Credit Courses
A nonrefundable information technology (IT) fee is required for all Penn State World Campus credit courses. Upon payment of the fee, you will receive a Penn State Access Account (user ID and password) with which you can access:
- Penn State online courses, workshops, and other resources
- Penn State e-mail
- Penn State University Libraries resources
- eLion
Access Accounts are required for any World Campus student regardless of whether or not his or her credit courses have corresponding Web sites.
Your access begins when you register for your first credit course.
To receive a Penn State Access Account, you must agree to use your account in accordance with University policies. Also, to comply with federal aid guidelines that require universities to have a signature on file for any charges that are not applied to all students, you must read, complete, and return an Access Account Acceptance and Authorization Statement form prior to completing the registration process for your World Campus credit course(s).
Note: The nonrefundable information technology fee is charged according to the number of credits in which the student is enrolled immediately prior to their first day of the semester. Adding credits on or after the first day of the semester could result in a corresponding increase of the fee. Dropping credits on or after the first day of the semester will not reduce the fee charged.
Noncredit Courses
If you are enrolling in a World Campus noncredit course, you will be required to obtain a free Friends of Penn State account, which will provide you with a user ID and access to any Web sites related to your course. It will not, however, provide you with a Penn State e-mail account or access to other University services such as the Libraries.
To obtain a Friends of Penn State account, follow these online instructions. You must have an active e-mail address with an Internet Service Provider (e.g., AOL, Earthlink) and access to the World Wide Web.
If you do not have an active e-mail address, please contact us.
