U of C tuition to go up: way up

[The Yen Man]

Originally Posted by Esoteric

I'd prefer not to pay $800 more now, then to get back about $200 of that back in taxes later.

Like I said, it's only a silver lining. Look on the bright side. It costs me $1,100 for a 2 day seminar with the CMA. At least you get a full semester worth of instruction.

[Ashartus]

Originally Posted by shermanator

Where I think the University gouges you is that in certain programs, far too much of your course load is options. I took the Computer Science program at UofC, and had 19 options! That's half the degree! And many of the required courses were obsolete by the time I was done the degree!

Part of the difference between a university program and trade school program is that the university is supposed to provide a well-rounded education rather than an education focused towards a single job though.

[shermanator]

Originally Posted by Ashartus

Part of the difference between a university program and trade school program is that the university is supposed to provide a well-rounded education rather than an education focused towards a single job though.

This is true, however I've experienced that they also limit the options you can take (for example, Business courses), to those taking the options as their major.

[Esoteric]

Originally Posted by The Yen Man

Like I said, it's only a silver lining. Look on the bright side. It costs me $1,100 for a 2 day seminar with the CMA. At least you get a full semester worth of instruction.

Does your work reimburse you for that?

[The Yen Man]

Originally Posted by Esoteric

Does your work reimburse you for that?

Not until this year. So I had to fork out about $10K by myself. But I see what you're getting at, since I actually work full time and thus can sort of afford it. Back when I was in university, my part time job basically went all to tuition with a little left for anything else. I was paying $1,500 a semester when I started, and by the end, I was paying $2,500. It's insane how quick it goes up.

[sclitheroe]

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.

[RockOnRoberts]

Jesus Christ. Its insane how cheap college is in Canada. Seeing all of these figures reminds me of the cost for textbooks alone in the US.

[Teh_Bandwagoner]

Originally Posted by hulkrogan

$200 extra for each engineering class, for example, will tack on probably a good $1600 per year for engineering students on top of the 1.5%. Then add the $500 in new "compulsory fees".

More than that actually. Average course load for engineering students is 11 per year. So that's $2200/year, plus the $500 fee puts it at a cool $2700/year extra (plus the 1.5%, but that's pocket change compared to the rest). That's a lot of KD!

[Bob]

$200 for each engineering class? That's $1k / semester more!!! What the hell happened to all the money that Schulich gave them?

Edit: I was in engineering from '99 to '04 and it averaged about ~$2k-$2.5k / semester, IIRC. I cheaped out and didn't buy many textbooks, so that saved me a bunch of money--they were largely worthless anyway.

[flamingreen]

What incentive does the University of Calgary have now over other Canadian institutions, especially for Calgary residents? It use to be cost but that is rapidly becoming a non-factor. It definitely isn't the crumbling infrastructure or the depleted lab budgets or the ballooning class sizes or the lack of qualified instructors.

[Cheese]

Originally Posted by Freeway

The Students' Union was given preliminary numbers for next year's U of C tuition yesterday:

1.5% increase for everyone
PLUS: extra $200 for each engineering class, $240 for each business class, $1,820 for each law school year and $4,000 for each med school year
PLUS: roughly $500 compulsory fee (several fees will be bound together into a super-mandatory fee, but it'll be around $500 in new fees)

Story's coming out in tomorrow's Gauntlet and will be on the SU website sometime today or tomorrow. If you're at the U of C and wanna bitch, bitch to your MLA, the Advanced Education minister and the Provost of the U of C. The Provost will be at the SU meeting on Tuesday, February 2 at 6:30 in Mac Hall.

ah thats nothing...my wife spends more than that on lingerie every year!

[Flames0910]

Originally Posted by troutman

1.5% is "way up"?

haven't read the entire thread (yet) but try 46.5% for haskayne/eng students. the current student body has already been largely understanding of small 1-2% changes, but this is simply unacceptable.
the facebook protest event has close to 300 people registered as 'attending' after one day and the actual event doesn't happen for a week. i can only imagine the revolt that will happen if the U actually decides to go through with this. we've been a largely passive student body (with the exception of the student union), but this actually has people mad

the worst part is that these are the faculties that are already revenue-positive because of support from alumni/business. now the uni is squeezing their students for even more $$$.

I finish this year (business student), but what do you do if you just finished first/second year??

38.7% increase in tuition for Engineering
46.5% increase for Business
15.4% increase for Law
~1.5% increase across the board
$4000 more for Med
~$500 more for general fees

and the aforementioned facebook link:
http://www.facebook.com/#/event.php?...2041772&ref=mf

[albertGQ]

Originally Posted by JimmytheT

I received a Bachelor of Arts degree (in Economics) in 2005 from the U of C, and I have a well paying, very rewarding job with lots of upward potential.

Lucky you. I also have a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the U of C in 2002. I have an average paying, minimal reward job with limited upward potential

And I also have a PT job on the weekends to supplement my FT income

WHere do you work and how did I go so wrong?

[HOOT]

Originally Posted by REDVAN

If you don't like it or can't afford it, go somewhere more reasonably priced.

I heard UVIC is pretty cheap.

[bcb]

The expensive tuition in the US is a bit of a stereotype. If you go with a state university (in the state you reside in), I think the cost is similar to that of Canadian universities (~$5000/year)

[Da_Chief]

Didn't bout this till Herald showed up at U of C today and decided to interview us regarding this issue, I honestly couldn't even believe it so just rambled on with some crap. Asked the profs if they knew anything about this and they didn't have a "clue" than an hour later the SU president sent an email with all this.

I'm glad I'm done in 3 months.

[Flames0910]

Originally Posted by Da_Chief

Didn't bout this till Herald showed up at U of C today and decided to interview us regarding this issue, I honestly couldn't even believe it so just rambled on with some crap. Asked the profs if they knew anything about this and they didn't have a "clue" than an hour later the SU president sent an email with all this.

I'm glad I'm done in 3 months.

What do you teach?
bonus CP marks if I'm in your class this semester?

[Da_Chief]

Originally Posted by Flames0910

What do you teach?
bonus CP marks if I'm in your class this semester?

Where'd I say i taught? I'm done in 3 months, finishing my degree.

[Berger_4_]

Isn't Dr. Manzo on here? If I recall correctly, he posted something on here last year when I was in his class...I think MattyC was in it too actually.

[Da_Chief]

Originally Posted by Berger_4_

Isn't Dr. Manzo on here? If I recall correctly, he posted something on here last year when I was in his class...I think MattyC was in it too actually.

Manzo is awesome. just hilarious, used one of my options on his soci 201 class