Marine Corps Institute (MCI) Change to Maximum Course Enrollment Policy
This MARADMIN announces a reduction in the maximum number of Marine Corps Institute (MCI) courses Marines can enroll in simultaneously, effective November 1, 2004. Lance Corporals and below are now limited to three MOS courses (down from five), while Corporals and above can enroll in one PME program plus three MOS courses (down from five). The change aims to improve course completion rates, which have not kept pace with increased enrollments.
Issued: November 4, 2004
1. PURPOSE. TO ANNOUNCE A CHANGE TO THE MCI MAXIMUM COURSE ENROLLMENT POLICY. 2. PRESENTLY, LANCE CORPORALS AND BELOW CAN ENROLL IN A MAXIMUM OF FIVE MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY (MOS) SINGLE BOOK COURSES AT ONE TIME. CORPORALS AND ABOVE CAN ENROLL IN ONE PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION (PME) MULTIPLE COURSE PROGRAM AND FIVE MOS COURSES AT THE SAME TIME. 3. DURING FY04, MCI ENROLLMENTS INCREASED FROM 619,000 TO OVER 659,000. COURSE COMPLETION PERCENTAGES, HOWEVER, HAVE NOT INCREASED PROPORTIONALLY. 4. EFFECTIVE 1 NOVEMBER 2004, THE REFERENCE IS CHANGED TO REFLECT THAT LANCE CORPORALS AND BELOW CAN ENROLL IN A MAXIMUM OF THREE MOS SINGLE BOOK COURSES AT ONE TIME. CORPORALS AND ABOVE CAN ENROLL IN ONE PME MULTIPLE COURSE PROGRAM AND THREE MOS SINGLE BOOK COURSES AT ONE TIME. ADDITIONAL ENROLLMENTS CAN BE REQUESTED UPON COMPLETION OF EITHER AN MOS COURSE OR PME PROGRAM, AND IF ALL OTHER PREREQUISITES ARE MET. THIS CHANGE WILL NOT IMPACT PROMOTIONS BECAUSE CREDIT IS GIVEN FOR COURSE COMPLETION, NOT ENROLLMENTS. 5. MARINES ENROLLED IN MORE THAN THREE MOS COURSES PRIOR TO 1 NOVEMBER 2004 WILL BE ALLOWED TO COMPLETE ALL COURSES THAT THEY ARE ENROLLED IN. HOWEVER, THOSE MARINES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ENROLL IN ADDITIONAL MOS COURSES UNTIL THEY COMPLETE ENOUGH COURSES TO FALL BELOW THE NEW MAXIMUM COURSE ENROLLMENT POLICY IN PARAGRAPH 4.