Ask for details when enrolling. Submissions are taken over the Internet via GIA Virtual Campus, by mail or by fax. You may also take your exams in the presence of a proctor or through GIA's Student Lab. Student Lab is a scheduled self-study lab environment where Distance Education Students can complete practical stone requirements, practice with GIA stones, take proctored exams and the 20 stone exam. This means you must take your exam in the presence of a proctor or at a GIA campus or Student Lab.
Some courses require access to specific equipment.
Please review each course description for full details. You may attend a Student Lab, borrow instruments, or purchase them from GIA GEM Instruments or other providers. Certificates and Diplomas take 4-6 weeks from the day they are ordered. Single courses must be paid in full before the certificate is issued. Programs must be current in payments for certificates to be issued and paid in full for a diploma to be issued.