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Student Course Ratings
Please complete Student Course Ratings (in Bb) by this Friday!
Advising & Registration
Spring-semester registration begins on 4 Nov (your window may open later). Watch your UNCG email for your advising email with your advising code.
BLS Fall Schedule Changes
The BLS sessions for Fall semester have been changed:
• 1st Session: 25 Aug to 15 Oct
• 2nd Session: 22 Oct to 12 Dec
Add/Drop Deadlines (link)
Last day to add a class or drop it for a tuition refund:
• 1st Session—Wed. 27 Aug.
• Full Semester—Fri. 29 Aug.
• 2nd Session—Fri. 24 Oct.
Withdrawal Deadlines (link)
Last day to receive a "W":
• 1st Session—Fri. 19 Sept.
• Full Semester—Fri. 17 Oct.
• 2nd Session—Mon. 17 Nov.
Congratulations to our August 2008 Graduates!
• Lisa Crook**
• Megan Hassett
• Amanda Hutcheson
• Justin Keys***
• Sarah Parnell
• Joshua Pegram
Blackboard 8.0: 8/8/08
UNCG upgraded to Bb 8.0 between Summer & Fall 2008.
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Student Responsibilities
All students are responsible for knowing the information on this page. Failure to act according to this information can result in enrollment difficulties, delayed graduation, loss of financial aid, tuition overcharges, and expulsion from UNCG.
Academic Integrity
Practice Academic Integrity
All students must adhere to the UNCG Academic Integrity Policy, which governs cheating, plagiarism, falsification, and misuse of academic resources. Sanctions for academic integrity violations range from redoing an assignment or an F in the course to a recommendation for expulsion from the university.
Online Participation
Make Sure Your Computer is Adequate
Online classes are completely dependent upon your computer. Make sure it meets the Computer Requirements for Online Classes.
Activate Your Online Accounts
You must set up Your Computer Accounts before you begin classes. You should have access to e-Spartan, Blackboard, and UNCGenie
Check Your e-Spartan Email Frequently
You are responsible for information that will only be sent to this account, including:
- University business, including billing, financial aid, and registration problems.
- Departmental business, including advising emails and announcements.
- Emails sent to you through Blackboard by your instructors and classmates.
Log On to Your Blackboard Classes Frequently
You are responsible for meeting all deadlines in your classes. You may be dropped from your class if you have not participated in discussions or contacted your instructor in the first week.
- Log on the first scheduled day of the class.
- Be sure you know all assignments and deadlines.
- When in doubt, contact your instructor.
Degree Requirements
Know Your Degree Requirements
It is your responsibility meet all BLS Degree Requirements before you can graduate from UNCG. The best thing you can do to graduate on time is to know your degree requirements, which ones you have met, and — most importantly — which ones you have yet to meet.
- Learn to generate and interpret your Degree Evaluation.
- Read your advising email prior to semester registration (March and October).
- Contact your advisor with any curriculum questions.
Know Your Registration and Tuition Deadlines
Failure to register, pay tuition, or drop classes on time can cost you a significant amount of money in fees and lost tuition.
- Registration Windows: You will have an early registration window, a schedule adjustment window, and a rolling registration window. Failure to enroll in your classes during the early registration window will result in late-registration fees.
- Tuition Deadlines: If you do not pay your tuition bill by the payment deadline, you will be dropped from your classes for non-payment. Your seats will go up for grabs, and you will be charged a late-registration fee when you re-register.
- Add/Drop & Withdrawal Deadlines: The add/drop period is shorter for half-semester classes, and you will not receive a tuition refund if you withdraw from a class after the end of the add/drop period. The withdrawal deadlines for half-semester classes are not published in the Registrar's calendar.
- Spring and Fall BLS classes follow the Nursing Program's Part of Term schedule.
- Summer BLS classes follow a unique schedule (for Summer 2008 it will be derived from the MBA Program's first summer session).
Start Your Foreign Language Early
The Foreign Language requirement for BLS students is intermediate proficiency (204 level). If you have had no college-level foreign language recently, it will take you four semesters to meet that requirement. Many BLS students have completed all major requirements and still needed foreign language classes to graduate.
- Plan ahead: Foreign language classes are not currently available online at UNCG.
- Study locally: Community colleges offer inexpensive foreign language classes. Students who have taken self-paced foreign language classes have commented that it's difficult to learn languages on your own.
- Know your options: You can meet the foreign language requirement with a CLEP test in Spanish, French or German.
- If you are already bilingual, you have already met the foreign language requirement. Contact your advisor for details.
UNCG Continuous-Residency Policy
Stay Current at UNCG
You must complete at least one class per semester at UNCG to stay current (Spring & Fall). If you do not enroll for a semester, or if you withdraw from all of your classes for a semester, you will be considered an inactive student.
- You will not receive regular advising emails.
- You will be last in line to register for classes.
- You must fill out a Former Student Application to resume enrollment at UNCG.
Change of Address, Email, or Name
Keep Your Student Information Accurate
Be sure to keep your contact information up to date. Out-of-date mailing addresses or emails can cause you to miss out on important information.
- Access UNCGenie.
- Click Enter Secure Area and log on with your Student ID number and PIN.
- Click Personal Information.
- Follow the appropriate links to update your address, telephone, email, and marital status, and to select what is displayed in your UNCG directory profile.
Name Changes
If you change your name, avoid confusion and let the university know.
- Process name changes through the University Registrar's Office.
- Name changes can be processed by mail with a notarized signature and photocopies of the required documents.
- Change the name that appears in your eSpartan email:
- Email 6tech@uncg.edu from your UNCG email account.
- Request to change the name that appears in your Lotus Notes account.
- Include your old name, and your new name as it should appear.
- You can request to have your UNCG username changed with this form (this is a big job that requires shutting down your accounts for a day).
Tuition Structure for Distance Students
Know Your Tuition Status & Enroll in the Proper Section
If you are an out-of-state BLS student who lives outside North Carolina, your tuition for all online classes is well below normal out-of-state rates. However, in order to take advantage of those tuition rates, you must be enrolled in the X-campus sections of your courses.
In-state BLS students can pay distance-learning rates for all online classes, and avoid main-campus athletics and activities fees. However, in order to take advantage of those tuition rates, you must be enrolled in the D-campus sections of your classes.
If you are enrolled in the wrong sections of your courses, you may be overbilled for tuition and charged inappropriate athletics and campus activities fees. You may also be erroneously subject to the new health insurance requirement, which does not include distance-learning students.
In order to be enrolled in the proper section of your course, first enroll in the section that is open (your bill will not be correct at this point!). Then email your BLS advisor or the DCL registrar with your request to be switched into the correct sections of your classes. Include your full name and student ID number, as the registrars cannot fulfill a request for someone who is not positively identified.
Tuition Waivers for Students Over Age 65
Request Waivers Each Semester
The legislation that allows classes to be offered tuition-free to students over age 65 also requires the cashier's office to file a waiver form each semester, as an auditable form of payment. The waiver form must come from the admitting office, and it is the student's responsibility to request that form each semester.
- Degree-Seeking Students: Contact Undergraduate Admissions for waivers.
- Visiting Students: Contact Division of Continual Learning for waivers.
Financial Aid & VA Benefits
The BLS office is not qualified to discuss your financial aid or veterans' benefits.
Financial Aid
Students wishing to receive federal student aid (loans or grants) should file the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) and then follow up with the UNCG Financial Aid Office. Students attending more than one institution at a time should apply through the parent institution (the one where you intend to receive your degree), and must inform financial-aid counselors of all enrollments.
Veterans' Benefits
Veterans' enrollment certification is handled in the University Registrar's Office. Contact the Veterans' Services Coordinator.