To register for a Professional Studies course please follow the steps below.

Please call to check on the enrollment status of this course before sending your registration form as course may be full.

Step 1: Request the Career Training Information and Registration Packet by submiting the online form or call RMSP at 800-394-7677. If you opt to fill out the online form you may choose to have the packet mailed to you or download a pdf version.

Step 2: Please complete and return the registration form enclosed in the information packet. Send this form to us along with your $50 registration fee. If you are registering for more than one course, only one $50 registration fee is due. In addition, please include a short (200-500 word) statement telling us why you wish to attend the course and your goals in photography. If you are registering for more than one course, please submit only one statement.

Step 3: Our receipt of your registration form tentatively holds your spot in the courses that are available. We will send you a letter confirming your registration within two weeks of our receipt of your registration form.

Step 4: To complete the enrollment process, you must return the signed Enrollment Agreement within two weeks of your receipt of the registration confirmation letter, along with tuition deposits for every course that you wish to register. Students who are approved for a loan through SLM Financial are also required to pay tuition deposits up front. See more information under Student Loan Program” below. A detailed equipment list, housing and lodging information will be made available to you once we have received the Enrollment Agreement and all tuition deposits. For students who are enrolling in a Professional Studies course only, a portfolio of images must be submitted at this time as well. For further information on this portfolio requirement, see Entrance Requirements below.

Step 5: For Professional Studies courses, your registration is complete upon acceptance into the course(s) and our receipt of your Enrollment Agreement and tuition deposit(s). See individual course listings for deposit amounts.

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS
Professional Studies courses are taught on an advanced level and will not cover basic photographic techniques. For this reason, applicants must be able to confidently operate their cameras in manual mode. Students must be competent in the areas of digital capture, image processing and management, and working with artificial lighting.

Past and 2010 SI graduates are accepted into any Professional Studies course upon submission of a registration form. For all other Professional Studies registrants a portfolio must be submitted as well as a brief description of photographic experience, goals and previous education. The portfolio should consist of 10 to 20 images - digital files on a CD, prints or a Web site address - that represent your best work. The portfolio content does not need to include subjects related to the course for which you are applying, but must demonstrate an understanding of the elements of visual design as well as effective use of available light. The portfolio must also demonstrate an intention in the sequencing of the images. Please send a self-addressed envelope with return postage affixed so that your images can be returned to you if you so desire. Your submitted portfolio will be reviewed and you will be notified within two weeks if your work meets our criteria for enrollment. We evaluate portfolios to ensure that enrolled students have a firm grasp on the technical and aesthetic fundamentals of photography. Because these courses are intensive and do not cover basic principles of photography, a student who cannot demonstrate an intermediate level of knowledge will not fully benefit from the course material.

CANCELLATION AND TUITION REFUND POLICY

Professional Studies

1.	For Professional Studies, the $50 registration fee is nonrefundable and nontransferable.
2.	For Professional Studies, cancellations received 60 days prior to the course start date: RMSP refunds full tuition (less a $50 processing fee).
3.	For Professional Studies, cancellations received 30–60 days prior to the start of the course: RMSP refunds any tuition minus the tuition deposit.
4.	For Professional Studies cancellations received within 30 days prior to the start of the course: RMSP retains full tuition.
5.	Cancellations after the Professional Studies class is in progress: RMSP retains full tuition.
6.	No-shows: RMSP retains full tuition.