Academics Policies
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- Academics Policies
- Academic Calendar/Year Definition
- Academic Course Loads
- Academic Freedom
- Academic Scheduling
- Add/Drop Period
- Attendance
- Awards and Recognitions
- Change of Program
- Class Availability
- Class Standing
- Clinical Protocol
- Course Audits
- Course Requirements
- Credit/Contact Hours
- Drug Calculation Testing (BS to BSN - Orlando)
- Dual Major or Concentration
- Grade Policies
- Graduation Requirements
- Honor Code
- Independent Study
- Late Assignments
- Late Registration
- Leave of Absence Policy
- Make-up Tests
- Online Delivery of Courses/Programs
- Plagiarism Policy
- Prerequisites and Course Waiver/Substitution
- Prior Learning
- Remote Synchronous and Hybrid Delivery
- Repeated Courses
- Residency Requirement
- Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)
- Second Degree and Minimum Residency Requirements
- Student Orientation (Graduate Students)
- Transcripts
- Transferability of Credit
- Withdrawal From a Course (BS to BSN - Orlando)
- Withdrawals from the University
Welcome to the Academic Policies Section
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Welcome to our university's Academic Policies Catalog section. The academic policies in this section apply to all students attending ECPI University. Here, you will find comprehensive guidelines that govern the academic standards and procedures within our institution. These policies ensure that all students, faculty, and staff are aligned with our commitment to academic excellence, integrity, and equity. Whether you are seeking information on course loads, academic freedom, scheduling, or the add/drop period, this section provides the necessary framework to navigate your academic journey. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with these policies to fully understand the expectations and resources available to you as a member of our academic community.
Students pursuing health science programs at the ECPI University College of Health Science, Medical Careers Institute, must also refer to their program handbook for additional policies. The following health science programs have program-specific policy handbooks:
ECPI University reserves the right to make changes at any time to academic programs. Updates and changes in policies and procedures may occur during your studies at ECPI University. Changes that may materially affect all students in your program of study, including any changes as to your financial obligations, graduation requirements, or substantial changes in curriculum, will be communicated by official notification to your ECPI University email account which all students are expected to monitor, and will additionally be posted in the Learning Management System accessed in your courses and distributed in class. A signature acknowledgment may be requested for significant policy changes. If your program of study includes a program-specific policy handbook, pertinent changes in instructional policies or procedures will additionally be communicated to you via addendums to the handbook.
To support student success on licensure where applicable, and employability as you near graduation, some courses include score requirements on a predictor, preparatory exam, or other comprehensive test. If there is a change to a course requirement, such as a change in the required score, the University will notify you at least one semester in advance, and this advance notice will be delivered to all affected students’ ECPI University email accounts, the Learning Management System, and distributed in class.
If a policy change is necessitated by external parties such as programmatic accrediting agencies, state agencies, or to meet any regulatory requirements, students in the affected program will also be provided notice of the change through notification to your ECPI University email account, the Learning Management System, and distributions in class with new or revised requirements and the effective date.
Certain substantive program, policy or procedure changes are intended to apply only to new students, with currently enrolled students in good standing grandfathered. However, if a student changes their program or has a break in attendance, all current policies in place at the time are required, except when military orders or other hardships apply. Students that change programs, and are therefore subject to a change in tuition rates, will be asked to accept any such changes in the terms of their Enrollment Agreement and will be asked to sign a new Enrollment Agreement.