By JENNIFER GANTT ABSHE
Auditing a class enables students to take a class without receiving credit, something that students might find to be useful.
“I wanted to take a bunch of classes but I didn’t have time to do the work for all of them so I decided to audit a religion class so I could go and learn from it without worrying about the work,” said Jeff Curtis, a senior from Chino, Calif., majoring in Physics.
To change a class from credit to audit, students must use an add/drop card during the first 10 days of classes. Add/drop cards are available in the Registration Office.
“Students must obtain the instructor’s approval on a signed add/drop card,” states the Winter 1996 class schedule. “It is not possible to register for an audit class on the Touch-tone telephone system.”
Students are charged the same tuition for auditing classes as for taking classes for credit. Part-time students can audit a class but they will be charged for the cost of the class.
“The classes taken on an audit basis will not appear on a student’s official records, will not be considered in calculating enrollment verifications and do not fulfill the minimum registration requirement for graduate degree-seeking students,” the schedule book states.
“I stopped going to the class in the middle of the semester because I had too much work in my other classes and the religion class was a lower priority, but I have considered auditing other classes,” Curtis said.
