R 041745Z NOV 04
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(uc)
TO AL MARADMIN(uc)
MARADMIN
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UNCLASSIFIED
MARADMIN 487/04
MSGID/GENADMIN/MCI WASHINGTON DC//
SUBJ/MARINE CORPS INSTITUTE (MCI) CHANGE TO MAXIMUM COURSE ENROLLMENT
/POLICY//
REF/A/MCI/FEB 2003/-//
AMPN/REF A IS THE MCI PROCEDURES MANUAL WHICH SETS FORTH THE MAXIMUM
SIMULTANEOUS MCI ENROLLMENT POLICY//
POC/SALAME J/CAPT/MCI/-/TEL:DSN 325-7478/-//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/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.//