Spring Incoming Students
Incoming Spring Students
We look forward to welcoming you!
CSTM New Student Orientation
CSTM orientation is required for all new degree and certificate students and will provide you with an introduction to life at CSTM. Orientation will be held on Thursday, January 9 from 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. in Simboli 110.
Please monitor your email over the coming weeks for important information to get ready to start your studies in the spring. This webpage will also continue to be updated, so please monitor it periodically as well.
Getting Started Checklist
- Review New Student Webpage (this page)
- Review Boston College New Graduate Student Checklist (NOTE: not all items will apply to each student)
- Setup BC Email
- Complete Boston College's virtual New Graduate and Professional Student Orientation. Information will be emailed to you from the Office of Graduate Student Life.
- International Students: Review Pre-Arrival Guide from Office of International Students and Scholars
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Getting Started
Activating Boston College Credentials
Every Boston College student, faculty, and staff member has a unique username that is assigned when you first become a member of the BC community. Your username is usually some variation of your last name. Most electronic services and resources restricted to the BC community, including email and Agora Portal, require authentication by entering your username and password. Click here for detailed information about activating your BC credentials and creating passwords.
Activating Boston College Email
Boston College provides email services for all affiliated students, faculty and staff (including part time and visiting faculty and staff). Click here for detailed information on setting up your BC email address.
IMPORTANT: Google will prompt you to set up 2-Step Verification. Don’t delay setting it up. You have 7 days after logging into your Gmail account to set up 2-Step Verification. If you don’t set it up within 7 days, you will be locked out of your account, and need to contact the BC ITS Help Center for assistance (617) 552-HELP (4357).
Students will be contacted by the CSTM Admissions Office with new student information and advisor contact information in December. Please contact your advisor to discuss your course selections. After you have met with your advisor, you may contact Cara Burke.
To Access Canvas:
- Go to www.bc.edu/lms
- Enter your BC username
- Enter your PRIMARY password
- You can also access Canvas from your Agora Portal, in the first block named Academics and Courses
Students with questions about how to access and/or use Canvas should contact the BC LMS Help Desk for support. They are available by email 24 hours a day and by text chat or phone Mon-Fri 9:00 pm to Midnight (Eastern US time).
Activate BC Zoom Account
All students should activate their BC Zoom account. This will be used for a number of purposes, including meetings and select class sessions. If you are taking an ONLINE SYNCHRONOUS class, your entire course will be conducted over Zoom. Click here for instructions.
Please note that all tuition charges must be paid prior to the first class. You can pay your student account through your Agora Portal.
Payment by International Wire Transfer: Boston College has partnered with FLYWIRE to make international tuition payments. Click here for more information.
Course Costs:
COURSES FOR CREDIT ($1,318 per credit)
(3 credit courses) 1 course = $3,954
(1 credit courses) 1 course = $1,318
COURSES FOR AUDIT ($659 per audit credit)
(3 credit courses) 1 course = $1,977
(1 credit courses) 1 course = $659
The add/drop period ends on Wednesday, January 22, 2025. Please make sure that you have registered for all courses (including BTI) by that day. If you drop a course after that date, you will be responsible for paying all or a portion of tuition and fees in accordance with the refund schedule.
Important Announcements
All new degree and certificate students are required to take the online academic integrity tutorial in their first semester of study. This tutorial will introduce students to the academic culture at CSTM and teach students best practices in terms of academic integrity. The associate dean for academic affairs will e-mail all new degree and certificate students with more information after the add/drop period ends.
These workshops (Part I in the fall and Part II in the spring) are required of all new degree and certificate students at CSTM and are a graduation requirement. Students in degree programs with a Supervised Ministry/Contextual Education requirement need to take them before their placement begins. For students taking face-to-face courses in the academic year at CSTM, they are offered on two dates each semester; students choose one each semester. For those living at a distance and doing the MA degree in a hybrid fashion, an online section is offered. Please check the fall and spring course listings to register for the appropriate workshop. Students who begin their studies at CSTM in the spring should take Part II during their first semester, and then take Part I the following fall.
The services and collections of the Boston College Theology and Ministry Library (TML), located at 117 Lake Street in the heart of the Brighton campus, support the curricular and research needs of the faculty, students, and staff of CSTM. If you plan to spend any time on the campus this summer, the TML staff look forward to meeting you at the library. If you are studying remotely, the library staff can still provide a wide range of services to you in a virtual capacity and have made many vitally important resources in theology available online. The following websites should prove especially helpful.
Main Page of the BC Libraries: https://library.bc.edu
Website for the TML: https://libguides.bc.edu/tml
Theology at TML: https://libguides.bc.edu/theology_tml
All Boston College students are issued Eagle One Cards through the Office of Student Services in Lyons Hall. Proof of identification must be presented in order to be issued an Eagle One Card. The initial fee is $50 and will automatically be billed to your student account.
All students enrolled in a degree program, regardless of credit hours, and non-degree students enrolled in at least 7-credits will be automatically enrolled and billed for the Student Health Insurance Plan. Insurance coverage is effective January 10, 2025 through August 6, 2025. The cost is $2,451 for the spring semester. Students who are enrolled in a health plan that is comparable to the UnitedHealthCare plan may waive the BC coverage through their Agora Portal. The deadline to waive the medical insurance fee is January 24, 2025.
Boston College has a pay parking system. All individuals parking at Boston College are required to pay.
Information about purchasing Graduate Student parking permits can be found on the Transportation and Parking webpage. Graduate and Evenings students may register for a permit at any point of the semester via Agora Portal > Accounts and Personal Information > Parking Permits & Citations. Permits may be picked up at the Office of Student Services in Lyons Hall.
The Transportation and Parking website has interactive maps where you can see in which spaces you are eligible to park based on your Employee or Student Permit. Please consult these maps and observe signage in the parking lots to ensure that you are parking in the appropriate spaces; otherwise you may be ticketed.
Students are not permitted to park in visitor parking areas. One-day parking passes may be purchased online per day by logging into parking.bc.edu.