| Adult-Special Students
An Adult Special Student is one who is not seeking a degree
but wishes to take courses (1) for personal enrichment,
(2) for professional growth, or (3) toward completion of
a Technical Certificate of Credit.
To be admitted as an Adult Special Student for personal
enrichment or professional growth, the following apply:
1. A completed application for admission must be submitted.
2. A ten-dollar ($10.00) non-refundable application fee
must be submitted with the application.
3. If applicant is a non-high school graduate, he or she
must be 21 years of age or older to enroll or his or her
high school class must have graduated. If applicant is a
high school graduate (or has earned a GED diploma) there
is no age restriction.
4. Complete and submit to the Office of Admissions the
Hepatitis B Immunization Health History form.
To be admitted as an Adult Special Student to take courses
toward completion of a Technical Certificate, the following
apply:
1. A completed application for admission must be submitted.
2. A ten-dollar ($10.00) non-refundable application fee
must be submitted with the application
3. High school transcript or GED score with an average
score of at least 45 must be submitted.
4. Complete and submit to the Office of Admissions the
Hepatitis B Immunization Health History form.
LIMITATIONS:
If a student wishes to change to degree seeking status,
the following conditions apply: (a) Student will apply to
the Office of Records and Registration for reclassification
as a regular student, effective at the beginning of the
next regularly scheduled semester; the student must follow
the same procedures and meet the same standards as required
for all other applicants for regular admission to the College.
If the student is admitted as a regular student, the credits
which have been earned as an adult-special student may be
counted toward a degree at Vol State. (b) Adult Special
Students are not permitted to enroll in a regular college-level
English or mathematics course or in a course that has an
English, Reading , or Mathematics prerequisite until they
have satisfied all requirements of the appropriate placement
tests or provided evidence that they have successfully completed
all prerequisite college-level English or mathematics courses.
Students may continue to accumulate credit in the Adult
Special category for as long as they are enrolled in a Technical
Certificate of Credit program. Students who wish to take
courses for personal enrichment or professional growth may
continue to accumulate credit in the Adult Special category
for up to forty-eight semester hours. Exceptions to this
maximum may be granted by the Vice President of Academic
Affairs.
Residency Requirements
The following are rules for determination of "in-state"
or "out-ofstate" status for fees and tuition purposes
as defined by the State University and Community College
System of Tennessee:
•Every person having his or her domicile in this State
shall be classified "in-state" for fee and tuition
purposes and for admission purposes.
•Every person not having his or her domicile in this
State shall be classified "out-of-state" for said
purposes.
•"Domicile" shall mean a person's true,
fixed, and permanent home and place of habitation; it is
the place where he or she intends to remain, and to which
he or she expects to return when he or she leaves without
intending to establish a new domicile elsewhere.
•The domicile of an "unemancipated person"•
is that of his or her parent. "EMANCIPATED PERSON"
SHALL MEAN A PERSON WHO HAS ATTAINED THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN
YEARS, AND WHOSE PARENTS HAVE ENTIRELY SURRENDERED THE RIGHT
TO THE CARE, CUSTODY, AND EARNINGS OF SUCH PERSON AND WHO
NO LONGER ARE UNDER ANY LEGAL OBLIGATION TO SUPPORT OR MAINTAIN
SUCH DEEMED "EMANCIPATED PERSON." "PARENT"
SHALL MEAN A PERSON'S FATHER OR MOTHER. If there is a nonparental
guardian or legal custodian of an unemancipated person,
then "parent" shall mean such guardian or legal
custodian provided that there are not circumstances indicating
that such guardianship or custodianship was created primarily
for the purpose of conferring the status of an "in-state"
student on such unemancipated person.
•The domicile of a married person shall be determined
independent of the domicile of the spouse.
•A recent graduate of any "out-of-state"
high school must supply evidence of Tennessee residency
before receiving instate tuition status.
•Unemancipated students of divorced parents shall
be classified "in-state" when one parent, regardless
of custodial status, is domiciled in Tennessee.
•The spouse of a student classified as "in-state"
shall also be classified as "in-state".
•Foreign students will pay out-of-state tuition.
•Students classified by Immigrations as a Permanent
Resident, Resident Alien, Refugee, or Immigrant may be charged
in statefees if domiciled in Tennessee.
•Part-time students (under 12 semester hours) who
are not domiciled in Tennessee but who are employed full-time
in Tennessee shall be classified out-of-state but shall
not be required to pay out-of-state tuition. The student
must provide proper documentation each semester.
•Students who are stationed at Fort Campbell pursuant
to military orders, shall be classified out-of-state but
shall not be required to pay out-of-state tuition. The student
must provide proper documentation each semester.
CEU, Non-Credit Students
A student interested in enrolling in CEU, non-credit instructional
activities is not required to apply for formal admission
to the College. Adult students, 18 years of age and older,
must complete
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