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• Associate Dean• Registrar• Regional Director10. A student may be granted no more thanone leave of absence in any 12-monthperiod and it may not exceed 180 days. Theinstitution will not place additional chargeson the student’s account for completion ofthe course work upon return from the leaveof absence. An approved leave of absencewill not affect a student’s in-school statusfor the purposes of deferring Federal loans.11. One 30-day extension may be granted dueto unforeseen circumstances, such as juryduty, military reasons or circumstancescovered under the Family and MedicalLeave Act of 1993.12. If a student does not return from anapproved leave of absence, the student’swithdrawal date and the beginning of thestudent’s grace period for federal loans willbe the date the student began the leave ofabsence. This may exhaust some or all ofthe student’s grace period for federal loans,putting the student into repayment status.In order to totally withdraw: Students enrolledthrough the Parkville Daytime Campus Centermust initiate withdrawal from all classes and/orresidence hall at Enrollment Services. Studentsenrolled in an accelerated eight or nine weekprogram must initiate the withdrawal with theappropriate Campus Center Director. Studentscontinuing enrollment but wishing to withdrawfrom an individual class must do so at theirCampus Center. Withdrawals by Park email orfax will be accepted.PRE-ENROLLMENT ANDCONFIRMATION FOR RETURNINGSTUDENTSCurrent students who will be returning tothe Parkville Daytime Campus Centerhave an opportunity to enroll early. Thefollowing process will be followed for returningstudents:1. Currently enrolled students should obtaintheir login and password (PIN) from theEnrollment Services or their Campus CenterDirector to have the capability of viewingacademic and demographic informationonline. Students are encouraged to print anaudit and take it with them when they visittheir advisor.2. Students will meet with advisors during adesignated period of time. Appointments arehighly encouraged. The student and advisorwill mutually agree upon the selection ofcourses.1033. Selected courses can be input by the advisor,Campus Center Director or the student. Thecourse selection form may also be taken tothe Enrollment Services for inputting.Campus Centers register students onemonth prior to their beginning term datesat the Campus Center. Students can registeronline anytime for up to one academic year.Online registration for the current upcomingterm is closed on the Thursday before thebeginning of the term. During the last weekof registration for the current upcoming term,either at the Campus Center or online, thestudents are required to finalize payment at thetime of registration.All students - new and returning - whopre-register must confirm (pay for or makefinancial arrangements for) their enrollmentwith the Enrollment Services or CampusCenter Director seven calendar days beforethe semester/term begins. If a studentfails to confirm by the close of the finalconfirmation deadline, s/he will be removedfrom his/her courses. If a student is droppedfrom a class as a result of non-confirmation,s/he may re-enroll (if space is available) priorto the beginning of the term; in this case thestudent must pay at the time of re-registration.Note: If a student is enrolling in anIndependent Study course or isattempting to register in more than18 credit hours for fall and/or springsemesters, approval must be obtainedfrom the student’s appropriate AssociateDean. Enrolling in an IndependentStudy course requires that theappropriate form be completed and theaccompanying paperwork be signedby the student, the instructor, andthe student’s appropriate AssociateDean. This form must be on filebefore registration can be completed.Registration for Independent Studyand Overload courses must be done inthe Office of the Registrar or CampusCenter Director.BLENDED COURSESSome of Park University’s courses are blendsof face-to-face and online delivery methods.Through the eCollege online platform,instructors place interactive course materialsinto a course shell as enrichment for the faceto-facecourses. In the blended course, studentsparticipate in class in both the online and faceto-faceformats. These blended courses maybe taught in both the accelerated (8-9 weeksession) or traditional (16-week session) format.