Frequently Asked Questions

While there is a January Term that begins earlier, spring semester begins on January 25 for undergraduate courses. There will be a 1-week spring break for undergraduate Chicago students. Classes will not take a break for Founder’s Week, which will be a mix of virtual experiences and evening presentations.

The schedule for seminary and graduate classes remains unchanged.

• The United States Center for Disease Control (CDC) provides regular updates to policy and guidance for the nation.
• CDC Public Health Recommendations
• CDC US Travel Advisory
• “What to Do If You are Sick”
• “How to Protect Yourself & Others”

The tuition grant does not apply to Moody Online classes.

The tuition grant applies to classes that count toward you degree, regardless of modality, as long as you are residing on campus.

If you live on campus, the Pell Grant is applied toward tuition. If you are not living on campus, the Pell Grant will directly reduce your tuition balance.

You should not expect to travel extensively throughout Chicago this spring. While your off-campus travel will not be monitored, we encourage and expect you to follow local health and safety guidelines when off-campus.

Students are strongly encouraged not to travel outside of the Chicagoland area unless it is essential. If travel is necessary, please be sure to consider the potential impact to those on campus with whom you will be in contact as you make transportation and accommodation arrangements. Due to the elevated risk of exposure when attending gatherings (even significant events such as weddings, funerals, etc), it is required that you:

1. Wear a mask and practice social distancing.
2. Adhere to the city of Chicago quarantine guidance when returning from a high-incidence state.
3. Get tested for Covid-19 shortly upon your return to campus and email your test results to healthservice@moody.edu.

Report any symptoms immediately to studentdevelopment@moody.edu.

We are requiring all Chicago on-campus students to be tested for COVID-19 before returning to campus. Please bring documentation of a negative test result to show to the Residence Life front desk when you check in for the spring semester. Documentation can be either a print-out or an email with negative test results that you can show the desk worker.

During the week prior to returning, please get tested before traveling to campus at a location of your choice near your home. Be prepared to show proof of your negative test as you arrive on campus.  If you do not have results, we will ask you to get tested at a Northwestern Medicine clinic near campus. Please bring your insurance information.

If you are traveling internationally or from a high-COVID-incidence state as listed by the city of Chicago, you will need to self-quarantine for two weeks before or after you arrive (See Chicago Quarantine Requirements below). Moody will provide support during your quarantine. If you are not in one of these two groups, it is not mandatory for you to quarantine.

Chicago Quarantine Requirements:

1. Quarantine at home for two weeks prior to coming to campus with a method of documenting adherence.
2. Quarantine at home for one week prior to coming to campus with a method of documenting adherence. A negative test is required prior to coming to campus or shortly after arrival. Quarantine continues for another week after arrival on campus.
3. Quarantine for two weeks after arrival on campus
4. Please remember that all students, no matter where they are returning from, for the spring semester will be required to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test result taking in the week prior to returning to campus.

Here are the items that you are required to bring with you when you return to campus:

• Digital thermometer to check your temperature daily*
• Face-covering (Recommended: at least 5 reusable masks that can be washed)
• Disinfectant cleaning supplies for your dorm room
• Hand sanitizer for daily use
• Hand soap

*Temperature checkpoints are also available across the Chicago campus to help keep common areas safe. The Michigan and Spokane campuses also have electronic thermometers to monitor the temperature of employees and students entering the building. Individuals are expected to take personal responsibility for their health by monitoring their temperature prior to arriving on campus.

As part of our protocol to help prevent spread by asymptomatic coronavirus carriers on Moody’s Chicago campus, students and staff are randomly selected to be tested for the COVID-19 virus or antibodies. Antibody testing is conducted on campus at Health Services, located on Smith 2. We will arrange for you to go to the Northwestern Medical Center clinic a few blocks away if you are selected for virus testing. You may decline the initial request if it does not fit into your schedule. However, if you are chosen a second time, you must complete the required test.

Please note if you choose not to comply, because this issue involves the health and safety of our campus community, you will be asked to continue your classes from home.

Chapel will continue as a Canvas course that will include a variety of opportunities to complete the required 28 chapel sessions for the semester. These may include pre-recorded video content, live-streaming, and small group discussion.

Student Group events will continue to be an important part of campus life. Modifications will be made for how meetings and events are held, in combinations of virtual and small in-person gatherings.

See Community Spaces under the Health section.

We look forward to helping you. If you have questions about your individual situation, please contact iso@moody.edu.

Certain on-campus positions have been affected by health and safety guidelines. Please email your supervisor to inquire about your situation.

While we are actively monitoring options for international study, we expect foreign travel to still be significantly impacted by health and safety restrictions this fall. See Study Abroad.

Moody’s Campus Post Office (CPO) can send the mail you already have received in your mailbox at CPO for a minimal cost. Parcels may increase this cost. Please email mbicpo@moody.edu for more information.

Email studentdevelopment@moody.edu if you or someone you know experiences COVID-19 symptoms. Based on national, state, and local health guidelines, we have developed a robust medical protocol that involves regular temperature checks, access to high-quality health care, virus testing if ill, self-isolation, and ongoing communication with Moody Health Services to ensure recovery.

If your temperature reaches a fever level which is 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit (or 38 degrees Celsius) or above, our healthcare partners will treat your symptoms as well as test you for COVID-19.

If you have to quarantine, Moody’s Health Services will continue to communicate with you to help you get appropriate medical care. They will also coordinate with Dining Services to provide food deliveries to your residence hall floor.

Your hyflex classes will allow you to continue taking your classes online.

Our protocol will offer clear processes for you and your roommate while you are self-isolating.

If you require an ADA accommodation, please contact the associate dean in the Student Resource Center at gayla.gates@moody.edu.

Please bring your own face masks when you return to campus. You are required to wear face masks in public areas on campus.

Yes, please call Health Services at (312) 329-4417 to make an appointment or to speak to a nurse prior to visiting.

Students and employees are expected to follow social distancing guidelines and wear masks in public spaces. Cleaning of common spaces has been increased.

Community Spaces:

• SDR and The Commons: Our overall approach to serving you in the SDR and The Commons will be through contactless service. Dining Service staff will wear masks and gloves. Seating will be staggered and we will offer only served items from behind the counter instead of buffets. All beverages, condiments, and napkins will be served to you with your choice of menu item in a carry out container placed in a designated spot where you can safely pick it up. You will be invited to sit at a table or take your food out. Tables are expected to be set up for six people per table, spaced per national and local guidelines. Joe’s Coffee will operate in a similar fashion. We require you wear a face mask upon entering the SDR, The Commons, and Joe’s Coffee.
• Game Room and Fellowship Hall: Public spaces on campus will remain open with capacity limits on the number of people, in order to maintain social distance and lessen density. You are required to wear a face mask in these and other public spaces.

We are following three sets of guidelines, from the federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the city of Chicago and its department of public health, and the state of Illinois and its department of public health guidelines for higher education. Each set presents limits to different spaces for different types of events or gatherings. Currently, we host our larger campus-based courses in Torrey Gray and Dryer Auditorium. Chicago’s guidance restricts non-academic gatherings (meetings for everything beyond class) to small numbers of people. Conference rooms and gathering spaces around campus have signs at their entrances, documenting the maximum number of individuals per space.

If you live on campus, hyflex means that the faculty will establish a schedule of “Roomers and Zoomers,” detailing which days you are expected to be in the classroom and which days you are expected to participate via Zoom. Depending on classroom capacity, some classroom assignments will allow all residential students to be classified as permanent Roomers, attending in-person. Faculty may establish and enforce attendance policies. Students with health concerns can request of faculty to be permanent Zoomers, but may be required to participate live via Zoom. Approval for asynchronous Zoom participation will be rare and generally only for unavoidable course conflicts.

If you live locally and want to attend class in-person, the faculty can add you to the “Roomers and Zoomers” schedule discussed in the question previous, in which case you would need to conform to any attendance policies established by the faculty. If you do not live near campus or you want to be a permanent remote learner via Zoom, you need to inform the faculty as to whether you will be participating synchronously (live class) or asynchronously (recording of class) and satisfy any requirements specific to that modality, if any, as established by the faculty.

Based upon CDC recommendations, this number will depend on the configuration of the classroom and will differ in each room. In general, this reduced capacity is roughly 30 percent of full capacity in a typical classroom.

No, your schedule is not expected to change. Larger classes have been moved to larger classrooms or presentation hall spaces.

Yes, we require you to wear masks in the classroom.

Please contact the faculty supervisor for internships in your major.

Hyflex classes offer different ways to track student activity. If you are not in the classroom, you will be able to complete your coursework and attend classes live via Zoom.

Programs with such classes will have creative ways to participate while following appropriate health and safety guidelines.

Please see the question above.

In order to receive the tuition grant, you are required to live on campus and maintain full-time status, which is a minimum of 12 undergraduate credit hours per semester. For seminary and graduate students, full-time status requires a minimum of six graduate credit hours.

If you pay tuition, you have the option to register for less than 12 hours. Please note: Part-time status can have a significant impact on the amount of federal aid you may be eligible to receive and will disqualify you from being eligible for Moody scholarships.

According to SEVP guidance that was released on July 24, active F-1 students will be permitted to temporarily count online classes towards a full course of study. You are able to study in the United States or abroad and maintain your immigration status as long as you are enrolled in a full course load. (SEVP has yet to announce guidance for the spring 2021 semester. You will receive an email from the International Student Office once the information is made known.)

If you plan on staying in your home country this spring, you still have the option of continuing your studies online. Your SEVIS record will remain active as long as you are enrolled full time.  The International Student Office (ISO) will confirm at the beginning of the semester whether you are on-campus or off-campus using the requested registration form. This may be subject to change for the spring 2021 semester. You will hear from ISO regarding any changes.

For all students who have traveled internationally (including U.S. citizens), you will be required to do the following:

• Quarantine in the United States for 14 days (prior to arriving on campus).
• Get tested for COVID-19 (refer to instructions above under “If You Become Symptomatic” in the Chicago Campus COVID-19 Guidelines).
• Share your test result with Moody’s Health Service.
  
  

If you receive a positive COVID-19 test result, or develop COVID-19-like symptoms, you must enter the Sick Student Protocol as outlined above. To exit this protocol, you will have to meet the following CDC guidelines.

You can be with others after:

• At least 10 days since symptoms first appeared and
• At least 24 hours with no fever without fever-reducing medication and
• Other symptoms of COVID-19 are improving

Loss of taste and smell may persist for weeks or months after recovery and need not delay the end of isolation​.

For all students who have traveled internationally (including U.S. citizens), you will be required to do the following:

• Quarantine in the United States for 14 days (prior to arriving on campus).
• Get tested for COVID-19 immediately upon arrival. ISO will arrange airport pick up and transportation to a testing center (refer to instructions above under “If You Become Symptomatic” in the Chicago Campus COVID-19 Guidelines).
• Share your test result with Moody’s Health Service.
  
  

If you receive a positive COVID-19 test result, or develop COVID-19-like symptoms, you must enter the Sick Student Protocol as outlined above. To exit this protocol, you will have to meet the following CDC guidelines:

You can be with others after

• At least 10 days since symptoms first appeared and
• At least 24 hours with no fever without fever-reducing medication and
• Other symptoms of COVID-19 are improving**Loss of taste and smell may persist for weeks or months after recovery and need not delay the end of isolation​

Once you receive your visa, you are able to enter the United States no earlier than 30 days before the start date on your I-20.

We understand that many consulates and embassies are closed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. If you are not able to book your interview, you have the option to attend classes while abroad and may defer your attendance to the fall 2021 semester. Please contact iso@moody.edu with any questions.

The J-term begins January 11 for undergraduate courses and January 4 for graduate and seminary courses.

The undergraduate J-term session is two weeks in length and the seminary J-term session is one week in length.

Spring semester undergraduate classes begin January 25.

J-Term classes give students the opportunity to complete their degree earlier by taking an accelerated course.

No, the tuition grant will not apply to J-Term classes.

The classes you take for J-Term will be counted toward your spring semester class load. This means your financial aid will be calculated using the J-term classes and the classes you are enrolled in for the regular 16-week spring classes.

For example, if you enroll in three credits for the 2-week J-term and nine credits in the regular 16-week session, you will be considered to be enrolled in 12 credits and be full-time. Your financial aid will be calculated as a full-time student. If you qualify and receive the Chicago Undergraduate Tuition Grant during the spring semester, it will only apply to 16-week session courses.

If you only complete the J-term classes, you will be withdrawn for the rest of the spring semester and your financial aid will need to be recalculated.

For Moody scholarships, you need to be enrolled full-time. If you are enrolled full-time you will be eligible for scholarships.

Students can opt for synchronous or asynchronous Canvas and/or Zoom-based courses. Faculty will be teaching live.  There will not be an in-classroom component.

See registration information after logging into MyMoody.

Orientation sessions will be held January 21-22, offered through a mixture of pre-recorded videos, Zoom sessions, and in-person small group gatherings. More specific session and schedule information will be emailed to new students by mid-November.

New students who are living on campus will be invited to move in on Thursday, January 21, 2021. (International students are asked to arrive on Monday, January 18.) All residential students will receive a link by the end of November to sign up for a  move-in time. Students will be limited to two guests to help with the move, and all will be required to wear a mask while in public areas.

If you choose to not enroll in spring the semester, you may defer your admission to fall 2021. Your deposit will stay on your account for the fall semester. Please email admissions@moody.edu with any questions and to let them know that you plan to defer.

A hyflex or hybrid-flexible class offers its content both in the classroom and online via Zoom and through Canvas, Moody’s learning management system. A Moody Online class only offers its content online in Canvas through an asynchronous format, which means you are not required to be online in the class at a particular day or time.

Yes, Counseling Services and the Student Resource Center (including Peer Tutoring and the Writing Center) provide both in-person and online services whenever possible.

Visit the library website for their services at library.moody.edu.

Yes. For a full list of library services, please visit library.moody.edu.

Yes, Chicago undergraduate students will continue to have access to the CTA U-Pass while classes are in session. The CTA is still determining whether they will provide an option to opt-out this spring.

Chicago undergraduate students cannot take only online classes to fulfill their degree through traditional online campus courses. However, students taking hyflex courses can complete their requirements without physically attending an in-person lecture. Please contact an academic advisor with any further questions.

Hyflex classes will proceed as scheduled on their days and times in Moody campus classrooms. Students who are not in the classroom can join live via Zoom. Lectures will be recorded and available for review after class. Students will be in the classroom or connected online to the live classroom experience. There will also be content on the class website offered through Canvas, Moody’s learning management system. To access, see the Canvas page.

Spring classes are being designed to respect these distinctions, although national and local guidelines may restrict these offerings. Contact an advisor for more information. Chicago undergraduate students wishing to enroll part-time must contact their academic advisor.

Undergraduate Chicago

We are increasing your options this spring:

• Live on campus, receive a tuition grant, take hyflex classes, pay room and board and campus fees.
• Live off campus, do not receive a tuition grant, take hyflex classes online or Moody Online classes*, pay tuition and campus fees.

*Students not enrolling or taking exclusively Moody Online courses will need to complete a request for intermission through the office of Academic Records.

Graduate and Seminary, Chicago and Michigan

Classes will be offered as usual:

• Live off campus, take hyflex or online classes (as offered by your degree program), pay tuition and relevant fees.

Spokane

• Classes will continue to be offered within applicable health and safety guidelines and restrictions, including the State of Washington.

Students will be permitted to enroll in more than 8 credits of Moody Online courses while in intermission for the spring 2021 semester only.

Please prayerfully consider the following in deciding whether to return to campus.

1. Your level of risk for severe illness, See “People Who Are at Higher Risk” from the Centers for Disease Control. If you are at a higher risk for severe illness, we encourage you to remain at your permanent address, pay tuition, and take your classes via the hyflex model using Zoom and Canvas.
2. Your understanding that campus student life will be different due to health and safety guidelines.
3. Your personal financial situation in paying tuition, instead of room and board.

If you decide to return to campus after the spring semester begins, while we would love to see you, our response will depend on residence hall room availability. If you want to move off campus after the spring semester begins and continue your hyflex courses online, your room and board will not be prorated, because the campus will still be open.

Yes, PCM and Field Education are exploring options that respect the health and safety of both students and the people they serve. Moody’s accreditation agencies have explicitly expanded acceptance of different, flexible ways to satisfy ministry requirements.

While PCM requirements will not change for undergraduate Chicago students, their modality may be different.

Yes, though these experiences may be completed online.

Yes, please refer to our Chicago Campus COVID-19 Guidelines for further details.

Housing assignments will remain the same. You may have a room to yourself if you are not assigned a roommate or your roommate does not return. A student who returns to campus late may be invited to move into a room where there is capacity. Students are not allowed to move rooms without the approval from the housing office.

All housing assignments will be final after January 9, 2021. There will be no room change after classes begin.

The process for requesting housing accommodations remains the same. Please email the associate dean of the Student Resource Center at gayla.gates@moody.edu.

New Student Move-In Instructions:

New students are invited to move in January 21-24. International students are asked to arrive on January 18, 2021. The International student office will be providing more information about this date. Move-in sign-ups will be sent to you in a separate process.

Returning Student Move-In Instructions:

Unless you are living on-campus during the break or taking a J-Term, the earliest returning students can return to campus at no charge is Friday, January 22. Move-in sign-ups will be sent to you in a separate process.

If you have any questions about the move-in form, please email studentdevelopment@moody.edu.

Residence Life continues to seek creative ways for large groups of students to connect while following national and local health and safety guidelines.

In order to help protect the health and safety of our community, visitors and overnight guests will not be allowed in the residence halls.

Due to the high at-risk population in the building, absolutely no outside guests are allowed in Jenkins Hall. Moody students from Culbertson Hall, Houghton Hall, or Smith Hall are allowed to visit Moody Jenkins residents (limit 1 guest per roommate).

Preventative measures, including capacity limits, enhanced sanitation and cleaning protocols, and training for the Moody community will continue in common spaces this spring, informed by national and local health guidelines.

Masks are required in public spaces on campus. We continue to closely monitor national and local guidelines to help determine our expectations for student life.

Students who have not traveled internationally for more than 14 days prior to their arrival in Spokane will not be required to arrive early and quarantine. International travelers, both citizens of the U.S. or abroad, will need to quarantine for 14 days prior to joining us on campus and are recommended to arrive early.

First year coursework will be available in-person, as well as through the hyflex learning model. This will allow for in-person courses to be taken in the classroom or remotely using tools such as Zoom and Canvas. Remote participants can join the class live via laptop and participate in real time or can watch the class later and interact with the professor through Canvas and email.

Students are not required to take remote classes and are encouraged to participate in person when possible. Every class required for your degree is offered in-person on the Moody Aviation campus.

Yes, as long as you are current with the class, the hyflex format will allow you to transition into the classroom when you are ready to do so.

International students may begin classes online using the hyflex model but have additional constraints as to when they can travel internationally under an F1 Visa. Contact Michael Wilson, Associate Dean of Students, at michael.wilson@moody.edu for additional information

If you need to begin the term remotely, it is essential that you contact Lin Knowles, Aviation Academic Assistant, at lin.knowles@moody.edu.

No, classes will not be canceled. In-person classes will continue via the hyflex model, taking advantage of Zoom and Canvas to allow remote participation for all students.

Our first year classes can be taken in person and online.  As a result, your program schedule should remain on track. Those who meet the GPA and course completion requirements will move forward into the technical training on time.

While we will do our best to keep changes to a minimum, we all need to be prepared for the unexpected during these times. Our primary focus is to care for our students and staff well. We will respond to CDC and other national, state, and local recommendations and requirements as they adjust.

Moody Aviation operations incorporate current COVID-19 procedures as recommended by the CDC, national and local guidelines. Facility and aircraft sanitization, social distancing, daily health checks, wearing a face covering indoors, weekly training and recording daily attendance in each building are examples of current protocol.  Procedures will be updated to adjust to future changes recommended by the CDC and other national and local authorities.

Yes, face masks are currently required for all students, faculty and staff while in a Moody Aviation building.

Social distancing (remaining 6 feet apart) is required when on campus. Moody Aviation’s COVID-19 policy will update as state and local policies change.

A limited number of beds are provided through friends of Moody Aviation who desire to provide safe, affordable housing for our first year students. These beds are offered on a first come, first served basis, and students should be prepared to locate their own living arrangements when housing reaches capacity. Moody does not vet the health and safety of these houses, including their COVID-19 protocols. We recommend investigating and confirming your comfort with these protocols in the housing you select. Contact the Associate Dean of Students at michael.wilson@moody.edu for the latest housing information and resources.

Students experiencing COVID-19 symptoms should contact the Associate Dean of Students at michael.wilson@moody.edu, who will work with affected students to develop action plans and provide additional support as needed. Students will be required to self-isolate themselves in their rooms for a period of time, based upon their symptoms and if they have tested positive for COVID-19.

For those who have been in close contact with someone who has COVID-19, remain quarantined for 14 days since the date of close contact. If no symptoms begin during that time, students may return to campus at the conclusion of the 14-day quarantine. If symptoms develop, reference the guidelines for someone who may have COVID-19 above.

The Associate Dean of Students will work with affected students to develop action plans and provide additional support as needed.

At this time, Washington residents are asked to limit travel to necessary trips and recreation within the region. International travel will require a 14-day quarantine upon return prior to returning to campus. Domestic travel does not require a 14-day quarantine unless the traveler is exposed to someone with COVID-19 during their travels.

Please contact the Associate Dean of Students, Michael Wilson, at michael.wilson@moody.edu with any question.

Tuition per credit hour:

• Undergraduate: $360 per credit hour
• Graduate: $460 per credit hour
  
  

Undergraduate room and board:

• Room $3,365, double room
• Board $2,240, 15-meal plan
  
  

Undergraduate Chicago student fees: $1,225.

See also “Tuition Fees.”

No, you will not be charged for a single room; however, given the great interest in living on campus, a new student may be assigned to that space.

If you choose to leave, you can complete your hyflex classes online. Your room and board will not be prorated, because the campus will still be open.

If illness flares up this spring related to COVID-19, we do not intend to close the campus, and your hyflex classes will allow you to complete them online. Room and board will not be prorated or refunded.

Yes, as long as you meet all other eligibility requirements.

If you live 50 miles or more from campus, you will pay $765 in fees for the spring semester, which includes the student activity fee and technology fee. If you live within 50 miles from campus, you will pay all fees.

See “Student Accounts.”

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is responsible for providing guidance related to our international travel quarantine requirement. The Chicago Department of Health is the driving force behind the 14-day quarantine related to travel from high-incidence states.

Yes. If you desire to quarantine 14 days before you come to Moody, please do so and email studentdevelopment@moody.edu with the dates you are quarantining outside Chicago. If you are unable to, you are able to self-quarantine on campus. The hyflex learning model allows students who need to quarantine to continue with their classes without interruption. It is important to remember that the quarantine is precautionary. Additionally, a person coming from any of these high-incidence states or countries outside of the U.S. may indicate a higher level of risk of having COVID-19. However, it is not accurate nor appropriate to assume that he or she is a carrier of COVID-19.

No. Please note that we are asking these students to get tested so that we can have greater confidence that the student provides a lower level of risk to the Chicago community. And, if a student does test positive, it would initiate our Sick Student Protocol so that he/she can self-isolate (see “If You Become Symptomatic” in Chicago Campus COVID-19 Guidelines).

Please stay in your room as much as possible and leave only for essential purposes. Since the quarantine is precautionary, students are allowed to leave their room to utilize the bathroom facilities (including showering), attend doctor appointments (if applicable), and pick up their food in any grab-and-go locations on campus designated by Dining Services (primarily the Student Dining Room). When you are outside of your room, wear a face covering and practice social distance along with regularly washing your hands (or hand sanitizer if unable to wash your hands).

Yes, parents (or anyone assisting you with moving in) traveling from high-incidence states must strictly follow our campus guidelines related to face-covering, social distancing, and hand washing, in addition to the city of Chicago guidelines. They should plan to be here to help you move in for your three-hour move-in time and then begin their travel home. Please keep in mind that no matter what state you travel from, you may only have two people come to help you move in.

NOTE: If you, or anyone helping you move in, are symptomatic, have a fever of 100.4 or higher, or test positive for COVID-19, please do not travel to Chicago or come to campus. If the CDC guidelines for you or anyone traveling with you have been met related to coming out of self-isolation, traveling to Moody is permitted.