Tuition and Fees

All persons who attend classes at SOU must pay applicable tuition and fees.

Tuition, fees, and deposits in all of the state institutions of higher education are charged according to a uniform plan, varying on different campuses according to differences in conditions, nature of work offered, or fluctuations in the cost of materials, supplies, and equipment. The Oregon University System and Southern Oregon University reserve the right to make changes in the fee schedules following notice requirements.

Fee Schedule

The fees displayed above are based on tuition for 12 credits in 2004-05. Undergraduates registered for 13 to 16 credits and graduate students regis-tered for 10 to 16 credits receive a reduced charge for each additional credit hour taken. These figures include $362. 60 per term in mandatory fees. A $125 one-time matriculation fee is assessed all new and transfer students for new student orientation and placement programs. The 2004-05 tuition and fees schedules were approved by the Oregon University System in June 2004.

Regular Fees

The fee schedule lists the regular fees paid by all students under the usual conditions. These fees entitle students to use Hannon Library, lab equipment, the computer lab, materials related to courses for which students are registered, and athletic facilities when available. Students are also entitled to outpatient medical attention and advice at the Student Health and Wellness Center and to all other services maintained for the benefit of students. No reduction of fees is made to students who may prefer not to use some of these privileges.

Note: In certain classes, additional fees may be charged for equipment, materials, or services required as part of course instruction. Such fees are published in the class schedule each term and are payable with regular fees. For certain courses, students may be required to provide or obtain proof of medical insurance coverage.

Fee Payment Policies

Students are encouraged to pay all charges infull at the onset of the quarter to avoid late fees or penalties. Tuition is due upon registration for classes. If payment in full cannot be made prior to the beginning of classes, SOU automatically activates the Revolving Charge Account Plan to extend payment deadlines for full payment of tuition.

In addition to the Revolving Charge Account Plan, there are various other ways to pay, including VISA or MasterCard (by phone or mail, in person, or online via SISWeb) and check or money order (by mail or in person). Students may deposit fee payment checks or money orders at the cashier windows in Churchill Hall or in drop boxes located in Britt Hall and Churchill Hall. Students receiving grants, loans, or scholarships are expected to use those funds to cover tuition and fees and may be ineligible for the Revolving Charge Account Plan unless financial aid is insufficient to cover all tuition, fees, and related expenses. SOU also offers the direct deposit of financial aid to students’ checking or savings accounts after tuition, fees, and other charges are deducted.

Participation in special programs may require specific fees. For example, study abroad or exchange programs may charge administrative fees. Students who decide not to attend classes for which they have registered must formally withdraw, or else they are expected to pay the tuition due. Students must notify the Office of the Registrar in person or online via SISWeb about cancellation of preregistration and upon withdrawal from any or all classes. Students who do not notify the registrar may be liable for payment of tuition assessed for classes they did not attend.

Although the University would prefer not to use such measures, it has the right to suspend the extension of credit and services; to withhold grade reports, transcripts, and graduation; and to deny or cancel registration of any student who has not paid or made arrangements to pay by designated payment deadlines. The right to extension of services may also be in jeopardy if students are in debt to any institution within the Oregon University System.

Students are advised to consult the class schedule each term for specific payment deadlines and changes in fee policies. Business Services staff (located in Churchill Hall, room 150) are available to assist with particular circumstances or problems related to meeting a payment deadline.

There are a variety of ways to pay. Complete statements of University Fee Policies and Payment Plans are available in Business Services. Please ask a staff member for copies or an explanation of anything you do not understand.

Revolving Charge Account Plan

Students are encouraged to obtain a copy of the Revolving Charge Account Plan from Business Services. This plan, set out fully in Oregon Administrative Rule 573-15-010, is summarized below:

1. Any person who incurs charges, fines, or penalties at SOU establishes a Revolving Charge Account Plan (Plan) and, by default, agrees to its terms and conditions.
2. To use the Plan for the payment of tuition and fees, students must have paid any past due or noncurrent charges in full.
3. The Plan is designed to allow students to extend the time they have to pay current term charges. Instead of paying in full at the onset of the term, students may pay only the first third of tuition, the first half of residence hall charges, together with all other fees and charges by the initial due date for the term. The remainder of the account balance must be paid by the first day of the last month of the term: December 1 for fall, March 1 for winter, and June 1 for spring.
4. Students may formally request use of the Plan in one of two ways: (1) contact Business Services to receive an agreement to sign or (2) make the minimum payment allowed using one of the ways to pay cited above. Making the minimum payment indicates intent to use the Plan and willingness to abide by its terms and conditions. Students are still required to sign the Revolving Charge Account Plan Agreement since it discloses the terms and conditions of the Plan in full detail.
5. There is a $15 nonrefundable service charge each term for use of the Plan. Should the account become past due, 9 percent per an-num interest is assessed on past due balances.
6. Course fees, application fees, and the like may not be deferred under the Plan. The Revolving Charge Account Plan is intended to extend the time allowable to pay tuition and residence hall fees only.
7. Past due accounts not paid in full by the onset of the next term may be subject to a 15-percent collection charge. We urge students to be mindful of all payment due dates. Business Services staff are available to address any questions or concerns. Please visit the cashier windows in Churchill Hall or call 541-552-6311 to speak to a staff member.

Part-Time Tuition and Fees

Instead of paying regular registration fees, undergraduate students who register for a maximum of 11 credits pay a part-time fee proportional to the applicable full-time fee. Students taking 1-8 credits are assessed tuition and fees on the basis of course level rather than student status. These students may pay an additional fee if they wish to receive outpatient health services from the Student Health and Wellness Center.

Overload Fees

Undergraduate students are required to pay an overload fee for each credit in excess of 16. Graduate students must pay an overload fee for each credit in excess of 14.

Estimated Special Fees

A $50 nonrefundable application fee is charged to all Southern Oregon University applicants. An application processing fee of $15 is charged to students who return to SOU after an absence of three or more terms; summer term is not counted.

Staff members may register any term for a limited number of credits (generally not more than 12) at staff rates with the approval of the employees’s immediate supervisor and the president or executive head. Staff rates are $22 per credit (25 percent of the resident undergraduate tuition rate). To be eligible for these rates, staff must be employed at least half time.

Students making a payment after the scheduled fee payment dates of any term pay a late pay-ment fee of $25 for the first day and $1 for each additional day. Students registered for 8 or fewer credits are assessed a late payment fee of $25 the first day and 50 cents for each additional day. This fee is nonrefundable. Maximum late fees are $100 a term combined for students registered for 9 or more credits, and $50 a term combined for students registered for 8 or fewer credits. If payments are made with a check that is returned due to an irregularity for which the student is responsible (e. g. , NSF, illegible signature, or improper bank account number) , a fine of up to $20 will be charged. In addition, if the returned check was used to pay tuition, a late charge will be assessed.

A $100 late registration fee is charged to all students who complete a class but fail to register for that class. If a faculty member submits a grade for a student and the Registrars’s Office determines that the student never registered for the class, the late registration fee is assessed af-ter the end of the term.

A fine of up to $20 may be assessed for a check that is returned for any irregularity. This is in ad-dition to any late fees or collection costs otherwise incurred for charges not paid when due. Check-writing privileges may be denied if returned checks are not cleared within seven days of notice or if multiple checks are returned.

A charge of $15 is assessed for replacement of ID cards. Unless lost or stolen, previously issued ID cards must be surrendered at the time of replacement.

A copy fee is assessed for documents such as fee receipts, payroll records, and loan records. This $1 fee covers two copies of a single document with a minimum of $1 per document.

Each Institution-administered examination for credit is assessed at up to $80 per credit. Academic counseling and testing examination fees may be assessed at $30-$55 per exam.

A fee of $5 is charged for the first official transcript. Each additional transcript ordered and sent at the same time costs $1 extra. Prepayment and student signature are required. An or-der form is available from the registrar or online at www. sou. edu/ registrar; a written request will also suffice. Transcript orders must include student name, ID number, date of birth, most recent term at SOU, address, phone number, signature, and payment. For release of official transcripts, the student account balance must be current. A minimum of five working days is required to process transcript orders. Options to expedite requests are available for an additional charge. Contact the Registrars’s Office at 541-552-6600.

Degree applications are available at the Registration Center, located in Britt 230. A $70 fee is charged to all students applying to graduate. This fee must be paid to Business Services prior to submitting the application for degree.

Unless the class is taken for credit, persons at least sixty-. ve years of age may attend classes free of charge, based on available space. If applicable, there are charges for special fees or materials. During Summer Session, the University may establish fees for senior citizens who are non-Oregon residents.

The following regulations govern library fines and charges:

1. A fine of $2 is assessed on the fourth day a book is overdue, plus 50 cents a day thereafter (maximum fine of $20 an item).
   
2. For overdue reserve items and videos, the fine is $2 for the first hour and 50 cents for each succeeding hour or portion thereof, until the item is returned (maximum fine of $20 an item). In the case of a flagrant rule violation, an additional charge of $2 an hour for each item may be assessed (maximum fine of $20 an item).
3. Books needed for course reserves are subject to immediate recall. A maximum fine of $2 a day (maximum fine of $20 an item) may be imposed for failure to return recalled books.
4. Borrowers who have lost library books are charged the replacement cost of the book plus the amount of the fines incurred up to the time the book is reported missing. An additional charge of $15 is assessed to cover the cost of processing.
5. When a lost book for which the borrower has been billed is returned before a replacement has been ordered, a refund not exceeding the replacement cost may be made at the librarians’s discretion.

Students who are graduating pay the cost of cap and gown and other incidental expenses con-nected with commencement exercises. A student will not be recommended for graduation until all fees and charges due the University have been paid.

All student, staff, and faculty who wish to park on campus must register their vehicles with the Parking Department and operate them in compliance with SOUs’s Parking Regulations, which may be obtained at the Churchill 150 cashier windows. Students who park on campus are as-sessed a parking fee in accordance with a schedule approved by the Oregon University System and filed with the Secretary of State. Permits may be purchased at the Business Services cashier win-dows in Churchill 150. For further information, please contact the Parking Department at 541-552-6995.

Comprehensive student health insurance is available to students and their dependents. Application for coverage during the academic year must be submitted within thirty-one days of the first day of classes each term. Note: This plan is subject to change.

Nonimmigrant foreign students are required to carry health insurance for themselves and their dependents.

All other students are encouraged to obtain health insurance for services not covered by the student health fees.

Tuition and Fee Credits

Students who reduce their number of class hours or who withdraw completely from the University may be eligible for a tuition/ fee credit, but specific rules apply:

1. To qualify for a credit, students must withdraw during the refund period established by OUS (dates are available from the reg-istrar and in the class schedule).
2. After the refund period, students are responsible for 100 percent of tuition and fees.
3. When dropping a class or classes, students must notify the registrar in person or online through SISWeb. This action is an official, formal notification of withdrawal from a class or classes.
4. The withdrawal date is the date the Reg-istrars’s Office receives a students’s official notification. Up until that date, a student is liable for the tuition for the class or classes. Any credit to a students’s account resulting from withdrawal is calculated from the date the official notification of withdrawal is received, not from the date a student stopped attending the class or classes.
5. Any tuition credit due to a student must first be applied to all debts owed to SOU, OUS, or financial aid programs.
6. If a student withdraws completely from SOU and has received financial aid, he or she may be required to repay some or all of that aid. If a student fails to formally withdraw from SOU by officially notifying the registrar in person or online through SISWeb, he or she may be required to re-pay all of his or her aid.
7. The application of credits to financial aid programs is a complex process governed by federal law. The students’s credit may not be adequate to repay monies due back to financial aid programs; it is possible that a student could owe money. Please contact Business Services at 541-552-6311 for more information.
8. No tuition/fee credits are issued for dropped classes taken by persons receiving staff rates.
9. Students who are called up for military service may receive a credit for all tuition and fees, depending on the date in the term they leave school.

Note: To be eligible for a 100-percent tuition credit, students must cancel their registration prior to the beginning of a class or classes. To cancel their registration for a class or classes, students must notify the registrar in person or online through SISWeb. Failure to do so will result in tuition charges.

If a credit balance results after the application of a tuition credit to any and all charges remaining on a students’s account, a check, MasterCard/VISA credit, or direct deposit is issued to the student. This procedure may take up to six weeks after partial or complete withdrawal.

Students who believe their special circumstances warrant consideration may appeal the procedures defined above by filing an appeal with a cashier in Business Services, Churchill Hall 150. However, in order for the Appeals Committee to consider an exception to the estab-lished policy, a students’s circumstances must be extraordinary.

Residency Policy

In Oregon, as in all other states, instruction fees at publicly supported four-year universities are higher for nonresident students than for resident students.

The current rules and amendments used to determine residency seek to ensure that only bonafide Oregon residents are assessed the resident fee. These rules (Oregon Administrative Rules, Chapter 580, Division 10, Board of Higher Education) appear below.

Only duly authorized admissions officers have authority to apply and interpret these rules and procedures. No other indication or determination of residency by any other institutional office, department, program, or staff represents the official institutional determination of residency.

Summary of Key Considerations for Determining Classification as a Resident

1. Establishment of a domicile in Oregon for a period of twelve months or more prior to the beginning of the term for which resi-dency is sought.
2. Financial dependence on an Oregon res-ident or financial independence.
3. Primary purpose for being in Oregon other than to obtain an education.
4. Nature and source of financial resources.
5. Various other indicia of residency (e.g., ownership of Oregon living quarters, permanent Oregon employment, payment of Oregon income taxes).

Oregon Board of Higher Education Administrative Rules

These are the residency rules of the State Board of Higher Education currently in effect.

Residence Classification

Definitions (OAR 580-010-0029)
For the purpose of rules 580-010-0030 through 580-010-0045, the following words and phrases mean:

Domicile

is a persons’s true, fixed, and permanent home and place of habitation. It is the place where a person intends to remain and to which the person expects to return when the person leaves with out intending to establish a new domicile elsewhere. In order to establish a domicile in Oregon, a person must maintain a predominant physical presence in Oregon for 12 consecutive months after moving to the state.

A "financially independent person"

is a person who, at the time of application for residency status: (a) declares himself or herself to be financially independent; (b) has not been claimed as a dependent during the immediately preceding tax year, and will not be claimed as a depen-dent during the current tax year, on the federal or state income tax returns of any other person; and (c) has not received in the immediately preceding calendar year, and will not receive during the current calendar year, one-half or more of his or her support, in cash or in kind, from another person or persons, except for support re-ceived from his or her spouse.

A "financially dependent person"

is a person who, at the time of application for residency status: (a) declares himself or herself to be financially dependent; and (b) has been claimed as a dependent on the federal and state income tax returns of another person during the immediately preceding tax year.

Determination of Residence

(OAR 580-010-0030)

1. For purposes of admission and instruction fee assessment, OUS institutions shall classify a student as Oregon resident or nonresident. In determining resident or nonresident classification, the primary issue is a persons’s intent in coming to Oregon. Intent is inferred from a persons’s conduct and history as they relate to the requirements of these residency rules. If a person is in Oregon primarily for the purpose of obtaining an education, that per-son will be considered a nonresident. It is possible for an individual to qualify as a resident of Oregon for purposes of voting or obtaining an Oregon drivers’s license and not meet the residency requirements established by these rules.
2. An Oregon resident is a financially independent person who, prior to the term for which Oregon resident classification is re-quested, has both:
   1. established and maintained a domicile in Oregon as provided under OAR 580-010-0029(1) for 12 consecutive months; and
   2. during that period, has been primarily engaged in activities other than those of being a college student.
3. A student may be considered primarily engaged in educational activities regardless of the number of hours for which the stu-dent is enrolled. However, a student who is enrolled for more than 8 hours in any semester or quarter during the 12-month period referred to in section (2) of this rule shall be presumed to be in Oregon for primarily educational purposes. Such period of enrollment shall not be counted toward the establishment of a bonafide domicile of 12 consecutive months in this state unless the student proves, in fact, establish-ment of a bonafide domicile in this state primarily for purposes other than educational.
4. An Oregon resident is also a financially dependent person who is claimed as a dependent by another person who has both: (a) established and maintained an Oregon domicile as provided under OAR 580-010-0029(1) for 12 consecutive months; and (b) during that period, has been primarily engaged in activities other than those of being a college student.
5. A financially dependent person who is claimed as a dependent by another person who has not established and maintained an Oregon domicile shall be presumed to be a non-resident. This presumption may be overcome by evidence of the students’s long-standing presence in Oregon and demonstration of other factors under OAR 580-010-0031.
6. The criteria for determining Oregon resident classification shall also be used to determine whether a person who has moved from Oregon has established a non-Oregon residence.

Notice to Nonresidents of the State of Oregon

7. If institution records show that the residence of a student or the person upon whom the student is dependent is outside of Oregon, the student shall continue to be classified as a nonresident until entitle-ment to resident classification is shown. The burden of showing that the residence classification should be changed is on the student requesting the change.
8. Notwithstanding section (4) of this rule, a student who is financially dependent on a non-Oregon resident may nonetheless be considered an Oregon resident if the student resides in Oregon for at least 12 consecutive months with a parent or legal guardian who has both:
   1. established and maintained an Oregon domicile under OAR 580-010-0029(1) for 12 consecutive months; and
   2. during that period, has been primarily engaged in activities other than those of being a college student.

Residency Consideration Factors

(OAR 580-010-0031)

1. The following factors, although not neces-sarily conclusive or exclusive, have probative value in support of a claim for Oregon resident classification:
   7. Reside in Oregon for 12 consecutive months prior to the beginning of the term for which resident classification is sought and during that period be primarily engaged in activities other than those of a college student;
   8. Reliance upon Oregon resources for financial support;
   9. Domicile in Oregon of persons legally responsible for the student;
   10. Acceptance of an offer of permanent employment in Oregon; and
   11. Ownership by the person of his or her living quarters in Oregon.
2. The following factors, standing alone, do not constitute sufficient evidence to effect classification as an Oregon resident:
   7. Voting or registration to vote;
   8. Employment in any position normally filled by a student;
   9. The lease of living quarters;
   10. Admission to a licensed practicing pro-fession in Oregon;
   11. Automobile registration;
   12. Public records, for example, birth and marriage records, Oregon drivers’s license;
   13. Continuous presence in Oregon during periods when not enrolled in school;
   14. Ownership of property in Oregon or the payment of Oregon income or other Oregon taxes; or
   15. Domicile in Oregon of the students’s spouse.
3. Reliance upon non-Oregon resources for financial support is an inference of residency in another state.

Evidence of Financial Dependency

1. In determining whether a student is financially dependent, a student must provide:
   1. Evidence of established domicile as provided under OAR 580-010-0029(1) of the person claiming the student as a de-pendent; and
   2. The identification of the student as a dependent on the federal and state income tax returns of the person claiming the stu-dent as a dependent. Additional documentation to substantiate dependency during the current calendar year may be required at a later time if deemed necessary by the institution.
2. A student who provides evidence that he or she is a financially dependent person under these rules shall not be required to establish a 12-month domicile prior to classification of resident status, provided such a student may not be classified as a resident while receiving financial assistance from another state or state agency for educational purposes.

Residence Classification of Armed Forces Personnel

(OAR 580-010-0035)

1. For purposes of this rule, members of the armed forces means officers and enlisted personnel of:
   1. The Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard of the United States;
   2. Reserve components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard of the United States;
   3. The National Guard of the United States and the Oregon National Guard.
   4. Notwithstanding OAR 580-010-0030, ac-tive members of the armed forces and their spouses and dependent children shall be considered residents for purposes of the instructional fee if the members:
      1. Reside in this state while assigned to duty at any base, station, shore establishment, or other facility in this state;
      2. Reside in this state while serving as mem-bers of the crew of a ship that has an Oregon port of shore establishment as its home port or permanent station; or
      3. Reside in another state or a foreign coun-try and file Oregon state income taxes no later than 12 months before leaving active duty.
   5. An Oregon resident entering the armed forces retains Oregon residence classification until it is voluntarily relinquished.
   6. An Oregon resident who has been in the armed forces and assigned on duty outside of Oregon, including a person who estab-lishes residency under section (2) (c) of this rule, must, within a reasonable time, dem-onstrate an intent to retain classification as an Oregon resident. Such intent may be shown by returning to Oregon within six months after completing service in the armed forces.
   7. A person who continues to reside in Oregon after separation from the armed forces may count the time spent in the state while in the armed forces to support a claim for classification as an Oregon resident.
   8. The dependent child and spouse of a per-son who is a resident under section (2) of this rule shall be considered an Oregon resident. "Dependent child" includes any child of a member of the armed forces who:
      1. Is under 18 years of age and not mar-ried, otherwise emancipated or self-supporting; or
      2. Is under 23 years of age, unmarried, enrolled in a full-time course of study in an institution of higher learning, and de-pendent on the member for over one-half of his/ her support.

   Residence Classification of Members of Oregon Tribes

   (OAR 580-010-0037)

   1. Students who are enrolled members of fed-erally recognized tribes of Oregon or who are enrolled members of a Native American tribe which had traditional and customary tribal boundaries that included parts of the state of Oregon or which had ceded or reserved lands within the state of Oregon shall be assessed resident tuition regardless of their state of residence.
   2. For purposes of this rule, the federally rec-ognized tribes of Oregon are:
      1. Burns Paiute Tribe;
      2. Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw;
      3. Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon;
      4. Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon;
      5. Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla In-dian Reservation;
      6. Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation;
      7. Coquille Indian Tribe;
      8. Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians;
      9. Klamath Tribes.
   3. For purposes of this rule, the Native American tribes which had traditional and customary tribal boundaries that included parts of the state of Oregon or which had ceded or reserved lands within the state of Oregon are:
      1. CALIFORNIA:
         1. Benton Paiute Tribe;
         2. Big Bend Rancheria;
         3. Big Lagoon Rancheria;
         4. Blue Lake Rancheria;
         5. Bridgeport Indian Colony;
         6. Cedarville Rancheria;
         7. Fort Bidwell Indian Tribe;
         8. Hoopa Valley Tribe;
         9. Karuk Tribe of California;
         10. Likely Rancheria;
         11. Lookout Rancheria;
         12. Lytton Rancheria;
         13. Melochundum Band of Tolowa Indians;
         14. Montgomery Creek Rancheria;
         15. Pit River Tribe;
         16. Quartz Valley Indian Community;
         17. Redding Rancheria;
         18. Roaring Creek Rancheria;
         19. Smith River Rancheria;
         20. Susanville Rancheria;
         21. Tolowa-Tututni Tribe;
         22. Winnemucca Colony;
         23. XL Ranch;
         24. Yurok Tribe.
      2. IDAHO:
         1. Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho;
         2. Shoshoni-Bannock Tribes.
      3. NEVADA:
         1. Duck Valley Shoshone-Paiute Tribes;
         2. Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe;
         3. Fort McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone Tribe;
         4. Lovelock Paiute Tribe;
         5. Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe;
         6. Reno-Sparks Indian Colony;
         7. Summit Lake Paiute Tribe;
         8. Walker River Paiute Tribe;
         9. Winnemucca Indian Colony;
         10. Yerington Paiute Tribe.
      4. OKLAHOMA:
         1. Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma.
      5. WASHINGTON:
         1. Chehalis Community Council;
         2. Colville Confederated Tribes;
         3. Quinault Indian Nation;
         4. Shoalwater Bay Tribe;
         5. Yakama Indian Nation.
   4. A student seeking to be assessed resident tuition under the provisions of this rule shall submit, following procedures pre-scribed by the OUS institution where the student seeks to enroll, a photocopy of tribal enrollment which documents tribal membership.

   Residence Classification of Non-Citizens

   (OAR 580-010-0040)
   A person who is not a citizen of the United States may be considered an Oregon resident if the person qualifies as a resident under OAR 580-010-0030 and is one of the following:

   1. A lawful permanent resident. The date of approval of lawful permanent residency shall be the earliest date upon which the 12-month residency requirements under OAR 580-010-0030 may begin to accrue.
   2. An immigrant granted refugee or politi-cal asylum in the United States. The date of approval of political asylum or refu-gee status shall be the earliest date upon which the 12-month residency require-ments under OAR 580-010-0030 may begin to accrue.
   3. A person holding one of the following non-immigrant visa classifications: A, E, G, H-1B, H-1C, the spouse or child of a person holding an H-1B or H-1C visa, I, K, L, NATO, O, R, S, T, TN, U, or V. The date of the issuance of a visa for one of these classifications shall be the earliest date upon which the 12-month residency requirements under OAR 580-010-0030 may begin to accrue. A person possessing a non-immigrant or temporary visa that is not identified under this rule shall not be considered an Oregon resident.

   Changes in Residence Classification

   (OAR 580-010-0041)

   1. If an Oregon resident student enrolls in an institution outside of Oregon and later seeks to re-enroll in an OUS institution, the residence classification of that student shall be re-examined and determined on the same basis as for any other person.
   2. A financially dependent student who is dependent on a person who establishes a permanent Oregon residence as defined in OAR 580-010-0030(2) during a term when the dependent student is enrolled at an OUS institution may register as a resident at the beginning of the next term.
   3. Once established, classification as a resident continues so long as the student remains in continuous academic year enrollment in the classifying institution.
   4. A person who seeks classification as a resi-dent under these rules shall complete and submit a notarized Residence Information Affidavit. The affidavit and all required supportive documents and materials must be submitted by the last day to register for the term in which resident status is sought.
   5. No OUS institution is bound by any de-termination of residency except by duly authorized officials under procedures prescribed by these rules including timely submittal of the notarized affidavit.

   Review of Residence Classification Decisions by IRC

   (OAR 580-010-0045)

   1. An interinstitutional residency committee (IRC) is established consisting of the officers determining student residence classification at OUS institutions and a member of the Chancellors’s staff appointed by the Chancellor. The member of the Chancellors’s staff shall serve as chairperson. A majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum. A majority of a quorum may make decisions.
   2. Residence cases of unusual complexity, especially where there may be confiict of rules, may be referred by an institution residence classification officer to the IRC for decision.
   3. Any person who is aggrieved by the insti-tution residence classification may, within ten (10) days of the date of mailing or other service of classification decision, appeal the classification to the IRC. The appeal must be in writing and shall be filed with the institution. An aggrieved person may supply written statements to the IRC for consideration in reviewing the case and may also make an oral presentation to the IRC on a date to be scheduled by the IRC. The decision of the IRC shall be final unless appealed.
   4. A person dissatisfied with the IRC decision may, within ten days of the date of the mailing or other service of the IRC deci-sion, appeal the IRC decision to the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs or desig-nee. An appeal to the vice chancellor shall be in writing only. The vice chancellors’s decision shall be final.
   5. A person granted a meritorious hardship exception to residency under this rule prior to July 1, 1990, shall not lose the ex-ception solely because of the repeal of the exception authorization.

   Residents Under WICHE

   (OAR 580-10-047)
   A certification officer, designated by the Board, shall determine the residence classification of any person seeking certification as an Oregon resident, pursuant to the terms of the WICHE Compact. Any person dissatisfied with the decision of the certification officer may appeal to the IRC. The decision of the IRC shall be final unless further appeal is made to the Vice Chan-cellor for Academic Affairs pursuant to OAR 580-010-0045(4).

   Residence Classification Procedures

   To be considered for classification as a resident, certain procedures must be followed and materials submitted to the institutional residency officer in the Office of Admissions.

   1. Obtain and complete the Residence Information Affidavit, which is available from the institutional residency officer.
   2. Consult with the residency officer on the provision of all the required supportive documents and materials.
   3. Submit the affidavit and all other required materials and documents by the Friday prior to the first day of classes. Residency will not be granted retroactively for previous quarter(s) attended.

   Residency Classification Appeals

   Any person may appeal an institutional residency classification decision within ten (10) days of the date of mailing or other notification of the decision. The appeal may be made to the State Systems’s Interinstitutional Residency Committee (IRC) in writing or in person by notifying the institutional residency officer.

   The decision of the IRC may be appealed in writing to the vice chancellor of academic affairs within ten (10) days of notification of the IRC de-cision. The decision of the vice chancellor is final.

   Western Undergraduate Exchange

   Britt Hall 242
   541-552-6411

   The Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) program enables students in fourteen participating states to enroll in designated programs at selected public colleges and universities at special tuition rates. Tuition for WUE students is regular in-state tuition of the institution the student will attend, plus 50 percent of that amount.

   The following states are participating in the 2004-05 WUE program: Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

   Non-Oregon residents from WUE states who would like to attend Southern Oregon University under WUE may apply for a WUE scholarship from the University Admissions Office for the following SOU BA/ BS programs only: anthropology, art, business (accounting; marketing; management; or hotel, restaurant, and resort management) , business-chemistry, business-math, music-business, business-physics, chemistry, communication (journalism, human communication, or media studies) , computer science, criminology and criminal justice, economics, English and Writing, environmental studies, geography, geology, health and PE, history, interdisciplinary studies, international studies, language and culture (French, German, or Spanish) , mathematics, mathematics-computer science, music, physics, political science, sociology, and theatre. Contact Admissions for se-lection criteria and an application.