1. Certificate Program Orientation

2. Program Orientation Agenda
Welcome and Introductions
Overview
Certificate Program Policies & Information
Format and delivery
Certificate Program Student Handbook
Registration
Certificate Completion & SCE
Grading Policies
Student Resources, Downtown Parking, and Bus Service
Program Overview: Courses and Instructors
How to contact us?
Questions
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3. Professional & Continuing Education
This Certificate is one of more than 120 certificate programs offered by Professional & Continuing Education
Program characteristics:
Primary audience: Post-baccalaureate, working professionals
Duration: Three-quarter, nine-month course of study
Courses contain practical information relevant to a professional working in a specialized field
Instructors are recognized authorities in the professional community
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4. Program Format & Delivery
Classroom-based Sections
Online (Synch OL) Sections
Held weekly at Professional & Continuing Education (Puget Sound Plaza) in Downtown Seattle
May access a recorded version of each class meeting via Adobe Connect Meeting
Participants join each class meeting via Adobe Connect Meeting
license reserved for each online participant
different URL than this Orientation
May attend the classroom-based sessions occasionally
May also access recorded version of each class meeting via Adobe Connect Meeting
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5. UW Professional & Continuing Education
Online Participants
Technology requirements:
Access to a desktop or laptop computer that meets the system requirements for Adobe Connect Pro Meeting
( see
2) High-speed broadband Internet access
3) Headset with microphone and USB connector for Voice- over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) - optional
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6. Certificate Program Student Handbook
Registration
Credit Certificate Policies
Noncredit Certificate Policies
Certificate Completion
Certificate Refund and Withdrawal Policies
Bookmark the Handbook for easy reference
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7. Registration Information
Space reserved for each certificate program student until registration deadline prior to start of each quarter
2 weeks prior to class start
Registration confirmation (aka Student’s Transaction Summary)—your receipt and proof of enrollment that contains the following information:
Withdrawal and refund deadlines
Student ID number
Use the registration confirmation + photo ID to receive your Husky Card
Class schedule and location
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8. Certificate Completion
Earning the certificate
Course series intended as a sequence
Attendance expectation
What if I cannot finish my program?
Annual Awards Ceremony – 7 p.m., Wednesday, June 20, 2012, Meany Theater, UW Campus
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9. Noncredit Certificate Policies
Grading:
Successful Completion (SC)
Unsuccessful Completion (USC)
Incomplete (I)
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Grade notification
By U.S. Mail
Also posted to your UW Professional & Continuing Education official record
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10. UW Professional & Continuing Education
Student Resources
UW Book Store
Textbooks
Tech Center
Library Borrower’s Card or Husky Card
UW NET ID - Access to MyUW
UW NetID (requires your UW Student ID Number and Private Access Code (PAC))
See “About UW NetIDs” in Handbook
view your registration schedule, access information about University resources and activities
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11. Parking & Public Transportation
Parking – Standard Parking adjacent to Puget Sound Plaza and the Cobb Bldg.
Entrance – left turn off Union Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues
Exit – right turn from parking structure onto University St. between 3rd and 4th Ave.
$8 flat rate from 5 p.m. until midnight
$18 flat rate if entering before 5 p.m.
King County Metro Transit – Trip Planner (
The Trip Planner helps you plan your public transit commute. It provides information and schedules for public transit in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties, including Sound Transit's Regional Express bus routes, Sounder commuter rail, Washington State Ferries, and the Seattle Center Monorail. Information obtained using the Trip Planner is based on regularly scheduled service and normal conditions.
(Puget Sound Plaza’s street address is: th Avenue)
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12. UW Professional & Continuing Education
How to contact us?
UW Professional & Continuing Education Registration: /
Register for courses
Update contact information (please remember to notify us as your contact information changes)
Questions, if registration confirmation is misplaced
Academic Programs (program management):
Program Director: Erik Bansleben, ,
Program Administrator: Shanon Ehmke-Reedy, ,
Program Central Support:
Inquiry about grades
Request copy of certificate
Obtain copy of student’s UW Extension Official Record
UW Info Hotline: INFO (re: changes or possible cancellations due to emergencies or inclement weather)
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