CONTINUING STUDIES REFUND POLICY NON-CERTIFICATE COURSE WITHDRAWAL Refund requests must be made at least two business days (48 hours) prior to the course start date. No refunds are issued for requests received with less than two business days’ notice. Students may withdraw by phone, email, mail or in person. Non-certificate courses with tuition fees of $500 or more will have a five business day refund policy unless an exception is made by the Director.
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM WITHDRAWAL A non-refundable deposit of $200 is required to secure a seat in the program. Students must submit a completed CSCT Certificate Request to Withdraw. Please contact CS to request this form. For all certificate programs: to be eligible for a 100% refund of tuition paid (less the $200 non-refundable deposit) the Request to Withdraw must be received no later than 10 working days prior to start date of program. Refunds are not provided after above notification periods. Exceptions are made on compassionate grounds. In such cases a written request for refund, accompanied by appropriate documentation (i.e. medical), must be submitted prior to the end of the course or workshop. Under no circumstances will refunds be granted for requests received after the end of a certificate program, course or workshop.
CAMP OC To withdraw from a camp, contact us by phone, email or in person. A full refund will be given if the request to withdraw is made at least five business days before the camp start date. Requests made less than five business days before the camp start date, will be refunded at 50%. No refund is provided after the camp start date or for days missed. A $25 administration fee applies to all Camp OC withdrawals. Refunds may take between two and four weeks to process and will be mailed in the form of a cheque.
N.S.F. CHEQUES There will be a charge of $25 for N.S.F. cheques.
CANADA TRAINING CREDIT The Canada Training Credit is a new refundable tax credit to help Canadians with the cost of training fees. Eligible workers—those who have at least $10,000 in earnings for work (including maternity or parental leave benefits) and income below about $150,000— between the ages of 25 and 64 would accumulate a credit balance at a rate of $250 per year, up to a lifetime training amount limit of $5,000. The credit could be used to claim a refundable tax credit for up to half of the eligible tuition and fees for taking a course or enrolling in a training program. An individual’s training amount limit would be included in the information the Canada Revenue Agency sends them each year. To find out more about this benefit, visit the Government of Canada website.
HAVE AN IDEA FOR A NEW COURSE?
Email cscentral@okanagan.bc.ca and request the Continuing Studies course proposal form.
DO YOU WANT TO TEACH? If you have the skills and adult instructional ability to teach at Okanagan College, send your resume to cscentral@okanagan.bc.ca
okanagan.bc.ca/cs
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