Auditing a course gives a currently enrolled or admitted student the opportunity to attend a class without earning credit or being assigned a grade.
In addition:
- Research, internships, or other degree capstone courses are not open to auditors.
- Audited classes carry no credit and therefore do not count toward full-time status, which may be required for financial aid, visa, or graduate studies.
- A mark of “AU” will be designated on the student’s transcript.
- Audit requests must be turned in to the Office of the Registrar before the deadline to add a class. After the deadline, student will be subject to a grade.
- You cannot change a course to audit on DuckWeb.
- The fee for auditing a course is the same as the regular resident or non-resident tuition for the term, and both mandatory and other course fees apply to the class.
Audit Registration
If you wish to audit a course, take the following steps:
- Register for the class you wish to audit.
- Submit a completed auditor registration form or senior auditor registration form to the Office of the Registrar no later than the add deadline noted on the academic calendar.
Community Audit Opportunities
Staff and family members may audit regular tuition courses for free (self-support courses and certain programs are excluded). Both the audit registration form and the staff fee privilege form must be completed. Information about the staff tuition benefit is available through Human Resources.
Oregon residents age sixty-five or older who are not seeking academic credit or working toward a degree may audit classes at no charge, on a space available basis upon department approval. Some departments only approve senior auditors for summer courses (e.g., Creative Writing). Incidental fee privileges are not provided and participants must pay any required special course materials fees. Senior citizens who want to audit a self-support course must pay self-support tuition and fees for the course.