Registration in audited courses provides an opportunity for individuals to review and/or update information or to expand knowledge in a subject area. Audited courses are documented on an official UTHSC-H transcript. In addition, an auditing student is given a University ID that will authorize the use of all UTSPH facilities relevant to the course being audited.
Classes may be audited by any interested persons, including currently-enrolled UTSPH degree program students, students enrolled in other UTHSC-H schools, students from regional campus host institutions, students, faculty, residents or fellows from schools with which the UTSPH has special agreements (e.g. Baylor College of Medicine and Rice University), UTHSC-H employees, UTSPH alumni, or public health workers.
All courses (except individual study, thesis, dissertation, and practicum) that are offered by the UTSPH may be audited provided that permission has been obtained from the instructor prior to registration for the course. Enrollment as an auditing student will be on a space-available basis. UTSPH students in degree programs (and non-degree students admitted to the school) will have priority. Faculty expectations of, and responsibilities toward, auditing students will vary. Auditing students are encouraged to discuss these points with faculty before registration.
Persons auditing UTSPH classes that are not formally admitted as degree or non-degree students do not generate revenue for the school and are not reportable to the State of Texas. Further, credit hours for an audited class (for any category of student) do not count for formula funding.
Academic credit
Audited classes will appear on the transcript with a grade of “AD”. Credit hours accrued from audited courses may not be counted toward any UTHSCH degree program. Likewise, audited classes taken prior to admission to a degree program may not serve as a factor in demonstrating proficiency in an area of knowledge.
Access to facilities
Auditing students will be provided with a UTHSC-H badge that allows access to the UT-SPH. Auditing students will be afforded access to any other area of the building, such as the computer laboratories and library, if those facilities constitute an integral function in the audited course.
Registration and Fees
Persons auditing any UTSPH course must register through the UTHSC-H Registrar’s Office. Registration for audited courses must be completed by the late registration deadline date.
UTSPH students do not pay additional tuition or standard fees, but must pay an audit fee. Others who audit classes are charged an audit fee plus fees for library resources, computer resource, health services, and information technology. Fees are subject to change from one academic year to the next.
Proof of immunizations is required of all students before being allowed to audit courses.
Registration Procedures
Currently- enrolled students. Currently enrolled program and non-degree students should complete an add/drop form and return it to the Registrar’s Office with the instructor’s signature. Tuition is waived, but an audit fee is assessed.
Enrolled non-degree students. Persons taking courses in the UTSPH as non-degree students must first be admitted to the school. An amended admissions procedure is used to expedite the process. An application may be found on the UTSPH website; instructions for non-degree students are on the application form. This category includes Baylor Faculty and Fellows, UT Southwestern Faculty and Fellows, as well as individuals applying to the UTSPH as a non-degree student who have no affiliation with another university. Fee assessment is the same as for currently-enrolled students.
Inter-institutional students. Students currently enrolled in degree programs at Rice University or Baylor College of Medicine Graduate School may audit UTSPH courses. Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine graduate students pay all fees at their home institution. To audit a UTSPH course, students must download the “Inter-institutional Registration” form from the Registrar’s Office Website, obtain signatures from their advisor, the registrar at their home institution, and the UTSPH faculty member teaching the course. The form should then be taken to the UTHSC-H registrar’s office. A transcript documents that the student was registered as auditing the course.
Other Persons, such as UTHSC-H faculty or staff, public health department employees, or others outside the UTHSC-H, who wish to audit UTSPH courses as non-admitted, non-degree students must obtain the permission of the course instructor and contact the registrar directly for registration in the class and payment of fees. A transcript listing audited courses will be generated. A non-refundable application fee plus an audit fee will be assessed.
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