Membership Benefits
Discover What’s Included in Your Membership
Our dual-track program allows you to participate in Osher peer-led classes and events (in person or online), and/or you can take advantage of auditing RIT undergraduate classes (in person or online), plus other university benefits.
Osher Campus Benefits
On the Osher campus, Single-Term and Full-Year members can do the following:
- Take an unlimited number of peer-led courses
- Attend Arts & Lectures and Intersession events
- Go to Pfaudler Series lectures
- Join one of our Special Interest Groups
- Have fun at our Social activities
- Take a day trip in our Summer Seminar series
- Gain access to our large library of course recordings
RIT Campus Privileges
Audit Undergraduate Courses on the RIT Campus...for FREE!
Full-Year members can audit eligible* RIT undergraduate courses for free as part of your membership (but you do not earn college credits).For the general public, the cost of auditing just one 3-credit course at RIT is more than $750 so this is an amazing Osher member benefit!
- Search the RIT online course catalog for eligible* undergraduate courses you're interested in. Make sure to choose "RIT Main" as the campus.
- Join Osher as a Full-Year member.
- Work with Osher staff to get an RIT University Identification (UID) number and student ID card.
- Complete the auditing form on our Resources page.
Get an RIT University Identification Number and Card for Additional Campus Benefits
Full-Year members can take advantage of the following RIT benefits; applying for an RIT UID number and/or a student ID card is required.
- Auditing eligible* undergraduate classes
- Discounts wherever student discounts are offered worldwide
- A free Henrietta BJ’s Wholesale Club membership
- Student admission rates for campus events
- Borrowing privileges at the RIT library (physical and digital assets)
- Access to campus fitness facilities at a reduced rate
- State-of-the-art hearing evaluation and hearing aid purchase through RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID). For more information, go to the Audiology website.
*NTID courses and courses that are full, have a waitlist, and/or have associated labs/studios are not eligible for auditing. Courses with pre-requisites require pre-approval from the instructor. Courses with interpreters vary per semester.
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