Tuition, Refunds, and the "Small Print"
Some live online programs require a math degree and a lot of digging if you wish to estimate the final dollar amount of taking a course. We've tried to make it as easy as possible by skipping separate registration fees.
We charge on a course-by-course basis only
We don't require that you pay for a whole year at once. Tuition covers the cost of attending each beautifully illustrated class live, online, without any additional software to purchase. We encourage parents to observe sessions with their students and may do so free of charge. When your learner is certain she wants to continue with the class for the second semester, register at that time before the class fills. We strongly recommend that you register for the second semester of any language course by the end of the fourth week of class since session times do usually fill around that time. Class size is limited to what the instructor can handle for that subject.
Most of our upper level Latin classes and our literature courses fill quickly. Your seat is only reserved for you once you have paid the tuition in full. Any unpaid seats will be made available to others once the course is near capacity. We request that you PLEASE let us know by email if you do not plan to pay for a course and proceed further with registration.
Tuition does not cover required books
Families may find many of the required books at their local libraries by inter-library loan or as used books not to mention on good ol' Amazon. Please obtain only the recommended editions and translations since there can be a very big difference between the 6th edition and the 7th, for example. When an instructor requests a specific edition or translation, it is for very good reasons.
We do not charge a membership fee or a separate registration fee but...
If you give sufficient notice, we will provide a 75% refund after you register and pay for a course in the event you choose not to or cannot attend. The 25% non-refundable portion of your tuition covers the administrative work hours committed to matriculating your student, banking fees, data fees, and more. Please see our refund policy below for more details. We anticipate that you will carefully weigh your decision to attend our classes before you register and pay for the course. 25% of any tuition paid is non-refundable at any time as a registration fee. Alas, this fee is necessary for our operational costs and can't be waived even in emergencies.
Four ways to pay your tuition
You may send a personal check by mail, use your bank's bill-pay service, Zelle, or pay through PayPal. We are also open to Goldbacks (contact us by email first). We prefer a personal check by mail or bill-pay. Use the address on your invoice when paying by check or bill-pay. If you register for a course fewer than seven days before the first class session, you must pay using a PayPal account or Zelle since no class admittance codes will be sent to you until tuition is paid in full. The late fee listed below applies only to semester course registration, not to workshops. You are welcome to register for a workshop until the class fills or the first session meets, whichever comes first. Unfortunately, we must receive tuition payment before any classroom instructions will be sent to the student. We are sorry but there are no exceptions.
TUITION updated 1/30/2023
Semester Courses (16-week) per semester
$339.00
Audit per semester (no access to any graded course elements. Just listen and enjoy.)
$309.00
AP Latin IV and AP English Lit., per semester
$369.00
Workshops (4 sessions--a total of four hours of content) live online or recorded (content available ONLY during semester for which registered)
$59.00
Seminars (college essay seminar)
$75.00
OTHER FEES
NSF (returned check)
$30.00
Semester course late fee (registration and/or payment fewer than 14 days prior to start of a semester course)
$40.00
National language exam fee (unless specified when you register, this fee is automatically added to the invoice for both Greek and Latin courses in the spring semester only. If you do not wish to participate, state that you prefer not to take the exam when you register)
$12.00
Transcript Compilation fee
Most students will not need a compiled transcript and can supply transcripts exactly as they are as sent at the end of each course. If we do not need to compile a transcript, we will also send on original copies to designated addresses for free. In the event a student requires a transcript to be compiled (more than one class grade on a compiled page), the fee will start at $25 for a simple compilation but will be assessed at $50 for any compilation that requires more than the report of course(s), credits, and grades.
While we are on the topic of fees and tuition...
Course recordings
All of our classes, with the exception of workshops, are intended for live attendance. As a courtesy, all of our live sessions are recorded. These recordings are available upon request to registered students at no additional charge (free!). Since these recordings are a courtesy, we cannot guarantee them. Students may not "attend" an entire course by recording without permission of the instructor being granted prior to course registration. Such students who take a course by recording are subject to the same terms and limitations of recordings as normal students. In the event that a recording is not available for any reason, students have no grounds for an extension and must proceed with the course as usual. Getting a "copy of course notes" from a class-mate (old school style) might be your only option in this rare situation.
Auditing a Course
An auditor attends and listens to each session without fulfilling any of the course requirements. Auditors have no access to graded elements. Please notify us if you wish to audit a course when registering by making a note in the comment box on the registration form. Auditors will not at any time have access to quizzes and tests or any graded element, nor will the instructor grade any written assignment for that student. Auditors have full access to both live and recorded sessions during the published date of the semester and readings if provided as part of the class. If a student decides to "drop to audit" after the start of the course, he or she is not eligible for any refund.
We charge on a course-by-course basis only
We don't require that you pay for a whole year at once. Tuition covers the cost of attending each beautifully illustrated class live, online, without any additional software to purchase. We encourage parents to observe sessions with their students and may do so free of charge. When your learner is certain she wants to continue with the class for the second semester, register at that time before the class fills. We strongly recommend that you register for the second semester of any language course by the end of the fourth week of class since session times do usually fill around that time. Class size is limited to what the instructor can handle for that subject.
Most of our upper level Latin classes and our literature courses fill quickly. Your seat is only reserved for you once you have paid the tuition in full. Any unpaid seats will be made available to others once the course is near capacity. We request that you PLEASE let us know by email if you do not plan to pay for a course and proceed further with registration.
Tuition does not cover required books
Families may find many of the required books at their local libraries by inter-library loan or as used books not to mention on good ol' Amazon. Please obtain only the recommended editions and translations since there can be a very big difference between the 6th edition and the 7th, for example. When an instructor requests a specific edition or translation, it is for very good reasons.
We do not charge a membership fee or a separate registration fee but...
If you give sufficient notice, we will provide a 75% refund after you register and pay for a course in the event you choose not to or cannot attend. The 25% non-refundable portion of your tuition covers the administrative work hours committed to matriculating your student, banking fees, data fees, and more. Please see our refund policy below for more details. We anticipate that you will carefully weigh your decision to attend our classes before you register and pay for the course. 25% of any tuition paid is non-refundable at any time as a registration fee. Alas, this fee is necessary for our operational costs and can't be waived even in emergencies.
Four ways to pay your tuition
You may send a personal check by mail, use your bank's bill-pay service, Zelle, or pay through PayPal. We are also open to Goldbacks (contact us by email first). We prefer a personal check by mail or bill-pay. Use the address on your invoice when paying by check or bill-pay. If you register for a course fewer than seven days before the first class session, you must pay using a PayPal account or Zelle since no class admittance codes will be sent to you until tuition is paid in full. The late fee listed below applies only to semester course registration, not to workshops. You are welcome to register for a workshop until the class fills or the first session meets, whichever comes first. Unfortunately, we must receive tuition payment before any classroom instructions will be sent to the student. We are sorry but there are no exceptions.
TUITION updated 1/30/2023
Semester Courses (16-week) per semester
$339.00
Audit per semester (no access to any graded course elements. Just listen and enjoy.)
$309.00
AP Latin IV and AP English Lit., per semester
$369.00
Workshops (4 sessions--a total of four hours of content) live online or recorded (content available ONLY during semester for which registered)
$59.00
Seminars (college essay seminar)
$75.00
OTHER FEES
NSF (returned check)
$30.00
Semester course late fee (registration and/or payment fewer than 14 days prior to start of a semester course)
$40.00
National language exam fee (unless specified when you register, this fee is automatically added to the invoice for both Greek and Latin courses in the spring semester only. If you do not wish to participate, state that you prefer not to take the exam when you register)
$12.00
Transcript Compilation fee
Most students will not need a compiled transcript and can supply transcripts exactly as they are as sent at the end of each course. If we do not need to compile a transcript, we will also send on original copies to designated addresses for free. In the event a student requires a transcript to be compiled (more than one class grade on a compiled page), the fee will start at $25 for a simple compilation but will be assessed at $50 for any compilation that requires more than the report of course(s), credits, and grades.
While we are on the topic of fees and tuition...
Course recordings
All of our classes, with the exception of workshops, are intended for live attendance. As a courtesy, all of our live sessions are recorded. These recordings are available upon request to registered students at no additional charge (free!). Since these recordings are a courtesy, we cannot guarantee them. Students may not "attend" an entire course by recording without permission of the instructor being granted prior to course registration. Such students who take a course by recording are subject to the same terms and limitations of recordings as normal students. In the event that a recording is not available for any reason, students have no grounds for an extension and must proceed with the course as usual. Getting a "copy of course notes" from a class-mate (old school style) might be your only option in this rare situation.
Auditing a Course
An auditor attends and listens to each session without fulfilling any of the course requirements. Auditors have no access to graded elements. Please notify us if you wish to audit a course when registering by making a note in the comment box on the registration form. Auditors will not at any time have access to quizzes and tests or any graded element, nor will the instructor grade any written assignment for that student. Auditors have full access to both live and recorded sessions during the published date of the semester and readings if provided as part of the class. If a student decides to "drop to audit" after the start of the course, he or she is not eligible for any refund.
Refunds and Obligations
Refund Policy Details
If you are new to The Lukeion Project and are not sure if our courses are a good fit for your student, we are pleased to speak with you personally or by email until your questions have been answered to your satisfaction. If you wish, you may request a recorded session (course material will vary depending on sessions available on our server so, unfortunately we cannot guarantee a specific course or topic sample, in most cases--though we'll do our best). You may also request a copy of the course syllabus before making a decision about enrollment. Email us with your questions and we will do our best to answer you and provide supporting materials as necessary. Sorry, due to our hectic teaching schedule and the risk of interrupting classes with constantly ringing phones, we no longer make our office number readily available. We want you to make an informed decision before you request a seat in a course and commit our staff to matriculation hours.
All of this is to say that we offer you every opportunity to find out if the class will be a good fit and believe that the majority of our families weigh their commitment carefully before registering for a class. Unlike some distance learning providers, our courses are all live/synchronous. This places a strict limit on the number of class participants allowed to register. Once you register for a class, you initiate the matriculation process, reduce the number of available seats, and commit income to the instructors. We provide refunds according the following policy:
Refund Policy Effective upon payment of Tuition
25% of your tuition investment covers the cost of office time and matriculation at the time of your registration. It is not refundable.
If you register and pay using PayPal, the PayPal fee will also be deducted from your refund if any is owed.
The remaining 75% is refundable but ONLY if you provide a written (email) withdrawal MORE than 14 days prior to the start (first live meeting) of a semester.
If there are 14 days or fewer prior to the start of a class we will provide no refund.
Credit may be left on a family account at our discretion, on a case-by-case basis, but only if withdrawal from the class takes place during the first week of the semester for semester classes or the first day of a workshop.
Any credits or funds left on account have absolutely no cash or monetary value and can not be refunded at a later date since such tuition is left as a tuition credit only. Credits may be applied to the original student or any sibling. This policy is effective and applicable in all cases.
Student's Failure to Attend
All of our courses are live. If you fail to attend, we cannot offer provision for that absence except in the form of recorded sessions and ONLY if they are still available (viewed in a timely manner...see below). These recordings provide both sound and visuals. Since they are a courtesy and not the intended media of our presentation, we cannot guarantee them or their availability in any way. If a student fails to attend a class for which he or she has registered, no refund or credit will be available. WORKSHOPS must be viewed within the semester for which the student registered. They are available as follows:
Technical difficulties on your part
Technical issues on the part of your personal computer, your internet provider, or your connection to the internet (modem, router, wi-fi, etc.) are not grounds for a refund since classes may be attended using any high speed internet connection on nearly any computer device and platform from nearly everywhere.
If you are the only one experiencing a problem joining a class, hearing the instructor, viewing the live media, or viewing recordings, the trouble is at your end. While we will do everything in our power to help you and connect you to support personnel, we are not responsible for local internet issues, home or business computers, ISP service problems, malware on your products, etc.. We wish to assist you as much as possible. Please contact your instructor if you have ongoing difficulties. We can't provide refunds for our courses if the connectivity issue is at your end.
Failure to deliver on our part
Occasionally, unusual circumstances take us out of the live classroom. In the event of a serious illness (or death) of an instructor, equipment or power failure, or family emergencies that prevent us from meeting with a class as scheduled, we will make a reasonable effort to provide a recording of the missed session as soon as we are reasonably able to do so. If we determine that we are unable to provide or complete a promised course due to long-term illness or serious family tragedy, The Lukeion Project will refund prorated tuition fees, minus 25%, as soon as we are able to do so.
The Lukeion Project has been providing high quality content and instruction since 2005. We have developed some very specific ways of production that may or may not be "just like that one Zoom class your kid took last year." In the event that our methods differ from some other educational provider that you've used, this fact does not represent a failure to deliver on our part. If you are very particular about how your child prefers to participate in class (my child ONLY wants to be in a class with videos of herself with elaborate filters and long student discussions and songs in the middle -- for example --) ask about it before you register. Again, doing things differently than "that one class your student took last year" is not a failure to deliver.
If you are new to The Lukeion Project and are not sure if our courses are a good fit for your student, we are pleased to speak with you personally or by email until your questions have been answered to your satisfaction. If you wish, you may request a recorded session (course material will vary depending on sessions available on our server so, unfortunately we cannot guarantee a specific course or topic sample, in most cases--though we'll do our best). You may also request a copy of the course syllabus before making a decision about enrollment. Email us with your questions and we will do our best to answer you and provide supporting materials as necessary. Sorry, due to our hectic teaching schedule and the risk of interrupting classes with constantly ringing phones, we no longer make our office number readily available. We want you to make an informed decision before you request a seat in a course and commit our staff to matriculation hours.
All of this is to say that we offer you every opportunity to find out if the class will be a good fit and believe that the majority of our families weigh their commitment carefully before registering for a class. Unlike some distance learning providers, our courses are all live/synchronous. This places a strict limit on the number of class participants allowed to register. Once you register for a class, you initiate the matriculation process, reduce the number of available seats, and commit income to the instructors. We provide refunds according the following policy:
Refund Policy Effective upon payment of Tuition
25% of your tuition investment covers the cost of office time and matriculation at the time of your registration. It is not refundable.
If you register and pay using PayPal, the PayPal fee will also be deducted from your refund if any is owed.
The remaining 75% is refundable but ONLY if you provide a written (email) withdrawal MORE than 14 days prior to the start (first live meeting) of a semester.
If there are 14 days or fewer prior to the start of a class we will provide no refund.
Credit may be left on a family account at our discretion, on a case-by-case basis, but only if withdrawal from the class takes place during the first week of the semester for semester classes or the first day of a workshop.
Any credits or funds left on account have absolutely no cash or monetary value and can not be refunded at a later date since such tuition is left as a tuition credit only. Credits may be applied to the original student or any sibling. This policy is effective and applicable in all cases.
Student's Failure to Attend
All of our courses are live. If you fail to attend, we cannot offer provision for that absence except in the form of recorded sessions and ONLY if they are still available (viewed in a timely manner...see below). These recordings provide both sound and visuals. Since they are a courtesy and not the intended media of our presentation, we cannot guarantee them or their availability in any way. If a student fails to attend a class for which he or she has registered, no refund or credit will be available. WORKSHOPS must be viewed within the semester for which the student registered. They are available as follows:
- Summer -- June 5 -August 19 [FULL summer line-up although language review links available mid-May]
- Autumn -- September 1-December 8 [Meet the Greeks]
- Spring -- February 1-May 4 [Meet the Romans]
Technical difficulties on your part
Technical issues on the part of your personal computer, your internet provider, or your connection to the internet (modem, router, wi-fi, etc.) are not grounds for a refund since classes may be attended using any high speed internet connection on nearly any computer device and platform from nearly everywhere.
If you are the only one experiencing a problem joining a class, hearing the instructor, viewing the live media, or viewing recordings, the trouble is at your end. While we will do everything in our power to help you and connect you to support personnel, we are not responsible for local internet issues, home or business computers, ISP service problems, malware on your products, etc.. We wish to assist you as much as possible. Please contact your instructor if you have ongoing difficulties. We can't provide refunds for our courses if the connectivity issue is at your end.
Failure to deliver on our part
Occasionally, unusual circumstances take us out of the live classroom. In the event of a serious illness (or death) of an instructor, equipment or power failure, or family emergencies that prevent us from meeting with a class as scheduled, we will make a reasonable effort to provide a recording of the missed session as soon as we are reasonably able to do so. If we determine that we are unable to provide or complete a promised course due to long-term illness or serious family tragedy, The Lukeion Project will refund prorated tuition fees, minus 25%, as soon as we are able to do so.
The Lukeion Project has been providing high quality content and instruction since 2005. We have developed some very specific ways of production that may or may not be "just like that one Zoom class your kid took last year." In the event that our methods differ from some other educational provider that you've used, this fact does not represent a failure to deliver on our part. If you are very particular about how your child prefers to participate in class (my child ONLY wants to be in a class with videos of herself with elaborate filters and long student discussions and songs in the middle -- for example --) ask about it before you register. Again, doing things differently than "that one class your student took last year" is not a failure to deliver.