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Other Discipline Fees

Assess: All students enrolled in education courses as per list of line numbers provided by the dean of Education and Human Sciences, and approved by the vice president for academic affairs.

By: Registrar

Amount:

  • $176/semester-Soph/Junior Field Experience, SEED 314
  • $352/semester-Senior Student Teaching, SEED 488, AGED 475, FCSE 473
  • $176 one-time fee - Masters Level Internship, AHED 794, CHRD 794, CTE 794, EDAD 794, EDFN 794, SEED 794

Disposition:

  • Prof Ed Major Fee – Graduate TLL
  • Prof Ed Major Fee – Graduate CHRD
  • Prof Ed Major Fee – West River
  • Prof Ed Major Fee – ECE Student Teaching
  • Prof Ed Major Fee – UG
  • FSC Ed Teachers Fee, Preschool HDCFS

Purpose: Help defray part of costs of teacher education.

Assess: All students enrolled in Off Campus PUBH courses are assessed to support the incremental costs of additional equipment, support staff, space or facilities, student services, business services or library and related services for all courses in a program offered in an off-campus location.

By: Registrar

Amount: $145.40 per credit hour for off-campus PUBH courses

Disposition: Outreach Fee

Purpose: Defray costs of salaries, supplies, transportation, equipment, etc.

Assess: Students enrolled in off-campus delivery of the professional portion of the program in lieu of students paying hospitals for clinical training.

By: Registrar

Amount: $139.36 per credit hour for off-campus delivery fee.

Disposition: Medical Lab Sciences Delivery Fee

Purpose: To buy necessary equipment to offer clinical and lab training and for program operations.

Assess: All students enrolled in off-campus NURS or HSC courses are assessed to support the incremental costs of additional equipment, support staff, space or facilities, student services, business services or library and related services for all courses in a program offered in an off-campus location.

By: Registrar

Amount: $46.05 per credit hour for off-campus Nursing.

Disposition: Outreach Fee

Purpose: Defray costs of salaries, supplies, transportation, equipment, etc.

Assess: Prelicensure students enrolled in the Bachelor of Science degree program in nursing, NURS who complete clinical in health systems that require a clinical placement fee.

By: Registrar

Amount: $39 per year

Disposition: College of Nursing

Purpose: Defray costs of clinical placement required by health systems.

Assess: Prelicensure students enrolled in the Bachelor of Science degree program in nursing.

By: Registrar

Amount: $53.50 per semester in the last four semesters of the major.

Disposition: College of Nursing

Purpose: Defray costs of nationally normed assessment examinations integrated in four semesters of the prelicensure BSN program.

Assess: Students who enroll in Aviation Flight Training.

By: ³ÉÈËÊÓƵ Aviation Education Program

Disposition: Aviation Flight Training Fee

Purpose: Defray cost of operating aviation flight training program.

Amounts:

  • Cessna 172S G1000 $200/hr Instruction: $75/hr
  • Piper Arrow $200/hr Instruction: $75/hr
  • Piper Seminole $310/hr Instruction: $75/hr
  • Basic Training Device $70/hr Instruction: $75/hr
  • Flight Training Device $70/hr Instruction: $75/hr

Summary of Flight Charges FY24

DescriptionCharge
Flight Training Charge (AVIA 120)$705
Flight Training Charge (AVIA 171)$9,000
Flight Training Charge (AVIA 181)$8,365
Flight Training Charge (AVIA 372)$12,560
Flight Training Charge (AVIA 377)$17,625
Flight Training Charge (AVIA 474)$2,650
Flight Training Charge (AVIA 475)$7,890

Any flight simulation or instruction time above the required hours posted will be charged at an hourly rate. Flight training materials and test fees are not included in fee charged. For average fee of flight course please see Aviation.

Other Charges

Assess: All students who hold non-immigrant visas.

By: International Student Affairs Office

Amount: $150 Fall and Spring

Disposition: International Student Fee

Purpose: Defray costs associated with corresponding, reviewing, processing and monitoring the necessary information, paperwork and reporting requirements associated with international students.

Assess: All official transcript requests, where transcripts are sent outside the university or requested electronically via Parchment regardless of recipient (on campus of or off).

By: Registrar (also collects)

Amount: $9

Disposition: Transcript Fee Fund

Purpose: Pay costs of processing transcript requests.

Assess: Students who wish to gain credit for a course by "challenging" by exam or portfolio. Student arranges "challenge" with the department. Payment is made before the "challenge" is started.

By: Testing Center

Amount: $91 per course

Disposition: Challenge by Exam Fee – Distribution later with the budgeted amounts to the instructional department, Registrar and to Assessment and Testing.

Purpose: Defray the cost of administering and scoring the challenge.

Assess: Students who do not pass one or more sections of the Proficiency Exam.

By: Testing Center (also collects)

Amount: $21

Disposition: Reimburse Testing

Purpose: Defray costs of administering the tests.

Assess: Students who wish to challenge their ACT scores in English or Math or wish to challenge a previous COMPASS test.

By: Testing Center (also collects)

Amount: $21

Disposition: Reimburse Testing

Purpose: Defray Costs of Administering the tests.

Assess: All persons who receive permits to park on campus.

By: Parking Services

Disposition: Vehicle Registration Fund

Purpose: Cover all costs of operation, maintenance and repairs, improvements and new construction of streets and parking lots.

Amounts:

  • Motorcycle – Annual $36
  • Resident or Commuter – Academic Year $161
  • Resident or Commuter – Summer $36
  • Resident – 12 month $197
  • Economy Commuter – Academic Year $50
  • Reserved – Academic Year $297
  • Gated – per hour $2

Assess: Students enrolled in any internships, practicums or field experience.

By: Registrar

Amount: $8 per semester or Summer Session

Disposition: Student Intern Liability Insurance

Purpose: To cover costs of malpractice insurance premiums.

Assess: Students in the Medical Laboratory Science program.

By: Registrar

Amount: $14 per year for students enrolled in MLS 312, 412, 451 (fall only)

Disposition: Med Lab Sci. Stu Malpractice Charge

Purpose: To pay the malpractice insurance premium.

Assess: Students in the undergraduate athletic training, nutrition and dietetics and exercise science programs will be assessed malpractice insurance fee during their junior and senior years. Students taking LMNO-494 (leadership and management of nonprofit organizations). Graduate students in the M.S. athletic training and nutrition and exercise sciences programs will be assessed the malpractice insurance fee each year.

By: Registrar

Amount: $15 per year for students in the undergraduate athletic training, nutrition and dietetics and exercise science programs

Disposition: HNS Stu Malpractice Charge

Purpose: To pay the malpractice insurance premium.

Assess: Students enrolled in the pharmacy professional program.

By: Registrar

Amount: $14 for students enrolled in PHA 340, 445, 714, 756 (fall only)

Disposition: Pharmacy Malpractice Insurance

Purpose: To pay the Pharmacy malpractice insurance premium.

Assess: Students registered for RESP 150

By: Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions

Amount: $80 per student registered for RESP 150, summer only

Disposition: Respiratory Care Clinical Trac Software

Purpose: To cover the cost of respiratory care clinical trac software

Assess: Students registered for RESP 150 and RESP 395

By: Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions

Amount: $14 per student registered for RESP 150 (summer only), RESP 395 (fall only)

Disposition: Respiratory Care Malpractice Insurance

Purpose: To pay the respiratory care malpractice insurance premium.

Assess: Transcript requests (non-academic)

By: Office of Outreach Programs

Amount: $2

Disposition: Continuing Ed Unit Program Charge

Purpose: Conferences and Institutes Outreach Cost recovery.

Assess: Students who wish to gain credit through a CLEP exam.

By: Testing Center

Amount: $20 per test

Purpose: To defray office costs, including CLEP required security cameras, computer updates and staff for registration and monitoring.

Visit Test Proctoring Services for more information.

Assess: All graduates who wish to have their diploma mailed to them

By: Registrar

Amount:

  • $25 Printed Diploma – USPS First Class Delivery
  • $60 Printed Diploma – DHL Delivery (recommended for international)
  • $25 Digital Diploma (not printable)
  • $10 Diploma Cover
  • 2.5% Credit Card Processing Fee

Disposition: Diploma Delivery Charge Fund

Purpose: To defray the costs of mailing and processing diplomas. Students can elect to pick up their diploma and avoid the cost.

Assess: All official replacement diploma requests

By: Registrar

Amount: $25

Disposition: Diploma Replacement Charge

Purpose: Cover the charges associated with replacing diplomas.

Assess: Students taking Health 250 to receive their CPR certification card.

By: College of Education and Human Sciences

Amount: $32

Disposition: CPR certification charge

Purpose: Cover the charges billed by the American Red Cross for CPR certification.

Assess: Students submitting requests for oral examinations at the Higher Education Center - West River (HEC-WR).

By: College of Education and Human Sciences (also collects)

Amount: $175

Disposition: Comprehensive Exam Fee

Purpose: To cover the cost of administering the Comprehensive Oral Examinations, including the stipend paid to committee members as determined by university guidelines and for transportation, lodging and meals for graduate faculty representatives and departmental faculty members.

Assess: Students enrolled in NURS 235, NURS 335, NURS 345, NURS 435 and NURS 495

By: Nursing

Amount: $103.99 for full program (five semesters)

Disposition: Nursing Simulation Charge

Purpose: Cover charge associated with Health Assessment Simulation software

Assess: Participants in CEU programs who enroll for CEUs. (Participants are not required to enroll for CEUs.)

By: Office of Outreach Programs

Amount: $15 per enrollment

Disposition: Continuing Ed Unit Program Charge

Purpose: Covers administrative costs of program approval, registration procedure and entry to permanent CEU transcript.

Assess: Graduate Students with obsolete course work.

By: Graduate School (also collects)

Amount: $30 per course

Disposition: Grad Course Validation Charge. Distribution 1/2 to Graduate School, 1/2 to responsible instructional department that administers the exam.

Purpose: Defray part of the cost of preparation and administration of the examinations.

Assess: Graduate Students who apply for graduation.

By: Graduate School (also collects)

Amount: $50 per application per semester.

Disposition: Grad Course Graduation Charge. 100% refund to each graduate student who graduates during the semester the charge was paid; remainder 100% distribution to Graduate School.

Purpose: Defray administrative cost.

Assess: Exchange Students

By: TRIO Programs Multicultural Affairs

Amount: $225

Disposition: National Student Exchange

Purpose: Cost of processing expense

Assess: Students taking approved course-related field trips.

By: Registrar, per lists submitted by departments and approved by the dean and the vice president for academic affairs.

Amount: Per approved budgets: Field Trip

Disposition: Accounts to be established as approved charges are submitted for assessment.

Purpose: To cover transportation, group admissions and entry fees.

Assess: Rapid City nursing students enrolled at the Rapid City site as per list of line numbers provided by the dean of nursing

By: Registrar

Amount: $50 per semester.

Disposition: Student Health Services through SDSMT

Purpose: Cost recovery.

*Required by all International Students. Contact International Affairs for current terms.

Assess: Students who have laboratory work performed at the Student Health Clinic.

By: Student Health Clinic (also collects)

Amount: Variable by type of lab test ordered. Direct bills to personal health insurance. Student responsible for co-pays, deductibles and co-insurance. Any charges not covered by insurance will also be student’s responsibility.

Disposition: Health Clinic Charges

Purpose: Defray cost of the laboratory procedures.

Assess: Students who request physical examinations at the Student Health Clinic.

By: Student Health Clinic (also collects)

Amount: Varies. Direct bills to personal health insurance. Student responsible for co-pays, deductibles and co-insurance. Any charges not covered by insurance will also be student’s responsibility.

Disposition: Health Clinic Charges

Purpose: Defray costs of providing the service.

Assess: Students receiving MMR, most other immunizations including foreign travel.

By: Student Health Clinic (also collects); direct bills to personal health insurance.

Amount: Note: Immunization costs vary. Student responsible for co-pays, deductibles and co-insurance. Any charges not covered by insurance will be student’s responsibility.

Disposition: Health Clinic Charges

Purpose: Defray cost of providing service.

Assess: Students having prescriptions filled, purchasing prescription medication or requesting to purchase OTC products at Jackrabbit Pharmacy.

By: Jackrabbit Pharmacy (also collects); direct bills to personal health insurance

Amount: Varies

Disposition:

  • Jackrabbit Pharmacy - for prescription items.
  • Jackrabbit Pharmacy - for OTC items.

Purpose: Defray cost of providing the service.

Assess: Student receiving allergy injection at Student Health Clinic.

By: Student Health Clinic (also collects). Direct bills to personal health insurance.

Amount: Varies

Disposition: Health Clinic Charges

Purpose: Defray cost of providing service.

Assess: Students

By: Counseling Services (also collects)

Amount: Varies

Disposition: Counseling Charges

Purpose: Defray costs of providing the service.

Assess: Student, Faculty/Employees

By: Student Health Clinic

Amount: Charges vary; Direct bills to personal health insurance if possible. Student responsible for co-pays, deductibles and co-insurance. Any charges not covered by insurance will also be student’s responsibility.

Disposition: Health Clinic Charges

Purpose: Defray cost of providing services

Assess: Students who wish to have credits earned through testing or higher placement placed on their transcript.

By: Testing Center

Amount: $8.50 per credit

Disposition: Credit by Exam Recording Charge
Distribution = $1.25 to department, $1.25 to Registrar and $6 to Testing Center.

Purpose: Defray the cost of processing and recording the credit, managing placement policies, administration and scoring of exams.

Assess: All students who fail to make final fee payment before the close of the final fee payment period.

By: Cashier (also collects)

Amount:

  • $10 on accounts with a balance of $50.01 to $750
  • $30 on accounts with a balance of $750.01 to $1,500
  • $50 on accounts with a balance of $1.500.01 to $4,000
  • $75 on accounts with a balance of $4,000.01 to $7,000
  • $100 on accounts with a balance greater than $7,000

Disposition: Late Payment Charge

Purpose: Defray added costs of handling late payment.

Assess: Any issuer of a check or electronic payment (e.g., ACH, EFT, eCheck, payment cards, etc.) which is not honored and returned by bank or payment institution.

By: Cashier or Department (also collects)

Amount: $30 plus cost of certified letter

Disposition: Finance/Business Activity

Purpose: Defray cost of telephone, correspondence, etc., relating to bad checks.

Assess: Students registering for South Dakota Teacher Job Fair and BIG (business, industry and government) Job Fair

By: Career Planning Services

Amount: $5 to $15 for registration to attend South Dakota Teacher Job Fair and BIG (Business, Industry and Government) Job Fair.

Disposition: Employment Planning Charge Career Planning Service Charge

Purpose:

  1. Defray cost of preparing, maintaining and sending references.
  2. Contribute to the hardware replacement and software upgrade.
  3. Transfer revenue to Job Fair Councils to cover pro-rata cost of Job Fairs.

Assess:

  1. Students and alumni who use the testing and career development services.
  2. Students seeking special career development and intern/cooperative education referral assistance.
  3. Students requiring intensive special help with academic or career planning.
  4. Students seeking reference file assistance.

By: Career Planning Services

Amount: Variable, up to $50 user fees per assessment

Disposition: Career Planning Service Charge Purpose:

  1. Help defray cost of testing materials.
  2. Help defray cost of reference materials.
  3. Contribute to hardware replacement and software upgrade costs.