Special for senior citizens

Senior Citizen Education Program (SCEP)

Eligibility

If you are 62 or older and a Minnesota resident you are eligible for the Senior Citizen Education Program (SCEP). You are also eligible if you are 60 years old and receiving a railroad retirement annuity. At your initial registration for classes, you will need to provide identification to verify your age, Minnesota residency, and (if applicable) railroad retirement annuity.

Program fees

If you are eligible for SCEP, you may audit courses free of charge or take courses for credit at $10 per credit. Most senior citizens attend as non-degree students. However, if you are admitted to a degree program, you are still eligible for SCEP. You are not eligible to pay the student services fee, but you must pay any required laboratory or materials fee in addition to the per-credit charge.

Registration

For regular, term-based classes, please attend the first day of class to see if space is available and to receive information about class procedures.

You are encouraged to register the day after the term start date, but you can register within the first two weeks of the term without penalty. Distance Learning classes have separate registration dates that are different from regular term classes.

To sign up for a class, go to a One Stop Student Services Center with your Registration and Cancel/Add Form. If the class is open, you will be able to sign up without any instructor or department permission.

If the class is closed (i.e., full) you will need a permission number from the instructor or department offering the class. Some classes have restrictions on who is allowed to take the class. In these cases, you will need a permission number from the instructor or department.

The online Section Status Reports can tell you if a course is open or closed. For more information, call One Stop Student Services at 612-624-1111.

Refunds

You can receive a 100 percent refund if you cancel a class during the first three weeks of the term. After the first three weeks of the term, no refunds are issued.