Science Building, First Floor
Portsmouth Campus - Beazley Building, Bay 4
Virginia Beach - Princess Anne Building

Enroll by Mail

Change of Enrollment

Any action you take after your initial enrollment is a change of enrollment. You must always follow official procedures for making any changes in your program after registration, either through the touchtone system, in person, or by providing written permission to a representative who acts for you. Consult a counselor or academic advisor when changing registration to prevent any problem with your permanent college records, your financial aid status, or your veterans benefits. After making any change, be sure to obtain, check, and save a new Registration and Identification (R&I) receipt from the campus Business Office.

Academic Load

• The full-time course load is 12 to 18 credit hours. Talk to a counselor about taking an academic load that will be compatible with your work schedule, family responsibilities, health, and other obligations. As a rule, one credit hour of course work requires at least two hours of study outside of class each week.
• If you wish to take more than 18 credit hours of course work, you must obtain the approval of the campus provost or designee.
• If you have received an academic warning or are on academic probation, you may be required to take a reduced course load for the next semester.

Auditing a Course

Audit - No credit. Permission of the appropriate division chair or designee is required to audit a course. After the last day for students to withdraw from a class without penalty, the audit grade X is invalid for students enrolled in the course for credit.

Incomplete

Incomplete - No credit; used for verifiable unavoidable reasons. Since the "incomplete" extends the enrollment in the course, requirements for satisfactory completion will be established through student/faculty consultation. The I grade may be assigned only in the case of mitigating circumstances, beyond the student's control, such as illness, and only after at least 75% of the course has been satisfactorily completed. It is the student's responsibility to notify the instructor of the student's desire for a grade of I. I grades assigned for the fall semester must be made up by the last day of instruction in the following spring semester. I grades assigned at the end of the spring semester and summer term must be made up by the last day of instruction in the following fall semester, unless the instructor establishes an earlier deadline. The instructor must submit a Grade Change form to Enrollment Services to change the grade from I to the grade received after completed course work. If the work is not completed in time, another grade (B, C, D, F, R, U, or W) must be assigned based on the course work already completed. The W grade will be awarded only under mitigating circumstances, documented by the student and approved by the course instructor and the appropriate academic administrator. A copy of the withdrawal form and any supporting documentation must be placed in the student's academic file.

Drop / Add / Withdraw

The deadlines for adding and dropping courses and withdrawing without academic penalty from regular session courses are published every semester in the TCC Schedule of Classes and the College Calendar. Contact Enrollment Services for the last date to withdraw from special session courses.

• Adding a course means enrolling in a new course during the Add period published in the TCC Schedule of Classes. You may need special permission from the provost or designee to add a course after the first meeting.
• Dropping a course means you have officially left a course ON or BEFORE the last day to drop for a tuition refund published in the TCC Schedule of Classes. Enrollment in the course will not appear on your college record, and you will not receive a grade for it.
• Withdrawing from a course means officially leaving the course AFTER the refund period. Enrollment in the course will appear on your college record, and you will receive a grade for it. The college reserves the right to withdraw a student for just cause.
  Withdrawal - No credit. A grade of W is awarded to students who withdraw or are withdrawn from a course after the add/drop period but prior to the completion of 60% of the session. After that time, the student will receive a grade of F except when making satisfactory progress and under mitigating circumstances which must be approved by the course instructor and the appropriate academic administrator. A copy of the withdrawal form and any supporting documentation must be placed in the student's academic file.

DO NOT STOP ATTENDING COLLEGE WITHOUT OFFICIALLY WITHDRAWING FROM ALL YOUR CLASSES. Failure to properly withdraw from college may result in the assignment of F or U grade(s) to your permanent record. Please see a counselor or an academic advisor to consider your options before withdrawing from college.

Effective Date of Official College and Course Withdrawal : When you withdraw from a class or from the college, your official withdrawal is effective on the date it is processed by the college, not the date of the last class you attended, unless the two dates are the same. If you are withdrawn from a course, your official withdrawal date is the last day you attended class, as reported by your instructor.