In the event that special students later apply for admission to a graduate degree program, they may request, and, if the request is approved, receive credits f or a maximum of two graduate three-credit courses , taken at the University of Ottawa or elsewhere, provided they meet the FGPS admission requirements. Students whose undergraduate qualifications do not meet the admission requirements for a graduate degree program, and who wish to obtain the required qualifications, must register at the undergraduate level. 1.7 Auditor Students wishing to attend courses without completing assignments and writing examinations must register as auditors. Auditor status must be indicated at the time of registration, from the beginning of the session in which the course is offered. Changes from auditor to credit status, or vice versa, are not accepted after the closing date for course changes of the session concerned .
Auditors are subject to the attendance requirements set for the course.
The responsibility to register, to re-register or to withdraw prior to the published closing dates rests with the student. The fees accruing from registration remain due unless the student withdraws in writing by the deadline. Students admitted to a graduate qualifying, diploma, master's, or doctoral program, must register for each of the sessions in which they intend to take courses or pursue research for credit. No retroactive registration will be accepted. Students may not be absent from their studies for more than two sessions.