UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG - UMUC Europe

Admission
Procedures for Admission
To apply for admission, students must complete an
undergraduate admission application and pay the
nonrefundable fee. Before attempting to register, students
must have been officially admitted to the university.
Applications for admission may be submitted online through
MyUMUC (my.umuc.edu).
student status
Upon being admitted to UMUC, students are assigned to
regular, provisional, or consortium status. Admission of
foreign-educated applicants is governed by requirements listed
in the Foreign-Educated Students section which follows in
this Catalog.
Regular
A qualified applicant who wants to audit or receive credit for
courses (whether he or she intends to earn a degree or not)
is admitted as a regular student. For financial aid purposes,
a regular student must be seeking a degree or certificate
at UMUC. Admission as a regular student is granted to
applicants who submit a completed application; pay the
non-refundable admission fee ($30); and fulfill the following
academic requirements that apply to their educational level:
G Graduation from a regionally accredited or state-approved
United States high school
or
G Successful completion of the General Education
Development (GED) examination with a total score
of 225 and no individual test score below 40 (for tests
completed before January 2002) or a total score of
2250 and no individual test score below 410 (for tests
completed after January 2002)
To be granted regular admission status, students should have
maintained a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at
least 2.0 (on a 4.0 scale) in all college-level work attempted at
other regionally accredited colleges and universities, including
other University System of Maryland institutions. However,
an academic probation or dismissal that occurred at least two
years before the date when the student applies for admission
has no bearing on the student’s admission status.
Students are not required to submit official transcripts for
admission. However, students must have all official documents
of their education background, including their high school
transcripts or GED scores, on file by the end of the first term
of attendance.
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Provisional
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Students requesting provisional admission should first contact
the director, Student Affairs in Heidelberg, who will explain,
in detail, what needs to happen and how they can move from
provisional to regular status.
Two categories of students may be admitted in provisional
status:
G Applicants otherwise eligible for admission who, during
the last two years, earned a cumulative grade point
average of less than 2.0 (on a 4.0 scale) at another
college or university and/or were academically dismissed
from another college or university (regardless of their
cumulative grade point average)
G Foreign-educated students, otherwise eligible for
admission, who have not completed at least 24 credits of
transferable college coursework
All provisional students may enroll for a maximum of
7 credits per term (fall: August-December; spring: January-
May; summer: June-July). During their first term of
enrollment at UMUC, provisional students in the first
category must submit transcripts from all colleges and
universities they have attended. If the student’s term grade
point average at UMUC is less than 2.0, the student is
placed on probation. If, while on probation, the student’s
term grade point average is 2.0 or better, she or he returns to
provisional status. If, while on probation, the student’s term
and cumulative grade point averages are less than 2.0, he or
she is dismissed and must follow the standard procedures
that apply to all dismissed students. The student’s status
is automatically changed to regular after the student has
successfully completed 7 credits of graded coursework with
a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher, and all
admission requirements have been fulfilled.
Foreign-educated students must submit official transcripts
verifying completion of the equivalent of a U.S. secondary
education and documentation of English proficiency. They
are eligible for regular admission status once UMUC has
determined that they have completed the equivalent of a
U.S. high school education and all admission requirements
have been fulfilled.