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You are in the official 1995-96 General Catalog for California State University, Fresno.

The following fees and expenses are scheduled for the 1995-96 academic year. Fees are subject to change without notice because of Trustee or legislative action. Updated fee information is provided each semester in the Schedule of Courses.

Schedule of Fees. Legal residents of California are not charged tuition. The following reflects applicable fees and nonresident tuition per semester.

Credit Cards. VISA and MasterCard may be used for payment of Student Fees; however, payment must be made at the Joyal Administration Building, Cashier Windows.

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Application fee

Nonrefundable, payable by check or money order at time of applying ($55.00)

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State university fee*

0 to 6.0 units ($459.00)
6.1 and more units ($792.00)

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Facilities fee

All students, per semester ($3.00)

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Nonresident** tuition fee

Foreign and domestic, per semester in addition to other fees:
The total amount of nonresident tuition charged shall be based on the number of units taken, per unit or fraction thereof ($246.00)

Foreign visa student tuition fee same as nonresident. Programming fee (not a state fee) assessed to corporate and governmental sponsors of international students for required additional services ($250.00)

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Extension, per unit

Lecture or discussion course ($80.00)

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Summer session courses

per unit ($106.00)

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Other fees

Identification card fee, per semester ($2.00)

Graduation application fee (bachelor's or master's) ($ 35.00)
Diploma reissue fee ($20.00)

Transcript of record ($4.00 first copy, $2.00 each additional copy)

Thesis binding fee (not a state fee), per copy, includes 35 cents sales tax ($6.50)

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Credential fee (collected for Commission on Teacher Credentialing )

Varies. Check with Credential Office, School of Education and Human Development ($65.00)

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Health Service fee,*

per semester ($40.00)

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Student Body Association fee,

all students*** (not a state fee), per semester ($16.00)

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Student Body Center fee,

all students (not a state fee), per semester ($38.00)

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Instructionally Related Activities fee,

per semester ($10.00)

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Penalties

Check returned for any cause ($10.00)

Late registration (in addition to student services fee) ($25.00)

Failure to meet administratively required appointment or time limit ($10.00)

Late filing of student programs ($10.00)

Lost or broken items (cost or $1.00, if cost is less than $1.00)

Lost library items replacement (cost plus $10.00 service charge)

Damaged library items (50 cents up to replacement cost, plus $10.00 service charge)

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Parking fees

Decal (subject to change)
Fall and spring, per semester ($54.00)

Summer session ($36.00)

Lost or stolen decals**** (Full Cost)

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*At the time of printing the paper catalog, this fee was under review and subject to an increase. Refer to the Schedule of Courses for the correct, current amount of this fee.

**A nonresident student is any person who has not been a bona fide resident of the state
of California for more than one year immediately preceding enrollment. The exact determination date may be ascertained by contacting the Admissions/Records Office.

***The law governing The CSU provides that a student body fee may be established by student referendum with the approval of two-thirds of those students voting. The Student Body Fee was established at California State University, Fresno by student referendum on May 12, 1959. The same fee can be abolished by a similar two-thirds approval of students voting on a referendum called for by a petition signed by 10 percent of the regularly enrolled students. ( California Education Code, Section 89300). The level of the fee is set by the chancellor. An increase in the student body fee may be approved by the chancellor only following a referendum on the fee increase approved by a majority of students voting. Student body fees support a variety of cultural and recreational programs, child care centers, and special student support programs.

****The university is not responsible for lost or stolen decals. Replacements may be purchased at full cost only.

Duplicate Degree Tuition

The California State University is required by law to charge duplicate degree tuition of $150 per semester unit up to a maximum of $2,250 per semester to any student who has earned a degree equivalent to or higher than the degree awarded by the program in which the student is enrolled or who has earned a baccalaureate or postbaccalaureate degree and is enrolled without a declared degree objective. As such, students who are subject to this fee will not be subject to the State University Fee.

The following categories are exempted from Duplicate Degree Tuition:

1. a dislocated worker as certified by a state agency in accordance with Title 3 of the Federal Job Training Partnership Act
2. a displaced homemaker as defined
3. in accordance with the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (20 USC 1001 et seq.)
4. a person who is enrolled in any program leading to a credential
5. or certificate that has been
6. approved by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing
7. a recipient of benefits under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program, the Supplementary Security Income or State Supplementary Program, or a general assistance program
8. a nonresident student except those for whom nonresident tuition has been waived
9. a California resident who is 60 years of age or older
10. children and dependents of deceased or disabled veterans, and
11. children of deceased law enforcement or fire suppression prevention employees.

Children of deceased public law enforcement or fire suppression employees, who were California residents and who were killed in the course of law enforcement or fire suppression duties, are not charged fees or tuition of any kind at any California State University campus, according to the Alan Pattee Scholarship Act, California Education Code, Section 68121. Students qualifying for these benefits are known as Alan Pattee scholars. For further information, contact the Registrar's Office, which determines eligibility.

Refund of Fees

Fees may be refunded only as authorized by Sections 42201 (parking fees), 41913 (nonresident tuition), 42019 (housing charges), and 41802 (all other fees) of Title 5, California Code of Regulations. Whether a fee may be refunded and the circumstances under which a fee or any part of a fee may be refunded, vary depending on the particular fee involved. Requirements governing a refund may include such matters as the reason for seeking a refund (for example, death, disability, compulsory military service), the number of days of instruction that have elapsed before application for refund is made and the degree to which the campus has provided the services for which the fee has been charged.

The student must file a written application for refund of fees stating the reason for the refund request with the Admissions and Records Office. The application should be filed at the earliest possible date since the refund will be denied if submitted beyond certain time limits. For example, requests for refund of state university fee, student body organization fees, and student body center fees must be made no later than 14 days following the commencement of instruction and requests for refund of extension course tuition fees must be made prior to the fourth meeting of the class.

Details concerning the fees that may be refunded, the circumstances under which fees may be refunded, and the appropriate procedure to be followed in seeking refunds may be obtained from the Accounting Office, Joyal 181, (559) 278-2772.

Registration Fees. After a student makes a formal withdrawal from the university through the Student Records Office, a refund of a portion of the state university fee may be made if a written application for refund is filed not later than 14 calendar days after the first day of instruction. A student shall make the application personally; if in the opinion of the administration, he or she is unable to do so, the parents or guardian of the student who is a minor, or the legal representative of the student may make the application. (See Title 5, California Code of Regulations , Section 41802.)

The amount of the refund will be determined by the Business Office by deducting $5 for registration costs. A full refund may be made to a student who is unable to continue a course because of a university regulation, compulsory military service, death, or disability at any time prior to the date the student receives any academic credit for any course or courses for which he or she is registered less $5.

There is a refund for a reduction in the student's unit load if the unit load is reduced to a lower fee category not later than 14 days following the day of the term when instruction begins.

The same withdrawal and application for refund procedure applies for the nonresident tuition fee except that the time limit is different. There may be a refund for reduction in unit load. Within the first week of the session, a full refund may be made for units dropped. For each additional week, the refund diminishes as follows: 90 percent of the fee the second week, 70 percent the third week, 50 percent the fourth week, 30 percent the fifth week, 20 percent the sixth week, and no refund after the sixth week.

Parking Fees. A student is entitled to a refund of parking fees in the amount shown in the following schedule if on any one calendar day within the applicable period the student files with the Business Office a written application for refund and returns all documents issued to him or her by the university which evidence their right to use the parking facility including any parking permit, stickers, and decal so issued. If the decal is attached to a vehicle and the vehicle is presented to the university for removal of the attached item by or under the direction of the state, such presentation and removal shall constitute return of the attached item.

Beginning with the first day of instruction, 75 percent of the parking space fee is refunded if application is made as indicated above within 1-30 calendar days, 50 percent within 31-60 calendar days, 25 percent within 61-90 calendar days, and no refund 91 days to the end of the semester.

Housing Facility Fees. The licensee of a residence hall facility in instances of cancellation, revocation, or vacating shall owe fees as provided in Section 42019 of Title 5, California Code of Regulations, regardless of whether the licensee ever assumed actual occupancy and regardless of whether a licensee who has assumed actual occupancy moves out prior to the designated period of obligation. The university shall refund all money collected in excess of such obligation as soon as reasonably possible. A copy of Title 5, Section 42019, is available in the Henry Madden Library, Student Affairs Office, and Housing Office.

Estimate of Expenses

The basic expenses for attendance at California State University, Fresno for a year (two semesters) for full-time students who live away from home are approximately $7,200. This figure is exclusive of the nonresident tuition fee but includes an estimate of such personal items as clothes, laundry, and incidental expenditures. Students who live at home or share apartments with other students and commute to the campus are able to reduce their expenses considerably below the estimated figure. The cost of room and board may also be reduced by cooperative living arrangements or part-time work in exchange for room and board.

Room and Board ($4,428-4,812)
Registration Fees ($1,802)
Books and Supplies ($630)

Average Annual Cost of Education and Sources of Funds Per Full-Time Equivalent Student. The 21* campuses and the Chancellor's Office of The California State University are financed primarily through funding provided by the taxpayers of California. The total state appropriation to the CSU for 1994-95 (including capital outlay funding in the amount of $11,870,000**) is $1,565,020,000. However, the total cost of education for CSU is $2,183,470,000, which must provide support for a projected 250,000 full-time equivalent students (FTES). The number of full-time equivalent students is determined by dividing the total academic student load by 15 units per term (the figure used here to define a full-time student's academic load).

The total cost of education in the CSU is defined as the expenditures for current operations, including payments made to the students in the form of financial aid, and all fully reimbursed programs contained in state appropriations, but excluding capital outlay appropriations and lottery funds. The average cost of education is determined by dividing the total cost by the total FTES. The average cost of education is further differentiated into three categories: State Support (the state appropriation, excluding capital outlay), Student Fee Support, and Support from Other Sources (including federal funds).

Thus, excluding costs that relate to capital outlay (i.e., building amortiza tion), the average cost of education per FTE student is $8,734. Of this amount, the average student fee support per FTE is $2,106. The State University Fee, application fee, and nonresident tuition are included in the average costs paid by the students; individual students may pay less or more than $2,106, depending on whether they are part-time, full-time, resident, or nonresident students.

Debts Owed to the Institution

Should a student or former student fail to pay a debt owed to the institution, the institution may "withhold permission to register, to use facilities for which a fee is authorized to be charged, to receive services, materials, food or merchandise, or any combination of the above from any person owing a debt" until the debt is paid. (See Sections 42380 and 42381 of Title 5, California Code of Regulations.) For example, the institution may with hold permission to receive official transcripts of grades from any person owing a debt. If a student believes that he or she does not owe all or part of an unpaid obligation, the student should contact the campus business office. The business office, or another office on campus to which the student may be referred by the business office, reviews the pertinent information, including information the student may wish to present, and advises the student of its conclusions with respect to the debt.

VIP Bike Registration. The Volunteer Identification Program is available free of charge on our campus. With this service your bike is engraved with your driver's license number or a serial number and is listed on a statewide computer system if stolen. Forms for VIP registration are available at the University Student Union information desk, the residence halls and the Commons #4 Office, and the Campus Security Office.

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