07-08 Undergrad Catalog

Campus Accommodations Office
100 SASB
Phone: (801) 422-2611
Toll-free: (877) 403-0040
Fax: (801) 422-0837
E-mail: housing@byu.edu
Internet: http://www.byu.edu/oncampushousing/

Quality residential living is an important, indeed an integral, part of the total educational experience at BYU, and students should carefully consider the accommodations available in view of the type of living experience they desire, the time they have available for activities within their housing situation, and their economic needs. Housing is available on campus and in the surrounding communities, and programs have been established within campus residence halls and with off-campus landlords to integrate living experiences with the total university educational program.

On-Campus Housing

On-campus housing includes room-and-board residence halls and apartment-style living for men and women—each directed by a competent hall advisor—and family apartments. Assisting the hall advisor in room-and-board areas and the apartment-style living are several resident assistants—mature, advanced students who reside with the student group. Students are known personally by the staff and have someone available to assist with normal student problems.

The residence hall program is designed to provide experiences in self-government, sharing relationships, and other responsibilities that encourage maturity and independence.

All residents have access to CougarNet, which provides them with an e-mail address, Internet access, printing capabilities on campus network printers, file storage, and access to the library (BYLINE) and registration (AIM) databases.

Residence Halls for Men and Women

Board and room in Helaman Halls is provided for both men and women. Each hall contains student lounges; study rooms; common shower and restroom areas; and laundry and storage facilities. A reading and writing lab, as well as math and computer lab, are also provided in the central building and are staffed by teaching assistants. The central building features a spacious cafeteria, dining room, reception area, offices, and mail service for the entire residence area. Recreational facilities include a swimming pool, sports courts, and large lawn areas.

Apartment Living for Men and Women

Heritage Halls and Wyview Park provide apartment-style housing for both men and women. Apartments are furnished, except for bedding and kitchen items.

Most Heritage Halls apartments have a combination kitchen-dining-study room, three bedrooms (designed for two people each), and a bathroom. Each building has a large lobby/living area, recreation room, laundry, and storage facilities. The Heritage Halls Central Building includes a resource center, staffed with specialists who are available to provide information and equipment for residents, and a computer lab, staffed by Office of Information Technology (OIT) teaching assistants.

Wyview Park apartments have a kitchen and dining room, living room, two or three bedrooms, and a bathroom. Two-bedroom apartments have one private bedroom and one shared bedroom. Three-bedroom apartments have two private bedrooms and one shared bedroom.

Residences for Families

Accommodations for student families are provided at Wymount Terrace. Each apartment is furnished with an electric or gas range, refrigerator, garbage disposal, and blinds. A limited assortment of furniture can be rented from the Student Family Housing Office. Residents have access to sports courts, children's playgrounds, large lawn areas, and the Helaman Halls swimming pool.

These apartments do not have washer/dryer hookups, but the areas have self-service laundry facilities. A BYU Creamery outlet is located at Wymount Terrace. The Housing Office also has a computer lab available.

Wymount Terrace has 898 one-, two-, or three-bedroom apartments and is located on the northeast side of campus.

Foreign Language Student Residence

The College of Humanities sponsors the Foreign Language Student Residence, located near the Missionary Training Center. Students pledge to speak only the foreign language in their apartment while they live and study together under the supervision of a faculty advisor and a native speaker.

All rooms are double rooms, and male and female students eat together, with the cost of some meals included in the fees. For details contact the coordinator of the Foreign Language Student Residence at 3086C JFSB or (801) 422-7797.

Applications/Agreements for On-Campus Housing

Students who plan to enroll at BYU and live in a university residence hall or a student family housing complex are advised to request housing at least one year in advance. For single-student housing, a housing agreement may be submitted online at www.byu.edu/oncampushousing. A nonrefundable $50 processing fee and $100 security deposit are required after the housing agreement is submitted and the student has been admitted to the university. The application fee is nonrefundable unless the student is denied admission to the university or campus housing. The security deposit is refundable (1) if the student is not admitted to the university or campus housing, (2) if cancellation is received before the deadline shown on the agreement, or (3) at the end of the agreement if there is no debt owing the university.

Agreements are processed according to the date they are received by the Campus Accommodations Office. Students should be prepared to live by the terms of the agreement once they have acquainted themselves with its terms and submitted it; this will avoid any possible misunderstanding or financial loss. Agreements are made for the academic school year.

For student family housing, the completed application must be returned with a nonrefundable $25 application fee. Placement into on-campus housing is made according to the date the application or agreement is received by the Campus Accommodations Office.

Acceptance to the University: Validation of any campus housing reservation is contingent on the student's official acceptance and admission to the university.

Time of Arrival: Residence halls are not open to students before the announced opening date, which is usually the day before Orientation begins. The university does not advise students who are going to live on campus to arrive before that date.

Off-Campus Housing

2170 WSC
(801) 422-5066
Internet: http://www.byu.edu/offcampushousing

Brigham Young University is committed to creating an atmosphere conducive to intellectual and spiritual development for all of its students, including those who live off campus. The BYU Off-Campus Housing Office was established to assist in this task by:

Aiding students in locating off-campus housing.
Encouraging landlords to maintain and improve rental facilities.
Advising and giving counsel to students and landlords in their relationships with one another.
Attempting to ensure that BYU living standards are maintained off campus.

To help achieve these ends, single undergraduate BYU students are required to live in university-contracted housing (see below). At present, more than 22,000 rental spaces have been contracted by the university for single undergraduate students living off campus. For further information concerning off-campus rentals and BYU regulations, contact the Off-Campus Housing Office between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday or visit their Web site.

BYU Housing Referral Service

The BYU Off-Campus Housing Office maintains a complete referral service for all university-contracted rental facilities. Thousands of rental units of all types are available, including large apartment complexes, condominiums, duplexes, houses, basement apartments, and sleeping rooms. Some housing for families is also listed, although student family housing is not subject to university contracting.

Detailed lists of current vacancies are available at the Off-Campus Housing Office from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Listings are also available at our Web site (listed above). A guide with housing tips and essential rental data on the large apartment complexes will be mailed on request and may also be found at our Web site. Officials are also available to help students who have problems finding suitable off-campus housing.

University-Contracted Housing

All BYU students are required to provide the local address where they reside (not a post office box) as part of the registration process. Unless specifically excused by the Off-Campus Housing Office, all single undergraduate BYU students are required to live in university-contracted housing either on or off campus. The requirement may be waived by the Off-Campus Housing Office for the following students:

Single parents with children.
Single students living with parents.
Single students who are taking classes away from Provo.
Under certain conditions, as determined by the Off-Campus Housing Office, the university housing requirement may be waived for other students who have a special circumstance or hardship.

Hotels, motels, and studio apartments are not approved housing for single students. A studio apartment is a living unit that does not provide a separate bedroom but combines the living and sleeping area.

Students who do not provide their local address or who live in housing not approved by the university and who are not excused by the BYU Off-Campus Housing Office are subject to the following sanctions:

Fines may be incurred, future registration may be stopped, and activity card privileges may be withheld until the student verifies that he or she is living in or will be living in university-contracted housing.
Students falsifying their addresses will be subject to the above consequences as well as disciplinary action by the university for Honor Code violations.

When a student signs an agreement to live in a facility not contracted by the university and has not been excused from the university housing requirement, these sanctions will be applied even though the student's tenancy extends beyond the current semester or term in which the student is enrolled. A student in this situation will have to either move from the uncontracted housing unit, regardless of the consequences, or forego registration and other privileges at the university until complying with this policy.

The university contracts off-campus living units whose owners have agreed to:

Adequately separate single men and women.
Exercise reasonable efforts to maintain the BYU Residential Living Standards.
Maintain the facilities in good repair.
Not abuse basic tenant rights.

The university cannot guarantee that owners and managers are employing their best efforts to maintain our standards, that all residents are complying with BYU standards, or that contracted living units always meet our physical criteria. Thus, students are individually responsible to carefully choose an acceptable apartment and compatible roommates. Students should first inform their area management if they suspect that the standards and the physical criteria are not being maintained. Students may also contact the BYU Off-Campus Housing Office and/or the BYU Honor Code Office with concerns.

Because a student's living environment has a profound influence on academic performance and spiritual growth, BYU promotes an environment in contracted off-campus housing facilities that is consistent with its mission and with the moral virtues taught by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Specifically, the BYU off-campus housing program sets guidelines for landlords and students, which, if followed, will cultivate that desired moral climate. BYU off-campus housing personnel attempt to rectify any deviations from these standards and policy guidelines.

Chartered Housing

Chartered housing, begun in fall 2006, is a pilot program that will run until 2009. Working closely with the property managers of designated housing providers, the university will assist with staff training and study BYU students' experiences in this style of housing. In order to compare chartered housing with other styles, all residents will be BYU students.

For more information about the chartered housing pilot program, please see the Web site: http://www.byu.edu/housing/chartered_housing.html.