Lansing Community College
Procedure Details

Procedure Title: Auditing Courses
Procedure #: RO.011
Revision #: 004

Unit Responsible: Registrar's Office
Individual Responsible: Registrar

Effective Date: 10/28/2022
Initial Approval Date: 04/19/2019
Last Review/Update Date: 10/28/2022
Next Review Date: 10/01/2025

*Does this procedure support a Board Policy? No
If yes, identify: N/A

Board policies can be found at: LCC Board of Trustees Policy Page

*Does this procedure support HLC criteria and/or Assumed Practices? Yes
If yes, identify: 3B, 3D

HLC Criteria can be found at: HLC Accreditation Criteria

*Does this procedure support a State or Federal Regulation? No
If yes, identify: N/A

*Note: Standard Operating Procedures should be in furtherance of some LCC policy and/or accreditation criteria, even if the relationship is not direct. Assistance in determining this information can be obtained from the Academic Procedure Advisory Committee (APAC) and/or the Accreditation Liaison Officer.

Auditing Courses

1. Purpose

Lansing Community College (LCC) recognizes that there may be instances where a student may not require a numeric grade and credit for a credit-bearing course.


2. Scope

This procedure applies to all students of LCC.


3. Prerequisites

Students must meet all prerequisite course(s) and/or placement levels required for the course, regardless of their intent to take the course for credit or to audit the course.


4. Responsibilities

Registrar – responsible for preparing processes to implement this procedure.

Student – each student is responsible for managing their audit status by the established deadline.


5. Procedure

To select audit status for a course, the student must:

  1. Log into Banner Self-Service.
  2. Select “Register.”
    1. Sign the Financial Responsibility Agreement, if applicable.
  3. Select the term.
  4. Enter the CRN. Click the “class search” button to locate available CRNs, prerequisites, course notes, and course descriptions.
  5. Select “Submit Changes.”
  6. Once registered, go to the top of the page and select the “Change Grade Type (Audit/Grade).”
  7. Select “Audit” in the grade mode section.
  8. Submit changes.
  9. Changes in audit or credit status after classes begin must be requested by the student through the Registrar’s Office.


6. Reference

  • A student auditing a course is not responsible for completing graded course work, does not receive a numeric course grade, and does not receive credit for a course.
  • Audited courses cannot be applied toward a degree or certificate and cannot be used to meet prerequisites.
  • The student can choose to audit the course at the time of registration. The College also allows students to change from credit to audit or from audit to credit by the end of the second week of classes (or other equivalent dates as specified for variable length courses).
    • Changes from credit to audit through the end of the second week for 16-week courses (and other equivalent dates as specified for variable length courses) do not require instructor approval.
    • Student selecting to change from audit to credit are responsible for having course work up to date at the time the change is made and must have instructor approval after the first week of the semester.
      • Changes in audit or credit status must be requested by the student through the Registrar’s Office.
    • Students should be aware that exercising this option may have an impact on their financial assistance or on student employment at the College.
      • Any student financial balance created by a change in credit or audit status must be paid by the student.
  • Some courses are not eligible for audit.


7. Definitions

N/A