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AUDIT-ONLY

SCHOOL OF MISSION AND THEOLOGY | School of Psychology and Marriage and Family Therapy

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Audit-Only status is designed for those desiring to attend a course at the graduate level without receiving credit or transcript evidence. Audit-only students may not audit coursework in the School of Psychology & Marriage and Family Therapy.

The following are requirements for completing the application process.

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ALL APPLICANTS
  • Application for Admission
  • Essay Responses
    You will be prompted to upload and submit your essay responses to the following questions into the application portal.

    • Religious Autobiography
      • Reflect on your past Christian experience, including the most significant spiritual event/influence in your life, the role of Christ in your religious experience, your involvement in Christian service, and your reason(s) for attending your church. (minimum 250 words; maximum 500 words)
    • Statement of purpose
      • Why are you interested in Fuller Theological Seminary and this particular degree program? (minimum 250 words; maximum 500 words)
  • A $25 nonrefundable application fee
  • While official transcripts are not required for admission as an auditor, applicants must hold a bachelor's or master's degree from an accredited institution. Only spouses of current Fuller students wishing to apply as audit-only status may be considered for admission without holding an accredited bachelor's or master's degree.
  • If you are interested in auditing any classes in English and your native language is not English or your medium of instruction for all post-secondary education is not English, you must either submit a test score of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), Academic Format. Please click here for additional requirements.

The following stipulations apply to Audit-Only status:

  • Auditors are required to have met any prerequisites for the course.
  • Course availability for auditors is first-come, first-served and space is limited.
  • Auditors may register only after the enrollment deadline for credit students has passed.
  • Auditors in online courses must fully participate, which means completing all assignments and discussions but receiving no grade and no evaluation from the instructor.
  • In-person course auditors may sit and listen, but participate (in assignments and class discussions) only at the invitation of the course instructor.
  • Many 500-level courses permit auditors as space or other limitations allow, but some 500-level courses do not permit auditors under any circumstances. For example, language (and language tools) courses are not available for auditors. Additionally, Audit-only students cannot audit FT5xx courses (with the exception of students providing transcript evidence of a prior degree in psychology and with approved petition). Please check the “Notes” column of the online course schedule for links to course specific restrictions.
  • Audits are not recorded on a transcript or validated officially.
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NOTIFICATION

Applicants are notified of admission decisions, in most cases, around 3-5 weeks following the completion of an application file. Some programs require that an enrollment deposit be paid within 30 days of notification of acceptance. The enrollment deposit will be applied toward the first quarter's tuition and is nonrefundable.

TUITION AND FEES

The fee to audit a class is $250. Audit-only students must also pay the quarterly Student Services Fee (current fee rate listed here). Current Fuller students and spouses of current Fuller students pay an audit fee of $50 and there is no fee for Fuller graduates to audit a class.