Academic Catalog 2016-2017 Katrina Rogers, PhD Gerald Porter, PhD President Provost and Senior Vice President 2020 De la Vina Street 805.687.1099 Santa Barbara, CA 93105-3814 www.fielding.edu Fielding Graduate University was founded in 1974 to serve adult students who need a nontraditional approach to graduate-level education. Our distributed learning model emulates the Oxford independent student/tutorial approach. Table of Contents Disclaimer ............................................................................................................................. 7 Non-Discrimination Policy ..................................................................................................... 8 Program Review .................................................................................................................... 8 Institutional Accreditation .................................................................................................... 8 APA Accreditation ................................................................................................................. 8 Continuing Education Approvals ........................................................................................... 9 State Registrations or Approvals ........................................................................................... 9 Academic Calendar 2016-2017 ........................................................................................... 10 Calendar Parameters ........................................................................................................ 10 Fall Semester ................................................................................................................... 11 Spring Semester ............................................................................................................... 12 Summer Semester ............................................................................................................ 13 Admissions.......................................................................................................................... 14 Financial Aid ....................................................................................................................... 16 Tuition and Fee Information ............................................................................................... 17 Payment Information ....................................................................................................... 17 Cost of Attendance for Financial Aid ................................................................................. 18 Doctoral Tuition Rates by Program as of September 1, 2016 ........................................... 19 Masters Tuition Rates by Program as of September 1, 2016 ............................................ 20 Graduate Certificate Tuition and Fee Rates by Program as of September 1, 2016 ............ 21 Online Professional Development Tuition Rates by Program as of September 1, 2015 ..... 22 General Fees .................................................................................................................... 22 Doctoral Session Attendance Fees .................................................................................... 23 Finance Fees .................................................................................................................... 23 Graduation Fees ............................................................................................................... 24 Continuing Education Program Discounts ......................................................................... 24 Final Tuition Payments for Doctoral/Postdoc Students .................................................... 24 Financial Aid Adjustments for Leaves ............................................................................... 25 Proofreading Charges ....................................................................................................... 25 Reduced Tuition for Advancement to Candidacy ............................................................... 26 Student Account Refunds ................................................................................................. 26 Tuition Refund Schedule ................................................................................................ 27 Tuition Delinquency ......................................................................................................... 28 Tuition Reduction During Clinical Internships .................................................................. 29 Tuition/Fee Changes and Guarantees .............................................................................. 30 Fielding Graduate University - Academic Catalog 2016-2017 2 Academic Policies and Procedures ...................................................................................... 31 Doctoral and Dissertation Policies .................................................................................... 31 Advancement to Doctoral Candidacy ............................................................................. 31 Dissertation Publishing ................................................................................................. 31 Dissertation Research Assistance .................................................................................. 32 External Examiner Qualifications ................................................................................... 32 Faculty Reader Eligibility on Dissertations .................................................................... 33 Final Oral Review Scheduling ........................................................................................ 34 Maximum Units Completed with Individual Faculty ....................................................... 35 Program Specific Policies ................................................................................................. 36 Academic Progress Requirements - PSY ........................................................................ 36 Changing Degree Track - HOD ....................................................................................... 39 Consequences of Failing a PSY Course ........................................................................... 39 First-Year Student Leaves of Absence - PSY .................................................................. 40 Licensure - PSY ............................................................................................................. 40 Students who Relocate Geographically - PSY ................................................................ 40 Progress to Degree Policies .............................................................................................. 41 Degree and Certificate Conferrals .................................................................................. 41 Degree Audit Adjustments ............................................................................................. 41 Graduation Ceremony Participation ............................................................................... 42 Satisfactory Academic Progress .................................................................................... 42 Time to Degree .............................................................................................................. 47 Registration, Enrollment, Grade Policies .......................................................................... 48 Add/Drops of Courses ................................................................................................... 48 Alumni Enrollment ......................................................................................................... 50 Concurrent Enrollment .................................................................................................. 50 Course/Seminar/Session Cancellations......................................................................... 50 Enrollment Statuses ...................................................................................................... 51 Faculty Assignments and Continued Enrollment ............................................................ 51 Grades and Credit .......................................................................................................... 52 Leaves and Withdrawals ................................................................................................ 56 Re-enrollment ............................................................................................................... 59 Registration Limits ........................................................................................................ 60 Session Registration ...................................................................................................... 61 Transcripts .................................................................................................................... 61 Transferring Your Program of Study .............................................................................. 62 Student Rights and Responsibilities .................................................................................... 63 Fielding Graduate University - Academic Catalog 2016-2017 3 Behavior ........................................................................................................................... 63 Academic Honesty ........................................................................................................