Courses Fees
What do my classes pay for?
Special Course Fees or Assessments are authorized by the Idaho State Board of Education. The School of Engineering at ISU charges course fees in some undergraduate and graduate courses in order to pay for various consumables and equipment in those courses.
Idaho State Board of Education GOVERNING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES SECTION: V. FINANCIAL AFFAIRS Subsection: R. Establishment of Fees August 2006.
Special Course Fees or Assessments
A special course fee is a fee required for a specific course or special activity and, therefore, not required of all students enrolled at the institution. Fees such as penalty assessments, library fines, continuing education fees, parking fines, laboratory fees, breakage fees, fees for video outreach courses, late registration fees, and fees for special courses offered for such purposes as remedial education credit that do not count toward meeting degree requirements are considered special course fees. All special course fees or penalty assessments, or changes to such fees or assessments, are established and become effective in the amount and at the time specified by the chief executive officer of the institution. The chief executive officer is responsible for reporting these fees to the Board upon Request.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
| COURSE | FEE | PURPOSE |
| CE 362 | $20 | Software Upgrades |
| CE 437/537 | $50 | Materials & Supplies, future equipment purchases |
| CE 467/567 | $50 | Materials & supplies, future equipment purchases |
| CE 665 | $20 | Partially pays for FEA software renewal |
| ENGR 105 | $35 | Partially pays for AutoCAD software and paper |
| ENGR 120 | $5 | CE portion: STAAD software and bridge testing material |
| ENGR 224 | $25 | Lab materials and supplies |
| ENVE 409/509 | $50 | Chemicals & consumables |
| ENVE 611 | $50 | Chemicals & consumables |
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
| COURSE | FEE | PURPOSE |
| EE 275L | $15 | Electrical circuits & electronic lab components |
| EE 342L | $25 | Electrical circuits & electronic lab components |
| EE 429L/529L | $20 | Variety of diodes, ICs, resistors, capacitors, etc. |
| EE 472L/572L | $20 | Power lab components & meters |
| EE 427L/527L | $20 | Compilers license fees, electronic components |
| CS 181L | $20 | Computer lab components & printing |
| CS 182L | $20 | Computer lab components & printing |
Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
| COURSE | FEE | PURPOSE |
| ME 406 | $25 | Consumables such as rocket motors |
| ME 323 | $25 | Consumables such as resistors, sensors, etc. |
| ME 353 | $25 | Replacement of materials used in Rapid Prototype |
| ME 425 | $25 | Various consumables |
| ME 440/540 | $20 | Various consumables |
| ME 443/543 | $50 | Maintenance on pumps & piping, upgrades on instruments |
| NSEN 601 | $50 | Nuclear samples & reactor items |