Policies and Procedures

Paying Your Tuition
View more information about billing and payments options.
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Dropping Your Course
If you must drop your course, be sure to review the drop policies and deadlines.
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Getting a Refund
It may be possible to get a refund of your tuition depending on the date you drop your course. View refund policies and deadlines.
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Changing Your Course Status
Get more information about status change policies and deadlines.
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Submitting a Grievance
K-State wants to serve you in the best way possible, and we strive to work with you to address any grievances and work toward a solution. If you have a complaint regarding your online course, instruction or other academic procedures, you may visit our Student Concerns and Complaints website.
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Arranging for Special Assistance
K-State is committed to providing accessibility to all participants of courses, conferences and programs.
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Grades and Transcripts
Your grades may be accessed through KSIS or by ordering an academic transcript. A paper copy of your grades will not automatically be mailed to you. For course-specific grading policies, please see the course syllabus provided by your instructor.
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Requesting an Incomplete
If you realize you cannot complete your coursework by the end of the term in which you are enrolled, you have the option of requesting a grade of incomplete from your instructor. View details about incompletes.

Use this Incomplete Grade Agreement between Student and Instructor Form (DOC) to ensure details of your incomplete are communicated between you and your instructor.
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Course Cancellations
Minimum enrollments are set for each course. Courses with low enrollments may be canceled. A full refund is given if a course is canceled.
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K-State Honor and Integrity System
K-State has an honor system based on personal integrity, which is presumed to be sufficient assurance in academic matters that one's work is performed honestly and without unauthorized assistance. All full-time and part-time students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate courses on campus, off campus and via distance learning, by registration in those courses, acknowledge the jurisdiction of the honor system.
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Copyright Policy
All K-State syllabi, course materials, course media and online courses are copyrighted. You may duplicate the course materials only for your own use in the course, and you must erase or destroy any duplicated materials as soon as you complete the course requirements.

You may not make course materials or information available to other individuals unless you have written permission from the copyright owner. Please check with your instructor for permission to use any course material. Without written permission, you may not:

be paid for taking notes by a person or commercial firm
sell your notes to an individual or commercial firm

View K-State's Copyright Statement.
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Severe Weather
Occasionally, severe weather necessitates the cancellation of on- or off-campus classes and activities. The K-State website provides information about weather-related cancellations. View the K-State Online  severe weather policy.
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