Tuition is payable in advance unless special arrangements are made for deferred payments as described below. Tuition is the same for resident and nonresident students. Registration is completed when the bill has been settled.

Auditors pay the regular tuition rate. Auditors are not required to participate in class exercises (discussions and examinations); they receive no grades or credit and there is no transcript notation of courses taken for audit. An instructor, dean or university officer may give permission to an individual to attend a class as a guest. Otherwise, attendance in class is limited to enrolled students.

These fees are based upon current information available at the time of publication and are subject to possible later change. The university reserves the right to change without notice any of the terms stated herein.

The number of units for which tuition is charged is indicated by the number in parentheses after the title of each course listed under Courses of Instruction. Courses such as 020 show 0 credits, but the middle digit in the course number indicates the number of units for which tuition is charged.

Tuition (semester), (Estimated)

Undergraduate Students
(12-18 units)	$9,570.00
unit basis	645.00
Graduate Students (15-18 units)	9,570.00
unit basis	645.00
Advanced Dentistry
(per trimester)	11,083.00
Dentistry (per trimester)
Session 006	11,016.00
Dental Hygiene (per trimester)
Session 007	8,786.00
Special Dental International Students (per trimester)
Session 008	11,016.00
Law Session 002
flat fee basis (13-17 units)	11,119.00
unit basis	860.00
Medicine
flat fee basis Session 003	13,910.00
Pharmacy
flat fee basis Session 004	9,830.00
unit basis	657.00
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Session 005 (15-18 units)	9,830.00
unit basis	657.00
Occupational Therapy/Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy
flat fee basis Session 012 (15-18 units)	9,570.00
unit basis	644.00
Graduate Cinema Session 037
unit basis (no flat fee)	679.00
Master of Real Estate Development
flat fee basis Session 038 (15-18 units)	10,640.00
unit basis	716.00
Application Fee (not refundable)
paper	55.00
diskette	45.00
Commitment Deposit
(not refundable but applicable on tuition)	250.00

Mandatory Fees (Estimated)

Identification Photograph
(Replacement)	18.00
Required of all students. For use throughout enrollment
at USC when accompanied by a current semester
Registration Confirmation showing payment of
tuition. The fee will be assessed for each replacement,
or loss of Identification Card prior to claiming photo.
Health Insurance, international students and
HSC students only, fall semester	175.00
Spring semester and summer session	350.00
Orientation Fee (undergraduate/international students)	102.00
Orientation Fee (domestic graduate)	16.00
Student Health Service, per semester (for students with load
of six units or more)	142.00
Student Programming Fee, per semester (for students
with load of six units or more)
undergraduate	41.00
graduate	35.00
Norman H. Topping Student Aid Fund,
per semester, all students	5.00

Optional Fees (Estimated)

Accident and Sickness Expense Insurance,
Fall semester	175.00
Spring semester and Summer session	350.00
Parking Fee, per semester (Below are 1995-96 rates)
Commuter
Gold	293.00
Cardinal	200.50
Reserved	450.00
Designated day(s) 1 day/week	65.00
2 days/week	130.00
Rideshare 2 person carpool
Cardinal	147.00
2 person carpool
Gold	200.50
Residential parking information and pricing can be obtained
at the time of check in at your Housing Customer Service Center.
Student Activities Card	75.00
Deferment Service Charge
Thirty day deferments are granted for up to $2,000.00 of
the tuition balance. There is a non-refundable
service charge of five percent of the deferred amount,
due at the time the deferment is granted, in addition to
the remaining billing balance.

Late Registration Fees
First week			100.00
Second week			200.00
Third week			300.00
Each week thereafter			25.00

Registration is not permitted after the third week of classes. The university currently assesses a monthly finance charge on all past due balances. The current annual rate is 12 percent, subject to change. A "returned check charge'' of $25.00 is assessed for a check returned by the bank for any reason. Under California Civil Code #1719, a returned check may create liability for treble (three times) the amount owed, but not less than $100.

Special Fees (Estimated)

Enrollment Verification Fee	5.00
Petition Fee for Registration Exceptions	100.00
Graduate Record Examinations
Pencil and paper edition	64.00
Computerized test	96.00
Required of all applicants for master's and doctoral
degrees. General test scores must be submitted
before admission as a graduate student.
Laboratory Fees	5.00-500.00
For certain laboratory courses in architecture,
biological sciences, chemistry, engineering, fine arts,
geological sciences, physical education and physics.
These fees are variable, and students should consult
the current Schedule of Classes for amount
of individual fees.
GRSC 800/810	614.00
Publication Fee	113.00
For microfilming and binding doctoral dissertation,
and publishing abstract.
Thesis Fee	50.00
For microfilming and binding master's thesis,
and publishing abstract.
Application for re-entry	no charge
Special Subject Credit Examinations	25.00
Examinations for excuse from required courses or for
college credit on work for which credentials
cannot be supplied.
Special Subject and Unit Credit Examinations:
one half the unit basis rate regardless of
the units per course	322.50
Transcript Fee
Official	7.00
Unofficial	5.00

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