Colorado residents age 55 and over can sit in on classes at the University of Colorado at Boulder without paying tuition through a longstanding program that will be available during the upcoming fall and spring semesters.
Senior Auditors, created by the CU Board of Regents in 1973, enables nontraditional students to attend most regularly scheduled daytime classes without paying tuition. Participants will not receive academic credit for courses they audit, however, and the program excludes Spanish, Portuguese and Continuing Education classes.
Registration fees are $5 per semester for CU Alumni Association members, and $60 per semester for nonmembers. Association membership is $45 per year.
Opportunities to learn new skills, meet new people and attend classes in some of CU-Boulder聮s newest buildings are only a few of the reasons people might want to participate in the program, coordinators said.
The program gives baby boomers the chance to take up subjects they may have been interested in for years, but never had the time to explore due to family and career commitments. Participants also will be able to experience new teaching methods and interact with a new generation of scholars.
Each year, some 500 people audit classes through the program.
This year, program registration will take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 4, and from 8 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, Sept. 5, at the Koenig Alumni Center, located at 1202 University Ave., on the southeast corner of Broadway and University. Parking will be free during registration.
Anyone interested in participating in the program should start by checking the availability of fall classes by going to plus.colorado.edu/planner or registrar.colorado.edu. Participants must obtain a professor聮s permission before auditing a class. Program coordinators recommend that interested individuals attend a class before registration to see if it is a good match.
For more information, call the CU Alumni Association at (303) 492-8484, or visit .