# Billing for Master's Students ## expand\_more ## Billing for Master's Students ### MTS Students MTS students are required to pay full term tuition for a minimum of four semesters. In each of these semesters, students may take up to five courses (20 credits) and, after having met the full course-load residency requirement, may take as few as three (12 credits). Four courses (16 credits) per term is considered the normal load. MTS students may also participate once in the Summer Language Program (during the summer before their first semester, or between their first and second years) and receive two course credits (eight credits) for it toward their degree. Tuition for this initial participation in the SLP is covered by the normal term tuition of the following year. However, MTS students enrolled in the SLP are required to pay an additional $500 program fee. An MTS student who needs to register for a fifth semester must pay tuition for each course at the per-course rate. In such a case, the total number of courses attempted by the student may not exceed 18 without approval of the MTS Curriculum Committee. MTS students who have petitioned and have been formally recognized as part-time are billed in a different way and should refer to the section “Part-Time and Per-Course Master’s Tuition” below. ### MDiv Students MDiv students are required to pay full term tuition for a minimum of six semesters. In each of these semesters, students may take up to five courses (20 credits) and, after having met the full course-load residency requirement, may take as few as three (12 credits). Four courses (16 credits) a term is considered the normal load. MDiv students may also participate once in the Summer Language Program (during the summer before their first semester, or between their first and second or second and third years) and receive two course credits (eight credits) for it toward their degree. Tuition for this initial participation in the SLP is covered by the normal term tuition of the following year. However, MDiv students enrolled in the SLP are required to pay an additional $500 program fee. An MDiv student who needs to register for a seventh or eighth semester must pay tuition for each course at the per-course rate. In such a case, the total number of courses attempted by the student may not exceed 27 without approval of the MDiv Curriculum Committee. MDiv students who have petitioned and have been formally recognized as part-time are billed in a different way and should refer to the section “Part-Time and Per-Course Master’s Tuition” below. ### ThM Students ThM students are required to pay full term tuition for a minimum of two semesters. In each of these semesters, students may take up to five courses (20 credits) and no fewer than four (16 credits). Four courses (16 credits) a term is considered the normal load. ThM students may also participate once in the Summer Language Program in the summer before their first semester. Tuition for this initial participation in the SLP is covered by the normal term tuition of the following year. However, ThM students enrolled in the SLP are required to pay an additional $500 program fee. ThM students who have petitioned and have been formally recognized as part-time are billed in a different way and should refer to the section “Part-Time and Per-Course Master’s Tuition” below. ### MRPL Students MRPL students are required to pay full term tuition for a minimum of two semesters. In each of these semesters, students may take up to five courses (20 credits) and no fewer than four (16 credits). Four courses (16 credits) a term is considered the normal load. MRPL students may also participate once in the Summer Language Program in the summer before their first semester. Tuition for this initial participation in the SLP is covered by the normal term tuition of the following year. However, MRPL students enrolled in the SLP are required to pay an additional $500 program fee. MRPL students who have petitioned and have been formally recognized as part-time are billed in a different way and should refer to the section “Part-Time and Per-Course Master’s Tuition” below. ## Part-Time and Per-Course Master’s Tuition Part-time status means enrolling in fewer than 12 credit hours per semester. Part-time master’s students will be charged on a per-course basis, meaning a charge will be assessed for each course for which they register. For example, a student who takes two courses in a semester (8 credit hours) will be billed as enrolled in two courses. Students who enroll in two courses in a term are eligible to receive financial aid and defer current student loans. If only a single course (four credits) is taken in a single term, then the student is billed for it at the current course rate. It should be noted that students taking less than two courses in a term (eight credits) are not eligible to receive financial aid or to defer their current student loans. If a student enrolls in more than two courses (eight credit hours) in a single semester, after being approved to study part-time, full tuition will be assessed and the student will be switched to full-time status. Students who switch to full-time status ordinarily are required to continue to pay on a per-course basis. Once a student has gone to full-time status, they must re-petition to return to part-time status. Part-time students may only take the exact number of courses they need to complete their program, inclusive of the Summer Language Program; 24 courses (96 credits) in the MDiv program and 16 (64 credits) in the MTS program. A student who shifts from full-time tuition billing to per-course billing may only take additional courses beyond what is required to complete their degree program only if they are needed to replace courses failed, withdrawn, or left incomplete. In such cases, normal tuition at the per-course rate will be assessed, and financial aid ordinarily is not available for these extra courses. Please note that students who successfully petition to change to part-time status after matriculation may be required to pay additional tuition in order to create a 1:1 ratio for courses taken to courses paid for, depending upon the point in their program when such a change is approved.