Preventing and Responding to Sexual Misconduct

In accordance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Brigham Young University (“BYU”) prohibits unlawful sex discrimination against any participant in its education programs or activities. The university also prohibits sexual harassment—including sexual violence—committed by or against students, university employees, and visitors to campus. As outlined in university policy, sexual harassment, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking are considered forms of “Sexual Misconduct” prohibited by the university.

University policy requires all university employees in a teaching, managerial, or supervisory role to report all incidents of Sexual Misconduct that come to their attention in any way, including but not limited to face-to-face conversations, a written class assignment or paper, class discussion, email, text, or social media post. Incidents of Sexual Misconduct should be reported to the Title IX Coordinator at titlenine@byu.edu or 801-422-8692. Reports may also be submitted through EthicsPoint at the Title IX incident reporting page or by calling 1-888-238-1062 (24 hours a day).

BYU offers confidential resources for those affected by Sexual Misconduct, including the university’s Victim Advocate, as well as a number of non-confidential resources and services that may be helpful. Additional information about Title IX, the university’s Sexual Misconduct Policy, reporting requirements, and resources can be found at BYU’s Title IX website or by contacting the university’s Title IX Coordinator.

Tuition

Tuition is due upon enrollment. Tuition prices are effective August 1, 2025, for High School Courses and September 3, 2025, for University Courses.

University Courses

Online Courses**: $256 per credit hour

Special Enrollment: $352 per credit hour

**University half (0.5) credit courses are $256 per course

Brigham Young University Students: BYU Independent Study courses are not included as part of on-campus tuition. BYU Online classes are offered to BYU day students as part of their normal AIM course registration and tuition. Learn more on the BYU Online website.

High School and Middle School Courses

Standard Courses: $215 per 0.5 (semester) credit

Specialized Courses: $319 per 0.5 (semester) credit

Best Value Courses: $130 per 0.5 (semester) credit

Quarter-credit Courses: $130 per 0.25 (quarter) credit

Textbooks and Materials

Textbooks or other supplemental materials are required for some courses and are not included in the course tuition. These items must be purchased separately.

Optional Printed Course Readings Packet: For most courses, a printed copy of the course readings packet can be ordered for a $21–$35 fee-based on packet size. Please note that the printed packet does not include textbook material, exams, quizzes, interactive activities, or any information found on external links within the course. Please allow 7–10 business days for delivery.

Course Fees

• Assignment and Quiz Resubmissions: $10 each
• Exam Retake: $15
• Course Extension: $20 per course (one extension available)
• Withdrawal or Refund: $30 per course

US Mail Service

We ship all printed course materials and exams through Standard United States Mail, FedEx Ground, or FedEx Home Delivery, which can take up to 7–10 business days. Paper exams are shipped to the certified proctor or testing center that the student designates on the exam request form. For faster delivery, Express Mail options are also available.

Express Mail Delivery: Request deadlines and delivery days are listed below. All times are Mountain Time. Excludes holidays and some remote areas. 

• Monday–Thursday before noon: Next business day
• Thursday after noon: Monday
• Friday before noon: Monday
• Friday after noon: Tuesday

Course Materials Express Mail: $20 extra per shipment (U.S. only)

Exam Express Mail: $20 per shipment

Exam Two-Way Express Mail: $30 per shipment (U.S. only). If you are ordering a paper exam, your proctor can receive your exam via Express Mail and receive a prepaid Express Mail return envelope in which to ship the exam back.

International Mail Service

An additional $20 (per shipment) international mail service fee will be charged for any materials, including exams, shipped outside the United States. We ship all materials, including exams, through DHL or USPS International Express. Taxes, customs fees, or other international charges may apply.

Transcript Fees

For official transcripts, fees apply per transcript and include the cost of the transcript and delivery charges. Please refer to the respective high school and university online transcript web pages for the most up-to-date pricing and shipping options.

High School and Middle School Course Transcripts

https://is.byu.edu/transcripts

University Transcripts

https://enrollment.byu.edu/registrar/transcripts

BYU Independent Study offers courses to assist students who are seeking credits to meet graduation requirements of the high school or post-secondary institution in which they are matriculated or attending. As a result, outside of BYU Online High School, BYU Independent Study does not award high school diplomas or post-secondary degrees and does not accept transfer credits. Students enrolling full-time in BYU Online High School can transfer credits from an accredited high school.

Because BYU Independent Study delivers flexible, open-enrollment courses and credit that can transfer to many institutions, we are unable to declare full- or part-time student enrollment status and attendance. As a result, we are unable to sign any document stating or implying enrollment status:

• Consortium Agreements
• student loan deferment forms
• FAFSA form
• state verification of enrollment and attendance forms (including for driver’s license applications)
• Form I-20, Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant Student Status
• any other form requiring declaration of student status or attendance

As with all educational programs sponsored by Brigham Young University, students enrolled in BYU Independent Study courses are expected to demonstrate a high sense of personal honor, integrity, and courtesy in all coursework and examinations, as well as all interactions with students, teachers, and program staff.

Academic Dishonesty

Students must avoid every form of academic dishonesty and misconduct, including but not limited to plagiarism, fabrication or falsification, and cheating on examinations or assignments. Students commit themselves to academic work of integrity—that is, work that is their own, work that adheres to the scholarly and intellectual standards of accurate attribution of sources, and work that appropriately and accurately portrays research and data.

“Plagiarism” is a form of intellectual theft involving the unauthorized use or close imitation of the words, ideas, or data of another as one’s own without providing proper attribution to the author through quotation, reference, or footnote. Plagiarism may occur with respect to unpublished as well as published material. Copying another student’s work and submitting it as one’s own individual work without proper attribution is a serious form of plagiarism. Examples of plagiarism include, but are not limited to the following:

• Direct plagiarism: Verbatim copying of an original source without acknowledging the source
• Paraphrased plagiarism: Paraphrasing, without acknowledgment, of ideas from another that the reader might mistake for the author’s own
• Plagiarism mosaic: Borrowing of words, ideas, or data from an original source and blending this original material with one’s own without acknowledging the source
• Insufficient acknowledgment: Partial or incomplete attribution of words, ideas, or data from an original source
• Attributing someone else's work as your own, regardless of whether it was created by a human or an artificial intelligence, is considered plagiarism and constitutes a breach of academic honesty

“Cheating” is a form of dishonesty where a student attempts to give the appearance of knowledge or skill that the student has not fairly obtained. Examples of cheating include, but are not limited to the following:

• copying from another person’s work during an examination or while completing an assignment
• allowing someone to copy from you during an examination or while completing an assignment
• using unauthorized materials during an examination or while completing an assignment
• collaborating on an examination or assignment without authorization to do so
• taking an examination or completing an assignment for another, or permitting another to take an examination or to complete an assignment in your place.

“Fabrication or falsification” is a form of academic dishonesty where a student invents or distorts the origin or content of information used as authority. Examples include, but are not limited to, the following:

• citing a source that does not exist
• attributing to a source ideas and information that are not included in the source
• citing a source for a proposition that it does not support
• citing a source in a bibliography when the source was neither consulted nor cited in the body of the paper
• distorting the meaning or applicability of data
• inventing data or statistical results to support conclusions

Other Student Misconduct

Students must at all times be respectful and courteous in interactions with instructors, staff, and other students. It is a violation of the Student Code of Conduct to interact with others in a way that is dishonest, profane, or unduly disrespectful.

Disciplinary Action

When BYU Independent Study reasonably suspects that a student may have engaged in any violation of this Student Code of Conduct, the student will be given notice of the allegations and a fair opportunity to respond. Upon review of the available information, including the student’s response, BYU Independent Study will conclude, based on a preponderance of the evidence (i.e., whether it was more likely than not), whether the student engaged in the misconduct.

When a student is found to have violated this Student Code of Conduct, BYU Independent Study will use its discretion in appropriately addressing the situation and may impose a wide range of disciplinary actions commensurate with the violation found to have occurred. Examples of possible disciplinary actions include but are not limited to the following (or any combination thereof):

• reprimanding the student in writing
• requiring work affected by the academic dishonesty to be redone
• administering a lower or failing grade on the affected assignment or examination
• administering a lower or failing grade for the course (even if the student withdraws from the course)
• removing the student from the course
• rescinding the grade of the affected assignment or course
• prohibiting re-enrollment in the course
• prohibiting participation in any additional BYU Independent Study courses

Students may appeal disciplinary action through the process set forth in the Academic Grievance policy.

Generally, courses that are failed may be repeated to earn credit. The student’s permanent record will show an “E” or an "F" grade for failed courses. A repeated course will not replace the original grade on the transcript.

Final Exam Retakes

Depending on the policies of each individual course, students may be allowed one retake of a final exam. If a student chooses to retake the final exam, she or he must request to retake the failed final before the enrollment expiration date; otherwise, the initial failing grade is posted to the permanent record. Once the retake exam has been graded, the higher of the two final exam grades will be used to calculate the overall course grade.

Students wanting to retake the final exam, but who fail to make the request before the enrollment expiration date, will need to register for the course a second time. The result is that the same course will be listed on their permanent record twice, along with the respective grades.

Students can withdraw at any time unless they have requested the final exam or completed the course. You can withdraw from your course by (1) logging in at is.byu.edu, (2) selecting your course from the list of your current registrations, and (3) selecting Withdraw under Edit Enrollment. You may also call Registration at 801-422-8925. Refunds or vouchers are granted based on the following timeframes:

• 0–14 calendar days after registration date: full refund with no processing fee
• 15–60 calendar days after the registration date: full refund minus $30 withdrawal processing fee
• 61–90 calendar days after registration date: a voucher minus a $30 withdrawal processing fee (which must be applied to a new enrollment within 90 days from original registration date)
• 91+ days after registration: no refund, no voucher

Please note (as stated above) that if you withdraw from a course within 90 days of your registration date, but after 60 days from your registration, you will receive a voucher for financial credit with BYU Independent Study, minus the withdrawal processing fee. This voucher must be used within 90 days of your registration date, and no withdrawal terms are available for a course purchased with a voucher. After 90 days, you may still withdraw, but no refunds or financial credit will be granted.

For Purchase Order Customers:

• Your request will be processed, with the refund based on the date we receive your request.
• Refunds will be issued back to your account as credit for future purchases.
• If the withdrawal is processed within 14 days of enrollment—full refund.
• If the withdrawal is processed 15 to 90 days after enrollment—refund credited to your account, minus $30 student management fee.
• If the withdrawal is processed 91 or more days after enrollment—no refund.
• Once a final exam has been requested the course cannot be withdrawn.

BYU’s Global Privacy Notice details how BYU collects, uses, and shares personal information from students and participants in its programs and activities.

In keeping with BYU’s Global Privacy Notice and applicable laws, BYU Independent Study has adopted the following procedures to ensure the privacy of its students’ education records.

FERPA and access to education records: The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) requires that BYU Independent Study protect the privacy of student education records. Generally, before personally identifiable student information can be released, (1) the identity of the student must be verified; for third-party requests (e.g., from a parent or school counselor), the requester must also (2) verify his or her identity and relationship to that student, and (3) either have been granted guest access to records on the student’s FERPA permissions form or fall within the category of individuals for whom student permission is not required.

Transfer of FERPA rights: When the student is 18 years old, or enters postsecondary study at any age, the rights to the student’s education records under FERPA transfer from the parents to the student. If the student is enrolled in BYU Independent Study’s non-university-level courses and is at least 18 years old or is enrolled in BYU Independent Study’s university courses, regardless of age, education records will not be released to anyone other than the student and any school in which the student is currently enrolled or seeking to enroll. Access to the student’s education records may be granted to a third party if the student provides signed permission granting a specified person rights to access his or her records. Complete a FERPA permission request.

Tax dependency: If the parent of a student who has turned 18 or enrolled in a university course can provide tax documentation that the student was claimed as a dependent in the previous income tax year, the parent may have access to the student’s educational records. In addition to the FERPA permissions form, proof of tax dependency must be provided each time information is requested from the student’s education records.

Sharing education records with other educational institutions: Under FERPA, BYU Independent Study may share a student’s education records with other educational institutions in which the student is concurrently enrolled or to which the student may be seeking to enroll. For example, if you are a high school student and have supplied your high school’s name, BYU may inform your high school of your course activity and grades. Officials of other educational institutions will typically be required to register for a verified Counselor Portal account in order to access such records or information. Students may request and obtain from BYU Independent Study a copy of any records shared with another educational institution.

Net ID and password: In addition to FERPA, other laws and regulations require that the BYU Independent Study protect sensitive personal information and financial records. BYU Independent Study’s systems require individuals to log in using a secure Network Identification (Net ID) and password. Sharing of Net IDs and passwords with third parties is strictly prohibited because it violates confidentiality and degrades the ability of BYU Independent Study to protect secure information. A student who shares his or her Net ID and password may be subject to discipline per the BYU Independent Study Student Code of Conduct. All students (or their parent/legal guardian for youth registrations) are required to individually log in so personal, financial, and education information remains secure and protected.