Undergraduate - UMUC Europe

Admission
Eligibility
Members of the U.S. Armed Forces, American employees of the
U.S. Government, and their family members may enroll in
undergraduate classes through University of Maryland University
College if they meet admission requirements.
Admission Requirements
Students enrolling for the first time in UMUC courses must
complete the Application for Admission. The application is
accepted concurrently with course registration at local education
centers.
Consistent with the commitment of Maryland to serve adult
students, admission policies have been designed so that most
persons who have a high school diploma or equivalent can be
admitted and register for an undergraduate class simultaneously.
Students are not required to submit transcripts for admission.
However, students who are certificate- or degree-seeking with
UMUC must have all official transcripts and documents relating
to their educational background (including military documents)
on file in Heidelberg by the end of their second term of attendance.
Student Status
UMUC admits students into one of three status categories:
Regular, Provisional, or Consortium.
Regular
Students who want to audit or receive credit for courses, whether
they want to earn a degree or not, are admitted as regular students.
For financial aid purposes, regular students must be degree-seeking
or certificate-seeking with UMUC. Admission as a regular student
is granted to applicants who fulfill the following academic
requirements that apply to their educational level:
1. Graduation from a regionally accredited or state-approved
high school in the United States;
or
A total score of 2250 on the GED examination and no score
below 410 on any of the five tests, with an average of at least
450 overall. (If the GED was completed prior to January
2002, the student must have a total score of at least 225 and
no score below 40 on any of the tests.)
2. A cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 (on a 4.0
scale) in all college-level work attempted at other
regionally accredited colleges and universities.
Provisional
Students may be admitted provisionally to study with Maryland
by the Director, Student Affairs, if they do not meet the
requirements of the regular student status. Transfer students who
had a cumulative GPA at their last institution of less than 2.0 (on
a 4.0 scale) or who have been academically dismissed within the
past two years may be admitted provisionally. These students
may apply for admission if at least two academic terms have passed
since they last attended any institution. The status of provisional
students is reviewed after they have completed 15 semester hours
of graded course work with Maryland, and the status will be
changed to regular if the cumulative GPA is 2.0 or higher.
Admission
Consortium
Colleges and universities serving the military in Europe work
together as a consortium. Students seeking a certificate or degree
with a consortium institution can enroll in a limited number of
courses with other consortium institutions without paying an
additional application fee. These courses must be (a) needed by
the student to complete certificate or degree requirements
and (b) unavailable from the institution at which the student is
seeking to earn the certificate or degree. Note: Maryland extends
consortium status to Community College of the Air Force students
and to students with a Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges
Student Agreement from a SOC college or university in the
United States. SOC students must submit a copy of their
SOC Student Agreement to the Maryland field representative
when registering.
A consortium student who requests an Official Evaluation from
UMUC thereby indicates interest in earning a certificate or degree
with UMUC and will be required to pay the UMUC Application
Fee. The student’s category will then be changed from consortium
to regular.
High School Students — Concurrent
Secondary Enrollment
With the written recommendation of a high school Guidance
Counselor, an academically gifted high school senior may enroll
in a maximum of one three-semester-hour freshman-level course
per term while finishing work toward a high school diploma.
Such a student is required to demonstrate a cumulative grade
point average of at least 3.5 (B+) in high school academic subjects.
The student may continue to register as a “concurrent secondary”
student until graduation from high school. For purposes of
categorization, the student is treated as having provisional status.
Proof of English Proficiency
Students enrolling for the first time with UMUC whose native
language is not English must provide proof of English proficiency
by providing one of the following documents to the field
representative at the time of registration for courses:
1. An official copy of the results of the Test of English as a
Foreign Language (TOEFL) indicating a score of at least 550
on the written exam (or 213 on the computerized version).
UMUC does not administer this test. It is the student’s
responsibility to arrange for testing and to see that an official
copy of the test results reaches Heidelberg. The TOEFL school
code for UMUC-Europe is 0715.
or
2. Evidence of attendance and graduation from a secondary
school in which the language of instruction was English.
Generally, a student will need to be able to demonstrate
attendance in such a secondary school for a minimum of
three years in addition to having graduated from the school,
or
3. An official transcript from a regionally accredited U.S. college
or university indicating a grade of C or higher in an English
composition course.
2003/2004 Undergraduate Catalog 1