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Eligibility: Students can take courses at KSC, PAFB, the main campus, via distance
learning, or at the Melbourne site, providing flexibility in scheduling and a wider selection
of electives from which to choose. Individuals designated as off-campus students
will pay the off-campus student tuition for courses taken at KSC, PAFB or via distance
learning. The off-campus tuition rate is typically half the on-campus rate. Spaceport
students who elect to take courses on the main campus or at the Melbourne site will
pay the main campus rate.
Registration: Registration for KSC and PAFB students is conducted each semester
online beginning on the date scheduled in the “Academic Calendar” in this section.
Students are strongly urged to register before classes begin. Under certain circumstances,
students may be able to register through the second week of classes.
On-Campus Courses: Textbooks for main-campus courses will not be available at the
KSC or PAFB offices; they must be purchased by students at the main campus bookstore.
Parking fees are assessed each term for parking on campus.
On-Campus Students: Melbourne students may not register at the KSC or PAFB offices.
They must register online or at the Melbourne campus for all courses.
Textbooks: Available textbooks will be sold though MBS DIRECT: (800) 325-3252,
or www.mbsdirect.net.
Student ID Cards: May be ordered at branch offices at no cost to students. ID cards
are required at campus library and bookstore.
Libraries: Government libraries are available for Florida Tech students through
agreements with KSC and PAFB. Florida Tech’s Evans Library on the Melbourne
campus is within reasonable driving distance. Most services (except checking out
materials) can be accessed via the Library Information Network (LINK) Web page at
www.lib.fit.edu/. Other libraries located in Brevard County are available to students.
These include the college libraries at Brevard Community College/UCF in Cocoa,
and Brevard Community College in Melbourne and Titusville. Finally, public libraries
are located in Brevard County population centers and include a research library
in Cocoa.
Web Sites: It is strongly recommended that students with questions not answered in
this catalog refer to one of the Web sites listed below.
• General university information/University Catalog: www.fit.edu
• University College/Division of Extended Studies: http://uc.fit.edu/segs
• Spaceport: http://uc.fit.edu/segs/spaceport
• Master’s degree, Computer Science or Software Engineering: www.cs.fit.edu
Note: Information about master’s degrees in computer information systems, space systems or space
systems management, please refer to this catalog.
E-mail: All Florida Tech students are automatically assigned an fit.edu e-mail address.
To access this information go to www.fit.edu and select “computing.”
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