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Course Audit

Policy Number: 5240
Executive Responsibility: Dean of The College of Graduate Programs and Honors Studies; Graduate Council
Functional Responsibility: College of Graduate Programs and Honors Studies

5240.1 General Policy

Graduate students may audit courses with the approval of the course instructor. All audits must be clearly indicated on the registration form. Changes from audit to credit or credit to audit cannot be made after the fifth business day of a regular 14 week semester or day two of a short term. The fee per credit hour for auditing a course is the same as for credit courses.

Graduate assistants (GTAs, GAs, GRAs) and Graduate Scholars may not include audited courses as part of the eight quarter hour or six semester hour graduate credit minimum course load. Tuition remissions are not granted for audited courses.