Permission to Register for Audit
Undergraduate Students: Undergraduate students may audit a course for the current term with the permission of the instructor. In order to be registered for a course as an audit status, students must submit a completed Permission to Register for Audit (PDF) form to the Office of the Registrar no later than the withdrawal deadline.
Students who wish to change a course registration status to audit after the withdrawal deadline must submit the following to the Office of the Registrar for review no later than the last day of classes:
- A Permission to Register for Audit (PDF) form
- A letter from the student explaining the request to change the course registration to audit
- A letter from the instructor explaining why the course registration status should be changed to audit and how the student will complete the coursework by the end of the term
- A letter from the dean to the Registrar providing an extraordinary justification to support the course registration status change to audit. For undergraduate students, the process for obtaining this letter is facilitated by the student's academic advising office.
Graduate Students: Graduate students may audit a course for the current term with the permission of the instructor and the Graduate School. In order to be registered for a course as an audit status, students must complete a Permission to Register for Audit (PDF) form. Once signed by the instructor, the form must be emailed by the student to the Graduate School at gradinfo@uga.edu for review. If approved, the Graduate School will send the completed, approved form to the Office of the Registrar. This process must be initiated no later than the withdrawal deadline.
Graduate students who wish to change a course registration status to audit after the withdrawal deadline must submit the following for review to the Graduate School no later than the last day of classes:
- A letter from the student explaining the request to change the course registration to audit
- A letter from the instructor explaining why the course registration status should be changed to audit and how the student will complete the coursework by the end of the term
- A Permission to Register for Audit (PDF) form
If approved by the Graduate School, the Office of the Registrar will process the request.
Audit to Credit: All students requesting a change from audit to credit after drop/add has ended must submit the following for review to the Office of the Registrar no later than the last day of classes:
- A letter from the student explaining the request to change the course registration to credit
- A letter from the instructor explaining why the course registration status should be changed to credit and how the student will complete the coursework by the end of the term
- A letter from the dean to the Registrar providing an extraordinary justification to support the course registration status change to credit. For undergraduate students, the process for obtaining this letter is facilitated by the student's academic advising office. For masters and doctoral students, this letter should be facilitated by the dean of the Graduate School.
Important Information:
- Please note that tuition and fees for audited classes are the same as those registered for credit.
- All requests to change a course registration status to/from audit after the term has officially ended must be approved by the Educational Affairs Committee.
- Audited courses do not count in the computation of full or halftime status for financial aid purposes. Courses must be taken for credit in order to count for financial aid purposes. HOPE does not cover the tuition and fees to audit courses.