Current Schedule of Course Offerings

Course Description PDFs

• Art Education
• Communication Design
• Critical Studies
• Environmental Design
• Fine Arts 2D
• Fine Arts 3D
• Media and Performing Arts
• Studio Foundation

Other Important PDFs

• Registration Dates ('07-'08)
• Registration Instructions
• Academic Calendar ('07-'08)
• Academic Calendar ('08-'09)

Registration Packet
Your Registration Packet should include the following items:

• Registration instructions and calendars
• Registration form (includes a label listing your registration time according to your anticipated graduation date)
• Tally sheet (your Academic Evaluation Report informing you of the requirements for your major, what you’ve taken and what you still need to take)
• Transcript
• Instructions to accessing the current schedule of classes on the website.

If any of the above is missing, please come to the Registrar’s Office

Major Registration Day
Major Registration Day is a chance for you to meet with your advisor. He or she will help you plan your schedule and sign you into your major sections. Only Art History and Art Education majors may sign into Critical Studies classes appropriate to their major. Current Foundation students should meet with faculty in the major they declared. Take this opportunity to get to know your advisor and ask him or her any questions you may have about your major or requirements.

On Major Registration Day, you will meet with your advisor at a designated place on campus, which is listed below. This is a required part of the registration process so you might want to sign up for an appointment for Major Registration Day with your advisor sooner rather than later. Refer to the Registration Calendar for the date of Major Registration Day.

FIRST YEAR STUDENTS IN STUDIO FOUNDATION COURSES
All Studio Foundation Advisors will be in the South Building from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Current Foundation students should have declared a major during February and should be meeting with faculty in their chosen major. If you have outstanding Foundation requirements you may still want to meet with a Foundation Advisor. Since each advisor has many advisees, you are encouraged to meet with your advisor prior to Major RegistrationDay during his or her office hours. If this is not possible, you must meet with your advisor on the Third Floor of South on Major Registration Day. Make sure you have your registration packet with you in order to obtain your Advisor’s signature on your registration form. Remember that CSA 102 (Perspectives in Art History II), SF 185 Drawing II and SF 186 Visual Language II are required courses which are only offered in the spring semester.

DESIGN
All design advisors will meet on the 6tth and 7th floors of Tower from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. No appointment times are needed. Important note to all design students: after your advisor approves your major requirements, make sure you check in Design Department assistant to add your name to her class lists.

MEDIA AND PERFORMING ARTS
All MPA advisors will meet in the Pozen Center. No appointment times are needed. Seniors meet 9:30 –10:30 a.m., Juniors meet 10:30-11:30 a.m., Sophomores meet 11:30 p.m. to12:30 p.m.

3D FINE ART
All 3D Advisors will meet in North 379 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon. All 3D faculty will be available.

ART EDUCATION
All Art Education advisors will meet in South, Room 109 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Check with postings outside the Art Education Office to confirm when your advisor will be available. No appointments are necessary.

2D FINE ART
All 2D advisors will meet in the Kennedy Building, Room 509 from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. No appointments are necessary.

Please remember to bring your Registration Packet with you to your appointment with your advisor, provided you have no “holds” on your record. You may also want to bring Independent Study, Internship and any other forms that require signatures with you to speed up the process.

Your advisor will sign you into your major section, which will guarantee you a space in that class. However, remember that you are not registered until you come to your registration appointment in the Registrar’s Office.

NOTE: You must bring your completed registration form, signed by your advisor, to the Registrar’s Office at your scheduled appointment time to be officially registered.

The Registration Form
The Registration Form is divided into four sections:

• APPOINTMENT TIME: This information tells you when you are scheduled to be at the Register’s Office to register. The appointment time is assigned to you based on your graduation date. Your appointment time should be scheduled when you do not have a class. All students are expected to keep their appointments.
  
  If you think your appointment time is based on an incorrect graduation date, you will have to go to the Academic Advising Office, 8th floor Tower, one week before Major Registration Day to change your graduation date.
  
  If you cannot make your appointment, you must reschedule with the Registrar’s Office. In fairness to all students, no one will be allowed to reschedule to an appointment time, which is earlier than the originally scheduled time nor will anyone be allowed to register before his/her appointment time.
  
  Faculty should not allow students to leave class to register. If your appointment time conflicts with a class, please come to the Registrar’s Office for a new appointment time.
  
  You may register anytime after your appointment time, but not before.
  
• MAJOR COURSES: In the major course section, list your major courses. It is critical that you list them correctly. Verify the section number carefully. List the department, course number and section number on the form. Faculty in your chosen concentration will sign you into the major sections you have chosen and you will be guaranteed a seat in those courses as long as they are recorded accurately and you, in turn, come to your appointment with the Registrar’s Office.
  
  Failure to come to the Registrar’s Office will result in you not being registered for your major courses. Each department is keeping careful records of students signed into each section of a major course to ensure even class loads.
  
• STUDIO ELECTIVES: Request your studio electives. It is very important for you to develop alternative choices for your electives. Even if you are a senior, you are not guaranteed a space in elective courses.
  
  NOTE: An Independent Study, Internship or Teacher Assistantship is a studio elective; a Directed Study is a Critical Studies elective, Cross Registration can be either, depending on the class you choose.
  
• CRITICAL STUDIES: In this section you will list your requests for Critical Studies courses. Again, please come prepared with alternative choices for these courses.

Registration Appointment
Your registration appointment is listed on the label on your registration form. In order to register you will need to do the following:

1. Bring your registration form. Be sure to check the address information on the back, and make sure your advisor signs your form. Registration forms cannot be processed without a signature.
2. Bring your MassArt ID.
3. Clear your financial obligations. Any outstanding obligations must be satisfied before you will be allowed to register.

At your scheduled appointment time proceed to the Registrars Office with your completed registration form. Make sure all your class codes are complete (e.g., DE 212 03). Your registration request will be entered into the computer while you wait. If all your course requests are acceptable, without time conflicts or prerequisite problems, your schedule will be complete and you will receive a copy of it. Hold on to this copy; you will not receive another until the first day of class. Student schedules are not mailed over summer and winter breaks.

If needed, you may return to the Registrar’s Office on your class clean-up day (see Schedule). However, once you have a copy of your completed schedule, the next opportunity to make changes will be during ADD/DROP.

If the course is full you can request to be put on a Waitlist for the class. When the semester starts you will be given preference by the faculty during ADD/DROP but you must use the regular ADD/DROP process to enter the class. This means you must obtain the instructor’s signature as well as your advisor’s signature to register for the class.

Last But Not Least…

• Check for time conflicts. Make sure the courses you have chosen do not meet at the same times. Remember that some classes meet two or three times a week.
  
• Check for prerequisites, which are written in the booklet and the online college catalogue. If you want to take a course but do not have the necessary prerequisite for it, you need to get written permission from the instructor. There is a space on the Registration Form for the instructor to sign, waiving a prerequisite.
  
• Check your status. To be considered a full-time student you must be registered for 12 or more credits. The maximum load is 18 credits. If you wish to take more than 18 credits you must obtain the signature of an advisor in the Academic Advising Office.
  
• Part time status may jeopardize financial aid, international student visas, or insurance coverage. If you receive financial aid, you should see someone in Financial Aid before registering for less than 12 credits. If you are an international student you should see Coordinator of International Education, in the Student Development Division, before registering for less than 12 credits.
  
• Clear your obligations! You must pay all fines owed to the college before your registration appointment. You will not be able to register if you have any outstanding obligations with the Library, Business Office, Continuing Education, Health Office, or have not returned checked-out equipment.
  
• Ever wonder why you don’t get any mail from MassArt? Do you still live where we think you live? Check the address information on the back of your Registration Form. If it is incorrect, please make the necessary changes on the form. Remember to include your current phone number.

What if I didn’t get my schedule?!
Schedules will be in you MassArt mailbox on the first day of class. Refer to the Registration Calendar for the first day of classes.

If you do not receive a class schedule in your mailbox on the first day of class, it may be that:

1. You didn’t pay your bill on time. Billing dates can be found on the Registration Calendar.

You are responsible for paying your bill whether you receive it or not. Your registration will be revoked if you do not pay it by the due date. You will not receive a schedule until you pay your bill.

2. You have some other unpaid/unfulfilled obligation (Library, Emergency Loan, Health Office, Continuing Education) you need to clear. Come to the Registrar’s Office to find out what you need to do.

Directed Study
Directed Study is designed to provide students with the opportunity to pursue an independent research project in a Critical Studies area. Typically, the end result of this project would be a research paper of 30 plus pages, or the equivalent, as agreed upon by the faculty member supervising the project. A Directed Study is a 3-credit course. Because of their advanced nature, Directed Studies Courses are open only to seniors, and are limited to one per semester. No more than two Directed Studies may be counted toward degree requirements. You must fill out and return a Directed Study form with a complete description of the project including a bibliography, and a description of the final project. You must also register for Directed Study.

The code for a Directed Study is: CSA/B/C/D 400 01. This code goes in the elective section of your registration form. You must also obtain all necessary signatures on your form in order to be graded for the Directed Study.

Independent Study/Teaching Assistantship
The Independent Study Program is designed to give qualified juniors and seniors the opportunity to pursue a specific project, which cannot be done within the structure of an established course. Students work under the supervision of a faculty member. Each student may pursue only one Independent Study each semester, and no more than four such courses may be counted toward degree requirements. You must register for your Independent Study and turn in the required form. The code for Independent Study is: MAJOR (FA/TDA etc…) 399 01 and is a 3 credit course.

The code for Teaching Assistantship is MAJOR (FA/TDA) 392 01.

You must obtain all necessary signatures on your form in order to be registered and graded for Independent Study.

Internship
The Internship Program provides students with opportunities for practical experience in a studio area related to their field of study. Students enrolled in an internship generally work 10-20 hours a week, and upon successful completion of the requirements, earn 3 academic credits. Internships are open only to juniors and first semester seniors! Begin the process in the Registrar’s Office on the 8th floor of the Tower Building. A staff member will advise you on the internship registration process and give you the paperwork necessary to complete this process. Several signatures and a clear statement of duties are required.

You must also register with the Registrar’s Office during registration or ADD/DROP. You must be registered to receive a grade. Internships are listed as electives. The appropriate course code would be: The department (e.g. FA, PH, etc.) 398 01.

Cross Registration
Mass Art participates in four cross registration programs, which allow full time Mass Art students to take courses at participating schools. This is a good option if you find you are having difficulty filling your schedule or if you would like to investigate other areas of the arts or academic disciplines not included in the Mass Art curriculum. You will pay for full-time status at Mass Art as usual, but be able to attend the other schools. First year students are not eligible for cross-registration.

ProArts Consortium Schools:	Berklee College of Music The Boston Conservatory Emerson College The Boston Architectural Center The School of the Museum of Fine Arts (Mass Art students can not take Critical Studies courses through the Museum School.)
Boston Public Schools:	Bunker Hill Community College Roxbury Community College University of Massachusetts Boston
CAPS Program Schools:	Bridgewater State College Mass College of the Liberal Arts Fitchburg State College Framingham State College Massachusetts Maritime Worcester State College Salem State College
Fenway Consortium:	Emmanuel College Simmons College Wentworth Institute of Technology Wheelock College Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
M.I.T :	Open to full time sophomores, juniors and seniors

In order for cross-registration courses to transfer appropriate credit to MassArt, they must be either be 3 credit courses or multiple courses in the same subject that total 3 credits. For example, a 1 credit choral performance class and a 2 credit vocal pedagogy class at Berklee would transfer to MassArt as 1 cross-registration, 3 credit course. The SMFA is the only exception to this rule. SMFA 1.5 credit classes have the same amount of credit hours as a 3 credit MassArt course and are transferred to MassArt as 3 credit classes.

Here is how you do it:

ProArts Cross Registration
Consult the catalogues -- located in the Registrar’s Office – of participating institutions and find a course you are interested in taking. Catalogues may not be available on Advising Day, but information is available at www.proarts.org
(Ex: You would like to take Japanese 101 at Emerson College.)

1. Come to the Registrar’s Office and pick up the appropriate form.
   (Ex: Since your Japanese class is at Emerson, you would come to the Registrar’s Office and pick up a ProArts form.)
   
2. Have one of the MassArt Registrar’s assistants sign the form.
   
3. Take the signed form with you on the first day of the class at the other institution. After class, have the instructor sign the form in the appropriate space.
   (Ex: The instructor of Japanese 101 at Emerson would sign your ProArts form.)
   
4. Take the form and go to the Registrar of the school where you are taking the class. Get the Registrar’s signature and give them the first two copies of your form; you keep the pink copy.
   (Ex: You would take the signed form to the Registrar’s Office at Emerson College, drop it off and keep the back pink copy for yourself.)
   
5. Back at MassArt, get an Add/Drop form and register for the course you are taking at another institution. You can find the code (EX + school code) in your registration book.
   (Ex: You would register your Japanese 101 class on the Add/Drop form as EX 202 01.)

Colleges of the Fenway Cross-Registration:

1. Flip through the catalogues – which are located in the Registrar’s Office -- of participating institutions, and find a course you are interested in taking. Catalogues may not be available on Advising Day.
   (Ex: You would like to take Spanish I at Simmons College.)
   
2. Come to the Registrar’s Office and pick up the appropriate form.
   (Ex: Since your Spanish I class is at Simmons, you would come to the Registrar’s Office and pick up a COF form.)
   
3. Have one of the MassArt Registrar’s Assistants sign the form.
   
4. Take the form and go to the Registrar of the school where you are taking the class. Get the Registrar’s signature and give them the first two copies of your form; you keep the pink copy.
   (Ex: You would take the signed form to the Registrar’s Office at Simmons College, drop it off and keep the back pink copy for yourself.)
   
   YOU MUST CROSS-REGISTER DURING THE REGISTRATION OR ADD/DROP PERIOD AT THE HOST COLLEGE. THESE DATES ARE LISTED IN THE COF CATALOGUE IN THE MASSART REGISTRAR’S OFFICE AND ON THE COF WEBSITE.
   
5. Back at MassArt, get an Add/Drop form and register for the course you are taking at another institution. You can find the code (EX + school code) in your registration book.
   (Ex: You would register your Spanish I class on the Add/Drop form as EX 220 01.)

Mobility
If you are interested in taking a full semester at another art school for credit on your Mass Art transcript, see the Academic Advising Office (8th floor Tower).

Continuing Education (Evening Courses)
The fees for Continuing Education courses are not covered by your undergraduate, day school tuition. You must pay separately for Continuing Education classes. Before enrolling in a Continuing Education course, meet with your major department and the Advising Office to verify that the course will transfer to your undergraduate program.

No student will be allowed to register through the Graduate and Continuing Education Office until all the day school fees and obligations are paid in full. To ensure proper registration and appropriate student charges, students taking evening classes will be required to fill out a registration form from the Graduate and Continuing Education. The Graduate and Continuing Education Office is located on the 2nd Floor of Tower.

First Day of Class
You are required to attend the first class meeting of each class for which you are registered. Instructors have the option of dropping any student who does not attend the first class meeting. If you are unable to attend because of an emergency you must notify the instructor prior to the first class.

Not all instructors drop students who do not attend the first class.

If you fail to drop a class, which you are not attending, you will receive a failing or no credit grade and be placed on Academic Notice, which can jeopardize financial aid and scholarships. If you miss a first class, come into the Registrar’s Office to double-check your registration.

Add/Drop Instructions
Please read these instructions carefully. The Add/Drop process involves changing the schedule you choose on Registration Day. Refer to the Registration Calendar for Add/Drop dates.

STEP 1:
Choose courses to add or drop.
To do this you will need to consult your tally sheet (available in the Academic Advising Office) and the list of courses offered (posted outside the Registrar's Office 8th floor). Please note that not all instructors will add you to their courses, so you should prepare alternative selections.

STEP 2:
List changes on your Add/Drop form. Include course and section numbers.

STEP 3:
Obtain instructors’ signatures.
You will need the signature of the instructor of each course you intend to register. The best way to get this is to go to the first class meeting of the course.

STEP 4:
Obtain advisor's signature.
Your advisor must approve your academic program. See your advisor after you get the instructors’ signatures. If you do not know who your advisor is, the chairperson of your department may sign your form.

STEP 5:
Return your Add/Drop form to the Registrar's Office (Tower 8th floor) before the deadline listed above.

Late Registration Instructions
The Late Registration process involves the Add/Drop process to register all of your courses. To do this you will need to use the Late Registration Form. Please use only one to avoid confusion. You may late register only between the appropriate dates listed on the Registration Calendar.

STEP 1:
Choose Courses
To do this you will need to consult your tally sheet (available in the Academic Advising Office) and the list of courses offered (posted outside the Registrar's Office). Please note that not all instructors will add you to their courses, so you should pick alternates.

STEP 2:
Obtain instructors’ signatures.
You will need the signature of the instructor of each course for which you intend to register. The best way to get this is to go to the first class meeting of the course.

STEP 3:
Obtain advisor’s signature.
Your advisor needs to approve your academic program. You should get this signature after you get all the instructors’ signatures. If you do not know who your advisor is, the chairperson of your department may sign your form.

STEP 4:
Pay Your Bill.
Once you have obtained the instructors’ signatures and your advisor's signature, you should proceed to the Business Office to pay your tuition. You will need to pay your full bill at this time. No bills will be mailed.

STEP 5:
Return your Late Registration Form to the Registrar's Office (Tower 8th floor) by the deadline listed above. You will not be Late Registered without ALL required signatures.

No Add/Drop forms or Late Registration forms will be accepted after the deadline.

Voter Registration
For residents of Massachusetts, mail-in affidavits for voter registration will be available at the Registrar’s Office during registration. These forms may be used for initial registration or for change of voter registration. You are responsible for returning the form to the proper town or city of your current residence.

FINANCIAL AID AND YOUR REGISTRATION
Important information for financial aid recipients

When Are Financial Aid Refund Checks Available?
Students do not earn their financial aid until 60% (per the federal government) of the semester has passed and therefore the MassArt Business Office cannot issue refunds until this point. Therefore, students due a refund will generally receive their check sometime in late October for the fall semester and sometime toward the end of March for the spring semester (as long as the financial aid has been received by the college). PLEASE BE FINANCIALLY PREPARED.

If you want to ensure that you will receive your refund check in a timely manner, tell the Financial Aid Office if you are anything less than full-time, avoid late registration at all costs, and make sure that all financial aid paperwork is complete! Students that want to use their financial aid refund to buy books and supplies can get book vouchers in increments of $200 to use at the school store. The amount of the voucher is deducted from the refund that is due to the student when the refund is issued. We understand that the lateness of the financial aid refund can be unbearable for some students. These students should make an appointment with a financial aid counselor as soon as possible to discuss other options.

The Business Office disburses the refund checks and notifies students via their mailboxes located in the basement of the Kennedy building.

If you are confused about any information in this booklet, please visit us at the Registrar’s Office on the 8th floor of Tower. We are always happy to help you.

MassArt’s International Programs – Academic credit-bearing courses that include a travel component – are offered during the fall and spring semesters. Each has its own unique selection process. You must register for the class as part of the registration process, but must also meet with the appropriate professor and complete a separate application process.