Auditing Classes

Only full-time degree or diploma students are eligible to register to audit certain NEC courses that are not required in their degree programs. Studio, chamber music, and ensembles may not be audited.

Audits are approved on a space-available basis, with permission of the instructor, the student’s academic advisor and, in some cases, the department chair of the course in question. As a rule, students auditing courses are not required to sit for final exams or submit final projects. In some cases, course instructors may accept and correct other written work from the auditor. Before the audit is approved, each student must reach an agreement with the course instructor regarding attendance or other expectations.

Eligible students may audit one course per semester at no charge. Students wishing to audit more than one course in a semester are required to pay an audit fee per course in excess of the one non-charged course (see Fees). Students may register for the audited course during the last two days of the add/drop period each semester.

A record of audited courses will appear on the transcript. Once the student has successfully met attendance and other expectations as agreed upon with the instructor, the notation AUD will appear; failing to meet these criteria will result in dropping all record of the course from the transcript.

Students do not receive credit for audited courses, nor are they allowed to convert the audited course to credit after the completion of the add/drop period for that semester. Students may not repeat a course that they have previously audited unless the course is considered repeatable for credit as defined by the NEC Academic Catalog and curriculum.