Pacific School of Religion

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July 5 - August 13, 2010

The Summer Session program offers continuing adult education courses taught by exceptional faculty members at a reasonable cost. For more than 100 years Pacific School of Religion (PSR) has been offering continuing education in the summer months.  Learn in community with PSR faculty, prominent scholars, and leading voices in progressive Christianity.

One-, two-, and three-week courses are taught throughout the summer on the PSR campus in Berkeley, or online.  Courses are offered for academic credit or continuing education units (CEUs); you may also audit summer session courses. While Summer Session does not grant any academic degrees or certificates, students often use work completed at Summer Session towards certificates and degrees at PSR, other GTU member schools, and at many other academic institutions.

Summer session is more than just courses.  Share reflection, meals, special events, social events, worship, and good times with your instructors, and fellow students, all in beautiful Berkeley, a short BART ride away from San Francisco.

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Summer Session 2010 Course Schedule

The Summer Session 2010 course roster is now available.  Course and instructor details will be added through February, when registration begins.

Who Attends PSR Summer Session?

Everyone is invited to PSR for summer session!  There is no admissions application required. Those who take courses for academic credit are expected to have a baccalaureate degree or the equivalent. Although summer credits may be applied to other PSR programs, note that there is a separate admissions process for PSR and GTU academic and certificate programs.

Typically Summer Session students include a mix of clergymembers, members of religious orders, active lay persons, seminary students (both from GTU schools and other seminaries), graduate and undergraduate students at other institutions, people considering attending seminary, artists, teachers, business professionals, and others from all walks of life.

Often groups of people from a non-profit, congregation, denominational office, or other organization enroll for courses together.  This allows them to discuss course materials further and to bring what they learn back to their organization.  It also provides a built-in support system.  See details on group discounts below.

Registration

Registration for Summer Session 2010 will open in February 2010.  Detailed registration procedures will be posted then.

PSR active current students: Merit Scholars (Deans or Presidents Award recipients), your scholarship applies for PSR Summer Session courses taken for credit only. All active and current PSR students may opt to pay for their summer tuition with their Fall tuition.  The process for this form of payment will be posted in February 2010.

Registration Policies & Deadlines:

• *5% discount will be sent as a refund check after the class is completed.
• Please contact Summer Session Office if you need to change your grading option after your first day of class (e.g. audit, CEU, or Academic Credit). Note: There will be no refunds for the difference in price for changes to a different grading option after the first day of class. However, changes to a higher priced option will incur extra tution for the difference in price.
• Register early! Courses without sufficient registrations six weeks before their start date will be canceled. Register to help ensure that your class will be available!

Group Discount: There is a 20% tuition reduction for groups of 5 or more persons from the same organization enrolling for the same course. Enrollments must be processed as a single transaction (including payment). Please contact us for specific registration information.

Tax Form: Please note that PSR is required to report the amount of tuition paid by all students who take courses for credit. (This can be beneficial to students, as it may enable them to reduce their taxes.) Complete the W-9S form and mail or email completed form to the attention of the Business Office at Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Ave., Berkeley, CA 94709 / ngalvan@psr.edu.

Credit

Transferring Credit: Prior to enrolling, please check with the registrar and/or academic advisor at your institution to confirm that Summer Session course credit will be applicable to your particular degree program and area of study.

Grading Options: There are three types of options for summer session courses. Not all three may be available for each class.  A short explanation of each grading type is below, including general tuition cost for the 2010 summer, which may not apply to all courses and does not include other fees.
1.  Academic Credit
     Courses are taken for either letter grade or pass/fail and are evaluated by graduate level standards. For more explanation on letter grade and pass/fail options, consult the PSR Grading Policy.
     For 1.5 credits: General rate TBD, PSR student rate TBD.
     For 3.0 credits: General rate TBD, PSR student rate TBD.
2.  Continuing Education Credit or CEU (not academic credit)
     PSR evaluates CEUs by attendance only. Ten scheduled classroom contact hours equal 1.0 CEU. CEU students are generally not expected to submit assignments or complete exams or papers.
     General rate: TBD per 2 CEUs
3.  Audit (not for academic credit)
     Auditors generally "sit in" on a course and are typically not expected to submit assignments or complete exams or papers. While a record of the course is kept for the auditor, there is not credit of any kind received. Auditors who complete the course successfully receive a grade of "AUD" while those who do not receive a  grade of "W" for withdrawal. 
     General rate: TBD per one week (based on 20 hours/week)

On the registration form and on the first day of class, participants taking courses for academic credit will be asked to declare whether they prefer a letter grade or pass/fail status. CEU students must fulfill attendance requirements in class to receive CEU credit hours. Students have until three weeks after the last class meeting to complete the academic requirements. Students who do not complete the academic requirements, but who attended class will be changed to CEU status. Grades of "Incomplete" will not be issued.

Student Housing

Limited campus housing at PSR or adjacent campuses is available to registered students and accompanying family members. Make your reservations early to ensure accommodation.  PSR housing is available Sunday through Friday or Saturday nights.  Dorm rooms (single rooms with shared bath) are $50/night/person.  Apartment style rooms are $100/night/room.  Assignments are made in the order that your $100 deposit is received. Deposits are non-refundable unless no housing is available. Balance is due upon arrival.

A block of rooms has also been reserved on the adjacent Church Divinity School of the Pacific campus.

Complete information and opportunities to reserve PSR & CDSP housing will be available in February 2010. 

If you wish to secure other lodging accomdations besides student housing, please consult the Berkeley Convention & Visitors Bureau list of hotels. For longer stays, Craigslist can be a helpful resource in finding a sublet or longer term housing.

Parking

Generally parking is $5 for all other times of the year but from July 5th-August 13th, parking is complimentary for Summer Session guests unless otherwise noted. Guest may park in the lot off Scenic Avenue between Viginia and Le Conte that is located either behind the Holbrook Building or underneath the Mudd classroom building. If the parking lot is full, please park on the street or in a nearby garage. Do not double park in the PSR lot as there will be no attendant on duty.

Contact

For more information, contact Summer Session at 510/849-8268 (toll-free: 800/999-0528, ext. 8268).