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Mandatory Supplementary Course Fees

In addition to credit course fees, mandatory supplementary course fees may be assessed for individual courses in addition to basic tuition and are deemed necessary for successful completion of the course. Mandatory supplementary course fees cover additional costs associated with, for example, such items as field trip expenses or special costs/handling involved in distance education courses.

A schedule of these fees appears below, and is also published in departmental course outlines. The fees are approved by the vice-president finance and administration, following the recommendation of the advisory committee on mandatory supplementary course fees. Questions regarding these fees may be directed to the department initiating the fee, to Student Services, or to the vice-president finance and administration.

Mandatory supplementary course fees are not charged for regular credit instruction services which may include

  • evaluation of work or performance, such as marking of papers and exams
  • laboratory use, including materials and supplies that are consumed during laboratory use. (Departments may charge a refundable deposit for materials used by the student and returned to the University in reasonable condition at the end of the course.)
  • basic library facilities including one library card and access to collections
  • basic microcomputer laboratory use
  • materials or services required as a result of the method of instruction such as audio visual equipment, course outlines, study rooms and films and video tapes that are integral to the instruction and do not become property of the student.

Photocopied materials, computer disks and audio visual tapes may replace or enhance a required text as a means of instruction and are therefore not mandatory supplementary course fees. Many prepared packages will be distributed through the ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Bookstore. It may be necessary to distribute some materials within departments. Disclosure of these fees will be made in each course outline.

Undergraduate Courses with mandatory supplementary course fees

Archaeology

  • ARCH 435, $500

Biological Sciences

  • BISC 306, up to $159.18
  • BISC 310, up to $120
  • BISC 316, up to $12.48
  • BISC 326, up to $159.18
  • BISC 404, $60
  • BISC 406, up to $45

Contemporary Arts

  • FPA 130, 131, $76.50
  • FPA 160, 161, 163, $50
  • FPA 170, $35
  • FPA 230, 231, $100
  • FPA 233, $51
  • FPA 252, $20
  • FPA 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 268, 269, $50
  • FPA 290, $75
  • FPA 333, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 368, 369, $50
  • FPA 374, $25
  • FPA 375, $35
  • FPA 390, $75
  • FPA 393, 460, 461, 462, $50

Distance Education

  • All courses offered through the Centre for Online and Distance Education have a $40 supplementary fee to cover direct costs (e.g., copyright, printing, postage/courier) associated with the overall production, assembly, and delivery of print-based and online materials and services for distance education courses.

Earth Sciences

  • EASC 100, $50
  • EASC 102, $10
  • EASC 204, $30
  • EASC 206, up to $200
  • EASC 301, 303, up to $100
  • EASC 304, up to $30
  • EASC 305, $80
  • EASC 306, up to $400
  • EASC 309, 313, up to $30
  • EASC 401, $30
  • EASC 402, up to $150
  • EASC 403, $50
  • EASC 404, up to $100
  • EASC 406, up to $500
  • EASC 408, up to $250
  • EASC 410, $30
  • EASC 411, $100
  • EASC 413, up to $30
  • EASC 416, up to $50
  • EASC 418, 419, up to $30
  • EASC 421, up to $300

Education

  • EDUC 401/402, $25
  • EDUC 403, up to $50
  • EDUC 405, $25
  • EDUC 416, $20
  • EDUC 452, $46
  • EDUC 476, 477 $20

Education Professional

  • EDPR all 300 division courses, $20
  • EDPR all 400 division courses, $20

Environmental Science

  • EVSC 491 $200

Geography

  • GEOG 213, $60
  • GEOG 264, up to $10
  • GEOG 310, up to $650
  • GEOG 313, $51
  • GEOG 324, $20
  • GEOG 385, $15
  • GEOG 412, $100
  • GEOG 416, $35
  • GEOG 417, $15.30
  • GEOG 426, $60
  • GEOG 428, up to $50
  • GEOG 441, up to $10
  • GEOG 497, $2,500 – $3,000

Interactive Arts and Technology

  • IAT 208, $60

Marine Science

  • All MASC courses offered at the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre carry a supplementary course fee. Contact the BMSC at for the current supplementary fees

Sociology and Anthropology

  • SA 364, $40
  • SA 371, $100

Graduate courses with mandatory supplementary course fees

Biological Sciences

  • BISC 601, $196.64
  • BISC 812, $225

Earth Sciences

  • EASC 603, up to $50
  • EASC 606, up to $3,000
  • EASC 611, up to $150
  • EASC 613, up to $30
  • EASC 617, up to $50
  • EASC 619, up to $100
  • EASC 623, up to $40
  • EASC 624, up to $250

Geography

  • GEOG 612, $100
  • GEOG 617, $15.30
  • GEOG 628, up to $50

Marine Science

  • All MASC courses offered at the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre carry a supplementary course fee. Contact the BMSC at for the current supplementary fees

Resource and Environmental Management

  • REM 698, $150

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