Registering for one of our core classes is easy! You can register in person, online, through the mail or by fax. Just follow the instructions below based on when you are eligible to register and how you would like to do it.

Summer 2012 Registration 

SAIC in person registration: March 12th, 2012

Currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students at SAIC may register for Ox-Bow beginning at 8:30 AM on Monday, March 12th. SAIC students can only register in person at the Ox-Bow office (36 S. Wabash, Suite 1425) at this time.

Open online registration: March 26th, 2012

An online registration form will become available here to request registration beginning on March 26, 2012, at 8:30 AM, Central Time. Non-credit students can pay for the course by credit card at this time and for-credit students will make payment arrangements with SAIC (please see faq with SAIC payment questions).This is not an automated process as we are a unique place that has to manage housing as well. Our registrar will process the registration requests in the order they are received, mailing a registration confirmation soon after. Please call 1-800-318-3019 if you would like confirmation that we received your information. In the event that the course you requested is full, you will receive an email or call informing you of your status on the wait list or that you have been enrolled in your second choice course.

Open registration by mail: April 2nd (earliest postmark March 26th)

Please send a complete this registration form, (or the form from the back of the course catalog), including payment arrangements to Ox-Bow Registration, 36 S. Wabash, 12th floor, Chicago, IL 60603. Forms sent in the mail may be postmarked no earlier than March 28th and will be processed in the order they were received on April 4th.

Open registration in person or by fax: April 4th

Bring your completed registration form and payment arrangements to Ox-Bow’s Chicago office (36 S. Wabash Ave, Suite 1425). Registrations will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis from 8:30am- 4:30pm Central, Monday-Friday. Forms by fax can be sent to 312.629.6156.

Tuition, Fees & Drop Policy Accurate for Summer 2012

Tuition Room &
Board
Full Rate Work 
Scholarship
One week (non-credit) $ 535 $550 $1,085 -$365
Two week (non-credit) $1,230 $1,100 $2,330 -$730
One week (undergrad credit) $1,231 $550 $1,781 -$550
One week (grad credit) $1,301 $550 $1,851 -$550
Two week (undergrad credit) $3,693 $1.100 $4,793 -$1,100
Two week (grad credit) $3,903 $1,100 $5,003 -$1.100

Ox-Bow Drop Policy (please read carefully) for Summer 2012

To drop a course, students must submit the request in writing to Ox-Bow’s registrar. Call 800.318.3019 for more information. Simply not attending does not constitute a drop. The following drop fees will be assessed dependent on when you drop your course:

From the first day of registration until 4:30 pm on Monday, April 30th: Students will receive a full refund minus a $100 drop fee.

If you drop after April 30th until 3 weeks prior to your first day of class: Students will receive a full refund minus $250 drop fee and any associated lab fees.

If you drop within 3 weeks of the start date of your class: No refunds will be given. Drops due to an unforeseen emergency (i.e. hospitalization, etc.) are eligible to be contested through the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Refund Review Board. Documentation is required and refunds are typically partial. Please contact Ox-Bow’s registrar at ox-bow@saic.edu or 800.318.3019 for the refund review forms and information.