MOTION: ? 

"That Senate approve the proposal for a new 

Course Audit policy and regulations, as set 

forth in S.75-104, as follows: 

A student who has received written permission 

of the Instructor may, following completion of 

appropriate registration procedures, attend a 

specific course as an auditor. A student who 

has been given permission to audit a course 

will not write the final examination nor be 

given credit for the course. During the normal 

course change period, a student may change audit 

registration from one course to another or from 

regular enrolment to course audit. However, 

only those students who have been granted 

regular admission (i.e. working towards a degree) 

may change registration from audit to regular 

enrolment. After the normal course change period 

has ended, no further registration in course 

audit will normally be permitted. Students who 

have been placed on 'required to withdraw' or 

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permanent withdrawal' will not be allowed to 

audit courses. For information on fees assessed 

for course audit, refer to the fee section." 

At its meeting of 22nd May, the Senate Under- 

graduate Admissions Board considered the attached proposal to 

revise the current policy on auditing of courses. In the 

light of the comments from the Director of Admissions, the 

initial proposal was amended to read as follows: 

A student who has received written permission 

of the Instructor may, following completion 

of appropriate registration procedures, attend, 

a specific course as an auditor. 

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A student 

who has been given permission to audit a course 

will not write the final examination nor be 

given credit for the course. During the normal 

course change period, a student may change 

audit registration from one course to another 

or from regular enrolment to course audit. 

However, only those students who have been 

granted regular admission (i.e. working towards 

a degree) may change registration from audit 

to regular enrolment. After the normal course 

change period has ended, no further registration 

in course audit will normally be permitted. 

Students who have been placed on "required to 

withdraw" or "permanent withdrawal" will not 

be allowed to audit courses. For information on 

fees assessed for course audit, refer to the 

fees section. 

During discussion of the proposal, it was emphasized 

that students would still be required to go through the normal 

admission and registration procedures but that the necessity for 

academic documentation would be eliminated. The Director of 

Admissions also noted that a new admissions category would be 

created so that students would be admitted to the University 

as auditing students only. Further, the records office would 

establish a system for ? 

identifying auditors so that a student 

admitted to audit courses only and subsequently wishing to transfer 

to a degree program would be required to apply for admission to 

that program in the normal way. 

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The proposal is forwarded to Senate for its 

consideration with the Committee's recommendation that it be 

approved. 

I. Mugridge 

ams

att. 

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UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONSBOARD 

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SENATE UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS,.. BOARD 

Subject .. AUDITING OF COURSES 

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Date.... 

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..... MAY. .20, .1975 .................................................. 

The attached proposal for anew auditing policy is seen as a 

positive move as it opens to the public the option of taking courses 

for degree credit or as an auditor. Clarification of two items in 

the attached proposal is necessary and therefore the following 

amendments to the proposal policy are recommended:- 

1.

"During the normal course change period a student may change 

registration in the course audit from one course to another, or 

from regular enrolment to course audit. However, only those 

studarts who have been granted regular admission (i.e. working 

toward a degree) may change registration for audit to regular 

enrolment." 

2.

"Students who have been placed on 'required to withdraw' or 

'permaneitt withdrawal' will not be allowed to audit courses." 

Mugridge ? . 

Assistant Vice-President, Acadenil' 

Policy 

n Auditing of courses 

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April .1975 

The attached proposal for a change in the policy for 

auditing of courses is submitted to the Senate Undergraduate 

Admissions Board for its consideration. 

Substantially, the proposal changes the existing 

policy 

in

one important respect. It would omit the requirement 

that auditing students must be admissible to the University, thus 

leaving open to any members of the public the possibility of 

auditing a course,.provided'the 

y

have permission of the instructor. 

It should be noted that, if this proposal is accepted, audi.ting 

students will continue to be registered in the normal way and will 

continue to pay an auditing fee. It will also be required that 

auditing students obtain the permission of the instructor teach- 

ing the course they wish to audit so that instructors may control 

the number of additional students attending their courses and, in 

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cases where auditing is inappropriate, can deny permission on these 

grounds. 

This proposal for change arises from a number of 

considerations. The principal. of these is that the current policy 

closes University courses to a number of people who, while 

unwilling to undertake formal enrolment in one of the University's 

programs and to pursue such a program towards a degree, nevertheless 

have sufficient interest in attending one or more of our courses 

for reasons other than obtaining credit. While this has never been 

a problem of any real magnitude, it seems likely that it will arise 

with greater frequency as the University expands its evening and 

off-campus offerings. While these offerings are naturally 

designed to cater primarily for students wishing to obtain credit 

towards a degree, it would seem unreasonable to deny the opportunity 

to attend them to members of the public who are either unwilling or 

unable to obtain regular admission to the Unive ity. 

I. Mugridge 

ams

att. 

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1. Present policy 

5. Registration For Course Audit 

A student who has satisfied the admission requirements 

of the University may attend a specific cOurse(s) as 

an auditor upon completion of the necessary registration 

procedures, which include written approval of the 

necessary registration procedures, which include written 

approval of the department concerned. A student who 

has been given permission to Audit a course will not 

write the final examination nor be given credit for the 

course. During the normal 'course change, period a 

student may change registration in the course Audit from 

onecourse to another, or to regular enrolment in the 

course, or from regular enrolment to course Audit. 

After the normal course change period has ended, no 

further registration in course Audit will normally be 

permitted. 

For information on fees assessed for course 

Audit, refer to the Fees section. 

2.

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Proposed policy 

A student who has received the written permission of the 

instructor may, following completion of appropriate 

registration procedures, attend a specific course(s) as 

an auditor. A student who has been given permission to 

Audit a course will not write the xinal examination nor 

be given credit for the course. During the normal course 

change period a student may change registration in the 

course Audit from one course to another, or to regular 

enrolment in the course, or from regular enrolment to 

course Audit. 

lifter the normal course change period has 

ended, no further registration in course Audit will 

normally be permitted. 

For information on fees assessed 

for course Audit, refer to the Fees section. 

I. Mugridge 

8th April, 1975 