Office of the Registrar

How do I register for the Summer session?

• Older Adult Auditor Registration is by email only.
• Complete and submit your course request form by email to our office at registrar@purchase.edu beginning at 10:00am on July 8. Forms emailed prior to 10:00am on July 8 will not be accepted.
• Course request forms will be processed in the order received.
• You will receive an email reply within 24 hours confirming that you are registered or that no seats are available. 
• If registration is confirmed, proceed to Student Accounts on MyHeliotrope to pay your bill. Note: If this is your first time registering at Purchase College, you will need to activate your Purchase student account before you can access MyHeliotrope to pay the bill.
• In-person registrations will be accommodated, when possible, but email registrations will have priority.

Engagement Principles for Older Adult Auditors in Purchase College Courses:

1. Some faculty members will encourage auditors to participate/speak in class; others will not. Please respect the wishes of each individual instructor;
2. Note that scholarly perspectives and lenses change over time. Please embrace each course’s unique scholarly perspective, even if it leaves out material that your previous education taught you to regard as fundamental;
3. Faculty in a large modern university system such as the State University of New York (SUNY) have many tasks to perform in addition to teaching and advising. Given this reality, please do not seek out faculty during office hours or between classes (they often have only 20 minutes between two 1 hour 40-minute class meetings). You can always ask questions via email and/or request a brief meeting, which they will honor if they can;

Please do not:

1. ask faculty for permission to join a course until Older Adult Auditing registration officially begins. It is not until that date that faculty know how many will be in their course(s).
2. attend a class before you have officially registered. This is a Purchase College policy to ensure student safety.
3. ask to take exams or do assignments for grades. Some courses have large enrollments and faculty members are often on tight deadlines to complete graded work for matriculated students in more than one course.

Campus Services and Access

Older Adult Auditors who are officially registered in approved courses are welcome to attend class and use the library for on-campus study and research.

The Older Adult Auditing Program provides access to approved coursework and selected academic resources. Please note that the program does not include access to all campus services or student privileges.

Older Adult Auditors are not eligible to use the following:

• Athletic and recreation facilities*
• The Loop transportation service
• Student clubs and student activities
• Equipment loan services through CTS

The Older Adult Auditing Program is designed to support lifelong learning and personal enrichment through participation in approved courses. Older Adult Auditors are not matriculated students and do not receive the full range of campus services, facilities, or privileges available to enrolled degree-seeking students.

*Participants in the Older Adult Auditing Program who wish to use athletic facilities can obtain a Community Membership through the Athletics department.