An undergraduate may be eligible for a tuition rebate of up to $1000 if, at graduation, h/she has attempted no more than three semester hours beyond the minimum number of hours required for the degree. The student must meet the following eligibility requirements:

  • The student must not have been enrolled at any institution of higher education before the fall semester of 1997.
  • At the time s/he earns a first undergraduate degree, the student must have attempted no more than three semester hours beyond the minimum number of hours required for the degree. Hours attempted include:
    • All courses the student has undertaken, such as transfer credit, credit earned by examination, courses the student dropped or from which the student withdrew after the date the official enrollment count was taken.
    • Developmental courses taken for credit.
    • Optional internship and cooperative education courses.
    • Courses the student failed.
    • Courses the student repeated.
      • If the student has earned credit-by-exam for more than nine hours of coursework, the hours in excess of nine are also counted as hours attempted.
  • The student must have attempted all coursework at a Texas public institution of higher education.
  • The student must have been a Texas resident and must have been eligible to pay resident tuition at all times while pursuing the degree.

    NOTE:

    1. Courses dropped for reasons that are determined by the institution to be totally beyond the control of the student shall not be counted.

    2. Due to a recent change in the law (effective 9/1/03), the first nine (9) hours earned by examination (that is, credit earned on the basis of AP course, CLEP, or credit granted for high SAT and ACT scores) DO NOT COUNT as hours attempted.

TO APPLY: In order to apply for a tuition rebate, go to the College of Fine Arts, Student Affairs Office, DFA 2.4 to pick up a form. The form should be completed at the same time the student applies for graduation.