Important Information, Policies & Handbook for Future and Current OPIE Students

Policies and Procedures

• Course Registration Information
• End of Semester Reports for OPIE Students
• Earning Credit and Making Progress in OPIE
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
• Health Insurance Information for OPIE Students
• Getting a Visa
• Placement and advancement
• Student Handbook
• Student Forms
• Testing

International Student and Scholar Services : This staff will help you with immigration, passports, visas, travel papers, etc. They can also help with employment, transferring to another university, and health insurance.

Information for Future Students

Program Dates

See  Calendar Dates for Full-Time English-Only Program with OPIE .

Registration Information

If you are taking OPIE English courses, OPIE will registeryou at the beginning of the semester. If you are taking academic courses at Ohio University (undergraduate and graduate), you are responsible for registering online. See Course Registration Information .

Withdrawal Information

If you decide to withdraw or leave OPIE and/or the University before your classes end, your money may not be refunded.  It is important that you understand the University’s policy and consult the official  calendar of deadlines. To begin the withdrawal process, visit your OPIE adviser and/or with your college office (University College, Chubb Hall for OPIE-only students). Also make sure to discuss your withdrawal with the Office of International Student and Scholar Services .

Links to OPIE Policies

• Testing
• Placement and advancement policies
• Expectations regarding your attendance, participation, homework completion, and ability to make adequate progress

On-campus Living Requirement

Ohio University requires that some students live on campus . All Ohio University enrolled students under the age of 23with fewer than four academic year semesters (fall/spring semesters only) in the residence halls prior to the start of the semester in which they enroll must reside in university-owned housing and participate in the associated mandatory meal plan. See the Housing Application .

If you are not required to live on-campus, you may live off-campus. The Community Engagement Programs Staff within Off-Campus Living can help you find off-campus living .

Health Insurance

All enrolled Ohio University and OPIE students are required to have  health insurance. See more information about health insurance .

Student Handbook

At the end of our  Student Handbook ,  you will find a list of Frequently Asked Questions (and Answers!). We encourage you to read these.

Waivable Fees

All Ohio University students are automatically charged for two optional fees: the  Wellbeing Fee (enhances student health care) and the  Student Legal Service Fee (provides legal services). To waive or  pass  on these fees, you must  opt out on  your My OHIO Student Center, usually by the end of the third week of the semester. See the university's Fee Descriptions .

Information for Current Students

• End of Semester Reports for OPIE Students
• Earning Credit and Making Progress in OPIE
• Student Forms

Moodle

Moodle : Here you can connect to many OPIE Moodles, course management systems that OPIE instructors use to give assignments, collect assignments, share content and resources, and even administer quizzes. 

OPIE-Alden Library Leisure Reading Collection

This is a collection of interesting and fun books designed for learners of English. It is located on the first floor of Alden Library .

Student Handbook

View the Student Handbook as a pdf

• Mission Statement of the Ohio Program of Intensive English
• What is OPIE?
• OPIE Levels
  • Full-Time English-Only Program with OPIE
  • University Success Pathway Program
  • Graduate Student English Proficiency
• OPIE Advising
• OPIE Placement
  • English Placement Testing in OPIE
  • Undergraduate Placement, Courses and Progression
  • English Proficiency and Provisional Admission for Graduate Students
• OPIE Policies
• OPIE Student Life
• Health Insurance Information for OPIE Students
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

On-Campus Housing Requirement for Ohio University

Ohio University provides on-campus housing. They require that some students live on campus. All Ohio University enrolled students unmarried and under the age of 23 with fewer than four academic year semesters (fall/spring semesters only) in the residence halls prior to the start of the semester in which they enroll must reside in university-owned housing and participate in the associated mandatory meal plan. Please read more about the Housing Requirement . Students who are not required to live on campus may be able to do so based on availability.

On-Campus Housing During the Breaks

Unfortunately, it is impossible for Ohio University to find enough staff for all of the dormitories during the breaks (i.e., winter break), so if you stay on campus during a break, you may need to move to temporary housing. Ask your RA or the Office of Residential Housing (contact Alvena Collins: collina3@ohio.edu ) about an extended housing contract (with lower rates) for international students.

Off-Campus Housing

If you are not required to live on-campus, you may live off-campus. The OHIO Housing and Residence Life Office provides resources for Off Campus Living . International Student and Scholar Services also provides off-campus housing resources.

Lost and Found

If you leave something in your classroom, it might be taken to Gordy 155.

Emergency Phone Numbers

Emergency: 911

On-Campus Emergency/Campus Safety: 740-593-1911

Athens Police Department: 740-592-3313, 740-593-6606 (emergency)

Counseling & Psychological Services: 740-593-1616

University Equity and Civil Rights Compliance (to report discrimination or harassment): 740-593-9140