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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 SFU 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, up to $1,137.42
  • ARCH 436, up to $1,040.40

Biological Sciences

  • BISC 100, $19.44
  • BISC 101, $26.94
  • BISC 102, $32.79
  • BISC 106, $28.00
  • BISC 111, Contact BMSC at www.bamfieldsc.com for current supplementary fees
  • BISC 112, Contact BMSC at www.bamfieldsc.com for current supplementary fees
  • BISC 306, up to $197.90
  • BISC 316, up to $15.51
  • BISC 327, $450.00
  • BISC 406, $52.73
  • BISC 412, $48.24

Biomedical Physiology & Kinesiology

  • BPK 241, $11.68
  • BPK 326, $29.28
  • BPK 407, $23.41
  • BPK 409, $52.02

Chemistry

  • CHEM 111, $13.77
  • CHEM 121, 125, $12.24
  • CHEM 126, $14.28
  • CHEM 216, $12.24
  • CHEM 236W, $7.30
  • CHEM 281, 285, $9.18
  • CHEM 286, $12.24
  • CHEM 316, $8.59
  • CHEM 336, $7.00

Contemporary Arts

  • CA 130, 131, $85.50
  • CA 160, 161 $57.00
  • CA 170, $40.00
  • CA 230, 231, $110.00
  • CA 233, $57.00
  • CA 252, $22.60
  • CA 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 269, $57.00
  • CA 276, $50.00
  • CA 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 369, $57.00
  • CA 374, $28.50
  • CA 375, $40.00
  • CA 390, $84.00
  • CA 393, $55.00
  • CA 449, $100.00
  • CA 460, 461, 462, $57.00

Earth Science

  • EASC 206, up to $225.23
  • EASC 209W, up to $110.40
  • EASC 301, up to $108.24
  • EASC 306, up to $675.70
  • EASC 308, up to $993.68
  • EASC 313, up to $33.11
  • EASC 401, $33.11
  • EASC 402, up to $168.91
  • EASC 403, up to $225.22
  • EASC 404, up to $112.61
  • EASC 408, up to $287.17
  • EASC 411, $110.40
  • EASC 413, up to $33.11
  • EASC 416, up to $55.20
  • EASC 421, up to $324.73

Education

  • EDUC 400, $26.53
  • EDUC 401W, $68.97
  • EDUC 402W, $26.53
  • EDUC 403, up to $53.06
  • EDUC 405, $26.53
  • EDUC 416, $21.21
  • EDUC 452, up to $166.50
  • EDUC 476, 477 $21.21

Education Professional

  • EDPR all 300 division courses, $21.21
  • EDPR all 400 division courses, $21.21

Geography

  • GEOG 213, $71.70
  • GEOG 264, up to $11.94
  • GEOG 310, $776.81
  • GEOG 313, $60.94
  • GEOG 319, $63.67
  • GEOG 324, $23.90
  • GEOG 385, $17.91
  • GEOG 412W, $119.51
  • GEOG 417W, $18.27
  • GEOG 418, $260.10
  • GEOG 424, $23.42
  • GEOG 497, up to $3,514.76

Indigenous Studies

  • INDG 332, $10.00

Interactive Arts and Technology

  • IAT 110, $16.56
  • IAT 208, $70.26
  • IAT 233, $79.59
  • IAT 267, $77.29
  • IAT 336, $77.29
  • IAT 437, $77.29

Marine Science

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

Physics

  • PHYS 100, $11.26
  • PHYS 101, 102, $33.78
  • PHYS 132, 133, $5.73
  • PHYS 140, 141, $16.56

Resource and Environmental Management

  • REM 452, $166.50

Graduate courses with mandatory supplementary course fees

Business

  • BUS 730, $250.00
  • BUS 742, $1,200.00

Biological Sciences

  • BISC 601, $251.67

Earth Sciences

  • EASC 603, up to $55.20
  • EASC 606, up to $974.18
  • EASC 611, up to $168.91
  • EASC 613, up to $33.11
  • EASC 617, up to $225.23
  • EASC 619, up to $108.24
  • EASC 620, up to $324.73
  • EASC 624, up to $287.17

Education Professional

  • EDPR 501, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 537, 540, $10.60

Geography

  • GEOG 612, $119.51
  • GEOG 617, $18.27
  • GEOG 658, $260.10

Marine Science

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

Resource and Environmental Management

  • REM 698, $175.00