Cross Registration Policy for SUNY

PURPOSE:

This Policy is designed to support the SUNY Cross Registration Policy and promote timely degree completion by providing students access to courses at other SUNY campuses while they are enrolled at Jefferson Community College. 

DEFINITIONS:

1. A matriculated student is a student who has been accepted into and is enrolled in an academic program.
2. A home campus is the campus at which the student is matriculated.
3. A host campus is the campus at which the student is registered to take course work but is not matriculated.
4. A cross registration occurs when a host campus provides instruction to a matriculated student enrolled in a degree or certificate program at a different home campus.
   
   

STATEMENT OF POLICY:

SUNY cross registration occurs when both the host campus and home campus are SUNY institutions.

1. This policy applies to part-time and full-time undergraduate students matriculated in a degree or certificate program and approved for cross-registration by Jefferson Community College and the home/host campus.
2. For students to receive the benefits of cross registration, both Jefferson Community College and the home/host campus must approve a student’s request to cross register.
3. Students using Jefferson Community College as a home campus must meet the following criteria:
   1. Students must be enrolled and matriculated in a degree or certificate seeking program at Jefferson Community College.
   2. Cross registration must be used to satisfy degree or certificate requirements.
   3. Students with a GPA lower than 2.0 or any registration holds are prevented from completing coursework at any host institution through cross registration.
   4. Credit limitations
      1. The total number of credits in which a student is registered at the home campus and host campus is used to determine the maximum number of credits in which a student can be registered under the Registration and Withdraw Policy.
      2. Cross registration is limited to 2 courses per term.
      3. Students requesting cross-registration in a fall or spring semester must be registered in at least 6 credits at Jefferson Community College or at least one-half their total credit workload.
      4. Students requesting cross-registration in a summer or winter term must be registered in at least one course at Jefferson Community College.
      5. Students wishing to use financial aid to pay for coursework taken at a host institution must utilize the current Jefferson Community College cross-registration procedure and SUNY cross-registration procedure.
4. Students using Jefferson Community College as a host campus must meet the following criteria:
   1. Students with a cumulative GPA lower than 2.0 are ineligible for cross registration at Jefferson Community College.
   2. Students who were dismissed/expelled/suspended or have any registration holds with Jefferson Community College are ineligible for cross registration.
   3. Students matriculated at other SUNY campuses wishing to cross register at Jefferson Community College should follow their home campus’s procedures and utilize the current SUNY cross-registration procedure.
   4. New York state residents must submit a certificate of residency to Jefferson Community College.
5. Students using Jefferson Community College as either a home campus or host campus are responsible for any course-related fees associated with the home and host campus credit.
6. Students using Jefferson Community College as a home campus are responsible for notifying Jefferson Community College’s office of the college registrar of any changes in registration status at the host campus.
7. All students are subject to all applicable policies, procedures, and the Code of Conduct of the home and host campus.
8. The Vice President for Academic Affairs is responsible for overseeing this policy.

Adopted: April 3, 2024, Res. #125-24