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ADMISSION AND ENROLLMENT
Registration
Ways to Register
Registration begins each term as soon as the class schedule
becomes available on the web and continues until the deadline
listed. Check the current graduate schedule of classes or the
online academic calendar (www.umuc.edu/calendar) for registration
deadlines.
UMUC offers four ways to register for most courses: online via
MyUMUC, by mail, by fax, and on-site.
ONLINE VIA MYUMUC
You may register online at https://my.umuc.edu. If you have
questions regarding confirmation of the registration, contact
Graduate Advising.
BY MAIL
You may mail your registration to Graduate Advising, University
of Maryland University College, 3501 University Boulevard East,
Adelphi, MD 20783. Forms are available online at www.umuc.
edu/register and in the graduate schedule of classes.
BY FAX
You may fax your registration to 240-684-2151. Forms are
available in the graduate schedule of classes and online
at www.umuc.edu/register.
If you have employer-provided tuition, please be sure to fax
your registration and employer contract at the same time. Any
fees not covered by the contract must be charged to American
Express, Discover, MasterCard, or Visa.
ON-SITE
Walk-in registration is available in the Academic Center at
Largo, in Largo, Maryland, and at a number of other locations in
the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area. You may register
for any course offered (regardless of location or format) during
regular office hours.
Adjustments to Registrations
The university reserves the right to make changes to class
sections to ensure that such sections are adequately sized to
create an appropriate learning environment. Such class section
changes include changing faculty members and moving students
between course sections to balance enrollments.
Waiting List
If a hybrid class is already full at the time of registration, you
can place your name on a waiting list for that class. The option
of putting your name on a waiting list is not available for online
classes. To check on class availability, visit MyUMUC at https://
my.umuc.edu.
The following conditions apply to the waiting list:
If a space becomes available, the first student on the waiting
list automatically will be registered for it, and the charge
will appear on his or her account. An e-mail notification of
the enrollment from the waiting list will be sent. If a space
becomes available but the first student is ineligible to enroll
in the class (for reasons such as failing to meet the prerequisites,
being enrolled in another section of the same class,
or being enrolled in a class that conflicts in time), the space
will go to the next person on the waiting list.
If you no longer want to enroll in a class, you should remove
your name from the waiting list to prevent the possibility of
being automatically enrolled.
If you are already enrolled in the maximum number of allowable
credits (6 credits) and you are on a waiting list for
a third course, you will not be registered in the third course
even if space becomes available in the class.
If you are already enrolled in a different section of the same
class for which you are waitlisted, you will not be enrolled in
the waitlisted section even if space becomes available.
Faculty members and academic advisors are not authorized
to add students to a full class.
Withdrawals or Dropped Courses
Stopping payment on checks for registration fees, or not paying
at registration, does not constitute an official withdrawal;
it does not relieve you of your financial obligation to UMUC.
Never attending or ceasing to attend class(es) does not constitute
a withdrawal.
If you officially withdraw from a course, you will receive a mark
of W (described on p. 137). You must officially withdraw before
65 percent of the class has expired. Specific deadlines are provided
online at www.umuc.edu/withdrawals.
You may withdraw from a course online via MyUMUC at https://
my.umuc.edu; simply follow the directions for dropping a
course. The use of student and personal identification numbers
is considered official authorization for the withdrawal,
which is effective immediately.
UMUC cannot accept withdrawals verbally over the phone. Failure
to withdraw in the required manner results in the forfeiture
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