We're confident you will find our courses to be a great learning experience. If you should have difficulty completing a seminar or course and need to cancel or withdraw, our policies regarding those matters and refunds are outlined below.

Student's Right to Cancel
You may withdraw from a degree program at any time. Contact the Program Director on campus in writing to request withdrawal from the program. If your program director is unavailable, you may contact the university registrar at drondinelli@usa.edu or 800-241-1027 x205.

If you are a continuing education student, you may contact the Registration office by phone at (904) 826-0084 to withdraw from an individual seminar.

Master of Occupational Therapy, Doctor of Occupational Therapy, Doctor of Physical Therapy and Dual Degree Option - St. Augustine and San Diego Campuses
Tuition will be $8,400 per trimester for the 2007-2008 academic year. Tuition is $10,000 per trimester for the 2007-2008 academic year for the entry-level San Diego DPT program. All charges are subject to change. Student fees, manuals and texts, malpractice and health insurance, supplies and lab wear, will be extra. These additional costs are expected to be approximately $5,000 - $7,000 for each program. The University of St. Augustine reserves the right to revise the schedule of tuition and fees without notice. The costs provided by the Enrollment Services office are for the current or upcoming academic term and may change for future academic terms.

Candidates are required to submit a $500 deposit within thirty (30) days of acceptance into a program. The remaining balance for the first trimester is due on registration day. Any excess loan proceeds (beyond the first trimester tuition, required course note packet charges, and student activity fee) will be refunded to the student at the beginning of the first trimester.

After the first trimester, any tuition balance not paid at the time of trimester registration will receive a 10% late penalty. Both tuition and late penalty must be paid in full no later than the close of business on the last day of the week in which classes begin. Students will be removed from class after this point if not paid in full. The only exception, are students whose financial aid has been delayed through no fault of their own.

Academic Refund Policy

This refund policy follows the standards set out by the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council.

If written notification to withdraw from the University is submitted within the one week (seven-day grace period) of acceptance and submission of the tuition deposit, a full refund of the tuition deposit will be returned to the student.

A partial refund of the deposit will be given if a student provides written notification to withdraw from the University up to 60 days prior to the start of the trimester courses and after the initial seven-day grace period. This partial refund will be $300 (The university retains $200 as an administrative fee). For students attending the San Diego, CA campus, this partial refund will be $400 (The university retains $100 as an administrative fee).

The entire $500 deposit is non-refundable if written notification to withdraw from the University is received later than 60 days prior to the first day of the term.

If a student submits written notification to withdraw from a course (or the program) after the stated term start date, the following formula will be used to determine the tuition refund.

Trimester fees for course notes (which must be returned to the University), sales tax, and Student Activity fees are 100% refundable if said notification is received up to 8 weeks after the first day of a trimester. There is a $200 administrative fee for all course or trimester withdrawals.

If written notification to withdraw is received after the eighth week, there will be no refund of tuition.

Emergency Leave
A student may be granted up to two (2) weeks of emergency leave by the Program Director. After this time the student can return to classes but is responsible for the material covered in all classes during this leave time. If the emergency leave extends beyond two (2) weeks, the student will be required to take a leave of absence (see below). Under such circumstances, the student’s tuition will be applied to the following trimester.

Leave of Absence:

• An approved Leave of Absence is restricted to a cumulative total time of three trimesters. Leave may be taken for one trimester at a time or for an entire calendar year but not more than a total of one calendar year. Leave taken at any time during a trimester is considered as an entire trimester of leave and students must retake the entire trimester of course work. A year long leave begins from the date of the beginning of the trimester of the Leave of Absence. A student must re-apply to the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences in order to return to the program.
  
  
• Scholarship students who are granted an approved Leave of Absence for academic reasons forfeit any scholarship funds upon their return. For scholarship students who are granted an approved Leave of Absence for medical reasons, the scholarship will be suspended and resumes upon their return from the Leave of Absence.
  
  
• Currently enrolled students who are granted an approved Leave of Absence may hold any balance in his/her account to be applied toward future tuition only for a period of one year from date of issue. Any funds on account, which remain after one year from date of issue, are forfeited. Course note fees and sales tax are non-refundable in the event of an approved Leave of Absence.
  
  
• If a student applies, and is approved, for a Leave of Absence within two months of the beginning of a term, a credit in the amount of tuition paid for that trimester (no refund) will be applied to their account and available for use up to one year from the date of LOA. This credit is forfeited after one year.
  
  
• The University reserves the right to re-assess “The Essential Functions for Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy” of any student returning from any leave of absence and to decline or conditionally approve their resumption if they are unable to meet the essential functions with reasonable accommodations. If a leave is greater than one year, a student must re-apply as a prospective student to the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences in order to return to the program.
  
  

After the seminar begins, no refunds are issued or transfer of funds permitted. If a student misses any portion of a seminar, a certificate of completion will not be issued until such portion is made up. A student can attend a subsequently scheduled seminar at no cost to make up the time and then receive his or her certificate upon successful completion. For online CEU seminars please refer to the Academic Credit Refund policy.

In the event of employer paid registrations, the employer has the right to cancel the registration under the above policy. The therapist will be contacted and may be given the option to remain registered for the seminar and become the responsible party for the fee.

Academic Credit Refund Policy
A separate payment or tuition price is charged for the academic credit (distance education) portion of a course as shown on the enrollment form. If you decide to cancel the academic credit portion of the course, the following refund policy applies:

1) If you cancel within five days after remitting payment for the academic credit tuition, the University will refund in full the academic credit tuition.

2) If you cancel the academic credit portion of the course after five days of remitting payment but before the specified course completion date, the University will refund to you the academic credit tuition less an administrative fee equal to 20% of the tuition, but not to exceed $200.

3) After the start of the course, the University will retain the administrative fee plus a percentage of the academic credit tuition as follows:

Refunds shall be made within 30 days following the date the University receives the student’s cancellation request. Cancellations for the course may be made in writing by contacting the appropriate program administrative assistant at the University (904) 826-0084. Refunds will not be processed until unused portions of the coursework are returned to the university.

Academic Residency courses have a combined seminar and academic credit tuition. In these courses, the Seminar Tuition refund policy as shown above applies.

Refund Example: Foundations of Clinical Orthopaedics in the Transitional DPT program is 8 weeks long, therefore it falls under the 7-10 weeklong course. The tuition for this 2-credit course is $770 ($385 x 2). A student decides to leave the course during the second week of the course. Therefore, the student is entitled to a refund of $369.60 (60% of the remaining academic credit tuition) less the administrative fee of $154 (20% of the total academic credit tuition, not to exceed $200).

Tuition / Fees: Separate fees must be paid for library searches, transcripts, copies and other such services. All required seminar manuals are included in seminar fees. Recommended and required textbooks are available at an additional cost.

The Transitional Doctor of Physical Therapy should be completed in four years. The Transitional Doctor of Occupational Therapy should be completed in three years for students entering with a master's degree and five years for students entering with a bachelor's degree. The academic credit portion of each course should be completed according to the stated due date. Extensions may be granted according to the terms indicated in the catalog for both graduation and course completion.

All academic and financial obligations must be met in order to receive credit for the course.

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Seminars & Certification Programs A $50 non-refundable deposit is required when registering for continuing education seminars. Seminar tuition is due 30 days prior to the first day of the class. If you call to register, your place in the seminar will be held pending receipt of deposit within ten working days. Payment can be made with check, money order, Visa or MasterCard. In the event of a company-paid registration, purchase order numbers will be accepted when provided by that company's authorized personnel.

For CPE seminars, with two weeks notice of cancellation by the student, tuition will be either transferred to another seminar, put into a "funds on hold" account, or the balance will be refunded. Cancellation up to three working days prior to the start of the seminar, 50% of the balance will be refunded. With three working days notice, 100% of the balance can be transferred to another seminar or put into a "funds on hold" account. No refunds will be issued. Transfer of funds is limited to two seminars. Funds are held in the "funds on hold" account for two years. After the seminar begins, no refunds are issued or transfers allowed.

In the event of company-paid registration, the company has the right to cancel under the above policy. The therapist will be contacted, and may be given the option to remain registered for the seminar and be the responsible party for the tuition.

A 50% non-refundable, non-transferable deposit must accompany Certification seminar registrations. Balance is due 60 days prior to the start date of the seminar. Refunds requested 90 days or more before the seminar begins permit a transfer of only 50% of the deposit to another seminar, with any balance paid being fully refundable. Cancellation and request for transfers for the Certification seminars received less than 90 days before commencement of the seminar will result in a loss of the deposit. These provisions were added to assist the University in planning for staff and facilities, and to discourage last minute changes in plans by seminar registrants since the University is unable to fill vacancies with other candidates on short notice.

International Students: Tuition payment must be in U.S. funds only. Students in Canada and foreign countries will be responsible for payment of any applicable custom duties. Any holder of this consumer contract is subject to all claims and defenses, which could assert against the seller of goods or services, obtained pursuant hereto or with the proceeds hereof. Recovery hereunder by the debtor shall not exceed the amount paid by the debtor hereunder.