{"id":370,"date":"2013-02-14T11:37:58","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T16:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tuxpan.highpoint.edu\/academicadvising\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2022-08-25T18:02:25","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T18:02:25","slug":"general-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/academicadvising\/general-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Services General Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MISSION STATEMENT:\u00a0 <\/strong>Office of Academic Service at High Point University is a joint endeavor that complements the educational goals of the university by working with and empowering students to obtain appropriate academic information, to develop educational and career goals, to learn the skills needed for academic success, and to access the variety of resources and services available to them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">At High Point University the advising process consists of two parties working diligently and collectively together \u2013 the <b>ADVISOR <\/b>and the <b>ADVISEE<\/b>. Each party has responsibilities and obligations to perform in this joint process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b><span style=\"font-size: medium\">ADVISOR: <\/span><\/b><i>An advisor or student success coach; who facilitates University communication, coordinates learning experiences through academic course (semester schedules) and career planning, evaluates academic progress, and refers students to other campus resources.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b><span style=\"font-size: medium\">ADVISEE<\/span><\/b><b>: <\/b><i>A student who has final responsibility for all decisions made related to their academics. The student is responsible for seeking advice and assistance from the advisor, knowing university rules and regulations, checking their university Student Planning and e-mail accounts for University communications, and maintaining accurate personal information (address, phone, etc.) on the university system.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Learning Outcomes from the Advisement Experience<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Students will demonstrate the ability to make effective decisions regarding their degree and career goals.<b><\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Students will effectively use STUDENT PLANNING for class registration and data information updates.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Students will effectively use their HPU email for campus communication. <b><\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Students will develop educational plans for achieving their academic and life goals.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Students will select courses each semester to make progress towards completion of the core curriculum as well as major program requirements.<b><\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Students will take a planned schedule to their next semester to their registration advising conference.<b><\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Students will have knowledge of University policies, procedures, and rules related to conduct and educational progress and requirements as outlined in the Undergraduate Bulletin.<b><\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Students will utilize campus services and resources to enhance personal and educational success.<b><\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">FERPA GUIDELINES AND INFORMATION<\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>What is FERPA?<\/b> FERPA is a Federal law designed to protect the privacy of education records. It also provides guidelines for appropriately using and releasing student education records. It is unintended that students\u2019 rights be broadly defined and applied. Therefore, the student is considered to be the \u201cowner\u201d of his\/her education records; the institution is \u201ccustodian\u201d of those records.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Access<\/b>. Once a student turns eighteen, access to educational records is transferred from parent\/guardian to the student. Parents can be given access if the student signs authorization to release such information by submitting a signed \u201cAuthorization to Disclose Academic Information\u201d form. [Available on the Registrar\u2019s Office website.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Student Grades\/other academic information: <\/b>Information about grades, academic standing, class probation, etc. is sent directly to the student via their Student Planning<i>\u00a0<\/i>or HPU email account. The best approach is to ask your student for this information. However, this information can be provided to parents upon your request if an \u201cAuthorization\u201d form has been signed and submitted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #000000\">MORE INFORMATION? <\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #000000\">More information is available on the Registrar\u2019s Office website at: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/registrar\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #800080\">https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/registrar\/<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">UNIVERSITY FORMS<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">A number of specialized forms are used by the University for specific academic purposes. A listing and brief explanation of the purpose of each is listed below. More detailed explanations are contained both on the application form and in the University\u2019s <i>Undergraduate Bulletin<\/i>. <b>All forms are available in the Registrar\u2019s Office.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>DROP\/ADD [also called the Change of Registration Form]: <\/b>This form is used to change your registration schedule either by dropping and\/or adding a course(s). The ADD date is always the end of the first week of classes after which classes may not be added to your schedule. The DROP date is always the Friday of the week after fall or spring break. Specific dates for an academic year are posted on the University Calendar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>UNGRADED COURSE OPTION FORM: <\/b>Students in their sophomore through senior year may opt to take one course per semester on an ungraded or credit\/no credit basis provided the course is not a general education, major, or minor requirement. Also, a student may not take any more than 18 credit hours on an ungraded basis and not be on academic probation. Change to an ungraded basis must be completed before the end of the ADD period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>INDEPENDENT STUDY: <\/b>Students in their sophomore through senior year may opt to take one, three-hour independent study course per semester. Independent Study is defined as the combined study, research, learning , and reporting that is completed independently by a student on an agreed upon topic with a professor who serves as the supervisor and resource person. The student is responsible for developing and organizing the entire course which is neither the same or similar to an existing course offered in the University. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>DIRECTED STUDY: <\/b>A directed study course is the study of a prescribed course content of an existing course in which the student, usually due to a schedule conflict, is unable to attend the scheduled class session. A maximum of 4 courses may be taken as directed studies and no more than one in a semester.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>CREDIT BY EXAMINATION: <\/b>Also known as a \u201cCourse Challenge,\u201d this allows a student to receive credit for a course by demonstrating mastery of its subject matter usually via a comprehensive test. Not all courses are available for challenge and other restrictions apply. See the <i>Undergraduate Bulletin <\/i>for detailed information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>DEGREE AUDIT: <\/b>Students should sign-up in the Registrar\u2019s Office to have a formal Degree Audit completed during their second semester Junior year or first semester Senior year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MISSION STATEMENT:\u00a0 Office of Academic Service at High Point University is a joint endeavor that complements the educational goals of the university by working with and empowering students to obtain&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":747,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_hpuaeo_plugin_post_data":"","_hpuaeo_plugin_meta_tags":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-370","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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