2021 - 2022 COM Student Handbook

Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine (KPCOM)—Department of Nutrition 2021–2022 296 accorded or made available to students at NSU and does not discriminate in the administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school administered programs. 8. Sexual Harassment Policy See the NSU Student Handbook , Statement on Student Rights Section for the NSU Nondiscrimination Statement. Additionally, see the NSU Student Handbook , Specific Conduct Violations, Additional Grievance Procedures Available and University Sexual Misconduct Policy/Title IX sections for the Harassment policy, Nonacademic Grievance Procedure, and Sexual Harassment policies. 9. Student Identification Students must use their NSU I.D. number and the NSU email system for communication with the Department of Nutrition. Instructions for getting an I.D. number, email account, and password are on the NSU website at nova.edu/resources/nsuidentity . Students are required to maintain and access their NSU email account regularly for any official program, college, or university communication. All credit-bearing courses and programs offered through distance education methods must verify that the student who registers for a distance education course or program is the same student who participates in, and completes, the course or program and receives academic credit. One or more of the following methods must be used: • an individual secure login and password issued by the college • proctored examinations, and/or • other technologies or practices that are effective in verifying student identification Any online student work, assessments, or activities that are graded or contribute to a student’s grade are submitted via a system that verifies the student’s identity through secure login. All methods of verifying student identity in distance education must protect the privacy of student information. If any fees associated with the verification of student identity will be charged to students, they will be so indicated in the catalog or on the “Tuition and Fees” web page for the program. 10. Student Responsibility to Obtain Information Each student enrolled in the Department of Nutrition programs of the KPCOM is individually responsible for knowledge of the current academic regulations, the general and specific requirements, and the operational policies as contained in the NSU Student Handbook, NSU Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine Student Handbook, HPD Catalo g, and other official documents or announcements of the college. Students are responsible, for example, for being aware of their grades, the procedures for remediation, and the times and locations of all examinations, regardless of whether or not they have received written or formal communication. The university’s advising software tool, through SharkLink, is a useful resource for students to monitor their academic progress toward the degree. Students can access this through nova.edu/registrar /capp-degreeworks.html .