Sacramento State students will pay more for summer school this year, but can expect better services in return.

The cost of summer tuition will be $518 for 1-6 units, a $72 increase over last year?s tuition.

In exchange for the higher fees, the university will offer expanded services, said Director of Special Programs and Enrollment Larry Glasmire.

The University Union and library will expand their hours, ASI will offer more services and the Health Center will provide full service, a memo from Glasmire said.

In choosing what classes are offered over the summer, past enrollment is looked at and some determinations from that data are made, said Glasmire.

Eighty-eight percent of the classes offered during summer are upper division, according to the Summer 2002 ? Spring 2003 schedule, but there isn?t a full menu of classes offered as there during spring and fall semesters, and some disciplines offer more than others do.

One of the reasons for Sacramento State not offering more summer classes is due to the State of California?s budget issues, and another could be that a department may not be able to find an instructor that wants to teach over the summer, said Glasmire.

“We don?t offer as much as we would like to,” said Glasmire.

Departments that have a high demand for classes, such as communication studies, computer science, nursing and the college of education are offering several classes this summer to help students move through the university faster and to help relieve overcrowding in high-demand classes, said Glasmire.

The summer class schedule can be found on the web or a schedule can be purchased in the Hornet bookstore.

The enrollment & tuition breakdown:Fees (based on 6 undergraduate units) Enrollment 1997 $798.00 6,786 1998 $822.00 6,649 1999 $846.00 7,208 2000 $870.00 7,840 2001 $445.00 9,175 2002 $518.00.

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