Auditing courses allows you to enroll in a course for no grade and no credit. When a student audits a course, the mark of AU will be noted on the student's academic record. Auditing courses does not help students make progress toward their degree and does not count towards full-time enrollment which may be required for financial aid, visa, or graduate studies.
Students can register to audit courses starting the first day of class and may continue through the add deadline. Rules about tuition and fees for auditing classes are the same as for credit enrollments for most students.
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.
Senior Citizen Auditors
Oregon residents age sixty-five or older who are not seeking academic credit or working toward a degree and may audit classes at no charge, on a space available basis if the department gives 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.