The University of Texas at Austin General Information 2013 – 2014 Tuition and Fees ............................................................................. 37 Table of Contents Returned Checks ..................................................................... 37 Introduction .............................................................................................. 4 Payment Plans ......................................................................... 38 Officers of Administration .................................................................. 4 Admission Application Processing Fees .................................. 38 Board of Regents .............................................................................. 5 Tuition ....................................................................................... 38 Academic Calendar ........................................................................... 5 Nonresident Tuition for Resident Students ............................... 38 The University ........................................................................................ 10 Tables: Tuition for Fall and Spring ........................................... 39 Organization of the University's Academic Units ............................ 10 Additional Fees ........................................................................ 42 Historical Sketch ............................................................................. 12 Tuition Exemptions ................................................................... 43 Government .................................................................................... 13 Tuition Waivers ........................................................................ 45 Buildings and Grounds ................................................................... 14 Third-Party Billing ..................................................................... 46 Admission .............................................................................................. 18 Tuition Adjustments .................................................................. 46 Undergraduate Admission ............................................................... 18 Short-Term Loans .................................................................... 48 Freshman Admission ................................................................ 20 Payment of Fees for Students with Disabilities ........................ 48 Transfer Admission .................................................................. 21 Optional Fees ........................................................................... 48 Major-Specific Application Requirements ................................. 26 Student Insurance .................................................................... 49 International Admission ................................................................... 29 Identification Cards .................................................................. 49 Readmission of Former Students ................................................... 29 Fees for Nonstudents ............................................................... 50 Graduate Admission ....................................................................... 29 Academic Policies and Procedures ....................................................... 51 Graduate School Select Admission Program ........................... 30 Credit Value and Course Numbers ................................................. 51 Conditional Admission .............................................................. 30 Classification of Students ............................................................... 51 Admission as a Nondegree Student ......................................... 31 The Texas Success Initiative .......................................................... 52 Recommended Application Dates for Graduate Study ............. 31 Quantity of Work Rule .................................................................... 52 Fellowships ............................................................................... 31 Maximum Hours in the Fall and Spring Semesters .................. 53 Application Processing Fee ...................................................... 32 Minimum Hours in the Fall and Spring Semesters ................... 53 Enrollment Deposit ................................................................... 32 Undergraduate Student Employees ......................................... 53 Law School Admission .................................................................... 32 Graduate Student Academic Employees ................................. 53 Application Procedures ............................................................ 33 Evaluation ....................................................................................... 54 Deadlines ................................................................................. 33 Grades ...................................................................................... 54 Enrollment Deposit ................................................................... 33 Symbols .................................................................................... 54 Residency Regulations ................................................................... 33 Repetition of a Course ............................................................. 56 Registration, Tuition, and Fees ............................................................. 35 Computation of the Grade Point Average ....................................... 57 Academic Advising .......................................................................... 35 Correspondence Work by Resident Students ................................. 57 Registration Periods ........................................................................ 35 Center for Teaching and Learning .................................................. 57 Paying Tuition as Part of Registration ............................................ 35 Course Placement and Credit by Examination ......................... 58 Late Registration ............................................................................. 35 Adding and Dropping Classes ........................................................ 60 Texas Success Initiative ................................................................. 35 Adding a Class ......................................................................... 60 Concurrent Enrollment .................................................................... 35 Dropping a Class: Rules for Undergraduate Students .............. 60 Continuous Registration of Graduate Students ............................... 35 Dropping a Class: Rules for Graduate Students ...................... 62 Leave of Absence for Graduate Students ....................................... 36 Changing Pass/Fail Registration ..................................................... 62 Registration in the Graduate School Following Graduation ............. 36 Withdrawal ...................................................................................... 62 In Absentia Registration .................................................................. 36 Attendance ...................................................................................... 63 Transfer from One Division to Another Within the University .......... 36 Class Syllabi ................................................................................... 63 Auditing a Course ........................................................................... 37 Examinations ................................................................................... 64 Searches ......................................................................................... 64 Senate of College Councils ............................................................ 80 Availability of Classwork to Students .............................................. 64 Graduate Student Assembly ........................................................... 81 Grade Reports ................................................................................ 65 Student Media ................................................................................. 81 Scholastic Probation and Dismissal ................................................ 65 Legal Services for Students ............................................................ 81 Honors ............................................................................................. 66 Office of the Ombuds ..................................................................... 81 Honor Societies for Freshmen ................................................. 66 Student Grievance Procedures ....................................................... 82 Phi Beta Kappa ........................................................................ 67 Discipline ......................................................................................... 82 Phi Kappa Phi .......................................................................... 67 Religious Organizations .................................................................. 83 Mortar Board ............................................................................ 67 Shuttle Bus Service ........................................................................ 83 National Society of Collegiate Scholars ................................... 67 Student Parking .............................................................................