Fees
All fees are subject to change at any time by action of the Board of Regents or of the Texas Legislature.
Distance Education Fee:
The overall costs of distance education courses are similar to costs incurred in traditional courses. The tuition and fee rates are the same. However, two additional fees are assessed for courses taught online or via televideo:
- The first is a standard fee of $15/credit hour that is charged to all distance learners.*This fee will go down to $12 beginning fall 2008.
- The second is a distance education fee that is determined and charged by the academic department.
- The maximum you can be charged for both fees combined is $300/course.
Distance courses are those in which at least 50% of the content is delivered via electronic means. The primary use of distance fee revenue is for academic units as they create and maintain distance learning initiatives. Fees support a variety of expenses related to the delivery of the course, including university-wide support and technology costs as well as costs specific to the course (e.g. consumable supplies, equipment, software).
For those students who are enrolled in only distance education courses:
- The Student Union and Medical Services fees are waived. Those students are not eligible for these services.
- To be eligible for Medical Services, students must enroll in a minimum of a one hour face-to-face class.
- To be eligible for the Student Insurance, undergraduate students must enroll in a minimum of six hours, three of which must be face-to-face. Graduate students must enroll in at least three credit hours which must be face-to-face.
- Even if the course has a limited number of face-to-face meetings, if the majority of the coursework is online, it will be listed as an Internet or televideo class. Pay close attention to how the class is described in the schedule.
For an explanation of additional fees, please visit the Bursar's Office website at:
http://www.twu.edu/o-controller/cashiers/tab4_cashier_bursar.html
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