- Timely completion
- Grading
- Plagiarism and other academic misconduct
- Withdrawals

Timely completion of courses: Given that each of the main courses is conducted within a period of ten cosequtive weeks, it is important that you accomodate to have that period of time available to you. While the nature of the class is such that you may log on and participate at your own times during a 24 hour day, there are limits and deadlines within which you need to operate. For example, a homework assignment may be given a 5 day period to be completed: this deadline should be adhered to by each student. Certain extensions may be granted by your online intrsuctor but only to a limited extent. In particular, the course instructor may allow you an extension to the deadline of a course activity (e.g., homework, discussion posting) only once during a term (i.e., the 10-week period of a course) and for no more than one week. In extreme circumstances (e.g., illness) the instructor may allow you to be exempted for up to a week. Beyond that you will have to expect a Fail grade for any missed or late work.

Grading: The grade scale used in each course is as follows:

Grade	Percentage
A	90-100
B	80-89
C	70-79
C-	65-60
F	0-64

All courses must be passed with a grade of A, B, or C wth the exception that a student is allowed to pass one of the eight courses with a grade of C-. If a student receives a grade below C in a second course, he/she will be terminated from the program. A student who receives a grade of F must retake the course; the grade received the second time will replace the F and be the student's grade for that course. If the student receives an F a second time, he/she will be terminated from the program. A student who receives a C- may choose to retake the course or keep the grade keeping in mind that he/she is not allowed another C- after that.

Plagiarism and other academic misconduct: Plagiarism and related misconduct, such as unauthorized collaboration with others in preparing materials that are to be presented in courses for evaluation, is not allowed under any circumstances. Plagiarism is the use of someone else's work as if it were your own. You have to acknowledge anything you use - textual (e.g., phrases), visual (e.g., images), or other materials - that is not yours, by providing the source. Proper citation and referencing rules will be provided in class. A student who is caught plagiarising will be given a Fail grade for that particular course component and a warning. If repeated a second time, s/he will Fail the course. A student who continues to plagiarise in more than one courses will be terminated from the program. Proper behavior is expected in all areas of the class and in communicating among students, faculty, and other staff.

Withdrawal from courses: The following structure will be used, if, for any reason, you decide to withdraw from a course:

- you can withdraw during the first week of classes and receive a 90% refund
- you can withdraw during the second week of classes and receive an 80% refund
- you can withdraw during the third week of classes and receive a 70% refund
- you can withdraw during the fourth week of classes and receive a 60% refund
- you can withdraw during the fifth week of classes and receive a 50% refund
- beyond the fifth week you cannot withdraw from a course.

If you withdraw during the first five weeks, no grade will be recorded on your transcript.