Auditing a Course ........................................................................... 38 Table of Contents Tuition and Fees ............................................................................. 38 Introduction .............................................................................................. 4 Returned Checks ..................................................................... 39 Officers of Administration .................................................................. 4 Payment Plans ......................................................................... 39 Board of Regents .............................................................................. 5 Admission Application Processing Fees .................................. 39 Academic Calendar ........................................................................... 6 Tuition ....................................................................................... 39 The University ........................................................................................ 10 Nonresident Tuition for Resident Students ............................... 40 Organization of the University’s Academic Units ............................ 10 Tuition Tables ........................................................................... 40 Historical Sketch ............................................................................. 13 Additional Fees ........................................................................ 43 Government .................................................................................... 14 Tuition Exemptions ................................................................... 44 Buildings and Grounds ................................................................... 15 Tuition Waivers ........................................................................ 47 Admission .............................................................................................. 19 Third-Party Billing ..................................................................... 48 Undergraduate Admission ............................................................... 19 Tuition Adjustments .................................................................. 49 Freshman Admission ................................................................ 21 Short-Term Loans .................................................................... 51 Transfer Admission .................................................................. 24 Payment of Fees for Students with Disabilities ........................ 51 Major-Specific Application Requirements ................................. 26 Optional Fees ........................................................................... 51 International Admission ................................................................... 30 Student Insurance .................................................................... 52 Readmission Of Former Undergraduate Students .......................... 30 Identification Cards .................................................................. 52 Graduate Admission ....................................................................... 30 Fees for Nonstudents ............................................................... 52 Graduate School Select Admission Program ........................... 31 Academic Policies and Procedures ....................................................... 54 Conditional Admission .............................................................. 31 Credit Value and Course Numbers ................................................. 54 Admission as a Nondegree Student ......................................... 32 Classification of Students ............................................................... 54 Recommended Application Dates for Graduate Study ............. 32 Core Curriculum .............................................................................. 55 Fellowships ............................................................................... 32 The Texas Success Initiative .......................................................... 57 Application Processing Fee ...................................................... 33 Quantity of Work Rule .................................................................... 58 Enrollment Deposit ................................................................... 33 Maximum Hours in the Fall and Spring Semesters .................. 58 Law School Admission .................................................................... 33 Minimum Hours in the Fall and Spring Semesters ................... 59 Application Procedures ............................................................ 34 Undergraduate Student Employees ......................................... 59 Deadlines ................................................................................. 34 Graduate Student Academic Employees ................................. 59 Enrollment Deposit ................................................................... 34 Evaluation ....................................................................................... 59 Residency Regulations ................................................................... 34 Grades ...................................................................................... 59 Registration, Tuition, and Fees ............................................................. 36 Symbols .................................................................................... 60 Academic Advising .......................................................................... 36 Repetition of a Course ............................................................. 62 Registration Periods ........................................................................ 36 Computation of the Grade Point Average ....................................... 62 Paying Tuition as a Part of Registration ......................................... 36 Correspondence Work by Resident Students ................................. 63 Late Registration ............................................................................. 36 Center for Teaching and Learning .................................................. 63 Texas Success Initiative ................................................................. 36 Course Placement and Credit by Examination ......................... 63 Concurrent Enrollment at the University and Another Collegiate Adding and Dropping Classes ........................................................ 65 Institution ......................................................................................... 36 Adding a Class ......................................................................... 65 Continuous Registration of Graduate Students ............................... 36 Dropping a Class: Rules for Undergraduate Students .............. 66 Leave of Absence for Graduate Students ....................................... 37 Dropping a Class: Rules for Graduate Students ...................... 67 Registration in the Graduate School Following Graduation ............. 37 Changing Registration to or from the Pass/Fail Basis or the Credit/No In Absentia Registration .................................................................. 37 Credit Basis .................................................................................... 67 Transfer from One Division to Another Within the University .......... 37 Withdrawal ...................................................................................... 68 Attendance ...................................................................................... 68 Transfer Credit Policies for Coursework from International Institutions ................................................................................ 86 Class Syllabi ................................................................................... 69 Student Government ....................................................................... 86 Examinations ................................................................................... 69 Senate of College Councils ............................................................ 87 Searches ......................................................................................... 70 Graduate Student Assembly ........................................................... 87 Availability of Classwork to Students .............................................. 70 Student Media ................................................................................. 87 Grade Reports ................................................................................ 70 Legal Services for Students ............................................................ 87 Scholastic Probation and Dismissal ................................................ 70 Office of the Student Ombuds ........................................................ 88 Honors ............................................................................................. 72 Student Grievance Procedures ....................................................... 88 Honor Societies for Freshmen ................................................. 72 Discipline ......................................................................................... 88 Phi Beta Kappa ........................................................................ 72 Religious Organizations .................................................................. 89 Phi Kappa Phi 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