CONCEPT DESIGN ACADEMY - TERMS OF SERVICE

1. REGISTRATION INFORMATION

- Registration is based on a first come first serve system. A student is considered registered only when the full payment is received (Only online Credit Card, Debit Card payment is accepted through Paypal. No check payment accepted. For international early enrollment students, an additional charge may apply for Paypal or Bank Money wire. Please contact us for more details).

- An Enrollment Processing Fee of $15 for the first class and $5 for each class after (fees non-refundable) applies to all students on each online payment transaction for all 10 week classes. For Waiting List Tickets and Monthly Guest Workshops purchases, there are no Enrollment Processing Fee required.

An International Student Registration Fee of $100 (non-refundable) applies to all international students for early enrollment (proof of international status required).
- All international early enrollments are taken on a first come first serve basis. Each class is limited to a 50% cap for the amount of international students allowed to enroll early per class.
- Registration deadline for all ten week courses is on Monday, May 27, 2013.
- Class size is limited to 16- 20 students max for design classes and 16~21 students max for studio classes (traditional drawing & painting).
- Workshop class limit will vary depending on instructor's request. Usually it will vary between 20- 60 students max.
- Student must be at least 18 years of age for all courses with live nude models.

- *** For all advance courses that require portfolio review, a full payment of the class is needed before the review can take place. After the review results are announced, the class payments will be fully refunded to those who are not accepted. The portfolio review will take place each Saturday after the portfolios have been collected at 6PM. The results will be announced within 2 weeks after the review.

2. MULTIPLE COURSE DISCOUNTS (MCD)

- For any student who enrolls in 3 ten-week-courses in the same semester is eligible for $200 credit toward the monthly guest workshops. The promotion applies only to the same semester as the offer is given and it is not transferable. If a student cancels one of the three courses after attending any of the workshops, the full price of the attended workshop will be deducted from the final refund.

- *** During the online enrollment, students are required to pay the full tuition including the workshop they wish to apply their MCD credit for. The $200 workshop credit will later be refunded back to their credit card after their MCD qualification is approved. ***

3. COURSE CHANGES OR CANCELLATIONS

- Concept Design Academy reserves the right to cancel any course, limit course size, or substitute instructors for those listed in the schedule should it be necessary. All 10 week courses must meet the minimum student requirements by May 27, 2013 or the course will be cancelled.
Minimum students requirement for ten week course = 8 students must be enrolled
Minimum students requirement for workshop = 12 students must be enrolled (18 for out-of-town guest workshops)
- Any course cancelled due to minimum student requirement will be announced by Wednesday, May. 29, 2013.
- Any workshop cancelled due to minimum student requirement will be announced the Wednesday before the workshop date.
- MCD cancellations and transfers will cost the same as a regular class cancellation or transfer in policy.
- If an instructor must leave a course after the course has begun, and no suitable substitute is available, the students will be refunded a prorated amount based on the number of courses that were actually held.
- Due to reasons such as instructor sick day, family emergencies, storm, earthquake, fire, flood, or other unforeseen circumstances, Concept Design Academy reserves the right to push any class back 1 week in schedule if necessary. Students are strongly recommended to plan their schedule with some flexibility in mind to avoid schedule conflicts.

4. REFUND POLICY

- All workshop & 10 week course prices include a non-refundable $50 deposit.
- *** For all workshops, there is a no refund policy for cancellations WITHIN 7 days before the start of the workshop or anytime afterwards ***

- Refund Request must be received in writing or via e-mail, and will go in effect on the date received. You must REQUEST A RETURN RECEIPT for any e-mail refund request. The date opened is the date received.

- 10 week course refunds will be issued per the following:

- 100% refund MINUS THE NON-REFUNDABLE $50 DEPOSIT
will be issued for courses cancelled BEFORE 7 days from the 1st day of the course.
- 80% refund MINUS THE NON-REFUNDABLE $50 DEPOSIT
will be issued for courses cancelled WITHIN 7 days before the course start date.
- 50% refund MINUS THE NON-REFUNDABLE $50 DEPOSIT
will be issued for courses cancelled on the 1 st course date and before the 2nd course date.
- No refund will be issued for courses cancelled on or after the 2nd course date.
- PLEASE ALLOW UP TO 4 WEEKS TO PROCESS REFUNDS.

5. TRANSFERS

- All students must e-mail a transfer request in order to transfer from one course to another.
- There is a $25 fee of all transfers (if there is space available).
- If the cost of the new course transferred into is less than the initial course, the regular refund policy will reply.
- Last day for 10 week course transfer is before the 2nd course start date.

6. ABSENCES

- Due to the nature of these courses, it is not possible to make-up missed classes. Since we can not refund missed classes or provide make-up sessions, we strongly advise students to make it to every session in order to get the most from each course.

7. ARBITRATION AGREEMENT

- At Concept Design Academy, we do our absolute best to uphold high ethic standards. We prefer to settle disagreements by clear communication and mutual respect. By registering for a class, you commit to having any legal disputes settled by an independent arbitration committee.
- WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE ATTENDANCE TO ANYONE.

8. SUBSTITUTION POLICY

- Concept Design Academy reserves the right to provide qualified substitute for its scheduled instructors in the event of professional or personal changes in schedule.

9. MATERIALS POLICY

- Concept Design Academy does not provide any computers or software for students on campus and might require it for some of the digital courses.
For the computer required classes, the students are responsible for providing their own computers hardware & software.

By enrolling into a course or workshop at Concept Design Academy, you are acknowledging that you have read and understand Concept Design Academy's Terms of Service and agree to abide by all rules and regulations set forth.

If you have any questions about our Terms of Service, please feel free to contact us by phone or e-mail anytime before you enroll: contact@conceptdesignacad.com or TEL 818-669-4657