Policy on Auditing of Courses
An auditor may attend lectures and other class meetings, to
take part in class discussions, and receive written confirmation of attendance.
An auditor will not receive evaluations of participation, and will not be
allowed to submit assignments or write examinations and tests, except by
special and express permission. The University's Code of Student Conduct will
apply to auditors.
In all cases, students registered in the University will
have priority over students who are not registered. Consideration for access to
courses as auditors will be given in the following order:
In all cases students registered in the University who
wish to audit courses have priority over students who are not registered in the
University.
Registered students who wish to audit
1. Students who are registered and who are counselled to
audit a course have priority over students who seek to audit without
counselling or other academic endorsement.
2. Students registered in the University and in the
faculty in which the course will be audited have priority over registered
students from other faculties.
3. Students who are registered in the University or who
have graduated from the University, and who are counselled to audit a course have
priority over students who seek to audit without counselling or other academic
endorsement, and over other applicants for admission who wish to audit courses.
Non-registered students who wish to audit
4. Students from other universities who are counselled to
audit a course have priority over students who seek to audit without
counselling or other academic endorsement.
5. All other persons who wish to audit.
1. No faculty, school, or college is required to make
courses accessible by any individual as an auditor except when it has
counselled a registered student to audit the course.
2. If a faculty, school, or college does make courses
accessible by auditors, it will follow this policy, and may restrict access to:
a. Student registered in the faculty, school, or college.
b. Students registered in the University.
c. Students who do not wish to receive Certificates of
Attendance.
3. If a faculty, school, or college decides to make
courses accessible by auditors, the final determination of whether or not a
person should be allowed to audit and whether or not space is available for an
auditor in the course will be made by the instructor, except when the course
has been formally filled.
4. If a faculty, school, or college decides not to make
courses accessible by auditors, instructors do not have discretion to allow
auditing in their individual courses.
1. A faculty, school, or college may issue Certificates of
Attendance to auditors who have attended at least 75 per cent of the meetings
of the class.
2. Students who wish to receive a Certificate of
Attendance must accordingly notify the instructor in writing at or before the
first meeting of the class, otherwise the faculty, school, or college is under
no obligation to issue a certificate.
3. Records of attendance must be kept for students who
wish to receive a Certificate of Attendance.
4. No credit will be given for a Certificate of Attendance
if an auditor later registers or re-registers in the course or in the
University. Certificates of Attendance will not be part of the Official Student
Academic Record.
5. Certificates of Attendance may be issued only once.
Replacements will not be issued.
1. Students registered in the University and employees of
the University will not be charged an audit fee for auditing except in cases
where Certificates of Attendance are requested.
2. Auditors who are not registered in the University or
are not employees of the University will be charged an audit fee at a minimum of
40 per cent of the respective tuition fee for registered students, as will
students who are registered in the University and employees of the University
who request Certificates of Attendance.
3. Revenue from auditing fees will be divisional income,
and will be collected by the division.
4. All auditors will be charged the same administrative
user fees and cost-recovery fees as registered students. Costs of supplies,
field trips, and any costs and incidental expenses shall be met by all auditors
even in cases where University and Ministry policies prohibit such fees for
registered students.
5. The auditing fee is for auditing only. Non-registered
students who wish to use other University services (for example, the University
of Toronto Library) may have access to them on terms normally available to
members of the community at large.
6. Audit fees must be paid by October 1, February 1, and
July 1 in each session respectively. Audit fees will not be refunded.
September 8, 1994