Program Policies

Students whose absence from online activity totals more than two calendar weeks after week one will be subject to mandatory withdrawal from the course, in accordance with university policies governing excessive absences. If the excess absence determination occurs within the first four weeks of the semester, the grade assigned will be a W, which does not affect GPA calculations. For excessive absence determinations beginning at week 5 and beyond, a grade of "WF" will be assigned. A "WF" has the same impact as an "F" in GPA calculations.

Academic Attendance Petitions for Reinstatement Students who have been administratively withdrawn from a course and have an extenuating circumstance must make a petition through the registrar’s office within 48 hours of having been notified of their withdrawal.

COMPLIANCE AND REPORTING Student Responsibilities Students should academically attend to their courses in a manner that will maximize their chances for academic success. If they choose to stop taking a course, students are responsible for communicating their decision to drop/withdraw to the registrar as soon as that decision has been made. In any case, they remain financially responsible for all costs and expenses associated with the course.

Institutional and Faculty Responsibilities To assist with the execution of this policy and to ensure compliance with the relevant regulations, all online courses will be required to include an academic assignment within the first five days of the course. In addition, all faculty will be required to monitor and report student absenteeism or lack of satisfactory meaningful participation to the registrar’s office.

ONLINE PROGRAM DEFINITION

Pursuant to the above federal and HLC guidelines, North Central University defines an online program as one in which 50% or more of the courses required are taken as online courses.

PROGRAM FEES

In place of most individual course fees, students will be assessed a Program Fee each semester. Charges will be assessed based on programs declared at the time of Census and are not subject to refunds for changes of major requested after that time.