Summer Classics Registration Information

Summer Classics Tuition

  • In-person tuition for Summer Classics is $1,350 per individual seminar.
    • The seminar cost for Mozart’s Don Giovanni is $1,450, which includes a ticket for the Santa Fe Opera on Wednesday, July 10 at 8:30 p.m.
  • Online tuition for Summer Classics is $850 per individual seminar.

In-person tuition includes registration, weekday lunches, lectures, special events, and library and gym access. Online tuition includes registration, and optional online events. See Resources for Participants for more details.

Full payment is due at the time of reservation. 25% of the payment is non-refundable, and the remaining 75% is refundable if requested by June 3, 2024. See cancellations section for more information.

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Science Institute Tuition

  • In-person tuition for the Science Institute is $2,200 per individual seminar.
    • The seminar cost for “The Science Institute | Transglobal Gastronomy: Savoring the Art and Science of the "Ubiquitous Tomato”” is $2,300, which includes lab fees.
  • Online tuition for the Science Institute is $1,500 per individual seminar.

The Science Institute sessions meet twice daily for one week. Tuition includes registration, supplemental course materials, weekday lunches, lectures, special events, and library and gym access. See Resources for Participants for more details.

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Teacher Tuition Assistance

St. John’s College offers tuition assistance to full-time licensed teachers (K–12). With proof of current employment as an educator, participants receive a 50% discount on seminar tuition. Discounts are available to the first 30 teacher registrants. When registering online, please select the “Educator” pricing. Then, when prompted during checkout, enter required eligibility requirements and the contact information of someone who is authorized to verify your employment. For additional questions about this discount, please contact classics(at)sjc.edu.

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Multiple-Seminar Participants

If you register for more than one seminar, texts are provided free of charge. Book distribution for multi-seminar registrants begins in March 2024. Those who qualify will be contacted by email in advance to arrange for shipping. This complimentary service is available only if you register for multiple seminars before June 17, 2024. This deadline ensures that your books will arrive with enough time for you to read them before your first seminar, and also helps to account for unforeseeable shipping delays.

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Minors

Participants under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian and must notify the Summer Classics office that they are a minor at the time of registration. Persons under the age of 18 may find our Summer Academy more appropriate for their participation.

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No-Fee Seminar Changes

No-fee seminar changes offer registrants flexibility. If for any reason you need or prefer to switch your seminar, you can transfer your enrollment to any other seminar with an open space, at no extra cost. If the cost of the new seminar is less than your original seminar, a refund for the difference will be issued.

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Cancellations

A partial refund of 75% of the total seminar fee is available for cancellations made before June 3, 2024.

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Wait List

If a seminar is listed as “sold out” on the online registration page, please register your interest using the online wait list form. No fee is required to join the wait list.

If a spot in the desired seminar becomes available, those on the wait list will be offered the spot in the order that they joined the wait list.

If you are contacted and offered an open spot, you will be asked to respond in a specific number of days to claim the seat. If you decline or we don’t hear from you in the allotted time, the seat will be released to the next person on the wait list. If the wait list has been exhausted, the seminar will be reopened to new registrants.

Occasionally, a large wait list will indicate a level of interest that warrants exploring the addition of a new seminar section; therefore, we invite you to use the wait list so we can best serve your interests.

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Other Policies

Tutor Substitution

The college reserves the right to make tutor substitutions if necessary. All affected registrants will be notified of a tutor substitution.

Low Enrollment

The college reserves the right to cancel a seminar due to low enrollment. All registrants in a cancelled seminar qualify for a full refund and will be offered priority enrollment in an alternative seminar of their choice with available capacity.

Other

Should a seminar need to be cancelled due to a natural disaster or similar event, participants will be notified by email, and every attempt will be made to reschedule.

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