Welcome to the Villanova Summer Music Program - serving music teachers in continuing education for over 20 years!
Transcript information is located at the bottom of this page.
Schedule
Most courses are scheduled from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday (unless otherwise noted within course list & description). Orff Courses & String Week have unique schedules, as do any courses that may be offered during the week in which July 4th falls.
Locations
Most classes are held in St. Mary's Hall located on Villanova University's West Campus. In 2012 additional classes will be offered at one off-campus site, Parkland High School, Allentown, PA. Please view our directions to the off-campus site. We do not offer housing or meal services at off-campus locations.
Tuition
Visit the registration & tuition area of our website for details. (Be sure to scroll down for tuition information.) This area includes information on our full courses, waiting lists, and cancellation policies.
Materials, Equipment & Supplies
Our convenient low tuition covers the entire cost of the program including special equipment, texts (if any - note that any texts are sent directly to you before the course begins), supplies, and materials. There are no other costs. However, do check course descriptions for instrumental courses where instruments are not provided.
Credits/Auditing
Each course earns a designated number of graduate credits from our credit granting partner, The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, unless otherwise noted. Any course may be audited for no credit if there is room. There is no discount for auditing. Students may repeat a previously taken course, as the experience and content may be unique each time. Be advised that course repetition may not be accepted by many school districts or colleges.
Pennsylvania Act 48
Beginning July 1, 2000, Pennsylvania Act 48 of 1999 required persons holding Pennsylvania professional educator certification to complete continuing education requirements every five years in order to maintain their certificates as active.
All of our Summer Music Studies courses are eligible for Act 48 activity hours, and may be accrued during the current moratorium, as explained in the Act 45 & Act 48 Moratorium Update issued by the PA Department of Education.
Students must supply their unique PA Act 48 Professional Personal ID number upon registration in order to have his or her direct contact hours reported. Students should log into the PA Department of Education website (https://www.perms.ed.state.pa.us/Screens/wfPublicAccess.aspx) to obtain this ID number. Information regarding course activity hours will be reported to the Commonwealth website beginning in late summer and continuing through early fall.
Registration
Visit the registration & tuition area of our website for details, including information on our full courses, waiting lists, and cancellation policies.
Deposits/Payment
A $100 non-refundable deposit per course is required for registration. Forms of payment include VISA, MasterCard, Discover (Discover not accepted on the online form), personal checks, and money orders only. Debit cards for which a pin number is needed are not accepted. If you are requesting a course less than 14 days in advance, please call to confirm that space is available. Balance is due one month prior to the beginning of your first course - your confirmation letter is also your invoice (additional payment reminders are not sent).
If you make a deposit in order to be placed on the waiting list for a course that is full, you will receive a full refund of the deposit during the week that the course was to take place if a spot in the course does not open. If you wish to be removed from the waiting list, a refund of your deposit is available upon request.
If you are requesting a course less than one month prior to start of course full payment is due at the time of application.
Housing & Meals
Visit the housing & meals area of our website for details.
Full Courses/Waiting Lists
Many courses fill rapidly because of high demand. Guitar, Drumset, Instrument Repair, and Technology courses are particularly popular. In the event your first choice is not available, if you opt for 'YES' in the waiting list column, we will put you on the waiting list and enroll you in your second choice (if applicable). If your first choice becomes available, we will contact wait-listed students in the order in which registrations were received. If you have not indicated a second choice and the course you have selected is full, we will notify you by email. If you make a deposit in order to be placed on the waiting list for a course that is full, you will receive a full refund of the deposit if a spot in the course does not open.
Transcript Information
Persons who attended the Villanova Summer Music Program from 1993 to the present may request transcripts from the University of the Arts (UArts) in Philadelphia. Transcript requests carry a fee and must be submitted to the Office of the Registrar at UArts. Visit www.uarts.edu/academics/registrar.html to request a transcript online or download the request form. Call 215-717-6420 for further information.
Persons who attended the Villanova Summer Music Program during the summers of 1990, 1991 or 1992, may request credits from VanderCook College in Chicago.
