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Note: All fees and charges are subject to change without notice.

Full-time Study, One Semester, Oxford Campus 2002-2003

See the Hamilton and Middletown chapter for those fees.

	Undergraduate Students	Graduate Students
General	$606.96	$606.96
Instructional Fee	$3,192.96	$3,280.20
Miami Metro	$33.00	$33.00
Total required fees*	$3,832.92	$3,920.16
2002-2003 Room and board	$3,120.00
Data network fee (off-campus)	$51.00

* You must have health and accident insurance. If you do not have insurance, you must buy university-sponsored coverage. Please consult the Office of the Bursar Web site here for current rate information. Students will be billed for the annual premium during the fall (first) semester of each academic year.

* Non-Ohio residents add $4,362.00 for out-of-state tuition.

Part-time Study, One Semester, Oxford Campus 2002-2003
Part-time study is less than 12 credit hours per semester. See the Hamilton and Middletown chapter for those fees.

	Undergraduate Students	Graduate Students
Instructional fee, per credit hour	$266.08	$273.35
General fee, per credit hour	$50.58	$50.58
Miami Metro fee, per credit hour	$2.50	$2.50
Total per credit hour*	$319.16	$326.43

* Non-Ohio residents add $363.50 per credit hour for out-of-state tuition.

Flat Rate Tuition Option
Miami offers an optional payment program that guarantees a flat rate, for up to five years, on the instructional and general fees for Ohio residents and instructional, general, and out-of-state fees for non-residents. For details, contact the Office of the Bursar, , 513-529-8700.

Summer Session
See the summer session catalog for fees and expenses.

Freshmen
When you are accepted, you must submit $300.00 with your housing application. This includes an admission fee ($20.00) and a university enrollment fee ($280.00). If you attend Miami for at least one full semester, the enrollment fee ($280.00) is retroactively applied toward your final term fees; you will be refunded any remaining credit.

Paying Your Fees
Fees are due before the semester begins. You must pay by the deadline printed on your bill; otherwise your schedule may be cancelled and a late payment fee will be assessed.

Late Payment, Late Registration

Late payment fee		$75.00
Late registration fee, per calendar week		$27.00

Interest Charges on Past Due Accounts
The Miami University Board of Trustees authorizes charging interest equal to the then current prime rate plus 3 percent on charges that are not paid within 90 days of the due date. Full collection costs may also be charged if it becomes necessary to send a past due account to a third party collection agent.

Financial Obligations
The Board of Trustees authorizes the Bursar to restrict any services, including release of all academic records of a student or former student (e.g., grades, diploma, and transcripts), and registration for future semesters, until any past due amount owed to the university, including, but not limited to, fees, tuition, charges, fines, and loans due to the university, is paid in full. Past due means unpaid for 60 or more days after the due date, except that an account paid with a bad check is past due on the day the check is returned from the bank. All registration-related fees are considered due on the first day of the term for which they are assessed.

Other Charges

Audit Courses

These courses are charged at the same rate as credit courses.

Automobile Registration/Parking Permit
Automobile registration requirements and parking permit fee information is available online at the Parking Services Web site here or at the Student Handbook Web site . A Student Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Regulations pamphlet, which includes a parking map, is available at Parking Services, 15 Campus Avenue Building.

Books and Supplies
You should estimate at least $392.00 per semester for books and supplies. Students in art and other programs may need to buy additional supplies for their classes.

Chemistry
Students taking chemistry lab courses are assessed a $15.00 nonrefundable breakage fee.

Examinations (optional)

CLEP (College Level Examination Program)	$58.00 per test
Proficiency examinations	$28.00 per test
which includes the first credit hour; plus $22.00 for each additional credit hour if you pass.
Graduation
Associate's, bachelor's, specialist in education, master's degrees application	$30.00
Thesis binding, per copy	10.00
Diploma replacement charges:
Without case	29.00
With case	34.00
Doctoral students:
Doctoral degree application (includes diploma, hood, microfilming and binding two copies of dissertation	$200.00
Additional dissertation binding	$10.00
Music Lessons
One per week (per semester)	$84.00
Two per week (per semester)	$135.00
Miscellaneous
Bad check charge	$30.00
ID card replacement	$22.00
Special fees may be assessed for courses with unusual instructional expenses.

Refund of Charges

Questions about refunds should be directed to the Office of the Bursar.

The date when you withdraw or drop below full-time hours is the date that you officially withdraw or drop at the Office of the Registrar. If you are a freshman, see earlier in this chapter. There is no refund on health and accident insurance, but coverage remains in effect through August 14 of the following year.

If you withdraw, the board cost for that semester is pro-rated to charge for all weeks that you lived in a residence hall, including the week that you withdrew. No adjustment is made for withdrawing in the last two weeks of a semester.

Dropped Courses
Drop unwanted courses. Do not assume that you will be automatically dropped for nonattendance.

If a full-time student drops below 12 semester hours within the first five days of a semester, a full refund for those hours dropped will be credited. A drop in hours after the fifth day of a semester does not create a refund.

Withdrawal from the University
If you withdraw during first or second semester, your fees will be refunded according to the following schedule.*

Withdraw	Refund
Before 5 p.m. of the 5th day of the term	100 percent
Before 5 p.m. of the 8th day of the term	90 percent
Before 5 p.m. of the 20th day of the term	50 percent
Before 5 p.m. of the 30th day of the term	35 percent
Before 5 p.m. of the 40th day of the term	25 percent
After the 40th day of the term	no refund

If you withdraw during a summer session, your fees will be refunded as follows.*

Withdraw	Refund
Before 5 p.m. of the 3rd day of the term	100 percent
4th through 8th day of the term	50 percent
9th through 15th day of the term	25 percent
After the 15th day of the term	no refund

* Miami University complies with federally mandated practices concerning "pro-rata refund." This means that first semester federal financial aid recipients may be subject to a greater tuition refund if they withdraw from the university. Questions concerning this policy should be addressed to the Office of Student Financial Assistance or the Office of the Bursar.

Qualifications for Ohio Residency

Determined by The Ohio Board of Regents

Definitions

For purposes of this rule:

1. A "resident of Ohio for all other legal purposes" shall mean any person who maintains a 12-month place or places of residence in Ohio, who is qualified as a resident to vote in Ohio and receive state welfare benefits, and who may be subjected to tax liability under section 5747.02 of the Revised Code, provided such person has not, within the time prescribed by this rule, declared himself or herself to be or allowed himself or herself to remain a resident of any other state or nation for any of these or other purposes.

Fees and Expenses

2. "Financial support" as used in this rule, shall not include grants, scholarships, and awards from persons or entities which are not related to the recipient.

3. An "institution of higher education" as used in this rule shall mean any university, community college, technical institute or college, general and technical college, medical college, or private medical or dental college which receives a direct subsidy from the state of Ohio.

4. For the purpose of determining residency for tuition surcharge purposes at Ohio's state-assisted colleges and universities, "domicile" is a person's permanent place of abode; there must exist a demonstrated intent to live permanently in Ohio, and legal ability under federal and state law to reside permanently in the state. For the purpose of this policy, only one domicile may be maintained at a given time.

5. For the purpose of determining residency for tuition surcharge purposes at Ohio's state-assisted colleges and universities, an individual's immigration status will not preclude an individual from obtaining resident status if that individual has the current legal status to remain permanently in the United States.

Residency for Subsidy and Tuition Surcharge Purposes
The following persons shall be classified as residents of the state of Ohio for subsidy and tuition surcharge purposes: Enrollment under this section commences with the first day of classes.

1. A dependent student, at least one of whose parents or legal guardian has been a resident of the state of Ohio for all other legal purposes for 12 consecutive months or more immediately preceding the enrollment of such student in an institution of higher education.

2. A person who has been a resident of Ohio for the purpose of this rule for at least 12 consecutive months immediately preceding his or her enrollment in an institution of higher education and who is not receiving, and has not directly or indirectly received in the preceding 12 consecutive months, financial support from persons or entities who are not residents of Ohio for all other legal purposes.

3. A dependent child of a parent or legal guardian, or the spouse of a person who, as of the first day of a term of enrollment, has accepted full-time employment and established domicile in the state of Ohio for reasons other than gaining the benefit of favorable tuition rates. Documentation of full-time employment and domicile shall include both of the following documents:

• a. A sworn statement from the employer or the employer's representative on the letterhead of the employer or the employer's representative certifying that the parent or spouse of the student is employed full-time in Ohio;
  
  
• b. A copy of the lease under which the parent or spouse is the lessee and occupant of rented residential property in the state; a copy of the closing statement on residential real property located in Ohio of which the parent or spouse is the owner and occupant; or if the parent or spouse is not the lessee or owner of the residence in which he or she has established domicile, a letter from the owner of the residence certifying that the parent or spouse resides at that residence.

Additional criteria which may be considered in determining residency for the purpose may include but are not limited to the following:

1. Criteria evidencing residency:

• a. If a person is subject to tax liability under section 5747.02 of the revised code;
• b. If a person qualifies to vote in Ohio;
• c. If a person is eligible to receive state welfare benefits;
• d. If a person has an Ohio driver's license and/or car registration.

2. Criteria evidencing lack of residency:

• a. If a person is a resident of or intends to be a resident of another state or nation for the purpose of tax liability, voting, receipt of welfare benefits, or student loan benefits (if the student qualified for that loan program by being a resident of that state or nation);
• b. If a person is a resident or intends to be a resident of another state or nation for any purpose other than tax liability, voting, or receipt of welfare benefits.

Exceptions to the General Rule of Residency

1. A person who is living and is gainfully employed on a full-time or part-time and self-sustaining basis in Ohio and who is pursuing a part-time program of instruction at an institution of higher education shall be considered a resident of Ohio for these purposes.
2. A person who enters and currently remains upon active duty status in the United States military service while a resident of Ohio for all other legal purposes and his or her dependents shall be considered residents of Ohio for these purposes as long as Ohio remains the state of such person's domicile.
3. A person on active duty status in the United States military service who is stationed and resides in Ohio and his or her dependents shall be considered residents of Ohio for these purposes.
4. A person who is transferred by his employer beyond the territorial limits of the 50 states of the United States and the District of Columbia while a resident of Ohio for all other legal purposes and his or her dependents shall be considered residents of Ohio for these purposes as long as Ohio remains the state of such person's domicile as long as such person has fulfilled his or her tax liability to the state of Ohio for at least the tax year preceding enrollment.
5. person who has been employed as a migrant worker in the state of Ohio and his or her dependents shall be considered a resident for these purposes provided such person has worked in Ohio at least four months during each of the three years preceding the proposed enrollment.

Procedures

1. A dependent person classified as a resident of Ohio for these purposes under the provisions of Section C.1. of this rule and who is enrolled in an institution of higher education when his or her parents or legal guardian remove their residency from the state of Ohio shall continue to be considered a resident during continuous full-time enrollment and until his or her completion of any one academic degree program.
2. In considering residency, removal of the student or the student's parents or legal guardian from Ohio shall not, during a period of 12 months following such removal, constitute relinquishment of Ohio residency status otherwise established under the general rule of residency stated above.
3. Any person once classified as a nonresident, upon the completion of 12 consecutive months of residency, must apply to the institution he or she attends for reclassification as a resident of Ohio for these purposes if such person in fact wants to be reclassified as a resident. Should such person present clear and convincing proof that no part of his or her financial support is, or in the preceding 12 consecutive months has been, provided directly or indirectly by persons or entities who are not residents of Ohio for all other legal purposes, such person shall be reclassified as a resident. Evidentiary determinations under this rule shall be made by the institution which may require, among other things, the submission of documentation regarding the sources of a student's actual financial support.
4. Any reclassification of a person who was once classified as a nonresident for these purposes shall have prospective application only from the date of such reclassification.
5. Any institution of higher education charged with reporting student enrollment to the Ohio Board of Regents for state subsidy purposes and assessing the tuition surcharge shall provide individual students with a fair and adequate opportunity to present proof of his or her Ohio residency for purposes of this rule. Such an institution may require the submission of affidavits and other documentary evidence which it may deem necessary to a full and complete determination under this rule.

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