At Brite Divinity School occasional visitation of classes by students is allowed with the consent of the instructor. In all cases, attendance of more than one-third of the class sessions requires official enrollment as an auditor. Auditors are admitted to classes on space-available basis only. Interested returning students should consult the instructor and the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. New students should consult Brite’s Office of Admissions. An audit fee is charged, and written permission of the instructor and the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs is required. Full-time students enrolled in a program other than the PhD program, and faculty spouses, are eligible for grants equivalent to the audit fee. Brite will pay audit fees for up to two courses audited by PhD students. Normally, no more than one course per semester may be audited.

The only period during which students may register for an audit or change a credit class to audit is from the second day of late registration as published in the Divinity School calendar up to the end of the time period covered by the first one-third of the class sessions. Students wishing to audit courses must be admitted for graduate study through the Admissions Office and have written approval of either the instructor of the course for which they wish to register or the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Classroom recitation and participation may be restricted at the discretion of the instructor; no grade is assigned and no credit is awarded.

If credit is desired, the student must register for and repeat the regular course after paying regular tuition. If a student switches from credit to audit enrollment for a class, that too may be done no later than the time period covered by the first one-third of the class sessions.

The student’s name will appear on the instructor’s class roll. In order for “AU” to appear on the transcript, however, the instructor must certify at the end of the semester that the student has attended as an auditor. Audits not approved by the instructor as a final grade will be omitted from the student record.