In April of each year, all Juniors, Lowers, and Uppers meet with their advisers to plan their programs of study for the following year. These programs are then submitted for the approval of parents. Newly admitted students may write placement examinations at home. If it seems advisable, a student may be dropped back, or promoted to a more advanced course, during the term. All students must take courses totaling 15 credits per year.
Most students take five one-credit courses per term.
However, Health and Human Development and some applied music instruction allow for exceptions to this practice. No student may take more than five full-credit courses in any term. No student may take fewer than four full-credit courses in a given term. Students must take partial-credit applied music courses in consecutive terms to earn credit, unless they are a part of Music 250. All Juniors are required to take a partial-credit course in Health and Human Development.