How to Register:

University of Scranton students can register for the web-based courses using the normal registration process.

Visiting Students. Visiting students must apply for admission using the application form for College of Graduate and Continuing Education Visiting Students. On this form you need to indicate what web-course you plan to take. (Check with your home-college to make sure the course will be accepted in transfer.)

College of Graduate and Continuing Education will notify you via e-mail and regular mail of your acceptance and registration status.

A bill for the course will be sent by the University of Scranton. Once payment is received, you will receive by e-mail and regular mail, your University of Scranton log-in information. You will then be able to access the course one week prior to the start of the term.

To drop a course, please notify College of Graduate and Continuing Education by e-mail or phone. Deadlines for dropping courses are as follows:

TRANSFER OF CREDIT: Upon completion of the course, you will need to request that the credit be transferred to your home institution. Contact the Registrar's Office at the University of Scranton, Scranton, PA 18510. Phone (570) 941-7720 or e-mail archerr1@scranton.edu.

STUDENT ID CARDS: Visiting Distance Learning students are eligible to receive a University of Scranton identification card. Upon request, degree students are issued a temporary ID card, which is valid for one year and renewable if the student is still in active degree status. Please contact College of Graduate and Continuing Education to request a card. Cost is $10.00.

EXAMINATION: Examinations must be administered by a qualified proctor. You also have the option of scheduling your exam through College of Graduate and Continuing Education or University of Scranton (570-941-7580) or the Learning Resource Center (570-941-4038). Please call at least two days in advance to make an appointment.

SECURING A SUITABLE PROCTOR: If you are unable to take your examination(s) at a University of Scranton location (see above), you must arrange to have your examination(s) supervised by an appropriate proctor. Verification of the proctor’s position must be sent to College of Graduate and Continuing Education by the last day for 100% tuition refund. Suitable proctors are listed below:

• A full-time member of the teaching faculty or an educational administrator of any regionally accredited institution of higher education. The student must submit a page or photocopy from the institution’s directory or catalog that lists not only the proctor’s name and title but also the institution’s name.
• A full-time, state-certified elementary or high school teacher, or school librarian, provided you submit a letter on official letterhead from the individual’s principal or superintendent verifying his or her position. A photocopy of a teacher’s certification is not sufficient.
• For Pennsylvania residents, a high school superintendent, supervising principal, principal, or an Intermediate Unit administrator whose name appears in the Education Directory of the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Please note that only superintendents, principals, and Intermediate Unit administrators are listed in the directory.
• For students outside the state of Pennsylvania, any educational administrator holding a position similar to those described above whose name appears in the institution’s directory or catalog. You must submit a page showing the proctor’s title, as well as the institution’s name.

Note: Currently employed teachers may not request a fellow teacher to proctor their examinations. Nor can students request relatives to proctor the examinations. Superintendents or principals from the same school district are acceptable.

• A public librarian who holds a library science degree may act as a proctor. Submit a letter written by this individual’s supervisor on official letterhead from the library system in which he or she is employed. The letter must include verification of the proctor’s employment, highest degree earned, and job title.
• For personnel of the armed forces, any commissioned officer of higher rank than the student, a base commander, a noncommissioned officer in command of a military post, and education officer, or a base librarian. The exam request must be accompanied by a letter on official letterhead from the base commander (or an authorized representative) verifying the proctor’s position.
• For incarcerated students, the education officer, librarian, or chaplain of the facility may act as a proctor. Submit a letter written by this individual’s supervisor or the warden on letterhead from the prison system in which he or she is employed.

Note: Your friends and relatives are not permitted to proctor your examinations.

ARRANGING FOR A PROCTORED EXAMINATION:

• Contact a person qualifying as a suitable proctor and ask him or her to proctor your examination. If the person agrees, arrange a date, time, and place for the exam. You must pay any expenses involved.
• Complete the information required on the request for examination form (Adobe PDF) and send it to the College of Graduate and Continuing Education office along with the proctor verification information.
• Notify your instructor immediately if you cannot take a scheduled exam.
• Your selected proctor is instructed to return an exam one week after the scheduled date if it has not been taken.

ACADEMIC CODE OF HONESTY: The Academic Code of Honesty addresses behavioral integrity in the academic work of the University. Students have responsibility for governing their own conduct in compliance with the Academic Code of Honesty. Conduct which constitutes a violation of the Academic Code of Honesty includes plagiarism, duplicate submission of the same work, collusion, false information, unauthorized uses of computers, theft and destruction of property, and unauthorized possession of tests and other materials. Conduct which violates the Code will ordinarily result in the assignment of the grade “F” by the instructor. The steps which follow may include a discussion with the instructor, an informal meeting with the dean of the college and a hearing before the Academic Dishonesty Hearing Board. For more information about academic dishonesty and the procedures for responding to it, the Academic Code of Honesty should be consulted. It is available in the Deans’ offices, in the Student Handbook and on the University’s web site.

CODE OF RESPONSIBLE COMPUTING: All users of any computer resource at the University of Scranton are bound by the policies stated in the Code Of Responsible Computing. This code provides guidelines for the use and administration of all computing resources. Copies of the Code of Responsible Computing are available at the DIR Technology Support Center, Alumni Memorial Hall as well as on the DIR WWW Server. It is important that all users read and understand the Code of Responsible Computing before using resources.

GRADING SYSTEM: Grade reports are mailed to all students at the end of each term and these become part of the official record of the student. Since grades for the web course may not be in the system when grades are run, you may receive an I. This will be changed to a letter grade once grades are received in the Registrar’s Office. Grades are also available via UIS.

INCOMPLETE: If a course has not been completed because of illness or other serious reason, an incomplete may be given. To remove this grade the student must satisfy all course requirements by mid-term of the following semester. Any course not completed by this time will result in a grade of F. (exception see grading system above)

CHANGE OF GRADE: A student who believes the grade received for a course is unreasonable should first appeal the matter to the professor, whose decision is normally final. The student has the right, however, to appeal to the faculty member’s chairperson, who will make a recommendation in writing to his or her dean. The student may request the dean to review the matter. The decision of the dean is final. Ordinarily, no grade change will be considered unless it has been reviewed by the dean’s office within one month from the time the original grade was sent to the student.

LIBRARY ACCESS: Students have access to over 105 databases, 10,000 fulltext journals and 1,900 fulltext books. In addition to traditional access to the Library's online public catalog of its own collection, students can access and borrow directly from academic libraries in Pennsylvania through The University's participation in PALCI. Faculty may place required course readings on electronic reserve so that these are available from campus or home. Students may submit a request for interlibrary loan and a reference question via electronic forms.

In addition to having remote access to the Library's electronic materials, students may now have materials (books and journal articles) owned by WMLibrary or other libraries delivered to them at home. The cost to the student will be $1.50 per article and the return postage to mail any borrowed books back to the Library. Charges will be placed on the students Library Account and can be paid at the end of the term by check. (NB: A students failure to pay any costs incurred or to return any books borrowed will result in a block being placed on the student's transcript.)

Distance Learning Services: quick links to Library services and resources for distance learners.

Distance Learning Library Information and Policies: more detailed information about the special service, eligibility, procedures, etc.

TEXTBOOK PURCHASE: Textbooks can be purchased on line at efollet.com.

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