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*Formerly part of the University Handbook
Student Governance and Policies

Scholastic Regulations

Chapter 104



Auditors




1.  Audit Registration

With the consent of the instructor, and to the extent that space is available after matriculated students have been accommodated, a student may register as an auditor in a non-laboratory course or the lecture part of a laboratory course.

Senate Action, May 1939; AI, November 1968; RC, December 3, 2013; S-B 180, February 27, 2014 with Presidential approval.

2.  Non-Satisfactory Participation

The instructor may cancel the audit registration of any student whose participation is not satisfactory.

Senate Action, May 1939; AI, November 1968; RC, December 3, 2013; S-B 180, February 27, 2014 with Presidential approval.

3.  No Credit

No person who audits a course may participate in class discussion or laboratory work, take an examination in the course, or obtain credit therefore except by taking the course later as a matriculated student and satisfying all the requirements for credit.

Senate Action, May 1939; AI, November 1968; RC, December 3, 2013; S-B 180, February 27, 2014 with Presidential approval.

4.  No Transcript Record

No record of a student's audit shall appear on his University transcript.

S-B 116, April 1971 with Presidential approval; RC, December 3, 2013.

5.  Fees

The fee for auditing a course shall be the same as if the course were taken for credit.

Senate Action, May 1939; AI, November 1968; RC, December 3, 2013.