All new first-year, transfer, and graduate students are required to complete online prevention education courses designed to provide the knowledge and skills needed to support their personal well-being and contribute to a safe, respectful campus community.
Instructions and deadlines are emailed to eligible students through their RPI email account by the Dean of Students. The courses are available through students' Percipio accounts and can be completed in multiple sittings on a computer or smartphone, allowing students to pause and resume at any time. Students are given approximately six weeks to complete the courses after they become available.
Online Courses
This course explores alcohol's effects and consequences, encourages reflection on personal drinking motivations and campus norms, and equips students with harm-reduction and intervention skills to promote safer decision-making. Estimated completion time: 30 minutes
This course examines the effects and risks of legal and illegal drugs, challenges misconceptions about peer substance use, and equips students with harm-reduction and intervention skills to support informed, safer decision-making. Estimated completion time: 30 minutes
This course helps students recognize and prevent hazing by exploring why it persists, promoting ethical leadership and positive alternatives, and building confidence to intervene in ways that support healthier campus communities. Estimated completion time: 35 minutes
This course equips students with the skills to build respectful relationships, understand and maintain boundaries, prevent and respond to sexual violence, and foster safer, more supportive campus communities. Estimated completion time: 30 minutes
This course introduces students to Title IX, New York State Education Law Article 129-B, and RPI's policies on sexual harassment and misconduct, while building awareness of reporting options, bystander intervention, and campus resources. Estimated completion time: 30 minutes
This course explores how unconscious and implicit biases influence perceptions and decision-making, and equips students with strategies to recognize personal biases and foster more inclusive interactions. Estimated completion time: 22 minutes
This course explores cultural differences, addresses common barriers to cross-cultural communication, and equips students with strategies to build respectful relationships across diverse perspectives. Estimated completion time: 30 minutes
