Enroll in an Individual Course
Complete prerequisites, expand your knowledge on a specific topic, enhance your professional development, or try something entirely new. The University of Arizona offers undergraduate and graduate-level courses for non-degree-seeking students.
Why Apply for an Individual Course?
Getting ready to apply to medical school? Explore a sample of courses that pre-med students can take as individual courses, focusing on science and laboratory requirements needed for continued education in medicine or healthcare.
Explore a range of courses you can take if you are considering a pre-health professional pathway, graduate nutrition programs, physician assistant programs or medical school.
Nutritional Science Courses:
- NSC 308: Nutrition and Metabolism
- NSC 310: Principles of Human Nutrition in Health and Disease
- NCS 325: Foundations of Medical Nutrition Therapy
- NSC 351R: Fundamentals of Food Science
- NSC 425: Medical Nutrition Therapy I
- NSC 435: Medical Nutrition Therapy II
- NSC 458: Food Service Organization and Management
Getting ready to earn your MBA or BBA? Get ahead with core curriculum requirements offered as individual courses.
2. Supplement Your Degree
Examples of available courses:
3. Explore a New Interest
Discover new areas of study or take classes for personal enrichment outside of an academic degree program.
There are many reasons to take an individual class for personal experience. You have the freedom to choose a class that interests you without applying to a full degree program that could require prerequisites or unrelated elective courses. Do you want to learn a new language? Take on a new skill? Or are you just a life-long learner? Then an individual course might be right for you.
Examples of available courses:
Psychology studies people and examines why they act and think the way they do. Psychology helps you to understand more about how the body and mind work together. This course is a survey of psychology including history, systems, and methods; structure and functions of the nervous and endocrine systems, learning, motivation and emotion, perception, memory, thought and language, personality, development, social cognition and behavior, and psychopathology and psychotherapy. The knowledge you gain in this course can help with decision-making, avoiding stressors, time management, setting and achieving goals, and living effectively.
Gendered roles and norms are intrinsically woven into and practiced in our daily lives. Society has fixed standards and rules to validate both masculine and feminine identities. This course is an analysis of gender differences and their source in biology and culture so that open dialogue can be established. You will explore how gender is interpreted in social settings, cultural institutions and more. This course will broaden your understanding of gender in our changing society.
Learn one of the top five most spoken languages in the world! Not only can learning a second language help you in your career prospects, it can also expand your view of the world and foster an understanding of the interrelation of language and human nature. Living in a global economy means that more and more jobs are advertising positions where knowing more than one language is essential. Being bilingual can also help you master your own language and can improve your memory and brain function. This course is designed for you if you have no previous experience in Spanish.
Food science plays a vital role in ensuring our world’s food supply is safe, nutritious, and sustainable. It is the study of the physical, biological, and chemical makeup of food and the concepts underlying food processing. This course covers the scientific principles of food production, preservation, and ingredient interactions.
4. Professional Development
Communication, time management and project management are the types of vital business skills taught in professional education courses.
Are you looking to enhance your professional skills, train for a new field or do you want to stand out in a competitive job market? Taking an individual course may be the right choice for you.
Examples of available courses:
5. Learn a New Language
Explore the world through language with the University of Arizona's Individual Language Courses. Designed for degree and non-degree seeking students, these courses offer a flexible and enriching opportunity to learn a new language, enhance cultural understanding, or fulfill prerequisites for current and future academic pursuits. Whether you're preparing for travel, aiming to boost your resume, or simply passionate about languages, our diverse offerings cater to your goals. All language course offerings are 7.5 weeks in length.
Important Enrollment Information:
- Non-Degree Seeking Students: These courses are intended for individuals not currently pursuing a degree at the University of Arizona.
- Credit Transfer Limit: If you plan to apply these courses toward a University of Arizona undergraduate degree in the future, please note that a maximum of 15 credits earned as a non-degree seeking student may be applied to degree requirements.
- No Credit Limit for Non-Degree Use: If you do not intend to use these credits toward a University of Arizona degree, there is no limit to the number of units you may take.
Embark on your linguistic journey and broaden your horizons with our Individual Language Courses.
Arabic
Chinese
French
German
Hebrew
Latin
Spanish
Here are some important facts to consider before you pursue an individual class:
Prerequisites:
If a course has a prerequisite, unofficial transcripts are needed to verify that your prerequisites are complete. The department must handle registration manually so they can override the prerequisite and enroll you.
Transcripts:
Even though, as a non-degree-seeking student, you do not have to submit official transcripts when you submit your application for admission, we do often need unofficial copies to verify that prerequisites are met.
Restricted courses:
Some courses (especially those offered by Eller) are restricted to declared majors/minors, and non-degree-seeking students are not allowed into those classes. Be sure to contact a department advisor for more information.
Undergraduate level:
As a non-degree-seeking student, you can only take up to 15 credits that can be applied to an undergraduate degree program.
Graduate level:
As a non-degree-seeking student, you can only take up to 12 credits that can be applied to a graduate degree program.
Course approval:
Some courses have prerequisites or require department approval. Before enrolling in an individual course, be sure to speak to an advisor.
Non-Degree Seeking Student Information
REQUIREMENTS
Students participating in a non-University of Arizona sponsored high school program must be at least 16 years old to apply as a non-degree seeking student. Exceptions may be granted with college approval and support.
A maximum of 15 credits completed as a non-degree seeking student may be used for fulfilling undergraduate degree requirements.
COST & ELIGIBILITY
PER UNIT COST: $525
For eligibility requirements, visit the eligibility page.
The University of Arizona cannot administer financial aid to non-degree seeking graduate or undergraduate students. Federal regulations require enrollment in an eligible academic program for the purpose of obtaining a degree in order to qualify for federal aid.
REQUIREMENTS
A U.S. bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited university/college or a final degree awarded from a comparable institute of higher education is required for non-degree seeking student admission. There is no GPA requirement for graduate non-degree seeking students.
Up to 12 units of graduate credit earned in non-degree status and/or transferred from other institutions may be used towards an advanced degree once a student obtains regular admission to a degree program.
Up to 6 units of graduate credit earned in non-degree status and/or transferred from other institutions may be used towards a graduate certificate once a student obtains regular admission to a certificate program.
After completing no more than 12 consecutive semester units of graded (A, B, C) 500-level or higher course work with a minimum 3.000 GPA, non-degree students should apply for admission to a graduate degree program.
Please visit the Graduate College Non-Degree Seeking page for more helpful information.
COST & ELIGIBILITY
PER UNIT COST: $820 - $1250
Students in graduate courses from the following disciplines will be charged $1,250 per unit for all courses taken while in non-degree seeking status:
- Business
- Engineering
- Mining
- Public Health
- Science
- Nurse Anesthesia
Students in graduate non-degree seeking status who do not register for any of the disciplines listed above will be charged $820 per unit.
For non-degree seeking eligibility requirements, visit the eligibility page.
The University of Arizona cannot administer financial aid to non-degree seeking graduate or undergraduate students. However, a student admitted as a non-degree graduate student may qualify for federal loan assistance if the student is taking prerequisite courses for admittance into a University of Arizona Graduate Degree program.
Federal regulations require enrollment in an eligible academic program for the purpose of obtaining a degree in order to qualify for federal aid.
Customize Your Journey
Non-degree seeking status is not right for everyone. Students interested in individual courses are ineligible to receive financial aid or scholarships or be awarded degrees or certificates. If you are wanting to fill requirements before enrolling in a full degree program, check out the Second Start program or speak with an advisor about custom-designed pathways that will help you get into the program of your choice.
