The University of Texas at Austin General Information 2014 - 2015 Auditing a Course ........................................................................... 37 Table of Contents Tuition and Fees ............................................................................. 37 Introduction .............................................................................................. 4 Returned Checks ..................................................................... 38 Officers of Administration .................................................................. 4 Payment Plans ......................................................................... 38 Board of Regents .............................................................................. 5 Admission Application Processing Fees .................................. 38 Academic Calendar ........................................................................... 5 Tuition ....................................................................................... 38 The University ........................................................................................ 10 Nonresident Tuition for Resident Students ............................... 39 Organization of the University’s Academic Units ............................ 10 Tuition Tables ........................................................................... 39 Historical Sketch ............................................................................. 13 Additional Fees ........................................................................ 42 Government .................................................................................... 14 Tuition Exemptions ................................................................... 43 Buildings and Grounds ................................................................... 15 Tuition Waivers ........................................................................ 45 Admission .............................................................................................. 19 Third-Party Billing ..................................................................... 47 Undergraduate Admission ............................................................... 19 Tuition Adjustments .................................................................. 48 Freshman Admission ................................................................ 21 Short-Term Loans .................................................................... 49 Transfer Admission .................................................................. 23 Payment of Fees for Students with Disabilities ........................ 49 Major-Specific Application Requirements ................................. 25 Optional Fees ........................................................................... 49 International Admission ................................................................... 29 Student Insurance .................................................................... 50 Readmission Of Former Undergraduate Students .......................... 29 Identification Cards .................................................................. 50 Graduate Admission ....................................................................... 29 Fees for Nonstudents ............................................................... 51 Graduate School Select Admission Program ........................... 30 Academic Policies and Procedures ....................................................... 52 Conditional Admission .............................................................. 30 Credit Value and Course Numbers ................................................. 52 Admission as a Nondegree Student ......................................... 31 Classification of Students ............................................................... 52 Recommended Application Dates for Graduate Study ............. 31 The Texas Success Initiative .......................................................... 53 Fellowships ............................................................................... 31 Quantity of Work Rule .................................................................... 53 Application Processing Fee ...................................................... 32 Maximum Hours in the Fall and Spring Semesters .................. 54 Enrollment Deposit ................................................................... 32 Minimum Hours in the Fall and Spring Semesters ................... 54 Law School Admission .................................................................... 32 Undergraduate Student Employees ......................................... 54 Application Procedures ............................................................ 33 Graduate Student Academic Employees ................................. 54 Deadlines ................................................................................. 33 Evaluation ....................................................................................... 55 Enrollment Deposit ................................................................... 33 Grades ...................................................................................... 55 Residency Regulations ................................................................... 33 Symbols .................................................................................... 55 Registration, Tuition, and Fees ............................................................. 35 Repetition of a Course ............................................................. 57 Academic Advising .......................................................................... 35 Computation of the Grade Point Average ....................................... 57 Registration Periods ........................................................................ 35 Correspondence Work by Resident Students ................................. 58 Paying Tuition as a Part of Registration ......................................... 35 Center for Teaching and Learning .................................................. 58 Late Registration ............................................................................. 35 Course Placement and Credit by Examination ......................... 58 Texas Success Initiative ................................................................. 35 Adding and Dropping Classes ........................................................ 61 Concurrent Enrollment at the University and Another Collegiate Adding a Class ......................................................................... 61 Institution ......................................................................................... 35 Dropping a Class: Rules for Undergraduate Students .............. 61 Continuous Registration of Graduate Students ............................... 35 Dropping a Class: Rules for Graduate Students ...................... 63 Leave of Absence for Graduate Students ....................................... 36 Changing Registration to or from the Pass/Fail Basis or the Credit/No Registration in the Graduate School Following Graduation ............. 36 Credit Basis .................................................................................... 63 In Absentia Registration .................................................................. 36 Withdrawal ...................................................................................... 63 Transfer from One Division to Another Within the University .......... 36 Attendance ...................................................................................... 64 Class Syllabi ................................................................................... 64 Student Government ....................................................................... 81 Examinations ................................................................................... 65 Senate of College Councils ............................................................ 81 Searches ......................................................................................... 65 Graduate Student Assembly ........................................................... 81 Availability of Classwork to Students .............................................. 65 Student Media ................................................................................. 82 Grade Reports ................................................................................ 65 Legal Services for Students ............................................................ 82 Scholastic Probation and Dismissal ................................................ 66 Office of the Student Ombuds ........................................................ 82 Honors ............................................................................................. 67 Student Grievance Procedures ....................................................... 82 Honor Societies for Freshmen ................................................. 67 Discipline ......................................................................................... 83 Phi Beta Kappa ........................................................................ 67 Religious Organizations .................................................................. 83 Phi Kappa Phi .......................................................................... 68 Shuttle Bus Service ........................................................................ 84 National Society of Collegiate