General Fee Rules

Special Instruction, Off-Campus, and Field Trip Fees must represent the actual cost of the course expenses and must be validated each term. Each course requires a separate fund for Special Instruction, Off-Campus Travel, and Field Trip Fees to maintain appropriate segregation of revenue and expense for audit purposes.

  • Special Instruction Fees
    • Flat Type -a fixed amount regardless of the semester credit hours (SCH)
    • T6XX detail codes for Special Instruction Fees
    • FOP (16DXXX)
  • Field Trip Fee
    • Flat Type -a fixed amount regardless of the semester credit hours (SCH)
    • TYXX detail codes for non-refundable fees
    • TZXX detail codes for refundable fees
    • FOP (16DXXX)
  • Off-Campus Travel Fees
    • Used to cover expenses associated with instructor travel to an off-campus location to deliver instruction in a face-to-face format
    • Flat Type -a fixed amount regardless of the semester credit hours (SCH)
    • The fee must include a justification that is subject to approval by the Office of the Provost and the department chairperson and dean
    • TUXX detail code for Off-Campus Fees
    • FOP (16DXXX)

General Fee Rules:

  • As a result of actions taken by the Texas Legislature to address affordability in higher education, all resident undergraduate academic costs, including tuition, mandatory academic fees, all academic-related general fees, and college course fees, have been frozen for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 academic years
    • Fee requests for new sections of an existing course can be submitted using the Course Fee Dynamic Form
    • Requests to remove or decrease a fee can be sent to coursefee@ttu.edu
      • Include CRN, dollar amount, and detail code 
    • Departmental submitters and approvers will receive an email from Student Business Services with deadlines for each term 
  • Course related fees are governed by OP 30.29, Texas Education Code 54.504 and the Global Fee Document available on the Student Business Services website