Miscellaneous Fees
Undergraduate Catalog 2006-2008 PRINT PAGE
A late registration fee of $25.00 is assessed to all students in regular semesters and summer terms, and includes part time students, summer school students, and mini semester students, after the dates scheduled for registration or who do not pay fees by the specified date.
Applied music course fee is required on registration day from students enrolling in applied music courses. This fee is for individual instruction as follows and includes assigned use of practice rooms and instruments.
1 hour of instruction per week per semester $60.00
(2 or more semester credit hours)
1/2 hour of instruction per week per semester $40.00
(1 semester credit hour)
A teaching internship fee of $100.00 is required for students enrolled in the professional education semester.
Activity Fee (60.00):charged to all students enrolled in 06 or more hours of on-campus classes.This fee is used to cover expenses of providing activity programming such as coffee houses, spring fling, concerts and lectures.
Band Fee (.25 per credit hour): charged to all students enrolled in any on-campus classes.This fee is used to offset the cost of band equipment and uniforms.
Broadcast Fee (7.50): charged to all students enrolled in any on-campus classes. This fee is used to offset the cost of equipment used to operate the radio station and interactive television station.
Building & Maintenance Fee (40.00): charged to all students enrolled in on-campus classes.This fee is used to cover expenses of major maintenance and major repairs to buildings and improvements on campus.
Communication Fee (125.00 Fall and Spring - 75.00 Summer ): charged to all students living in Whispering Oaks Apartments.This fee is used to cover the basic telephone hookup, cable hookup, and network hookup in each room.This fee is refundable and is prorated on a daily basis for the time spent at Whispering Oaks.
Communication Fee (95.00 Fall and Spring - 25.00 Summer): charged to all students living in East or West Halls, International House, Newberry, Smith, or Sturgis.This fee is used to cover the basic telephone hookup, cable hookup, and network hookup in each room.This fee is refundable and is prorated on a daily basis for the time spent living in these dorms.
Course Change Fee (5.00 per form): charged to students adding or dropping a class. The add/drop is processed in the Registrar's office, and the student must come to the Business Office immediately to have the transaction(s) validated.
Duplicate I-20 Form (25.00): to international students that request a second, third, etc. I-20 form.
Garrison Center Assessment (2.00 per credit hour/30.00 maximum charge per semester fall and spring and 2.00 per credit hour/12.00 maximum charge per semester during the summer): charged to all students enrolled in on-campus classes.This fee is used to cover the bond indebtedness on the Garrison Center.
Graduation Application Late Fee (25.00): charged to students who are graduating and have not paid their graduation fee by the scheduled deadline.
Graduation Fee (60.00 graduate, 40.00 undergraduate): charged to students during the semester before graduation.This fee covers the cost of academic apparel and diploma. It must be paid before cap and gown can be ordered.
Health Fee (28.50 Fall and Spring - 15.00 Summer): charged to all students enrolled in on-campus classes.This fee is used to cover expenses of services provided at the health office, such as over-the-counter medicine, any testing, and a limited nurse practitioner.
Late Registration Fee (25.00): charged to any student who registers after the scheduled registration day.The student will process the late registration in the Registrar's office, and must come to the Business Office immediately to have the transaction(s) validated.
Library Fee (2.00 per credit hour): charged to any student enrolled in on-campus classes. This fee is used to purchase books, videos and other library materials.
New Student Orientation Fee (50.00): charged to first time undergraduate students.This fee is used to cover all aspects orientation and registration and Heart Start for first time undergraduate students to include undergraduate transfer students.
Out of Region Intern Place Fee (500.00): charged to students who intern out of Henderson State University's region.(See Dr. Judy Harrison for details)
Publication Fee (15.00): charged to all students enrolled in on-campus classes for the Fall and Spring Semesters only.This fee is used to offset the cost of publishing the Oracle and Star.
Technology Fee (12.00 per credit hour): charged to all students including on and off campus classes.This fee is used to enhance the data and communication network at Henderson State University.As more applications are added to the network, more bandwidth is required.The technology fee will allow us to execute long range implementation of the necessary improvements to support the requirements for distance learning, access to dorms, access through dial-up, multi-media applications in classrooms and a fiber optic cabling plant.
Testing Fee (5.00): charged to all students during Fall and Spring Semesters to cover the costs of hiring proctors to administer tests.
Transcript Fee (20.00): charged to all students their first semester at HSU only.This fee is used to cover expenses of all future transcript requests.
Vehicle Registration Fee (30.00): The $30.00 fee purchases a parking sticker that is good for Fall, Spring and Summer terms.The cost of the sticker is $20.00 if purchased for Spring and $10.00 for Summer only. sales tax of 9% will also be charged.The sales tax for a yearly sticker will be $2.48, for the Spring Semester will be $1.65 and for the summer sticker it will be $.83. The cost of the decal for a yearly sticker is $27.52, for the Spring Semester is $18.35 and for the summer it is $9.17.
Course Relate Fees: Various courses have fees that are used to cover expenses of that specific course.