Frequently Asked Questions
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Do your courses earn any Graduate Level credits? Our courses earn 3 Graduate Level Semester credits or 4.5 Graduate Level Quarter credits each by the Augustana College, MidAmerica Nazarene University or University of St. Thomas. |
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Are credits in your program
transferable to the degree program in which I am currently enrolled? Our courses are intended to fulfill requirements for licensure renewal and for lane change when the student has obtained approval from his/her district office. Our various educational partners have different guidelines as to the possibility of transferring credits to their degree programs. Please contact us for information regarding the specific school in which you are interested. |
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3. How do I receive a
transcript upon completion of my course?
a. Augustana College c. University of St. Thomas Do not request an official transcript from the University of St. Thomas until you receive an official grade report for this course. Students can expect computerized grade reports within two weeks of the date grades are received and posted by the Continuing Education Office. This is generally 6 weeks from the last day of class. Once you have received your grade report in the mail, you may obtain an official transcript by: 1) Going to the following link on the UST website for the NEW transcript form: http://www.stthomas.edu/registrar/transcript/files/transcript.pdf 2) Submitting a written request to the Records Office of the university. The Continuing Education Office does not issue transcripts, and instructors may not request transcripts for students. Records Office, University of St. Thomas, Mail #5054 2115 Summit Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105-1096 or: 3) Calling the Registrar at 1-651-962-6700 (Press 1 for Transcript Information) or 4) Contacting the Registrar by Fax at 1-651-962-6710 |
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4. If I apply with another person by the early bird deadline, can I receive two discounts? No, a person may not combine discounts. Therefore only one discount would apply.
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5. What if I sign up for one class and pay the regular price, and afterwards decide to take another class from you. How does this affect the price? You would receive the multi-section discount retroactively, instead of having $20 taken off your second course, we would deduct a total of $40.
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6. How do I know that one of your courses may be applied for either continuing education credits toward relicensure or for a lane change on the salary schedule of my school district? You need to receive prior approval for either of these from the superintendent of your school district before registering for one of our courses.
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What if I need proof of the
hours that I attended class for purposes of relicensure? Every student receives a certificate of participation showing 72 clock hours the last day of class. Further down the line, if you have taken the course for credit, you will receive a grade report, after which you may request a transcript from the appropriate university showing the credits and grade that you earned.
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How do I go about
registering for one of your classes? Actually, there are 4
ways to register!: |
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Are your courses approved by
the Wisconsin DPI? Yes, since all of the universities with whom we partner are accredited universities, they are DPI approved. |
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What if I register for a
course, then find out that I need to cancel? Can I get a refund?
You have one of the following
choices: |
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Can people enroll in 2
hybrid courses in the same week? Would the coursework be reasonable? Students are permitted to take 2 hybrid classes together in the same week and save money through the multisection discount. Since there is a combination of onsite and offsite coursework, you may need to use a portion of the 2 weeks following the end of class to complete any remaining assignments. Many students are taking and last year took 2 together and did so successfully. |
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12. Are your on line courses also
considered graduate level (i.e. are threegraduate credits earned per
course)? Yes, all of our online courses earn 3 graduate level credits. |
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I was just wondering how your on-line courses work:
When do they start? How long do they run? How often do you need to work on
the course? What is the coursework like, etc.?
1. Start virtually anytime.
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Do your classes
require student interaction, ie responding to classmates in a chat room? You will work alone with no student interaction except with the instructor per your assignment. |