General Information
How to Register
Early registration is encouraged. Courses with insufficient enrollment will be canceled at least two weeks before the workshop is scheduled to begin. Please complete the course application. Send forms along with a $25 non-refundable application fee (fee covers full academic year but does not include summer or auditioned programs). Registrations may be made by telephone with VISA, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express. You can also apply online or download a registration form online at www.rider.edu/saturdayseminars. Upon receipt of your application and payment, we will send you an email or letter confirming your registration.
On-Campus Registration
Anyone who is planning to register on campus should call the Office of Continuing Education at 609-924 7416 the Friday before the workshop to make sure that space is available, and to reserve a place in the class.
Class Schedule
Classes meet on Saturday from 9:30 to 4:30 p.m. with an hour for lunch and a 15 minute break. Westminster reserves the right to limit the size of the class due to room restrictions or to cancel a course due to insufficient enrollment. Decisions regarding course cancellations will be made the Wednesday prior to the course.
Course Cancellation/Course Status
All courses are subject to cancellation due to insufficient enrollment. In case of cancellation, the Office of Continuing Education will attempt to contact all registered participants by phone or e-mail. Courses will be cancelled approximately two weeks before the course is scheduled to begin. Participants are encouraged to register early in order to facilitate appropriate planning.
Check-In Procedure
Participant check-in takes place from 8:30 to 9:15 a.m. in the Thayer Lounge of the Scheide Student Center. Participants will be given a name badge for lunch admission along with an information packet and any supplied materials.
- Registration Fee for Academic Year $25
(Nonrefundable and does not include summer or auditioned programs) - General Seminar Workshops $110 each
- 3 or more General Workshops $100 each (must sign up and pay for all three at the same time)
- Tuition cost includes lunch
Organizational Group Discount Rate
Continuing Education offers a organizational group discount rate for any Saturday Seminar. Six or more participants - one registration fee and each participant pays half of tuition.
For more information please contact the Continuing Education Office at 609-924-7416
Payment and Billing
VISA, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express are acceptable forms of payment by charge. Checks should be made payable to Rider University. Those registrants who live outside the United States must pay in U.S. Dollars, or use a VISA, MasterCard, Discover or American Express for payment. Financial assistance is not available for Saturday or Summer Seminar workshops. The registration fee of $25 must be submitted at the time of registration. The balance of all accounts is to be paid one month prior to the workshop. Payments being made by churches or schools are also due one month before the course begins. Questions regarding payment should be addressed to the Office of Continuing Education at 609-924-7416. Checks returned for insufficient funds will result in a fee.
Refund and Withdrawal Policy
Participants enrolled in cancelled courses are entitled to a full credit on tuition and deposits. Participants who elect to withdraw from a course may not be entitled to a full credit on tuition and fees. Participants who wish to withdraw should contact the Office of Continuing Education. The registration fee is nonrefundable except in the case of course cancellation. If a workshop participant must cancel, a full refund (with the exception of the registration fee) will be offered until 4:00 p.m. on the Monday before the workshop begins. Refunds for workshops with limited enrollments will be offered only if the space can be filled before the workshop begins. Therefore, if you must cancel, please let us know immediately so that someone else may take your place. All participants are expected to attend the seminar.
Grade Reporting
Grade reports (not official transcripts) will be sent to the home address of students taking the course for credit within 30 days after the seminar takes places.
Professional Development Hours
Participants will automatically receive a Professional Development Hours certificate mailed directly to them from the Continuing Education Office within 30 days after the seminar takes places.
Transcripts
Official transcript request forms are available at the Office of Continuing Education and online at www.rider.edu/woce. Workshop participants may request, in writing, official college transcripts to be sent to other institutions. To ensure that transcripts are complete, please hold your transcript request form until the end of all of your seminars. In addition, transcripts requests cannot be processed until all outstanding balances have been paid.
Academic Credit
One graduate credit will be granted to participants who complete three seminars from the same department (i.e. music education, voice or sacred music) in one academic year. Two graduate credits will be granted to participants who complete five seminars from the same department in one academic year. No credit is offered for multiple classes from different departments.
- CC Choral Conducting
- ME Music Education
- PP Piano Pedagogy
- SM Sacred Music/Organ
- SP Special
- TH Theory/Music History
- VC Voice
Required Materials
Required music and textbooks will be available from Westminster Music and Books (a division of Follett Books) located in the Student Center. A large selection of music related books as well as choral, vocal, keyboard and hand bell music is available. In addition there is a large selection of souvenir and snack items. Your VISA, MasterCard, American Express and Discover cards are welcome in the store.
If you would like to order specific required or recommended books and/or music, you may call the bookstore directly at 609-921-1656.
For all other questions regarding course requirements and recommendations, please call the Office of Continuing Education at 609-924-7416.
Hotels
If you need housing the area hotels are less than 7 miles from campus.
- Holiday Inn-US Route 1, Plainsboro
(Ask about their shuttle service)
609-520-1200 - Nassau Inn, Princeton
609-921-7500# - Days Inn-US Route 1, South Brunswick
732-329-4555 - Howard Johnson- US Route 1, Lawrenceville
609-896-1100 - McIntosh Inn-US Route 1, Lawrenceville
609-896-3700
