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Please send an email detailing the nature of your problem or
concern to
MUOnline. Your message will be read and directed to the
appropriate office and person on campus.
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Click here to login:
http://vista.marshall.edu
- Enter your MU ID (901xxxxxx, a nine digit number provided to
you by the university)
- DON'T KNOW YOUR MU ID? If you don't know your MU ID, you can
find it here:
MU ID Lookup page
- Enter your PIN or Personal Identification Number. (your
default PIN is your birthdate, in the format mmddyy. For
example, if your birthday is July 04, 1970, then your password
would be entered as 070470)
- DON'T KNOW YOUR PIN? you can find it here:
MU PIN Lookup page
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If you are unable to register during your assigned registration
window, that may mean that a hold has been placed on your record.
Holds are placed for a number of reasons including academic
deficiencies, student status, incomplete admissions documents, an
outstanding financial obligation, or if a student has not met the
prerequisites for the course they want to take.
For assistance in this area Please call Ms. Crystal Stewart in the
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As Marshall University Online courses are equivalent to those
taught on campus, you can expect to spend at least as much time as
you would if you took the class in a traditional classroom setting.
You can also expect to do a significant amount of reading and
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While the learning and delivery methods are different, the course
content offered in an online course is the same. Depending on the
course type, you might focus more on reading and writing rather than
listening and observing. Keep in mind that online courses are
college-level courses which offer a different way of learning. These
courses require self-discipline and motivation. Some students enjoy
the flexibility of online courses and the experience of independent
learning. Online courses definitely require focus, discipline and
determination, but the benefits of successfully taking and
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Communication methods vary from course to course, but most
instructors use email or electronic bulletin boards as their primary
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Textbooks are available at the Marshall University Bookstore located
in the Memorial Student Center on the Marshall campus. You can order
books online at the
bookstore's web site or via telephone: (304) 696-3622. For your
convenience, the bookstore web site lists required textbooks by
semester and course. You will be prompted to select the appropriate
course number and section number to view the list of required
textbooks for your course.
Textbooks for many graduate courses are also available at the
bookstore located on the South Charleston campus of the Marshall
University Graduate College. Books can be acquired there in person
or by telephone at 1-800-642-9842 ext. 2501.
Please Note:
Textbooks are available far in advance of the course start date.
Check the bookstore links for textbook availability.
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If a Marshall University Online course is listed in the course
schedule as offering no live meetings, there will be no live
class meeting times.
When you login is up to you, but we advise that you keep in mind
your course due dates and deadlines for assignments and exams in
your course. Since you do all of your course work and discussion
activities at your own pace (again keeping in mind deadlines for
assignments/exams), in a course delivered 100 percent over the
Internet, and with no live meetings, you have a lot of flexibility
as to "when" you actually do your work.
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The requirements vary from course to course, but many courses do
require exams. Some courses may require that you obtain a proctor
for exams, but this will be fully explained to you by the course
instructor.
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Online classes are offered Fall, Spring and Summer each school year.
Please note that registration for an upcoming semester begins
far in advance of that semester. Online classes generally
fill up quickly, so it is best to be aware of when you
can register. Please check the Registration Timetable on the
MUOnline homepage.
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The University Academic Calendar lists specific semester deadline
dates for course drops.
Final Drop Date: Tenth Friday in a Regular Term
Online Course Withdrawal Period: The withdrawal policy for
online courses parallels that for regular courses. A student can
withdraw from an individual online course through 2/3rds of the
official course length. After that time, only a complete
withdrawal from the university is allowed. The refund policy for
online courses also parallels that of regular courses.
Dropping an Online Course: Students can drop an online course
by mailing a request to drop to the Marshall University Office of
the Registrar. The postmark on the request will be the official date
of withdrawal. The instructor’s signature is not required. If a
student is on academic probation, he/she must have the approval
signature of his/her associate dean.
Mail your Request to Drop to:
Office of the Registrar
Marshall University
One John Marshall Drive
Huntington, WV 25755
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A student dropping an online course or courses, or withdrawing from
the university during the Withdrawal period (which lasts until the
tenth Friday after the first class day of the regular semester),
will receive a grade of W.
For eight week courses, summer sessions and other courses of varying
lengths, the withdrawal period ends the Friday immediately following
the two thirds point in the course.
Exact withdrawal dates are published in the Schedule of Courses
and in the annual
University Academic Calendar.
The W grade (withdrew) has no impact on a student’s Grade Point
Average.
Please note that students who drop courses improperly or who
do not follow the regulations described here, receive a grade of F
at the end of the semester or term.
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You can log into myMU to access, view and print this information.
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Yes. At Marshall University, online courses are offered through an
online learning management system called WebCT-Vista. WebCT Vista
tools include email, chat, electronic bulletin board, grading,
assignment submission, and test taking.
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Most Marshall University Online courses parallel the semester
schedule for traditional courses. Some courses may differ from
traditional semester courses in the start and end dates.
The course syllabus for each individual class and the
Marshall University Official Schedule of Courses will indicate
the beginning and ending date. If the instructor specifies a
deadline that goes beyond the end of the traditional semester,
that deadline will not exceed one year from the start of the
course.
Students enrolled in courses with end dates that go beyond the
regular semester will receive a grade of "I" (Incomplete) at the end
of the regular semester. When the end date of the course is reached,
the "I" will be replaced by the grade the student earned for the
course. Hours of enrollment are reflected in the actual term in
which the student is registered. For all verification purposes,
hours of enrollment are counted only in the term in which the
student is registered.
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Yes. Students taking courses online will receive academic advising
services upon request. Academic advising may be provided by
telephone, email, postings to the Web, and through printed
materials. For more information on advising and phone numbers of
persons to contact, please visit our Advising
page.
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Yes. These courses carry the same number of credit hours as sections
of the same/equivalent courses delivered in the traditional
classroom.
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Course prerequisites will be stated in the course syllabus and in
the university catalog. All students (transient students excepted),
must meet all course prerequisites before they can register for a
Marshall University Online course.
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Yes. You can choose to audit a Marshall University Online course and
not receive a letter grade. You would be subject to the same
university regulations governing audit enrollment in traditional
courses.
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Marshall University is pleased to offer these online degrees and programs.
Undergraduate
Graduate
Certificate
Minors
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The Southern Regional Electronic Campus offers
thousands of online courses from which you can choose. Here is the
website:
http://www.electroniccampus.org
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Marshall University Online courses are accessible to people with a
wide range of experience using computers. At a minimum, you will
need to be comfortable sending e-mail and using the Internet. For
example, during the course of your studies online, you may be
required to post messages to an electronic bulletin board, and to
prepare assignments and upload them to the course. Visit
Are e-Courses Right for You?
for more information.
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For complete information on your computer hardware and software
needs, please visit the Computer
Requirements page.
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When you register for any class at Marshall - online or traditional
- you are automatically assigned a computer account on MUNet. MUNet
is the Marshall University computing network. Your computer account
provides a username and password for access to the university
computer network. Your computer account also provides you with an
email address.
If you are an online student, you can request that your MUNet
account be mailed to you by calling Marshall University Computing
Services at 304-696-3222. You can also obtain your email address
with your Marshall University username by logging into
myMU . Click
on the email icon and you will see your address in the upper right
corner of the window that opens.
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Online course-related email may be sent to your Marshall University
email address unless you choose to set a forwarding address at this
site:
Computing Services Email Delivery Location
You can access your Marshall University email by logging into
myMU.
Your online course instructor will most likely use the Vista E-Mail
Tool to contact you. To access the Vista E-Mail Tool, you will need
to login to your online course.
Please note that the initial email you may receive from your
Marshall University Online instructor may be sent to your Marshall
University email account. Please check your Marshall University
email account shortly before the new semester begins.
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Most instructors e-mail addresses at Marshall University are
available in the
MU Electronic Phonebook Directory. If you do not see your instructor's name
and e-mail address on this list, you can also do a course search
from the Marshall University Online homepage. Information about your
course will include the instructor's email address.
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The VISTA E-Mail Tool is not the same as your Marshall University
email or your personal email accounts. When you log on to a VISTA
course for the first time, you will see that a VISTA email account
has automatically been created for you. You can email the instructor
and anyone else in the class, but cannot email outside of the class.
VISTA email stays within the course.
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Yes. Marshall University Online
students can access online databases, web-based digital
collections, and other library resources from anywhere, both on
and off-campus, by using their MUID number. The libraries’
online catalog,
MILES, and
more than 90 web-based databases that are purchased each
year to provide citation-level searching and full-text retrieval
of articles, are accessible from the
Library web site.
If the
Marshall University Libraries do not own a specific book or
article, students and faculty can request them through the
web-based
Information Delivery Service (IDS), which is available 24
hours a day. Most articles are delivered electronically without
charge. There is a per-page copying charge for articles that
must be delivered as photocopies. Books from other libraries are
usually delivered without any fee except in cases where the user
elects to mail back the book and must pay mailing costs.
Students who are completely
off-campus should check out
Off-Campus Library Services.
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Students enrolled in Marshall University Online courses are eligible
to apply for financial aid in the same way as students enrolled in
traditional classes. The
Office of Student Financial Assistance website has all the
necessary information. Please note that non-degree students are
not eligible for financial aid.
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Payment deadlines for tuition and fees for each semester are posted
on the Office of the Bursar website. In most cases you can expect
to receive a billing statement from the university, but it is
university policy that if a student fails to receive a billing
statement the student is still responsible for meeting the payment
deadline. If that deadline is not met, the course registration will
be cancelled.
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