Summer 2008 Registration Procedures

Please ensure that you read the following information prior to completing the Summer 2008 Registration Form. As a result of program changes within the last year, there are some details you need to be aware of.  It is very important that you read through the following information.  Check with in the Registrar’s Office if you are unsure about any of the points below.

VERY IMPORTANT:

1. The Summer 2008 Registration Form will be available beginning March 17, 2008. Course Registrations for Summer 2008 will NOT be accepted after April 10, 2008, unless authorized by the Registrar’s Office. Payment for courses is due on Thursday, April 10, 2008 unless other arrangements are made as explained in #4 below

2. You must complete your courses in sequence as much as possible. This means that you should complete all of your first-year courses prior to completing your second-year courses and your second-year courses prior to your third-year courses and so on. This will ensure that you are better prepared to meet the demands of the senior level courses. 

Mentoring and Community/Church-Based Ministry credits:

• Students in the Ministerial Diploma and the B.Th programs are required to do Four Mentoring courses and Four Ministry credits (2 Church and 2 Community).
• Students in the BRE program are required to do Four Mentoring courses and Two Ministry credits (1 Church & 1 Community).

The Mentoring courses are one-credit courses. There is no cost for the Ministry credits, though students must successfully complete them to meet graduation requirements. For information on the Mentoring and Ministry credits, please refer to the Student Mentoring Handbook.

3.  Do not order your textbooks until you have received confirmation that you have been registered in your courses. This will avoid any unnecessary shipment of textbooks. You can then use the Textbook Ordering Form.

4.  Payment of Fees
Students are not officially registered for their courses until they have paid their fees in full or have made alternate arrangements with the . Before April 10, 2008, students must choose one of the following payment options (you will be able to choose the same option on the Registration Form):

• Payment in Full
• Students who choose this option must make full payment for all fees on or before Registration Day. This is the only option available for part-time students who are doing fewer than nine credit hours.
• International students from countries other than the United States of America must pay their tuition and all other fees for both the Fall and Winter semesters by August 1st.
• Deferred Payment Plan
• A Deferred Payment Plan, which is subject to a $50.00 fee per semester, is available for students who are registered in nine or more credit hours.  Students must pay 40%, plus a Deferred Payment Fee of $50.00, by April 10th. The remaining balance is due in two equal payments on the second Thursday of May and June (May 8th and June 12th).  .
• Students who use the Deferred Payment Plan must provide the Finance Office with post-dated cheques or permission to use a Visa or MasterCard so that payments can be processed according to the dates indicated.
• Service charges will be applied to the Deferred Payment Plan if the required payment arrives after the payment date as specified above.
• Canada/Provincial Student Loans
• Students who receive their Canada/Provincial Student Loan documents by Registration Day can use their student loan to pay their tuition fees. Students should also note that they will need to pay their compulsory fees, and Distance Education fees if applicable, on or before Registration Day.
• Students who have not received their Canada/Provincial Student Loan documents on or before Registration Day, or their student loan is not sufficient to cover all required fees, can do one of the following to pay their fees
• Arrange personal interim financing.
• Use the Deferred Payment Plan

Please contact in the Financial Aid Office for further details.

5. Methods of Payment
Cash, cheque, money order, debit card, Visa Card or MasterCard can be used to make payments. Payment should be made payable to Master’s College and Seminary. 

6. Service Charges and Outstanding Accounts

A Service Charge of 1% per month is levied on accounts if students have not paid in full or their payments for the Deferred Payment Plan arrived late. The current Fee Schedule specifies the applicable charges for handling NSF cheques and other returned cheques. Students who have outstanding accounts are not permitted to write final exams, register for courses, graduate, or receive an official transcript, grade report or T2202A Form.

7.   Use the following Fee Schedule to determine the amount of money you owe this semester:

8.  Tuition Refund Policy

Tuition refunds are provided to students, according to the dates indicated below, providing a Drop/Add Form is submitted to the Registrar’s Office. A Drop/Add fee applies to all courses dropped after the dates indicated. Courses will be deleted from students’ schedule if they qualify to receive a 100% refund. The rebate is processed effective from the date the Registrar’s Office receives the written notice of withdrawal.  No refund will be issued for Intensive courses after the cut-off date that is published on the Course Registration Form. Students are responsible to check their own schedules for accuracy. They may be held responsible for any associated costs that occur for any errors that are not corrected.

9. NOTE: You can only use the Summer 2008 Registration Form once. If you want to ADD or DROP a course after submitting your Registration Form, you need to use the Drop/Add Form.  A $25.00 fee will be charged for Drop/Add Forms that are submitted after Friday, April 25, 2008 .  See the current College Calendar for specific dates related to the dropping of courses and the assigning of final marks.

10. We recommend that DE students do a maximum of 13 credits hours (four courses and a Mentoring credit). Students who have part-time or full-time jobs will probably need to do fewer courses. Each summer two six-week intensive sessions will be available for students who want to do online courses. Please note that during the Summer semester, the courses are taught in an intensive format (i.e. 12-week courses are taught during a 6-week session and students need to consider this when they are selecting their courses). Students should note that by only doing 13 credit hours, they may not qualify to receive Government Student Loans since some provinces require that a student do 60% or possibly 80% of the required credits in a program to qualify for a student loan. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact .

11. Due to the high volume of Junk Mail that some email accounts receive, many people configure their accounts to only accept emails from people they know. Unfortunately each semester this has resulted in a significant number of students, particularly those using Hotmail and Yahoo accounts, to not receive their Course Confirmation Forms. THEREFORE, it is very important that you ensure your browser is configured to accept emails from Master’s. ( , , , , , , , and ).  We will be attempting to contact you via your Desire2Learn email account.

12. Follow this link to go back to the steps for registration.

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