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The university graduate student healthinsurance policy provides year-round and worldwidecoverage. Insurance premiums are nonrefundableto students who withdraw from theuniversity; coverage continues through the endof the quarter. Students may appeal to have aninsurance payment refunded by contactingStudent Health directly. Contact the StudentHealth Service Insurance Office for detailsregarding coverage. Telephone: (805) 893-2592.Insurance requirement for internationalstudentsThe purchase of health insurance is mandatory(i.e., a condition of enrollment) for all internationalstudents.All international students (both undergraduateand graduate) are assessed a fee each quarterfor enrollment in the Student Health InsurancePlan. The insurance fee is due at the time ofenrollment. The fee is paid by the appointingdepartment or unit for teaching and researchassistants who are appointed 25% time or more.All other international students must either paythe fee or waive out of the plan by showingproof of comparable coverage under anotherinsurance policy.In addition, international students mustpurchase insurance for any family member whoaccompanies them to Santa Barbara. Thiscoverage is also available.Information about this plan is sent to newinternational students with their visa documents.Further information, rates, and coverage datesare available from Student Health Service.Telephone: (805) 893-2592.9. Parking FeesFees and parking regulations are subject tochange without notice. For complete informationon parking permits, regulations, services,free parking incentives available through theTransportation Alternatives Program, etc., see“Transportation and Parking Services” on page23 in the Campus Services section in thispublication. For rate information, please refer tothe website at www.tps.ucsb.edu.10. Bicycle Registrationand ImpoundTo assist in the recovery of stolen bicycles,comply with state law, and document proof ofownership, the university requires and offersbicycle licensing.A California bicycle license can be obtainedfrom the Community Service Organization (CSO)for a $6.00 fee. The license is good for threeyears and is valid throughout California.Any bicycle not parked in a rack or designatedbicycle parking lot is subject to impound. Thereis an impound fee of $24.00. (Impound ratesubject to change.)For information on bicycle registration andregulations contact the CSO. Telephone: (805)893-2433 or 893-5293.Pre-InstructionalActivities1. ACCESS CardThe ACCESS Card is the primary UCSB studentID card as well as a campus One Card which canbe used for a variety of services on campus.Students may obtain their card during the firstquarter in which they enroll. ACCESS Cards canbe obtained at the ACCESS Photo Centerlocated in the UCen, main level above the Hub,Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Telephone: (805) 893-2464. Please bring proof ofregistration, a photo ID, and $15 for the onetimeprocessing charge. An alternative I.D. cardwhich has limited uses is available at no charge.If you lose either card, you must pay a replacementfee at the UCen Cashiers Office or theACCESS Photo Center.2. Placement Examsand AuditionsPreliminary Examinations for ForeignLanguagesFor: All entering new students in the College ofLetters and Science who will continue study of alanguage begun in high school.Students who have already earned collegecredit in a foreign language should note thatregardless of the results of the ForeignLanguage Placement Examination, credit cannotbe granted for any UCSB courses at the samelevel or a lower level than that already earned atanother institution or through AdvancedPlacement or International BaccalaureateExaminations. Students are advised to enroll inlanguage courses immediately since any delaymay decrease their proficiency.• FRENCHTimes: Tuesday, November 9, 2004, & Thursday,February 10, 2005, 2160 Kerr Hall at 1 p.m.• SPANISHTimes: Wednesdays, 9-10 a.m., on November 17and December 8, 2004; and, Wednesdays, 9-10a.m., January 12, February 9, and March 9, at2160 Kerr Hall Language Lab.• FOR ALL OTHER LANGUAGESPrior to the first day of the quarter, contact theappropriate language department to learn thedate and location of the examination. Results ofthe Foreign Language Placement Examinationwill determine proper placement into languagecourses at UCSB.English Examinations15• SUBJECT A EXAMINATIONFor: Students who have not satisfied theSubject A requirement prior to enrollmentincluding: students admitted too late to take theMay 2004 Systemwide Subject A Examination,out-of-state students, and transfer students.Times: Friday, January 28, 2005, 2 to 4 p.m.,location TBA.There is a $65 fee for this examination. Theexam may be taken only once. Preregistration isnot required. Please bring photo identificationand a pen.Exempt are students who scored 680 or aboveon the SAT II: Subject Test in Writing or whoreceived a score of 3 or above on the AdvancedPlacement Test in English (literature or composition).Students in these categories should nottake this test.• WRITING 50 WAIVER EXAMINATIONTime: Friday, February 4, 2005, 2 to 4 p.m.,location TBA.Students in the College of Letters and Sciencewith junior or senior standing are eligible tosatisfy the Writing 50 requirement by taking theWriting 50 waiver exam. Students are requiredto register for the exam in the Writing Programoffice (South Hall 1520) prior to the exam.Students may register any time during thequarter, but no later than 4 p.m. on Wednesday,January 26. Source material and directions foradditional research required for the exam maybe obtained in the Writing Program Office. Thisexam may be taken only once.There will be a Writing 50 waiver examworkshop on Monday, January 31, from 5 to 6p.m., location TBA. This workshop is only forstudents who have signed up for the waiverexamination.• ENGLISH LANGUAGE PLACEMENTEXAMINATION (ELPE)For: All incoming graduate and internationalundergraduate students for whom English is nottheir first language.Written Section: Monday, January 5, 2005, 8 to10 a.m., South Hall 3504.Oral Section: (For graduate students only).Appointments are made at the end of thewritten section. The oral section of the exam isapproximately ten minutes.Contact the English as a Second LanguageProgram, (805) 893-7258, for additionalinformation.• T.A. LANGUAGE EVALUATIONDates: Wednesday, September 8 to Wednesday,September 15.Evaluation of spoken English for prospectiveinternational teaching assistants. Contact youracademic department.