General
Registration Procedures
The Family and Consumer
Sciences Distance Education Alliance operates using a "home institution/provider
institution" model. The home institution is the FCS Alliance university
at which the individual is enrolled in a teacher preparation program resulting
in family and consumer sciences certification. The provider
institution is the FCS Alliance member institution that is offering the
distance education course. Click
to access listing and contact information for participating universities.
Persons seeking to
access courses available through the FCS Alliance typically fall in one
of the following groups and will follow procedures accordingly:
1. Individuals who
are enrolled in a family and consumer sciences certification program at
an FCS Alliance institution and eligible for resident tuition in Texas
- These individuals enroll in a family and consumer sciences certification
program at an FCS Alliance institution and work through their faculty advisor
at the home institution to enroll in distance education courses offered
by other alliance institutions. The faculty advisor will:
-
approve courses
to satisfy certification program requirements,
-
contact the provider
institution point of contact to confirm space availability in the distance
education course desired,
-
work with the
student to prepare and submit required information to the provider institution
to reserve a space in the course, and
-
inform student
of enrollment procedures to be completed at the home institution.
All tuition and fees
will be paid at the home institution. Completed coursework will be
recorded on the student's transcript at the home institution.
2. Individuals who
are enrolled in a family and consumer sciences certification program at
an FCS Alliance institution but who are not eligible for resident tuition
in Texas - These individuals will work through their faculty advisor at
the home institution; the faculty advisor will:
-
approve courses to satisfy
certification requirements,
-
contact the provider
institution point of contact to reserve a space in the distance education
course desired, and
-
facilitate student access
to enrollment procedures for the provider institution.
All tuition and fees
will be paid at the provider institution. Completed coursework will
be recorded on the student's transcript at the provider institution for
transfer to the home institution.
3. Individuals needing
random courses to transfer to a non-alliance institution, to complete an
isolated certification deficiency, or for reasons other than to complete
certification program requirements - These persons should obtain enrollment
information by making contact directly to the instructor shown as teaching
the course at the provider institution. Enrollment will occur at
the provider institution and will be limited to space available after satisfying
enrollment requests of individuals enrolling to meet requirements for teacher
certification.
All tuition and fees
will be paid at the provider institution. Completed coursework will
be recorded on the student's transcript at the provider institution.
