Responsibility for Maintenance: Registration and Records
Date of most recent changes: June 9, 2025
I. Policy Statement
See Academic Rule I. Matriculation & Catalog Rights in the College Catalog (also copied below)
A. Matriculation
A matriculated student is one who has been accepted to a degree or certificate program at Onondaga Community College (OCC). Students accepted in a microcredential program but not a degree or certificate program are not considered matriculated students, but still have catalog rights, as described in Section B.
B. Catalog Rights
To graduate with a degree or certificate, students must complete the requirements stated in the College Catalog when they first matriculate into that degree or certificate program.
A student who discontinues their enrollment for a period of two consecutive years will lose their matriculated status and their academic record will be made inactive. If that student re-matriculates, they must fulfill the requirements in the Catalog in effect at the time of re-matriculation.
If program requirements change while a student is continuously enrolled (fall and spring) in at least one course, the student has the right to continue following the requirements in the Catalog at the time of their initial matriculation in that program.
Students always have the option of following the requirements in the current Catalog. To do so, the student must formally request an update to their record by submitting an “Academic Program Adjustment” form. Once the Catalog requirements are updated, they cannot be changed back.
A student who is continuously enrolled and doesn’t graduate within six years of matriculation will be moved to the current Catalog requirements.
All of the above points also apply to students enrolled in a microcredential. Rather than the date of matriculation, microcredential students would follow the Catalog in effect at the time of their acceptance to the microcredential program.
II. Reason for Policy
This policy is designed to facilitate efficient use of the College’s academic resources by establishing standards for matriculation and academic program change.
III. Applicability of the Policy
All full- and part-time students at the College, as well as College employees responsible for making determinations affecting students’ matriculated status, should be familiar with this policy.
IV. Related Documents
Onondaga Community College departmental rules for re-enrollment in programs with limited enrollment capacity
V. Contacts
Subject | Office Name | Title or | Telephone | Email/URL |
Re-enrollment - general Re-admission Academic Program Change | Registration and Records |
| (315) 498-2350 | registrar@sunyocc.edu |
VI. Procedures
Readmission
Students who lose their matriculation due to a discontinuance of enrollment for two or more years must complete the Returning Student Application Form.
Academic Program Changes
A matriculated student may request an academic program change through the Academic Program Adjustment form.
Exceptions
Students who have lost matriculated status because of unsatisfactory academic performance must follow specific requirements for reinstatement. See Policy A5 Academic Standing.
VII. Forms/Online Processes
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Approved by OCC Board of Trustees April 3, 2006
Updated and approved by the President January 25, 2010
Updated and approved by the President June 26, 2023
Updated and approved by the President June 9, 2025