To audit a course, students must get the written permission of the course instructor and from the department chair. Students can request this permission only after the end of the official registration period.

Full-time students cannot audit:

1. Courses in the Friday Center for Continuing Education (Continuing Studies, Carolina Courses Online, Independent Studies, or Tutorial Programs), or
   
   
2. a course preparing a student for “Credit-By-Examination,”

Students usually audit lecture courses because they accommodate auditors more easily than other courses.

Students auditing a course do not write examinations or papers and do not participate in class discussions unless otherwise directed by the course instructor. They do not appear on the instructor’s class roll and may not request grades. The Office of the University Registrar will not accept final grades for auditors.

Students officially registered for other courses during a semester or summer session may audit a course without paying a fee.

Those not officially registered must pay a $20.00 fee to the University Cashier and must file a copy of the receipt with the course instructor at the beginning of the term.