Community Standards Courses
At the University of Utah, we want students' continued education to be successful and engaging, and we care about the safety and well-being of our campus community. With this in mind, the University of Utah requires all students to complete our Community Standards Courses once a year. These trainings cover a variety of essential topics including:
- Sexual Assault Prevention
- Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention
- Hazing and Intimidation Prevention
Students can access the training platform by clicking on the Community Standards Courses tile in CIS or navigating directly to Get Inclusive and logging in with their uNID and CIS password.
Mandatory Trainings
Incoming students will have a hold placed on their record that will only be removed when they complete Part 1 of this course. If the course is not completed, this hold will prevent students from registering for a second semester.
Continuing students will be assigned additional training annually with an accompanying registration hold.
More information will be sent to students' Umail accounts when training is assigned.
Voices for Change
This training is mandatory for all incoming undergraduate students, and continuing undergraduates who completed Sexual Assault Prevention training more than one year ago.
With a focus on self-reflection and concept application, Voices for Change weaves bystander engagement and intervention throughout four topic areas
The curriculum grows with the student. Each year students will be asked to complete another training that builds upon the previous training while introducing new content.
Graduate Upstanders
This training is mandatory for all incoming graduate and professional students, and continuing graduates and professional students who completed Sexual Assault Prevention training more than one year ago.
Graduate Upstanders focuses on bystander intervention, consent & sexual violence content, with an emphasis on University of Utah definitions, policies, and resources.
Information
Assignments
Students will receive an invitation in their University email (Umail) when courses are assigned to them.
New students will receive assignments at least 30 days before they are due.
Completing
Courses
To access the classes, login to CIS and click on the "Community Standards Courses" tile.
The tile will remain on your CIS page even after you have completed the course in case you wish to refer back to them for resources.
Technical
Tips
You will need internet access and audio capabilities.
To avoid technical issues, please use only major web browsers (e.g., Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome) released within the previous two years.
Surveys & Confidentiality
The course may include surveys to help personalize your experience and measure students’ attitudes and behaviors. All survey responses are confidential; the university will only receive information about the student body as a whole and will never see individual students’ answers.
Support
Technical Support
Course issues? For technical support, please contact communitystandardscourses@utah.edu.
Log in problems? Contact University of Utah Campus Help Desk at helpdesk@utah.edu or at 801-581-4000 X 1
Other issues? Let us know by completing the Community Standards Courses Support form.
Accommodations
The University of Utah seeks to provide equal access to its programs, services, and activities for people with disabilities. If you need accommodations to access the online programs, please contact the Office of the Dean of Students at 801-581-7066 or deanofstudents@utah.edu and we will make arrangements for you.
Waiver
We understand that the content of the Sexual Assault Prevention course may be psychologically or emotionally triggering for some students. In those circumstances, students may complete a Course Waiver Request.
Upon submitting the request, students will be directed to pertinent policies and resources and a Victim Survivor Advocate will reach out to the student to provide additional information.
