Matriculation Requirements
All applicants to Richmont are reviewed by the Admissions Committee on a rolling basis. The Committee reviews all applications from a holistic approach, taking all aspects of the application into consideration. Please see the Graduate Catalog for a current list of matriculation requirements.
Student Rights and Responsibilities
Richmont Graduate University is committed to honoring our mission and our students by setting standards of excellence in the areas of academics, clinical work, interpersonal skills, and personal growth. The university is also committed to students’ engagement in the evaluation process, which includes providing students with full information about the process, their roles, and the role of the faculty. As part of this process, we ask that all students review all program materials. An additional, separate list of student rights and responsibilities is provided for students within each school.
Academic Policies
The Academic Policies & Procedures for the university are included in full in the Graduate Catalog. Please refer to the
Graduate Catalog for a complete description and complete procedures.
Academic Policies in the Graduate Catalog include: Attendance Policy, Auditing Courses, Registration, Add/Drop/Withdrawal Procedures, Incomplete Grades, Institutional Withdrawal, Transfer of Credits, Computation of Grades (GPA), Academic Exceptions, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP), Transcript Requests, Graduate Requirements, Academic Dismissal, and the Academic Appeals policy.
Expectations of Student Academic Performance
Richmont students are expected to maintain the highest standards of scholarship with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 (B). Any student whose cumulative grade-point average falls below 3.0 during a given semester will receive a letter of scholastic warning from the Records Office. Students who receive a term GPA of less than 3.0 in two successive semesters will be subject to dismissal. A student dismissed for failure to maintain a 3.0 GPA may reapply after one year and must meet full admission criteria for the master’s program at the time of re-application in addition to any requirements stipulated at the time of dismissal.
Student Privacy
Richmont considers the privacy of each student as an important matter. Whether the student is on-campus or online, Richmont strives to ensure the right of privacy. In that regard, Richmont does the following:
• Provides secure servers.
• Provides each student with an individual email account. These accounts are password protected. University faculty will communicate to students using this system.
• Provides password protected access to learning platforms, including CAMS and Canvas.
• Follows the policies of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
Authentication
In order to ensure the proper identification of each student, Richmont does the following:
• Students submit a government-issued picture identification that verifies their name and address.
• Each student who attends a physical campus is issued a Student ID photo identification card.
• Unique secure passwords are issued to each student for university email and learning platforms.
• Live online classes and online instructions pages are monitored to verify student identity.
Student Directory Information
Richmont designates the following items as directory information: student name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, degree sought and certificates, part-time or full-time status, degrees and awards received, previous schools attended, and photographs. The university may disclose any of these items without prior written consent unless notified in writing to the contrary. Such notification must be received within three school days of the official date of registration to ensure that directory information will not be included in university publications.
Commencement
Commencement Participation
Richmont holds a commencement ceremony each May. Students who are within three courses of meeting graduation requirements during the spring semester are permitted to participate in the ceremony. A notation will appear in the commencement program indicating that the student is participating under this policy. Degrees will not be conferred nor will diplomas and transcripts be available without completion of all coursework as dictated by the degree program. The Graduate Catalog includes the official list of requirements to graduate.
Commencement Attire Policy
There is no greater expression of community at Richmont Graduate University than our commencement ceremony. Commencement is a special ceremony officiated by the President of Richmont where faculty, staff, parents/families, and alumni share the excitement and importance of students’ academic accomplishments. It is also a time for the Board of Trustees to pay special tribute to students who have achieved the distinct honor of the Richmont degree.
Guidelines for appropriate attire at Commencement have been established by the Richmont Commencement Committee (RCC) in order to preserve the dignity and importance of the occasion and to show respect for the university, its graduates, and their families. On this day, we are one, and our attire reflects this. Formal academic regalia consisting of black academic gowns and mortarboards are the dress of the day. Students may choose what attire they wish but it is recommended to wear dark dress slacks and skirts/dresses that hit around the knee. With the exception of decorated caps (which are permitted), non-permitted accoutrements that draw attention to an individual and detract from the occasion can compromise the image we seek to project as a university and are not acceptable. Any change to academic regalia (beyond the decoration of the mortarboard) is not permitted and may prevent a student from participating in Commencement exercises. Students may wear only one stole of their choice during official commencement activities.
In addition to the traditional cap and gown regalia, students have the possibility of wearing stoles and cords. Richmont supports the wearing of cords or stoles at Commencement exercises by students who have earned these privileges through achieving clinical excellence, academic excellence, or through a Richmont organization who has attained approval of the stole through the Richmont Commencement Committee (RCC). All cords and stoles are submitted for approval to the RCC by December 1st for the following commencement ceremonies. Students are unable to submit requests for approval of additional regalia attire as only organizations within the university can submit requests that represent a group of students such as the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Clinical Training, Student Affairs, and Academics.