If you don’t currently have access to the Internet and need to request an extension, please contact [email protected] or call the university’s toll-free number and ask for help submitting the online form. You’ll need to submit a separate form for each course. You must request an extension BEFORE your course or your current extension ends.
If you don’t currently have access to the Internet and need to request an extension, please contact [email protected] or call the university’s toll-free number and ask for help submitting the online form. You’ll need to submit a separate form for each course.
You must submit extension requests using the online form which can be found in your e-campus under the Academic Plan & Forms menu, under the All Forms link.
No extension will be considered if the request is submitted more than 30 days after the original course end date and no student will be allowed more than one instance of having an extension request considered after the last day of the course unless this is allowed as part of a student’s documented disability accommodations.
Due to federal regulations, you may not be eligible for a special circumstance extension if you are using federal student aid and it overlaps an academic semester.
You must submit extension requests using the online form which can be found in your e-campus under the Academic Plan & Forms menu, under the All Forms link. If you don’t currently have access to the Internet and need to request an extension, please contact [email protected] or call the university’s toll-free number and ask for help submitting the online form.
APUS does not allow Incomplete grades to remain on record permanently; so, any extensions that are still not completed by 30 days after the course end date will revert to a failed grade.
If circumstances prevent you from completing all required coursework before the end of the course, you should consider all options before deciding to request an extension in a course.
If you have 2 or more courses on extension, you will be blocked from further registration until your open extensions are reduced to one. Also, if you are requesting an excessive number of extensions in your program, or have had to make use of a special circumstance or post course extension due to overextending yourself with other commitments, you will be restricted to part-time registrations.
Your instructor has 72 hours to make a decision regarding an extension request. If your instructor fails to respond to your correctly-submitted request within 72 hours, please submit the Academic Appeal Request form in your campus for help.
Courses may be extended in two 30-day intervals for a maximum of 60 days. Extensions are always granted based on the original course end date, so the longest extension would be 60 days from the original course end date and not from the date your extension was approved.
Regardless of when a student on extension finishes his/her course work, the instructor has until 8 days after the approved extension ends to submit a final grade. An instructor may post a final grade PRIOR to the official extension end date if all work has been submitted.
If you feel you may not be able to complete a course during the scheduled 8- or 16-week session, you may request a course extension. You should first discuss this with an academic advisor to make sure an extension will not negatively affect your financial aid, future registrations, or graduation.
If you haven’t heard back from your instructor after 72 hours , check the information about your course under My Current Courses in the Records Menu of your ecampus, or contact [email protected].
You can request a Special Circumstance Extension in the event of a natural disaster, extreme medical event, or other unforeseen situations preventing you from completing your school work (i.e. deployment where you will have limited or no Internet access).
To request a Special Circumstance Extension, select Course Extension (Special) Request Form, which can be found in your e-campus under the Academic Plan & Forms menu, under the All Forms link. If you don’t currently have access to the Internet and need to request an extension, please contact [email protected] or call the university’s toll-free number and ask for help submitting the online form.
You can’t request a course extension until the start of the second week of the course.
Your extension request and your supporting documentation must be received by the Registrar’s office PRIOR to the end of your course or within 3 business days, whichever is first. Any delay in submitting your documentation will cut into your potential extension time.
If your completion plan or circumstance does not support more than a 30- or 60-day extension, you will only be approved for that timeframe and no further extensions can be considered.
If you are approved for two or more concurrent extensions and have future registrations that start prior to the end of your extensions, your future registrations may be dropped to reduce your course load.
You must have been attending the course and completing the assignments up to the point the special circumstance began based on the documentation submitted and have completed at least 50% of the work already due at the time of your request with a passing grade on the work submitted. This calculation is not limited only to work which has received a grade. Assignments that have not been submitted and have a grade of “0” are factored into your overall grade at the time of your request.
An uploaded copy of your official documentation: a medical, military or legal document dated within the timeframe of missed coursework time, on official letterhead and signed by a professional.
In order to be final cleared, you must have already submitted your Graduation Application, and , once cleared, you would next submit the Degree Change form found in the online campus. T o verify that you are fully cleared for graduation, make sure that you track your graduation process from My Graduation Info, located under the Records Menu header. If your eCampus indicates that you are an alumni with the university, you will need to select Enroll in a New Program under the Alumni Services tab to enter a new program.
If you completed a degree and would like to enroll in a related certificate, all previously -completed APUS courses for which you earned a pas sing grade, as well as any outside course credit, where applicable, will be applied as residential or transfer credit.
If you miss the open registration time window, you may be able to register late up until Wednesday of the first week of the course. Read Registering Late for Courses for complete details.
If you are new to the university, read about first course registration for undergraduate or graduate students before attempting to register.
Students receiving Federal Student Aid (FSA) have a few unique requirements when it comes to course registration. We encourage our FSA students to please read FSA Academic Years, Semesters, and Course Registration prior to registering for the first time.
If you enrolled as a non-degree-seeking student, you do not have an academic plan from which to register. Instead, you will see a complete list of all university programs and courses from which to choose when you click the Register Now button.
If you’re an active-duty Army, Reserve, or National Guard student using military tuition assistance (TA) to pay for school, please read below for more details.
You may fulfill the prerequisite course either by successfully passing it at APUS or by transferring in credit to fulfill the requirement. This credit could be transferred in from either another accredited university or from a test considered an equivalent, such as a CLEP test.
If you are in a degree or certificate program and wish to request a waiver for a prerequisite you fulfilled somewhere else, you should either fax a copy of your transcript or test results to our Transfer Credit Department or scan and email to [email protected] along with a Student ID and request that it be reviewed for a specific prerequisite course.
A prerequisite course is a course that must be successfully completed prior to being allowed to start on the next course.