Visiting Students
Auditing Courses
Visiting students may audit certain courses if the nature
of the class and seating accommodations permit. Courses
offered by other Northwestern schools are not open to auditors.
Students may not audit computer and lab courses; courses
that meet
for fewer than six weeks (including those that are part
of intensive sequences; see complete
list of intensive course sequences below); or any other
course whose description so indicates. Auditors are not
permitted to engage in class discussions, submit written
or oral assignments, or take examinations. Auditors do
not earn academic credit, but audited courses appear on
students’ transcripts. Auditors are charged a special
tuition rate.
Students wishing to change their status from audit to credit
must do so before the second class meeting and must pay
the difference in tuition in full at the time the request
is
submitted.
Course Credit
Credit
Northwestern University courses are on the quarter system. A quarter-course, the unit of instruction, is the work done in a class that meets at least three hours per week and carries the value of one unit of credit. (For transfer to other institutions or for certification stated in credit hours, undergraduates may consider a quarter-course equivalent to four quarter hours or two and two-thirds semester hours of credit.) Some classes are available for variable credit. You must determine at the time of registration that you are properly registered for the desired credit.
Transferring Credit
If you intend to transfer Summer Session credit to another
college or university, check with the registrar or dean
of that school regarding the amount of credit it grants for
courses taken at Northwestern.
Pass/No Credit (P/N) Option
Students may choose to receive a P (pass)
or N (no credit) notation rather than a regular letter grade
for certain
courses. This option is designed to allow students
to explore fields
beyond their areas of specialization without concern
about grade point average. Summer Session courses
may be taken
P/N unless otherwise indicated in the course description.
Students from other colleges or universities should
inquire at those institutions about whether P/N credits
are transferable.
Students who must receive a letter grade for tuition
reimbursement from their employer should not elect
the P/N option.
It is best to indicate your desire to take a course
P/N at the time of registration. The deadline for
changing from
a letter grade to P/N or vice versa is July 1 for
a four-week
course, July 8 for a six-week course, and July
15 for an eight-week course. Courses shorter than four
weeks
must
be designated as P/N at the time of registration.
Grade Reports and Official Transcripts
Grade reports are available on CAESAR one to two weeks
after the final class meeting. Visiting students must submit
official transcript requests to the Office of the Registrar,
633 Clark Street, Rebecca Crown Center, Evanston, Illinois
60208-1118, phone 847-491-5234. Transcripts cost $5 each,
with additional fees for rush service. For more information
or to download a Transcript Request Form, see www.registrar.northwestern.edu/transcripts.
Intensive Course
Sequences
The following intensive course sequences
are offered this summer:
- AAL 105-1,2,3 Elementary Arabic
- AAL 111-1,2,3 Elementary Chinese
- BIOL SCI 110-1,2,3 Biological Sciences
- CHEM 101-0, 102-0, 103-0 General Chemistry
- CHEM 210-1,2,3 Organic Chemistry
- FRENCH 111-1,2,3 First-Year French
- FRENCH 121-1,2,3 Second-Year French
- GERMAN 101-1,2,3 Elementary German
- GERMAN 102-1,2,3 Intermediate German
- ITALIAN 101-1,2,3 Elementary Italian
- ITALIAN 102-1,2,3 Intermediate Italian
- PHYSICS 130-1,2,3 College Physics
- PHYSICS 135-1,2,3 General Physics
- SPANISH 102-1,2,3 Intermediate Spanish
- SPANISH 101-1,2,3 Elementary Spanish
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