Enrollment Policies

In General

Registrations will be accepted in the order received. A course will be declared “closed” when payment for a maximum of ten registrations has been received, (See the information under “Payment” below). Please note that a minimum of four registrations is required to open a course. If this minimum is not met, students who have already registered for the course will be offered other options, including registering for a different course. If students who have already registered wish to keep a course open with fewer than 4 students, course fees for SEMI-PRIVATE INSTRUCTION will apply. (Please contact Education Director Alix Lewis-Sadrant at 612 332 0436 for information).

For course-level placement purposes, non-beginner students who have not previously studied at the Alliance Française must be evaluated by Alliance Française staff before registering for a course

Membership Requirement

Membership in the Alliance Française is required in order to register for Alliance Française courses. The non-refundable membership fee is valid for 12 full months. Membership privileges include, in addition to eligibility to participate in our French language instruction program, borrowing rights to our library (French books and films), free or discounted admission to various cultural events, and discounts on goods and services from various companies and local organizations.

Payment

Course fees must be paid in full before students attend the first class. A student will not be considered registered for a course until full payment has been made. A $5.00 non-refundable registration fee applies to all registrations.

4% Credit Card Processing Fee

Due to the increasing expense of credit card fees charged to our organization, effective September 9, 2024, a 4% non-refundable credit card processing fee will be added to all payments made by credit card. There is no fee for payments made by debit card.

Course Cancellations

The Alliance Française reserves the right to cancel a class due to insufficient registration. Course fees already paid for a cancelled class will be refunded via check.

Course Withdrawals

Withdrawal from a course must be made in writing, addressed to the Education Director, and should include a request for either a refund (if available) or a tuition credit. A $25.00 withdrawal fee will be deducted from the amount of all refunds and tuition credits to cover our administrative costs for processing course withdrawals.

Students must withdraw no later than (2) two weeks before a course session begins to receive a refund of course fees only (a $5 registration fee, membership fees, any credit card processing fees, and the cost of purchased course materials are non-refundable). Students who withdraw after this two-week period, but before the end of the second week of a 10-week course session will receive a credit equal to 75% of tuition paid after subtracting for our withdrawal fee and elapsed classes.

No credit for previously paid course fees will be issued after the second week of 10-week classes. For other types of courses (5-week, 3-week mini-session, summer camps or workshops) the time period for partial tuition credits will be reduced as follows: For 5 or 3 week classes before the end of the first week, for summer camps before the second day of the camp, for workshops, two business days before the scheduled class.

Discounts

The Alliance Française offers its students a choice of several discount programs. Students must select the discount program they wish to use at the time they register, since we cannot apply discounts retroactively. Discount programs cannot be combined. See below for more information about our discount programs.

Early Registration Discount

A $30 early registration discount is available to students who register for a 10-week class for adults before the end of the prior session. There is no early registration discount for children’s classes.

Student Discount

A $50 student discount  is available to high school and college students for 10-week courses. A current student ID is required  at the time of registration.

Our standard registration, payment, withdrawal and refund policies apply for course fees paid for a double session if the student later withdraws after completing the first course session.

Pro-rating

Prorated tuition is typically only offered if a student is going to miss 3 or more classes of a 10-week class and must be arranged at the time of registration.  NO retroactive credits or refunds will be allowed for missed classes. Please contact us for more information and pricing details.

Going to miss class?

Join virtually - Hybrid requests

If you need to tune in to your class in a hybrid fashion, please email your teacher and bonjour@afmsp.org at least 48 hours in advance to request that we set up our OWL to allow you to attend the class virtually that day.

Any request made less than 48 hours before the class will be taken into consideration and we will do our best to accommodate. Requests made less than 48 hours before the class are not guaranteed.

Attend a session of an equal level course

AFMSP allows students who are unable to attend a session of their course, to attend a session of another section of the same course if another section better fits their schedule and allows them to attend class. Please email bonjour@afmsp.org with any request to attend a session of an equal level course to arrange this accommodation.