Auditing a Course

Auditing Classes

Students wishing to audit a course should indicate “audit” on the course registration form or select the audit option during registration in Self-Service. The cost to audit a course is equivalent to the cost of one credit in the program for which you are enrolled. See Cost of Attending Lesley for details. Audited courses cannot later be changed to gain credit or a letter grade. Courses taken for credit cannot be changed to audit. Credit or audit enrollment must be declared at the time of registration. Audited courses appear on the transcript as such and carry no credit value. Faculty members or the university will not furnish evaluations or letters attesting to the student’s presence or quality of class participation.

Students may observe a class session if permission is given by the faculty member teaching the course. Program offices should be contacted if permission is requested. Students may only be given permission to sit in on one class session.

Most graduate courses offered for credit may be audited with the approval of the faculty member. The same is true for undergraduate courses that are designed to allow the option to audit.