I did both suggestions: I talked with the professor, who offered me extra credit and a rewrite, and I talked to an advisor who told me that the school was not likely to take any responsibility because I took the paper audit for gospel instead of clearing the classes through an advisor. I still think that's crappy, but I found an even better solution:
In discussing my options, my advisor mentioned using incompletes for the courses until the issues were resolved. That's when I realized that, if I could put the course ending dates off until after the first of the year, my tuition reimbursement would start over and be able to pay for them after all (I've already spent all of this year's sum).
So hopefully I will have my money and my credits in January! *knocks on wood* Too bad reimbursement does not cover exams for credit, but right now I won't complain.
