Registration and Participant Code of Conduct Policies for
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Noncredit Offerings
These policies pertain only to non-credit offerings by Syracuse University. Participants in these offerings who are also enrolled as students in for-credit University offerings must abide by the Registration and Student Code of Conduct Policies defined generally by the University for students and shown on the University website.
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- Participant – A learner in an instructional or other event that does not carry college credit. A participant is a member of the Syracuse University community, but does not necessarily have access to any student facilities, software, discounts or activities other than those specified in the non-credit course description and/or registration information.
- Class/Course/Workshop – Terms referring to a discrete offering of non-credit instruction
- Section – A scheduled instance of a non-credit class, course or workshop that has a particularly scheduled time period, a specified cost, and a specified delivery location or method of attendance.
- Session – A single learning period in a non-credit class/course/workshop that may consist of one or more of such learning periods.
- Program – A series of non-credit offerings that are considered to be related and which may be taken in a required or recommended sequence.
- Financial Aid – Payments, either in part or in full, for a participant’s required fee to participate in a non-credit offering that are made by a third party, such as a government program, corporate policy, military benefit, etc.
- Microcredential – Evidence provided to a participant of a discrete achievement of some kind that results from a having fulfilled a specific set of measurable requirements.
- Digital Badge - A special electronic process that is presented as an icon image containing a hyperlink to detailed evidence regarding the microcredential that it symbolizes, and which is issued to the recipient only by a central clearing house that maintains that detailed evidence. The encryption of digital badges prevents their duplication without the permission of the clearing house as well as the original awarding organization. The clearing house allows any viewer to verify the details of the digital badge, including how it was earned and verification of its authenticity and currency.
- OPAM – The Office of Professional Acceleration and Microcredentials in the College of Professional Studies.
Official Registration Required for Attending
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Noncredit Classes
You must be officially registered in order to attend non-credit classes. You may not attend, audit, be evaluated or otherwise participate in courses without being officially enrolled. An instructor may not allow you to attend classes and/or submit work unless your name appears on the official class list. Registration may be prevented for financial, academic, or other reasons.
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Participants are expected to attend each class as specified by the individual course information and/or the instructor.
Class Withdrawal
After the financial drop deadline through the withdrawal deadline as specified for a given offering, participants may request to withdraw from a class. The withdrawal effective date is the date that the participant initiates the request. Classes from which participants withdraw remain on the transcript record with the grading symbol WD.
Leave of Absence
A leave of absence is a participant initiated action in which a participant elects to take time away from non-credit studies in a given class or classes with the intention of returning at a future point. Participants must initiate the leave of absence request process with the Office of Professional Acceleration and Microcredentials. Once a decision is made to return to a course, or series of courses, at a future point, participants should again notify the Office of Professional Acceleration and Microcredentials with their anticipated return date, and a specific proposal for accounting of prior work in that course. The OPAM office will consult with the Instructor and/or course provider partner to determine options to accommodate the participant’s proposal.
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Participant Academic Work
Participant work prepared for non-credit courses in any media may be used for educational purposes, if the course description and/or syllabus makes clear that such use may occur. A participant may grant permission to have their work used in this manner by registering for, and by continuing to be enrolled in, courses where such use of participant work is announced in the course description and/or syllabus.
After the participant has completed such courses, any further use of the participant’s work will meet one of the following conditions: the work will be rendered anonymous by removing all of the participant’s personal identification; or written permission from the participant will be secured.
Academic Record Non-Credit Transcript
Syracuse University maintains a permanent academic transcript showing complete course and grade-earned information for every participant who takes coursework or earns microcredentials through any Syracuse University program. The transcript may not be modified or selectively deleted for any reason, including ignorance of deadlines or academic rules. Once a microcredential is awarded, the transcript may not be changed except for subsequently discovered fraud or academic dishonesty, assessments that more accurately represent academic work completed prior to microcredential certification, or to correct administrative error. In extreme cases, such changes may include the rescinding of a microcredential.
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Access to transcripts and other participant records is protected by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
Religious Observances Policy
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Faculty, staff, and participants
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Syracuse University recognizes that the faith traditions observed by our diverse community include more holidays than can be captured adequately in a list. In addition, some observances vary by tradition and by country and are defined by the lunar calendar. However, to assist in identifying religious observance days, Hendricks Chapel has compiled a list of religious holidays that reflect a large proportion of the University community and that may or may not fall on University work and class days. The chapel also recommends consulting the more comprehensive Interfaith Calendar.
Code of Conduct for Participants in Non-Credit Classes
All Syracuse University participants in non-credit classes are expected to conduct themselves in a manner that supports and promotes the educational mission of the University. Integrity, respect for one another and others’ property, and a commitment to intellectual and personal growth in a diverse population are values deemed fundamental to the Syracuse University community.
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