Acadeum Course Sharing

Online Consortia Courses

Tuskegee University (TU) has partnered with Acadeum, a College Consortium that has a network of accredited colleges and universities that share online course offerings. Department Chairs and Instructors can access the Acadeum catalog of online courses after being added as an authorized user**. 

Courses taken through Acadeum are considered institutional credit and impact the student's GPA and graduation requirements in the same way a TU course does. The course will appear on the student's TU transcript as a TU course.

If TU offers the same course during the same term, students will be allowed to register for that class ONLY if there is a scheduling conflict that will delay the student's required course sequence.

TU primarily allows graduating Seniors to take classes through Acadeum. However, other students may be granted permission to take an Acadeum course by meeting certain qualification.

All Acadeum partner schools can access the Acadeum Course Share Administrator Application from the Acadeum website [https://courseshare.acadeum.com].

Benefits for Students

• Enhanced course options, including elective courses
• Course options for summer and winter
• Opportunity to take a desired course that is not offered at TU
• Help support students to graduate on-time

How to Register

Students who believe that they would benefit from enrolling in a course through Acadeum should contact their Department Chair or Academic Advisor for their major. The University will approve courses on an individual student basis.

Enrollment requests CAN ONLY be made by Department Heads/Instructors or Academic Advisors. Please complete the Acadeum Enrollment Request Form then submit it to the Acadeum Administrator, Ms. JaNeen N. Roberts (jroberts1@tuskegee.edu) for next steps.

Instructions

1. TU Faculty contacts the Acadeum Administrator to set up Acadeum Access.
2. TU Faculty searches catalog for a Consortial course(s) that is equivalent to a TU course(s)
3. TU Faculty maps/approves course.
4. Course payment/fund availability must be verified.
5. TU Faculty or Acadeum Administrator will register student for Acadeum course.
6. The Registrar will receive notifications from Acadeum regarding enrollment and create appropriate placeholders to track student progress.
7. Acadeum will contact the Bursar for billing.
8. Student will receive a Welcome Letter from the Teaching Institution (TI) giving instructions on accessing and "attending" the course.

Mapping/Approving Courses:

The Office of the Provost, Deans and/or Departments Heads collaborate to approve a list of consortial courses to make available to students. In choosing courses, they review course syllabi, faculty credentials, and additional assessments of learning outcomes data. 

TU functions as Home Institution (HI) and will also operate as a Teaching Institution (TI) beginning Summer 2023. As a HI, TU faculty will approve courses for their students from the inventory of courses within the consortia to which they belong. A HI's preference for consortium-based courses is based on the premises that these courses can be covered by financial aid, grades will positively impact GPA, course can be used under residency requirments, and they can establish full- or part-time status for students. 

**Department Heads/Instructors must sign up for a account (via Acadeum or through the TU Acadeum Administrator) using their TU email. Once Logged in they can locate, approve, and map courses equivalent to TU courses before they appear in our Acadeum catalog and register students for the approved courses. Use the links below to navigate and choose courses. 

Department Chair Login
*Course Catalog

Course Billing

Tuskegee University will bill the student for courses offered through the Acadeum consortium to the current University on-campus tuition rate and will depend on the student's current enrollment status and the current hours for which the student is registered. Payments must be made in accordance with existing University payment policies and deadlines.

All payments and financial aid will be processed through TU.

Students with outstanding financial obligations are not permitted to take Acadeum courses.

For information about your overall bill or paying your bill, contact Bursar’s Office at (334) 724-4385

Notes from the Registrar

• There is a limit to the number of course credits a student can take via Acadeum.
• Acadeum is not set up for a student to take all courses within a semester.
• Students cannot drop or withdraw from a TU class and then register for the same class on Acadeum.

For courses from Acadeum to count towards your scholarship you must be registered for the course at TU. When the grade is provided then we add that grade to your Transcript.

• Summer Registration
  Students will not be enrolled for Acadeum Summer Courses during the Spring Semester without being PREREGISTERED during the TU Summer Preregistration period (contact the Office of the Registrar for dates).
  • The maximum number of Summer credits allowed for full-time students is 9-10 (with a 4-credit course included)
    • Any deviation from the above requires approval from the Office of the Provost
    • EXCEPTIONS: Social Work majors enrolled in required internship.
  • To receive or use Financial Aid, students must be enrolled at a minimum of 6 credits.
• Students Requesting Courses
  At this time students can only request classes through their Department Heads or Advisor. 

Drop/Withdraw

If you wish to drop or withdraw from a consortium class, contact your Depatment Head, or notify the Acadeum Administrator.

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If you cannot see an approved course on the Acadeum website that fits your need, or if you need any general assistance, please contact Ms. JaNeen N. Roberts, Acadeum Administrator, at jroberts1@tuskegee.edu or 334-724-4238. For emails and voicemail, please provide the course you are looking for. Include your name and the TU course that you are trying to match. Over [3,000] courses are available, and we can work to get one approved for you.