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~ Earning Academic Credit ~

Academic Credit Coordinator: Dr. Pamela Zappardino
Students may elect to earn 3 graduate or 3-4 undergraduate credits per week. 
Students will be assigned an Instructor of Record who is a member of the McDaniel College Faculty and who will supervise their work, assign additional work in the form of reflections, papers, readings, and/or projects to be completed after the Traditions Weeks are over and also assign the student’s grade.
 
Academic Credit Available:

• Undergraduate: 3 or 4 credits per week in English, Art, Music or Interdisciplinary Studies for an additional $125 per credit beyond the Common Ground on the Hill fees. 
• Graduate: 3 credits per week in English, Art, Music, Education, or Humanities for an additional $150 per credit (total $450 per week) beyond the Common Ground on the Hill fees. Credit designation is based on your workshop selections. If your workshops span two or more of these areas, you may focus your follow-up work in the area in which you would like your credits designated.
• CCPS Employees Continuing Education: 3 graduate credits per week, designated as EDU 551, Diversity Education, unless special arrangements have been made to designate them otherwise. You may take any combination of courses for the 5 periods per day. Common Ground on the Hill will direct bill CCPS for your Common Ground on the Hill and credit registration fees at a special rate of $840 per week. You will be responsible for any materials fees if applicable and, if this is your first time earning credits at McDaniel college, the $75 application fee.  (Undergraduate credits are also available for CCPS Employees, designated as EDU 3398, Diversity Education, and billed at the same discounted rate as noted above.)  All CCPS Employees MUST contact the CCPS HR Department for authorization PRIOR to registering with Common Ground on the Hill.  CCPS informs us weekly about those who have received this authorization.  Once you have obtained this authorization, you must contact Common Ground on the Hill to Complete the registration process.

NOTE:

• Credits are awarded by McDaniel College and are generally transferable to other institutions. Students should check with their own institution for questions about transferability.
• McDaniel College requires a one-time $75 application processing fee for first-time McDaniel College registrants. Please include this fee along with credit fees on the registration form.
• Teachers/administrators in districts other than Carroll County may likely also apply credits earned toward continuing education requirements and should check with their school districts as to reimbursement policies. (Most will reimburse for credits earned through Common Ground on the Hill). The tuition and fees for earning three credits – one week -  will total $930.  (this includes Common Ground Classes and additional fees involved with earning credits) If you are participating in more than one week, earning 6 or 9 credits, simply multiply this figure by the number of weeks.  Should you wish to stay on campus, please see the General Information page for additional room and board fees. 
• Credit is awarded for overall participation in Common Ground on the Hill activities. In order to earn credits during any Traditions Week, students must register for a full-time schedule of classes – 5 periods per day – AND plan on participating in evening activities as well: concerts, dances, lectures, etc.
• After Friday, June 22, withdrawal from participation in Common Ground on the Hill for Academic Credit will incur a fee, the total of which will be dependent on when that withdrawal is initiated.   Any refunds that may be made after this point will have this fee deducted from the total returned.
  
• Do not contact or submit payment to McDaniel College directly.  By agreement, Common Ground on the Hill administers registration and fee collection for all Traditions Weeks academic credits. The folks at McDaniel will not be able to answer your questions.

To earn academic credits, please fill out the appropriate sections of the registration form and include the credit fees with your payment to Common Ground on the Hill. You will receive more specific information and credit registration forms, along with instructions, shortly after you complete your Common Ground on the Hill Registration.

ALL completed credit registration forms must be returned to the Common Ground on the Hill office by June 15, 2018. We are unable to do on-site registrations for academic credit after this point.

You must submit your follow-up coursework and any projects to your Instructor of Record by August 8, 2018.  

Contact Dr. Zappardino with questions or for more information at zapinator@aol.com