Policies

It is the policy of Seattle Pacific that course materials provided through the Falcon Advantage program for courses a student is registered for, then subsequently drops, must be returned to Falcon’s Post by the 10th day of the quarter. Students must visit the Akadémos portal to mark course materials as being returned, then bring their materials in original condition to the bookstore along with their return confirmation from Akadémos. Any materials not returned by this deadline will be charged to the student’s account at the regular per-credit hour rate designated by the program for that quarter. Under no circumstances will these book charges be removed from your student account or waived if materials are not returned in their original condition by the 10th day.

Students will have the window of 3 weeks prior to the start of a quarter through the 10th day of the quarter to opt out of the Falcon Advantage course materials program in total. Opt out is not available by course, only by quarter (i.e., opt out for Winter Quarter, not for UCOR 2000). Students also have the option to opt back into the program after having opted out during this window if desired. At any time, students who have opted out of the Falcon Advantage program and need course materials can purchase their materials through the Online Bookstore. Course materials purchased outside the Falcon Advantage program are non-returnable and non-refundable. After the 10th day of the quarter, course materials are only available for independent purchase through the Online Bookstore. When students opt out of the Falcon Advantage program after having received their course materials (or notification that their course materials have shipped), all materials must be returned per the same rules as the Dropped Course Return Policy.

All course materials related to the Online Bookstore and Falcon Advantage program must be picked up from Mailing Services located in Falcon’s Post by the person named in the “Ship to” field within the first 10 days of any quarter. Presentation of a Falcon Card (student ID) or another form of ID is required at the time of pick up. Reasonable efforts will be taken to notify the student that their item(s) is available for pick up by Seattle Pacific University and the online Akadémos bookstore. SPU may store your items for no more than 10 academic days. Any textbook or other course material items that are not claimed by the student within 10 days of the start of a quarter will be deemed abandoned. After the 10th day of the quarter, the institution has sole discretion to sell or otherwise dispose of the abandoned items in any manner it deems appropriate. If any costs are incurred by Seattle Pacific University for taking ownership of the abandoned items, these costs may be transferred to the student. Under no circumstances will these course material charges be removed from your student account or waived. The student agrees to absolve and hold Seattle Pacific University harmless for the abandoned items.

For additional questions about any of these policies, please send inquiries to bookstore@spu.edu.

Faculty may begin submitting adoptions for the upcoming quarter 90 days prior to the start of that quarter. All adoptions are due 60 days prior to the start of the upcoming quarter. Adoptions that are not submitted by this deadline will be accepted as eBook/digital resources only (where offered through VitalSource) for the purpose of resource procurement timelines. (eBook options can be identified by accessing the Akadémos adoptions portal, typing in the title or ISBN for a book/material, and identifying whether a eBook/digital version displays as an option. If found on the adoptions portal as eBook/digital, the resource may be adopted.) Late adoptions of any kind will not be accepted after 30 days prior to the start of the upcoming quarter and students will not receive resources allocated by the program for which they are paying.

For additional questions about any of these policies, please send inquiries to bookstore@spu.edu.