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Withdrawal and Incomplete Policy
College Level Work
Activities
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COURSE GUIDE >> INTRODUCTION

WITHDRAWAL AND INCOMPLETE POLICY

Withdrawal:

  • Your Last Withdrawal Date is based on your individual date of enrollment. You should have received this information from ELI shortly after enrolling in the course. If you did not receive it, contact ELI immediately at 703-323-3347 and request your Quick Start Syllabus for this course.

  • I require all work to be submitted at least three working days (e.g. Monday through Friday no later than 5:00 pm) before your deadline date, so that I have time to read and grade it.

  • If you have not successfully completed all of Units 1 and 2, including Exam 1 (work I have accepted and graded), by three working days before your Last Withdrawal Date, I will drop you from the course with a grade of W.

Incomplete:

  • If you have submitted (and had accepted) enough graded work to remain past the W date, and you still cannot complete the course, it is your responsibility to contact me to discuss your options.

  • In order to be eligible for a grade of Incomplete, which would allow you up to TWO more months to complete the course, you need to successfully complete ALL of Units 1, 2 and 3, including Exams 1 and 2, at least three working days before your current end date AND you must send me an email requesting the grade of Incomplete and explaining why you need it.

  •  An Incomplete does not cost anything and does not involve a grade penalty.

  • However, at the end of the allowed two extra months, if you do not complete the course work, you will be graded out of the course, based on your earned points.  

    Deadline When Work (completed and graded) required to continue in course
    Last Withdrawal Date Week 9 Units 1 and 2 and Exam 1 completed at least three working days before your end date (so I can grade and enter it)
    Course End Date Week 16

    All course work completed and graded at least three working days before your end date

    Incomplete Option: Up to two more months to complete the course After Week 16 All of Units 1,   2 and 3 including exams 1 and 2 successfully completed and graded at least three working days before your end date AND an email from you to me requesting the Incomplete

NOTE: If you submit work that is not, in my opinion, "college level," I will not grade it, so it will not count towards the required pieces of work you need to stay in the course after your First Assignment Deadline and/or your W date. I may allow you to redo such work, but you will need time to do that, so do not wait until the last minute to post careless work in a hurry; it will be too late to do the necessary revisions to get the work accepted as college level.

(c) Diane Thompson : 8/25/1998; updated:01/04/2008