Required Registration:

All persons who attend an Extended Studies Program class, credit or non-credit, shall be registered and shall pay all required tuition (and fees, if any).  Faculty, staff, and resident instruction students who have paid tuition and fees on-campus are not exempt from this policy.

Faculty and staff of sponsoring institutions who are permanent employees may be enrolled in Extended Studies courses on a space-available basis when minimum enrollment levels have been reached for reduced cost tuition at not less than 50 percent of regular tuition.  The System Support Contribution shall be assessed in full for student credit hours (or imputed hours) so generated.

Space Availability for Senior Citizens:

Persons age 62 or older may be registered without payment of tuition on a space available basis after the institution/campus has determined that the class enrollment exclusive of such persons is adequate to offer the course.  No credit shall be offered for completion of such courses, but a certificate of completion may be awarded.

Student Fees:

Students enrolling in courses through the Extended Studies Program component shall not be required to matriculate and to pay a matriculation fee to the sponsoring institution.  Student activity, health, or other non-instructional fees shall not be mandatory for Extended Studies Program Students.  The services may be offered to students enrolling in credit courses, and, when accepted, the fees may be charged.  Campus facility use fees shall not be assessed by the Extended Studies Program.

Student Financial Obligation:

Any student who owes tuition and who has not made a deferred payment arrangement shall not be permitted to re-enroll or to have transcripts issued until the tuition balance has been paid.  The institution’s Extended Studies administrative office shall collect all tuition (and fees when appropriate).

Individual Colleges Policies and Procedures

College of Business:

The College of Business and Graduate School of Business Administration participates in the Extended Studies operations primarily through their nationally ranked and professionally accredited Distance MBA program.  They also offer a Certificate in American Business Studies, primarily to attract international students into the undergraduate program.  The goals and objectives of the College of Business and Graduate School of Business Administration department of Extended Studies are to:

• Establish marketing strategies for the Distance MBA program to reach new markets and attract increasingly diverse audiences
• Continue the high quality of learning provided in the distance medium
• Support a student centered distance learning community
• Provide exemplary service to all internal and external customers
• Increase the use of technology in distance learning
• Foster partnerships and cooperation with University areas for expanding extended studies offerings
• Increase the number of international students in the Certificate of Business Studies program

For further information, please visit our website: http://business.uccs.edu

College of Education:

The goals and objectives of the College of Education department of Extended Studies are to:

• Expand Open Enrollment courses to include the fall term
• Initiate an online pilot program for College of Education
• Create a character education program for teachers
• Continue Youth University – summer program for K-12 students
• Initiate online Leadership Program Spring 2004
• Create a partnership with the North Central Association and bring NCA office to UCCS
• Extend offerings with Space Foundation and Challenger Learning Center
• Work with College of Education staff to reduce confusion and to ensure an effective office operation

For further information, please visit our website: http://web.uccs.edu/education

College of Engineering & Applied Science:

The goals and objective for the College of Engineering and Applied Science department of Extended Studies are to:

• Provide excellent engineering education opportunities for students from Colorado and beyond
• Achieve and maintain excellence in research and scholarly work
• Provide engineering leadership as well as educational and technical support to the community
• Achieve and maintain adequate resources to support the college activities

For further information, please visit our website: http://eas.uccs.edu/

College of Letters, Arts, & Sciences:

The goals and objectives of the College of Letters, Arts, and Science (LAS) department of Extended Studies are to:

• Expand course offerings, workshops, and seminars
• Foster partnerships and cooperation with faculty, departments, university centers and other colleges for expanding extended studies offerings
• Increase community oriented, K-12 and military offerings
• Develop course offerings using technology and distance delivery
• Establish marketing strategies to reach new markets and attract increasingly diverse audiences
• Offer Gerontology Certificate Program online and through the Colorado Consortium
• Offer Peer Support Program to emergency response professionals in a collaborative program with the CU Trauma Center
• Offer courses for working professionals in conjunction with the Pikes Peak Chamber of Commerce and Pikes Peak Workforce Center.  This program will be a partnership with the campus Oral Communication Lab and Writing Center
• Offer core courses to area high school students on their high school campuses.  Offer summer 2003 contract credit courses to high school students

For further information, please visit our website: http://web.uccs.edu/lases