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Audit Policy


These policies include the following:

  1. Students may audit courses so long as they (a) register specifically for audit status; (b) pay regular tuition and fees as listed in the official publications of the College; and (c) comply with all assignments, projects, tests, and learning experiences required of creditstatus (regular status) students unless they explicitly make another arrangement that is mutually agreeable to both instructor and student.

  2. Audit status students should realize that unless they complete all regular course requirements it will probably not be possible to convert from audit status to credit status at a later date. Audit status students who have completed all regular course requirements to date and wish to change from audit status to credit status must complete a Request to Change from Audit to Credit Form and submit it to Room 1048J. Such petitions must include a note from the instructor stating the student has completed all regular course requirements to date. This request must be processed prior to the final examination.

  3. Students who register for a credit class cannot change to audit status.

  4. For students who complete all requirements, instructors will record the progress of audit students in the same manner as credit students. A grade of “AU” will be recorded on the audit status student’s transcript at the end of the semester, and will not be used to compute grade point averages. Please also note that audit credit cannot be used to complete a degree or transferred to another institution.

Credit Hour
As a rule of thumb, each credit hour equals one hour of class or two hours of laboratory work per week. Exceptions are noted in course descriptions.

Employment and Classload
Many students find it necessary or even desirable to be employed while attending college. Although enrollment on a full-time basis is very demanding, you may find that you can maintain satisfactory grades even while working part-time. The following table provides general guidelines for those students who plan to work:

Classload/Workload

Credit Hrs.
per Semester

Extracurricular Hrs.
per Week

13 or more ........................................................... 15 or less
10 - 12 ................................................................... 24 or less
7 – 9........................................................................ 32 or less
3 – 6........................................................................ 40 or less

If you stop attending a course and do not formally withdraw, the instructor has the option of initiating a grade of “W” or a grade of “E”.

Attendance
You are expected to attend all sessions of the classes in which you enrolled. You may be withdrawn from the class at the discretion of the instructor if you have excessive absences. Instructors who do not take attendance into account when determining your status in the course must maintain other consistent means of showing participation.