Course Eligibility and Restrictions

Courses must meet certain criteria to be eligible for the Tuition Assistance Benefit on Boulder campus. If you stay enrolled in classes that are not eligible, you will be responsible for paying full tuition and fees. If you decide to drop the class or classes, please do so by the last day to drop published in the Add & Drop Calendars. The following course restrictions apply:

  • Courses with a "Boulder Main Campus" designation are eligible for this benefit. You can find the campus designation in course details in Class Search. 
  • In Continuing Education, only courses with prefixes CCOM, OREC and EDUA are eligible for the benefit.
  • All other Continuing Education courses plus audited courses, extended studies, Outreach Programs, Study Abroad and/or noncredit courses do not qualify for the Tuition Assistance Benefit.
  • Employees utilizing the tuition waiver cannot participate in concurrent registration.
  • An employee’s coursework must be taken outside scheduled working hours or with an adjusted work schedule of equivalent hours acceptable to the employing department.
  • An employee cannot use the 12 credit-hour waiver during an academic year (one or more semesters) in which their dependent is using the discount and vice versa.
  • Employees who are classified for tuition purposes as nonresident undergraduates cannot enroll in more credit hours than the benefit they are using in any given semester.