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Health Care Assistant

Fees: Trades & Applied Technology Programs

Description of Fees and Rates for domestic students:

  1. Tuition: $393.63 per month
  2. Student Activity fee: $15.75 per month.
  3. VIU Students' Union fee: $17.25 per month.
  4. Health and Dental Plan fee: $286 per year; this fee is only in effect for trades or vocational students in programs that are eight (8) months or longer at the Nanaimo Campus.
  5. Other fees: Some courses have additional fees to pay for extraordinary class–related expenses.

Fee Table – 24 week program*

Amount

Tuition (6 months x $393.63)

$2,361.78

Student Activity fee (6 months x $15.75)

$94.50

VIU Students' Union fee (6 months x $17.25)

$103.50

Total

$2,559.78

* The above fee table is for Nanaimo campus only. Students taking the program through the Cowichan or Powell River campuses should reduce the fee total by $41.46.

Fee Table – Aboriginal Focus – 28 week program*

Amount

Tuition (7 months x $393.63)

$2,755.41

Student Activity fee (7 months x $15.75)

$110.25

VIU Students' Union fee (7 months x $10.34)

$72.38

Total

$2,938.04

* The Aboriginal Focus option is only offered at the Cowichan Campus.

Special Expenses

Amount

Books and supplies (approximate cost)

$700.00

Note: Students are responsible for travel expenses to clinical agencies.

Note: All fees are subject to change without prior notice.

Updated: May 4, 2012