STONEPILEllc requires the following:
- Students enrolling in an Associate of Applied Science or Bachelor of Applied Science degree program must possess, at a minimum, a high school diploma, or a high school diploma equivalency.
- Students enrolling in the Masters of Applied Science in Prefabrication, Modular, and Offsite Construction must possess, at minimum, a bachelor’s degree from an institution accredited by an agency recognized by the United States Secretary of Education.
- There is no abilities test (i.e., SAT, ACT) requirement.
- STONEPILEllc requires prospective students to complete an application and submit all required admission documents with appropriate signatures, including Transferability of Credit Disclosure, Pre-Enrollment Checklist, and Enrollment Agreement.
- STONEPILEllc requires the submission of a certified copy or official transcript from highest level of schooling issued directly to STONEPILEllc by the institution of record. If a transcript is not received during the admission process, an applicant must wait to enter a program at STONEPILEllc until such time as they can present an official transcript.
- Should transcripts remain unavailable for unforeseen reasons, the applicant may discuss the issue with the Program Director who can directly contact the applicant’s former institution for confirmation of attendance, completion of said degree, or prior earned credit hours. Acceptance of the student, in cases where the official transcript is not available, is up to the discretion of the Program Director.
- If a transcript is from an institution outside the United States, STONEPILEllc will have a third party transcript translation service evaluate the transcript to determine if the education obtained is the equivalent of the applicable U.S. credentials required for admission.
- International students must demonstrate English proficiency to enter a program at STONEPILEllc.
- Students may enroll in STONEPILEllc up to the First Day of Class of each semester.
- STONEPILEllc open enrollment allows admission any time, with start date at the beginning of any of the three semesters each year.
- Tuition is $200 per credit for AAS and BAS, and $300 per credit for MAS.
- To secure an enrollment spot, a student must complete the following registration steps in this order: completion and execution of a Transferability of Credit Disclosure, the Pre-Enrollment Checklist, and finally, the Enrollment Agreement.
- 100% of the semester tuition fee will be invoiced on the last day of Week Five and payable in full by the end of Week Eight.
In accordance with the U.S. Department of Education guidance regarding class participation, students must submit their required Week 1 Assignment within each course(s) during the first 7 calendar days of the class. The first calendar day of class is the official start date of the course as listed on the STONEPILEllc calendar. If students have any questions about their assignments, or they are unable to complete their assignments, they should contact their faculty member.
The guidelines and policies that follow are designed to provide the faculty and students with a common understanding of attendance expectations for the classroom and are the same for all courses and instructors.
General Overview: As distance learners, students’ engagement is expected. Our classes are not independent study courses. They require independent work outside the online classroom and within the online classroom with all work completed according to the syllabi. Students are expected to engage in courses in an active and timely fashion. All students must fulfill their class syllabus expectations, including engaging in discussions and discussion responses, completing assignments, and taking all tests, quizzes, and assessments. Time outside class requires student engagement in reading, studying, writing, and presenting written work, presentations, and media work.
Determination of Attendance or Absence: Students must engage (log in and participate) with their online class at least three separate days per week (i.e., three “class sessions”), once to post their original response to the online discussion (by Day 3 of each week), once to post their completed assignment (by Day 5 of each week), and once to post their response comment back to the discussion board (by Day 7 of each week).
Any student who does not log on and participate in any of these three class sessions will be considered absent. An absence is defined as failure to log on and post in the discussion board (twice weekly as delineated above) and once in the assignment area (to respond to the weekly assignment) by the expected date of completion. An absence is defined as failure to log in and post in any one of these three class sessions by the expected date of completion.
True emergency absences (e.g., death in family, extreme illness, or natural disaster) or planned absence should be discussed with your instructor. As a private institution, STONEPILEllc is not required to follow federal holidays; however, main holidays are noted on the calendar. Should a class session fall on a federal holiday, the student may post one day later than the scheduled class session (e.g., If Labor Day is on Day 3 of a Course Week, the Discussion board response typically due by Day 3 will be due by Day 4 of that week).
Class Sessions: Students must engage (log in and participate) with their online class at least three separate days per week (i.e., three “class sessions”). There are three class sessions each week in which the student must participate. The first class session is to post their original response to the online discussion (by Day 3 of each week), the second class session is to post their completed assignment (by Day 5 of each week), and the third class session is to post their response comment back to the discussion board (by Day 7 of each week).
Holidays: As a private institution, STONEPILEllc is not required to follow federal holidays; however, some of the major holidays are noted on the calendar. On the major holidays listed on the Calendar, the student can post one day later than the scheduled class session. (e.g., If Labor Day is on Day 3 of a Course Week, the Discussion board response typically due by Day 3 will be due by Day 4 of that week).
- Prior to the last day of week five (of 15 total weeks [33%] of the semester), students may withdraw, cancel, drop out, or otherwise fail to attend classes and receive a full refund by STONEPILEllc of all monies paid. No refund for the semester will be given for withdrawal after week five (of 15 weeks) of that current semester.
- If special circumstances arise, a student may make a written request for a leave of absence, which should include the date the student anticipates the leave beginning and ending. The withdrawal date, if applicable, will be the date the student is scheduled to return from the leave of absence but fails to do so.
- A student may give written notice of withdrawal by notifying the Program Director or the Institutional Director by private message (Ping) on Basecamp (i.e., STONEPILEllc‘s online platform). In the case of this written notice of withdrawal, the last date of enrollment will be the date notice was given by the student.
- If a student does not provide written notice of withdrawal, the student may be determined to be withdrawn from the institution if the student misses 20 consecutive instructional days. Instructional days are all calendar days of the semester, not including holidays. Missed instructional days are those which the student does not log on and post a message, assignment, or discussion post. The 20 days will be measured from the last day of posting a message, assignment, or discussion post.
Prior to the last day of week five (of 15 total weeks [33%] of the semester), a student who withdraws, drops out, is expelled, or otherwise fails to attend classes, may receive a full refund from STONEPILEllc of all monies paid.
No tuition refund from STONEPILEllc will be given for a student who withdraws, drops out, is expelled, or otherwise fails to attend classes after the conclusion of week five (of 15 weeks [33%]) of that current semester; provided however, that any fee paid to STONEPILEllc for tangible goods or services that were not delivered to or fully provided to the student shall be fully refunded regardless of the date of withdrawal, cancellation, or expulsion.
STONEPILEllc reserves the right to reschedule the program start date when the number of students scheduled is too small. In this case, the student or sponsoring organization shall receive a full refund of monies paid and has the option to start at a later date. If a student chooses the latter, a new enrollment agreement with new start/completion dates must be executed.
Within 30 days of the determination of a withdrawal, cancellation, or expulsion, STONEPILEllc shall mail a check to the student’s or sponsoring organization’s listed address in the refund amount due, whether or not it has been requested. All refunds by STONEPILEllc shall be given to the student or sponsoring organization within 30 days from the last day of enrollment. The last day of enrollment is determined as follows:
- The last date of enrollment may be the date of withdrawal notice by the student
- Or in the case of expulsion, the date of formal, written expulsion by the institution
- Or in the case of the student being withdrawn by the institution for reasons of missing 20 consecutive days, the date of termination will be the last day of attendance, defined as the last time a student posted on a discussion board or assignment.
- Or in the case of an approved leave of absence, the date the student fails to return from an approved leave of absence.
Privacy Policy
This privacy policy sets out how the STONEPILEllc uses and protects any information that you give STONEPILEllc when you use this website.
STONEPILEllc is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
STONEPILEllc may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from January 1, 2006.
What we collect
We may collect the following information in order to provide information or services to you when using our website information request forms, subscriptions to newsletters, or contacting our customer service representatives by phone. We only collect personally identifiable information that you submit voluntarily:
- name and job title
- contact information including email address and telephone
- demographic information such as postcode, mailing addresses, preferences and interests
- other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
What we do with the information we gather
STONEPILEllc collects personal information only with the express consent of the user when they request information from our organization. This information is only used when communicating with users as per their indicated preferences and as needed for service-related communications. We may use the information you provide for:
- Internal record keeping.
- to improve our products and services.
- to send promotional communication about special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
- From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail.
- We may use the information to customize the website according to your interests.
Opting Out
STONEPILEllc provides users with the ability to opt out from communications from any of our newsletters. An opt out option will either appear at the bottom of a newsletter received by email, or users can reply directly to the emailed newsletter and request removal from that correspondence.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
How we use cookies
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