Online Training Courses AlcoholEdu, Hazing Awareness and Sexual Assault Prevention Courses

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All new, incoming University of Kentucky students (first-time freshmen, transfer and graduate) are required to complete mandatory training courses. At UK, you play a crucial role in keeping our campus safe, so we want to help you develop the tools to handle issues that may arise around you.

Through the Vector Solutions platform, you will need to complete your required two-part courses to avoid receiving an account hold which may prevent you from registering for classes for the next semester.

To complete the course(s), you will need your linkblue account information to log in via the UK Single Sign-On button.

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Courses

AlcoholEdu

AlcoholEdu is a mandatory online course for all incoming students under the age of 21. Whether you choose to drink or not, this 60-minute course is designed to help you make informed decisions, understand university policies and navigate situations involving alcohol safely and responsibly.

Sexual Assault Prevention

This 75-minute online course is mandatory and fulfills a federal requirement for all colleges and universities. It’s designed to help you understand university policies, responsibilities and the resources available to you related to sexual assault and other forms of interpersonal violence.

You’ll learn about important topics including:

Sexual assault

Dating and domestic violence

Stalking

How to build safe, respectful relationships

Completing this course is an important step in helping us maintain a safe, supportive campus community for all students.

Hazing Awareness and Prevention

Hazing Awareness and Prevention for Students is a required online course for all students, including undergraduate, graduate, first-time or transfer. This one-hour training helps you recognize hazing; understand why it happens and learn how to help prevent it.

By completing the course, you’ll be able to:

Analyze the key components in the definition of hazing

Understand who is involved in hazing and why they exhibit certain behaviors

Spot signs and examples of hazing

Determine what you can and should do to protect yourself and your peers from dangerous hazing behaviors

Examine the effects of hazing, how to make a report of hazing and the legal implications

This course is based on research and best practices for building healthy campus communities.

For Spring 2026, all UK students (undergraduate, graduate and professional) are required to complete this federally mandated online training course. Students who completed the course in Fall 2025 will not have to complete it again.

What to Expect for Each Course

Part 1

Depending on the course, Part 1 will take up to 1.5 hours to complete. It includes:

A pre-survey;
A pre-test of your knowledge;
The educational course;
An exam, which the student must pass with a score of at least 70%; and a post-survey.
If students do not complete Part 1 by the deadline listed in their Vector dashboard, an academic hold will be placed on their UK account until it is completed.

Part 2

30 days after completing Part 1, students will receive an email with instructions for completing Part 2 of the course. This Part will take about 30 minutes to complete and includes:

Follow-up survey;
Updated information;
A brief video;
While it’s not required, we strongly encourage you to complete this part.

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Using your web browser, go to the Vector LMS, Higher Education Student Edition website for the University of Kentucky. You will be prompted to log in.

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Need Technical Help?

Having trouble accessing or completing your online training courses? The VectorSolutions Customer Care Team is available to help.

Support Center Contact Form
Live Chat via the Support Center
Phone: 1-800-434-0154 (Option 3)

How to Connect:

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Course Criteria

Below are the criteria for each of the courses. You can review the criteria for each to see which course applies to you.

AlcoholEDU is required for all incoming students who meet the following criteria:

First-time freshmen, first-time transfer, first-time graduate or first-time professional student
Younger than 21 years of age

Hazing Awareness is required for all incoming students who meet the following criteria:

First-time freshmen, first-time transfer, first-time graduate or first-time professional student

For Spring 2026, all UK students (undergraduate, graduate and professional) are required to complete this federally mandated online training course. Students who completed the course in Fall 2025 will not have to complete it again.

Sexual Assault Prevention for Undergraduates (SAPU) is required for all incoming students who meet the following criteria:

First-time freshmen or first-time transfer student

Sexual Assault Prevention for Graduates (SAPG) is required for all incoming students who meet the following criteria:

First-time graduate or first-time professional student

Even if you completed the Sexual Assault Prevention for Undergraduates (SAPU) course as an undergraduate at UK, the Sexual Assault Prevention for Graduate Students (SAPG) is a separate course and is still required.

Transfer Students

If you are a transfer student and have completed AlcoholEdu at a previous college or university, you do not have to complete AlcoholEdu for the University of Kentucky if you are able to provide a certificate of completion.

In order to receive an official exemption, you can do one of the following options:

Forward your certificate of completion to wellbeing@uky.edu. or
Contact your previous institution's AlcoholEdu administrator and ask that person to send email verification to the email above.

Questions?

For questions or assistance contact the Student Well-Being office.

Email Well-Being

Important Notes:

These trainings are part of university and federal requirements—they’re not optional.

Account Hold:
You must complete part one of each of your assigned training courses to avoid a student account hold. Holds may prevent you from registering for classes during Priority Registration or from making changes to your schedule later in the semester.

Technical Requirements:
You will need internet access with audio capabilities. To avoid technical issues, please use any major web browser (e.g., Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome) released within the previous two years. You may take the course in multiple sittings. The trainings will take about 2.5 hours in all to complete.

Confidentiality:
The courses include surveys designed to personalize your experience and measure participants' attitudes and behaviors. All responses are confidential. The university only receives aggregated data and will never have access to individual responses.