Audit Policy

The audit option provides students the opportunity to attend a course as a non-credit participant, usually as a listener-observer. This alternative may have value for students who want an introduction to a subject outside their major field, a review or refresher in a subject, or for other purposes where credit and grade are not needed or would pose an unnecessary academic threat. Students will have the option of completing assignments and taking examinations. Some programs may have additional criteria in place for how students can audit courses.

Audit enrollment carries no credit or grade point value, and said status will be recorded on the student's transcript as an "N". No inference is made about the quality of a student's mastery of the course subject matter.  Audited courses are not eligible for federal (Title IV) or state of Iowa financial aid.

A 50 percent reduction in the standard tuition rate is available to students who elect noncredit (audit) status prior to the beginning of the course. Students wishing to change to noncredit (audit) status after the beginning of a course will pay full tuition. The change to audit must be made by completing a Withdrawal/Audit Form by three-fourths of the way through the course. Tuition refunds for audited courses will be subject to the standard college refund policy.  A change to an audited class after beginning the course with financial aid is subject to federal withdrawal policies for Return of Title IV Funds (R2T4) and Satisfactory Academic Process (SAP) policies.

Caution is advised in the use of an audit as the course must be repeated for a letter grade if credit is desired at a later date. An audited course cannot change to a graded course once the semester has started.

The reduced audit rate will not apply to course fees, practicum/internship courses, or courses within health programs that have a clinical component.