Full-Time Tuition Inclusion

Full-time Tuition Inclusion

Department of Performing Arts Students

Full-time tuition charges are incurred by students who enroll for credit loads, including credit equivalents for non-credit and audited courses, which fall within the ranges indicated below. Further charges are incurred when full-time students exceed maximum load levels, excluding recital credits or participation in auditioned choirs or productions for Department of Performing Arts majors.

For Department of  Performing Arts students, full undergraduate tuition includes:

1. A minimum of 12 and maximum of 18 credits per semester or the equivalent including non-credit courses.
2. Primary applied music study to the maximum required credits/semesters.
3. Applied dance study to the maximum required credits/semesters. (see below)
4. Once all applied music or dance requirements have been completed, all additional lessons or courses will be billed at the elective rate.
5. Music students in double major programs with two different primary instruments will be billed for the second applied lesson at the elective rate.

Please see the table of applied lesson suffixes in the “Applied Music” section in the Undergraduate Academic Policies section of this catalog.  Registration for the incorrect suffix may result in an incorrect bill. 

Westminster Choir College Students

Full-time tuition charges are incurred by students who enroll for credit loads, including credit equivalents for non-credit and audited courses, which fall within the ranges indicated below. Further charges are incurred when full-time students exceed maximum load levels, excluding VC 593 or participation in auditioned choirs.

Please see the Tuition and Fees Table for elective and part-time charges for elective music and dance study. 

Full undergraduate tuition includes:

A minimum of 12 and maximum of 18 credits per semester or the equivalent including non-credit courses. Exception: during the senior student teaching semester for Music Education majors, full-time tuition covers only the course ME 492. For primary applied music study, one hour per week of applied music instruction each semester, except during the student teaching semester for Music Education majors or a full-time (12 cr) internship semester for Bachelor of Arts in Music majors. Composition majors receive one hour per week of private composition instruction and one half-hour per week of either private voice or private keyboard instruction. Once all applied requirements have been completed, all additional applied lessons will be billed at the elective rate. Students in double major programs with two different primary instruments will be billed for the second applied lesson at the elective rate. Any non-required private lesson will be billed at the elective rate.

Please see the table of applied lesson suffixes in the Applied Music section in the Undergraduate Academic Policies section of this catalog.  Registration for the incorrect suffix may result in an incorrect bill.