Refund Policy at SCPS
Programs offered by the School of Continuing and
Professional Studies have varying policies regarding refunds.
A separate policy applies to the Community Scholar Program.
Please refer to course description, special brochures, and regional
Center course catalogs for details. The following general
policy on refunds applies, except as otherwise indicated.
All requests for refunds must be made in writing to the
appropriate regional center or
program office director. The date of the postmark, FAX, e-mail, or
in-person written request determines the amount of any refund. Refund
of registration fees paid by credit card will be credited to that credit
card account, and the request for refund should include the number of the
account from which the fee was paid.
- Notice to an instructor or sponsoring agency does not constitute an
official request to withdraw from a class and to receive a refund.
- Refunds for courses consisting of 10 or more sessions are calculated
according to the following considerations:
- Refunds are granted automatically when a
scheduled course is canceled.
- A full refund of tuition less a $12
processing fee is granted if the student withdraws prior to the
first class meeting. Books will be refunded up to the
first drop period as determined by the School of Continuing and
Professional Studies center. The refund is only effective
if books are in new condition and the decision will be left to
the discretion of the School of Continuing and Professional
Studies center. Fees will be refunded on the same prorated
basis as tuition.
- After the first class meeting and before the
second class meeting, 80% of tuition will be refunded.
- After the second class meeting and before the
third class meeting, a refund of 60% of tuition will be granted.
- No refunds will be granted after the third
class meeting.
3. Refunds for courses consisting of three to
nine sessions are calculated according to the following considerations:
- A full refund of tuition less a $12
processing fee is granted if the student withdraws prior to the
first class meeting.
- 80% of the tuition will be refunded between
the first and second classes.
- No refund will be granted after the second
class meeting.
4. Refunds for courses consisting of one or two
sessions are calculated according to the following considerations:
- A full
refund of tuition less a $12 processing fee is granted if the
student withdraws one week prior to the first class meeting.
- No refund
will be available after the course begins.
Refund Policy for Online Courses
Students should log on the day their online course starts to ensure
that there are no hardware problems or firewall issues that will prevent
them from taking the online course. If such issues are not resolved
prior to the refund deadline, no refund will be granted.
Full refunds are granted when a scheduled online class is cancelled
unless a student requests enrollment in an alternate course.
A full refund of course tuition and fees, less a $12 processing fee is
granted for drops up to seven calendar days following the posted
starting date for the course. For example, if the posted starting date
for the course is June 4 then the last date to drop is June 11.No
refund is granted for drops received eight or more days after the posted
starting date for the course. For example, if the posted starting date
is June 4 then no refund is granted June 12 or later.
All requests for drops or withdrawals must be in writing and emailed to
the appropriate center:
Notifying an instructor or sponsoring agency does not constitute an official
request to drop or withdraw from a course. If you do not officially drop or
withdraw from a course, you will receive a grade of “F”.
