Library services such as catalog and database access, interlibrary loan, and reference service are available through the University of Southern Colorado's Library. Handouts with information on accessing USC's catalog and electronic databases as well as contact information for the Distance Education Library Liaison is sent with initial course mailings. Feel free to contact the Library Liaison with any questions you may have. At CU-Boulder and Colorado State, plus and minus grades are recorded and credit points are calculated accordingly. Postage Independent study is most often conducted by the exchange of material through the mail.
Students pay postage on all assignments and exams sent for grading.
CU-Boulder, UNC, and Colorado State pay postage on examinations sent for grading and mailed within the United States. All mail in the United States, including APO and FPO addresses, is sent by air. If you do request airmail service, please use lightweight paper, such as onionskin, for your assignments. Many continuing education programs are not degree-granting institutions. Therefore, federal grants, such as the BEOG, Pell, etc., cannot be applied to correspondence study.