Student Laptop Program Opt-Out or Semester Exclusion

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South Dakota Mines requires all students to be part of the Laptop Program. This page will explain the criteria necessary to be allowed to be exempted from the program. We have implemented an online form that will check to see if the student qualifies to be exempted from the program and will highlight the reason that applies to the student, or will warn the student that they do not fall into any of the categories.

Reasons I can Opt-Out or be temporarily excluded from the South Dakota Mines Laptop Program:

I am taking less than 6 credits at SD Board of Regents Universities

If a student is taking credits at more than one SD University, the total number of credits at all Universities must be less than 6 in a given semester.

I am an international exchange student and understand that if I need a student laptop for my classes, they are available for rent on an hourly or daily basis from the ITS Help Desk

There are students studying from abroad and only here for a short amount of time and are not required to be part of the Student Laptop Program.

I started South Dakota Mines before the fall semester of 2006 and have been continuously enrolled at SD Board of Regents University since that time

Students who have been here since before the Fall of 2006 were not required to be in the program, so they have the option of opting out if they entered the program throughout their careers.

I transferred to South Dakota Mines before the fall semester of 2008 and have been continuously enrolled at a SD Board of Regents University since that time

Transfer students were not required to be part of the South Dakota Mines Student Laptop Program until the Fall of 2008. Therefore all transfers prior to that date are eligible for opting out.

South Dakota Mines is not my home university

If another SDBOR institution is your home university, you are not required to be part of the Student Laptop Program.

I have completed more than 60 credits towards my degree program and I am not majoring in a program that requires the use of the Student Laptop to run campus software

This opt-out is ONLY available during the Spring Semester and can be applied for here.

I am a Special or Graduate student

Special** or Graduate students are flagged as such in the database and are therefore not required to be part of the Student Laptop Program. **Special students would be non-degree seeking students taking a class for furthering education, high school students taking a class for advanced learning, etc. Graduate students may choose to enroll in the Student Laptop Program by coming to the Help Desk and requesting to be part of the Laptop Program.

To apply for a Laptop Program Opt-Out:

Permanent Opt-Out - available from January to March for students with >60 credits
Semester Opt-Out - if the above situations apply

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Student Laptop Program Opt-Out or Semester Exclusion

Reasons I can Opt-Out or be temporarily excluded from the South Dakota Mines Laptop Program:

To apply for a Laptop Program Opt-Out:

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