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CSULB officials
ease year-round confusion
By Derrick Engoy
On-line Forty-Niner
Year Round Operations
is becoming a reality at Cal State Long Beach as it is being
implemented in place of Summer Sessions this year.
Representatives
from University College and Extension Services discussed YRO
with a group of twenty students in the Informal Lounge Thursday.
"One of the
main reasons that we have YRO is the chancellor felt that
it was important that we find ways, in California, to accelerate
paths to degree completion," Jack Gregg, assistant dean
of UCES, said.
YRO is state-supported,
so per unit fees for the summer will be less than previous
years.
Students fall into
one of three categories when determining how much summer classes
are going to cost.
The first category
is California resident and CSULB matriculated students, those
officially admitted to the university. This group is eligible
for the lower fees, $105 per unit compared to last summer's
$130.
The second category
is non-resident matriculated students, those whose residence
lies out-of-state, but have the criteria of matriculated students.
These students will pay the new lower fee plus $246 per unit
for out-of-state charges.
The third category
is non-matriculated residents, students who are not officially
admitted to CSULB. These students will pay a flat rate of
$145 per unit.
Summer Sessions
has been self-supported in the past and the fees were generally
high. State support allows UCES to charge similar fees to
those administered during the fall and spring semesters.
"This is part
of that general effort to help students get through their
undergraduate process faster," Gregg said.
The YRO presentation
also cleared up talks about CSULB going to a trimester system.
Gregg said, in the lecture, YRO does not automatically mean
year-round school, although CSULB may change from semesters
to quarters in the future. Gregg made it clear that CSULB
is still on the semester track and YRO is simply the new term
used for Summer Sessions.
With all the changes
to the new summer program, a few factors remain the same as
previous years.
First, the summer
program is still being administered by UCES and registration
for summer classes is still being conducted at the UCES office
located in the Foundation Building.
Second, the dates
of the summer term, June 4 to Aug. 22, are also the same,
and still consist of three overlapping six-week sessions.
Third, late registration
for summer still begins the second day of each session and
is an additional $25.
Priority registration
began Monday, for matriculated students, and will end March
23. Open registration for all students begins March 26.
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