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We have gathered together resources to help you navigate through your sponsored education experience. Many of these resources are available in PDF format. Use a free copy of Acrobat Reader to download them.
Taking a Course. Find out what's involved in taking a course via distance at Michigan Tech.
Using WebCT. What is this thing called WebCT, and how can it help you?
Videostreamed course guide. Your sponsored education class is being videostreamed--now what do you do? Check out our videostreamed course guide.
Your Michigan Tech email account: mtu.edu. Find out about your mtu.edu email account and how to use it.
You may order your textbooks from the Michigan Tech Campus Store or from Total Information.
Course guidebooks may be distributed to students in advance. In some cases, these may also be purchased from the MTU Campus Store. Used textbooks are often available.
The Student Information System (SIS) allows you to check your academic records online. You can get your grades, transcripts, and apply for graduation. Check it out! (Click on Grades/Unofficial transcripts in the Academic Records box.)
You may also want to peruse the Michigan Tech Student Handbook, the undergraduate catalog or the graduate bulletin.
Other resources you may want to check out include library access, learning centers, career center, and more.
Financial Aid is available through Michigan Technological University to qualified students. You must be enrolled in an associate or bachelor degree program to be considered for financial awards. There may be a required number of credits you must be enrolled in before you are eligible for financial aid.
Questions regarding Michigan Tech's financial aid programs should be directed to:
Financial Aid Office
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931-1295
Phone: (906) 487-2622
Fax: (906) 487-3343
http://www.admin.mtu.edu/finaid/finaid.htm
Most distance learning students take courses at other institutions before, or while, working toward a degree or certificate at Michigan Tech. When you have completed a course at another institution, It is very important that you inform us, so we can ensure that your progress is being accurately recorded and your prerequisites are being met. When you have successfully completed a course from another institution, use the transcript release form to request your transcript sent to EUP at Michigan Tech. Michigan Tech will evaluate the course and notify you when the transfer has been approved or not.
Send the transcript release form to all of the institutions you have previously attended.
Transfer credit is granted according to the guidelines established by academic departments. Generally, credit is granted for courses in which students have received a passing grade of CD (2.0) or higher, provided these courses--in content, length, and prerequisites--are equal to courses offered at Michigan Technological University.
The grade point average that you earned at other institutions is neither transferable nor used in computing your grade point averege at Michigan Tech.
Click here for transfer equivalencies for classes from other Michigan colleges and community colleges. If the institution you are looking for is not there, contact transfer services at 906-487-3323 or email negagnon@mtu.edu or your academic advisor.
Regular credit. Michigan Tech operates on the semester calendar and on the 4 point grading system with an A equaling 4.00 points per credit, AB equaling 3.50, B equaling 3.00, and so on.
Audit credit. A grade of V indicates a satisfactory audit and a U is given for an unsatisfactory audit. No grade points or credit is given.
Course grades are posted on the course WebCT page as soon as they are available. If your course did not use WebCT, you can go to the Michigan Tech Student Records and Registration page and click on Banweb (under Quick Links) to access your unofficial transcript.
As a student at Michigan Tech, whether degree seeking or nondegree seeking, you are required to follow all Michigan Tech policies and procedures.
If you are a degree-seeking student, you need to fill out a form or two before you can graduate. Go to Michigan Tech's Student Record and Registration page and click on Graduation Application in the Graduation and Degrees box; or you can contact us at disted@mtu.edu.
If you are a certificate student, contact your advisor or email us at disted@mtu.edu.