Student Terms / Enrollment Agreement

1. About this agreement

This agreement is between you and Berean Institutes (“Berean”), a Colorado nonprofit corporation with its headquarters in Plano, Texas. It applies when you enroll in an Advanced Certificate program.

It works together with the policies named below. Please read them before you enroll: the Tuition & Payment Policy, the Refund & Withdrawal Policy, the Advanced Certificate Rules, Academic Integrity, Student Conduct, the Acceptable Use Policy, the Student Records Policy, and the Privacy Policy.

2. What Berean is, and what the certificate is

Berean Institutes is an independent, unaccredited institution. It awards Advanced Certificates of verified competency, not degrees.

• Berean does not promise that another school will accept your coursework for credit. That is the other school’s decision.
• A Berean certificate is not a license and does not qualify you for a job that requires an accredited degree or a license.
• Berean does not promise any job or income.

3. Who may enroll

• You must be 18 years of age or older.
• You must be admitted through the program application and the reading and writing assessment (Admission rules).
• Everything you tell Berean in your application and enrollment must be true.

4. When this agreement starts

This agreement starts when you complete enrollment after you are admitted. Applying does not make you pay tuition and does not start this agreement.

Before you pay, your enrollment screen shows your program, the tuition being charged, the amount due at enrollment, any future scheduled payments, and the refund and withdrawal terms.

5. What Berean provides

• Online access to the required courses for your program, as listed on your program page.
• The required books and other required course materials. These are included in program tuition.
• Instructor and assistant instructor support and feedback on your work.
• Access to the student Library while you are an eligible student.
• A record of your courses and grades, and, when you finish every requirement, a certificate with an online verification record.

6. What you agree to do

• Follow the Advanced Certificate Rules, Academic Integrity, Student Conduct, and Acceptable Use policies.
• Keep your sign-in private. Do not let anyone else use your account or do your work.
• Keep your email address up to date. Berean sends important notices by email.
• Pay tuition as the Tuition & Payment Policy describes.

7. Tuition and payments

Tuition and fees are listed on the published fee schedule. If you choose a payment plan, you allow Berean to charge each scheduled payment to the payment method you choose.

If a scheduled payment is missed or fails, you have 7 days to pay it. After that, your course access pauses until the payment is made. Pausing access does not cancel your enrollment. The Tuition & Payment Policy has the details.

8. Refunds, withdrawal, and leave

You get a full refund within 14 days of your enrollment date if you have not submitted graded work. After that, tuition for the current term is not refunded. Withdrawing cancels any future scheduled payments.

To withdraw or to take a leave, write to admissions. The Refund & Withdrawal Policy explains how.

9. Your work

You keep the copyright in the work you submit. You allow Berean to use it to grade it, give feedback, check academic honesty, and keep your academic record.

Berean will not publish your work outside your course without your permission. Posts in a course discussion can be seen by the other students in your course.

10. Course materials

Berean’s lessons, videos, readings, and other course materials are for your own study. Do not copy, share, sell, or post them without written permission. The Terms of Use also apply.

11. Changes to courses

Berean may update a course’s content, schedule, or instructors to keep its quality. Berean will tell you about a change that affects your course.

If Berean cancels a term you have paid for, you get a full refund of the tuition for that term.

12. Your records and privacy

Berean keeps your academic record and shares it only as the Student Records Policy allows. The Privacy Policy explains how Berean handles your personal information.

13. How this agreement ends

• You finish your program.
• You withdraw by writing to admissions.
• Berean dismisses you under the academic standing, Academic Integrity, or Student Conduct rules. Those policies explain your right to appeal.
• You do not finish within the program time limit in the Advanced Certificate Rules.

14. Problems, disputes, and governing law

If you have a problem, email admissions@bereaninstitutes.org first. Berean will try to solve it with you.

The laws of the State of Colorado, United States, govern this agreement, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any court case about this agreement must be brought in the state or federal courts located in Colorado.

15. Changes to this agreement

Berean may update this agreement. The new version is posted on this page with a new date. A change does not apply to a term you have already paid for, unless the change is in your favor.

16. Contact

Email admissions@bereaninstitutes.org or use the Contact page.

Berean Institutes · A Colorado nonprofit corporation · Headquarters: Plano, Texas, United States