Senior Citizen Tuition Fee Waivers

Senior citizens must be sixty (60) years old or older and meet the Florida residency requirements for tuition purposes.

For additional information and step-by-step instructions on how to register and use the Senior Citizen Tuition Fee Waiver, please refer to Using the Senior Citizen Tuition Fee Waiver.

 

Students may search for courses online using the Course Search app in MyUWF. The online course search lists courses which are offered in a specific semester or term. This service allows students to search for courses in a variety of ways, including by instructor, location, days and/or times, and campus. Course and reference numbers must match the course name(s) listed on the UWF Senior Citizen Tuition Fee Waiver to ensure the appropriate fees are waived.

A course prerequisite is a course or other requirement that a student must have taken prior to enrolling in a specific course. If you do not meet the prerequisite you may contact the academic department offering the course to request a prerequisite override.

Refer to Searching for Courses for step-by-step instructions on how to search for a course and view the prerequisites and/or corequisites. For further information about prerequisites and corequisites, please contact the offering department.  

Registration is based on a space-available basis at the University for a maximum of six (6) semester hours of tuition-free courses per semester. For policies that may affect your registration, please refer to the Academic Catalog.

The following courses are NOT covered by the Senior Citizen Tuition Fee Waiver program:

• Thesis
• Dissertation
• Internship
• Directed Independent Study
• Practicum
• Music and Theatre Performance
• Continuing Education
• Other one-on-one course situations

The following fees are NOT covered by the Senior Citizen Tuition Fee Waiver program:

• Material & Supply Fee
• Equipment Fee
• Lab Fee

Students may process their own registration online beginning the first day of classes through the end of the drop/add period. Once the senior citizen registration period begins, the Office of the Registrar will review submitted forms for registration compliance and remove any late registration fees. Senior citizen tuition fee waivers will be processed beginning the week of drop/add.

Please do not attempt to register through any other registration process or prior to the senior citizen waiver registration dates or the waiver is not applicable.

Class schedules may be retrieved through the MyUWF Student Records folder.

Students may review their account balance online by accessing MyUWF and using the Account Balance app in the Financial Resources folder. Fees will be assessed with a balance due until compliance and eligibility have been approved and the fee waiver applied. The fee system generally updates during the week of drop/add.

Each semester of participation, Senior Citizens must submit a new UWF Senior Citizen Tuition Fee Waiver form after course registration (during the drop/add period). UWF will accept scanned copies at registrar@uwf.edu or faxed copies to 850.473.7345. Students are responsible for outstanding fees for course(s) which do not match the authorized waiver form. In such cases, appropriate late registration fees and late payment fees will also be assessed. Approved alternate courses are encouraged and must be listed on the waiver form for consideration.

All courses are not graded but are audited. Students using the Senior Citizen Tuition Fee Waiver are not eligible to earn a degree as the waiver courses can only be taken on an audit basis (zero credit) only. See information on audit  as well as the University Catalog.