verb
audit
To attend a class without receiving academic credit.
She audits an evening history class without seeking academic credit.
Etymology
Latin audire means to hear. Auditing a class retains the listener’s role: the person attends to hear the teaching without taking the course for academic credit.
More examples
- Retired residents may audit selected university courses.
- He audited the seminar because the subject interested him.
- Students auditing the course do not receive a final grade.
Forms
audit · audits · audited · auditing
auditor noun — Someone attending a course without earning credit.
Similar words
- sit in on
- Is less formal and may mean attending only one session.
- enroll
- Means registering, often for credit, without specifying auditor status.