Registration Programs

While the majority of attendees at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder are traditional students, the university serves the needs of a wide variety of nontraditional students as well. Each registration program or student type may have different registration and enrollment stipulations.

Nondegree students are able to enroll in Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Main Campus courses (undergraduate or graduate) through Continuing Education. Some ACCESS students take courses for personal or professional development, while others plan to enroll in a degree program at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder in the future.

Auditors

Community members age 18 and older who aren't registered students are eligible to listen in on regularly scheduled lectures through the Division of Continuing Education's auditors program. For more information, visit  or contact the Division of Continuing Education at 303-492-5148.

Current Students

Current students are not eligible to audit a class; however, they may enroll in a class and change the grade mode to "No Credit Basis (Audit)." The student would pay tuition and be officially enrolled, but would receive a grade of NC for the class, which does not impact GPA. To learn more about grade modes, see Edit Your Class Options.

Discontinued as of Fall 2020, the Colorado Graduate Exchange Program allowed Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder graduate students to take courses at other Colorado colleges and universities without applying at the host campus and at no additional cost. The program was an agreement between the following state-supported institutions of Colorado:

  • University of Colorado
  • Colorado State University
  • Colorado School of Mines
  • University of Northern Colorado

Admitted degree-seeking or nondegree faculty, staff and dependent students not using the tuition assistance benefit can register for classes without additional paperwork during their assigned enrollment dates or open enrollment.

Faculty, staff and dependents wishing to use the benefit must follow carefully.

  • Degree-seeking employees and dependents can register and waitlist for class(es) during their assigned enrollment dates or the open enrollment period.
  • Nondegree students (employees and dependents) may have different registration windows and should consult their campus for more information.

The high school ACCESS program is intended for high school students interested in the challenge of completing college courses at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder. Students in the program earn college credit that may also be applied to high school graduation requirements. For information on eligibility and registration, follow the link below or call 303-492-5148.

The intercampus enrollment program enables students to take a course on another Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØcampus if they are unable to take the course at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder. If students plan to take at least one class at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder, they are able to request to register on another Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØcampus as well. See  for the full policy.

Host campus: For Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder students, the host campus is the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØcampus where you're taking concurrent coursework (not Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder).

Home campus: A Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder student's home campus is Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder. 

Deadlines & Restrictions

  • Before the add/drop deadline of the host campus, a student may drop/add a class taken on another Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØcampus by emailing their home campus registrar's office.
  • After the deadline, students must secure a host campus add/drop form with the appropriate signatures and turn it into the host campus registrar's office. After a deadline, students may be assessed W grades and full tuition and fees.
  • Once enrolled, students must be aware that many services at the host campus will not be available, because students do not pay the required fees (if any) for these services.

How to Register for Intercampus Courses

Undergraduate Students

  1. Complete the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØIntercampus Enrollment Form and Policy obtained from the home campus registrar's office. 
  2. Email the form to the home campus registrar's office on or after April 1 for fall semester, Oct. 1 for spring semester and March 1 for summer semester. All undergraduate students must secure their dean's signature before turning in this form. Contact your undergraduate academic advising office to find out how to obtain this signature.
  3. The registrar's office will determine if space is available and, if so, enroll the student in the requested class after students at the host campus have had the chance to enroll.

Graduate Students

  1. Complete the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØIntercampus Enrollment Form and Policy obtained from the home campus registrar's office. 
  2. Submit the form to the home campus registrar's office on or after April 1 for fall semester, Oct. 1 for spring semester and March 1 for summer semester.
  3. The registrar's office will determine if space is available and, if so, enroll the student in the requested class after students at the host campus have had the chance to enroll.

Registration Dates

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder's Office of the Registrar will register eligible Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder students for classes on the host campus starting on the following date(s).​

  • Summer 2024: April 16, 2024
  • Fall 2024: April 30, 2024

Intercampus Registration

If a student wants to take coursework on another Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØcampus but not go through the intercampus enrollment program, they must apply for admission to that campus, follow its registration procedures, and check with the dean's office for approval. Students may apply as nondegree students or as degree-seeking students. (Students in the College of Arts and Sciences may not register at the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØDenver or UCCS except in the summer.)