Consistent with campus policy, the College of Arts and Sciences provides fee remissions to its graduate students who hold student academic appointments (SAAs) at .50 FTE or higher. Fee remissions may be used to enroll in College courses on the Bloomington campus or, if outside of the College, that are required for students’ College degree programs. Fee remissions may also be used for occasional specialty courses that are relevant to graduate students’ training and research. Students who are in dual or joint degree programs may not apply their College fee remissions to their professional school courses.
The College expects departments and programs to hire College graduate students for SAA positions whenever possible. Any hires involving graduate students from other units must be approved in advance by the Executive Associate Dean and Director of Enrollment Management. As a general rule, the College will approve non-College hires only when those students are enrolled in doctoral programs. When doctoral students from other units are hired by the College, the College will provide a full fee remission at the College of Arts and Sciences rate if the College has a reciprocal agreement with that unit. The College currently has reciprocal agreements with the School of Education and the School of Public Health. When doctoral students are hired from units with which the College does not have a reciprocal agreement, the College will not provide a fee remission. Please note that some schools have higher tuition rates than the College and students or departments will be expected to pay the difference in fees. Hires of Master’s students from outside the College will be approved only in exceptional circumstances and will not include fee remissions.
According to this policy, the College fee remission covers the following for College graduate students:
- courses that are required for College students’ graduate majors
- courses that are required for College students’ graduate minors or certificates whether inside or outside of the College
- the occasional specialty course that is relevant to the student’s thesis or dissertation research
The College fee remission does not cover:
1) courses that are required for a second degree outside of the College even when
students are enrolled in formal dual or joint degree programs
2) undergraduate or other remedial courses
For doctoral students from qualifying non-College units (i.e., units with which the College has a reciprocal agreement) who hold SAAs, the fee remission:
1) will be provided at the Arts and Sciences rate
2) can be applied to courses that are required for the student’s graduate major or minor regardless of the unit in which the courses are offered.