CATALOG - University of Maryland University College

ADMISSION AND ENROLLMENT• Proof of English language proficiency.Applicants who have not received a baccalaureate degree froman English-speaking country must demonstrate English languageproficiency to be eligible for admission. (A complete listof countries recognized as English-speaking is available online atwww.umuc.edu/students/international.) These applicants maysubmit– A minimum TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)score of 575 on the written version, 233 on the computerversion, or 90 on the Internet version and a minimum Testof Written English (TWE) score of 4 (unless the InternetbasedTOEFL is submitted—then no TWE is required);or– A minimum score of 7 on the IELTS (International EnglishLanguage Testing System), including the academic writingand academic reading modules.Applicants must arrange to have official score reports sentdirectly from the testing agency to the Graduate School ofManagement and Technology. The TOEFL score recoverycode for UMUC is 5804.• Documentation of residency status.Applicants must provide a photocopy (front and back) of eithera permanent residency card or the first page and visa page of avalid passport and Form I-94.International students seeking Form I-20 must be granted admissionthree months before the session start date to register for classes.Merely providing these documents does not ensure admission.An interview may also be required. The official transcriptevaluation must be submitted and evaluated before admissionis considered.RestrictionsStudents may be admitted to only one institution in theUniversity System of Maryland at any one time. Students maybe admitted as either graduates or undergraduates, but no onemay hold both classifications simultaneously. A student’s mostrecent application for admission invalidates any previous admission.Students may be admitted to only one graduate program at anytime. Application for admission to a second graduate program isnot permitted until notification of resignation has been presentedto the first program. Students admitted to any other graduate programin the University System of Maryland must notify UMUC.Students retain active status for two years (six consecutive sessions)even without being registered in the program. However, after twoyears without a completed graduate course, students must submita new application.Note: Graduate students may take both graduate and undergraduatecourses concurrently.RegistrationWays to RegisterRegistration begins each session as soon as the class schedulebecomes available on the Web and continues until the day classesbegin. Students should check the current Graduate Schedule ofClasses for the deadlines for registration.Students in some programs (Executive Programs and the Masterof Business Administration) must register through the programoffice for most courses.UMUC offers five ways to register for most courses: onlinevia MyUMUC, by phone via the Interactive Registration andInformation System (IRIS), by mail, by fax, and on-site.ONLINE VIA MYUMUCStudents may register online at https://my.umuc.edu. If a studenthas questions regarding confirmation of the registration, the studentshould contact Graduate Advising.BY TELEPHONE VIA IRISStudents are eligible to register by phone via the InteractiveRegistration and Information System (IRIS) if they have alreadybeen admitted to UMUC as a graduate student. (Note: Formerstudents who have not registered for courses within the last twoyears must first be readmitted.) Through IRIS, students may registerby entering all pertinent information via their touch-tone telephone.IRIS provides immediate feedback on course availabilityand the student’s registration.Students may call IRIS at 800-584-9413 daily from 6 a.m. to9 p.m. eastern time.BY MAILStudents may mail their registration to Graduate Advising,University of Maryland University College, 3501 UniversityBoulevard East, Adelphi, MD 20783. Forms are available onlineat www.umuc.edu/register and in the Graduate Schedule of Classes.116GRADUATE CATALOG | 2008–2009