You are in the official 1996-97 General Catalog
for California State University, Fresno.
Fees and Expenses
Business Office
Joyal Administration, Room 152
(559) 278-2764
Director of Accounting Services, Robert P. Vega
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.
Application fee
Nonrefundable, payable by check or money order at time of applying ($55.00)
State university fee*
0 to 6.0 units ($504.00)
6.1 and more units ($870.00)
Facilities fee
All students, per semester ($3.00)
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)
Extension, per unit
Lecture or discussion course ($80.00)
Summer session courses
per unit ($106.00)
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)
Credential fee (collected for Commission on Teacher Credentialing )
Varies. Check with Credential Office, School of Education and Human Development ($65.00)
Health Service fee,*
per semester ($50.00)
Student Body Association fee,
all students*** (not a state fee), per semester ($16.00)
Student Body Center fee,
all students (not a state fee), per semester ($38.00)
Instructionally Related Activities fee,
per semester ($10.00)
Penalties
Check returned for any cause ($20.00)
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)
Parking fees
Decal (subject to change)
Fall and spring, per semester ($54.00)
Summer session ($36.00)
Lost or stolen decals**** (Full Cost)
*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
Current law provides that the statutes governing duplicate degree tuition
will be repealed as of August 31, 1996. Students should note that a change
to this repeal date may have been made between the time that this catalog
is published and August 31, 1996.
Alan Pattee Scholarships
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 $7,700. 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 ($4,498-5,328)
Registration Fees ($1,812)
Books and Supplies ($612)
Average Annual Cost of Education and Sources of Funds Per Full-Time Equivalent
Student. The 22* 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 1995-96
(including capital outlay funding in the amount of $160,722,000) is $1,784,250,000.
However, the total cost of education for CSU is $2,303,448,000, which must
provide support for a projected 252,000 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 $9,141. Of this
amount, the average student fee support per FTE is $2,065. 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
$2,065, 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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