This Replaces File: 210.0 210.0 Date: 5/01/06 05/30/01
ORIGINATOR: University Registrar
SUBJECT: Policy 210.0 - Undergraduate Admission Policy
I. History       This Policy is adopted under USM Board of Regents Policy III-4.00. This Policy is an amendment and restatement of Policy 210.0 and shall take effect on May 1, 2006. This Policy as amended and restated supersedes any prior version as of that effective date.     II. Introduction       This Policy sets out the requirements for admission to University of Maryland University College (UMUC) for undergraduate study in all UMUC divisions. UMUC is committed to serving non-traditional students and the admissions requirements reflect that UMUC is an open university. Applicants are admitted at any UMUC division for study towards a Bachelor’s Degree. Information about the completion requirements for a bachelor’s degree may be found in Policy 170.41-Degree Completion Requirements for a Bachelor’s Degree. As to admissions for study towards an associate's degree, all UMUC divisions admit applicants who are on active military duty and UMUC’s Europe and Asian divisions may admit applicants who are eligible for admission under UMUC’s agreements with the Department of Defense. Questions about eligibility should be addressed to the director, Student Affairs, UMUC Europe or UMUC Asia. Students admitted to pursue the associate of arts degree in UMUC’s overseas divisions will be permitted to complete the degree at UMUC Stateside. Information about the completion requirements for an associate’s degree may be found in Policy 170.42-Degree Completion Requirements for an Associate's Degree.     III. Admission Requirements       Subject to the provisions of this Policy, all applicants who have graduated from high school or who have passed the United States General Educational Development (GED) examination may be admitted to undergraduate study at UMUC. Graduation from high school or passing the GED examination is initially indicated on the UMUC admission application. Admission is initially granted or conditioned based upon the information provided on the application by the applicant. Applicants who have not graduated from a high school  located in the United States or in one of the countries listed on http://www.umuc.edu/studserv/international/ug_admission.shtml must  demonstrate English language proficiency to be eligible for admission by submitting one of the following: the internet-based, computer or paper-based version of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), including the academic writing and academic reading modules. A transcript indicating completion of a degree from a U.S. regionally accredited college or university. A transcript indicating a grade of C or higher in an English composition course from a regionally-accredited U.S. college or university.  Applicants must arrange to have official score reports sent directly from the testing agency to Undergraduate Admissions.  The TOEFL score recovery code for UMUC is 5804 and test scores must be less than two years old.  Information on acceptable scores may be found at http://www.umuc.edu/studserv/international/ug_admission.shtml UMUC does not admit an applicant who has graduated from a high school located in the United States which is not regionally accredited or state approved unless the applicant's record has been specifically reviewed and approved for admission.     IV. Verification of High School Graduation       An admitted student must verify graduation from a high school located in the United States or the passing of the GED examination by the end of the first term of study at UMUC. All other admitted students must verify graduation from high school and that their studies are equivalent to graduation from a U.S. regionally accredited or state approved high school by the end of the first term of study at UMUC. Verification must be obtained by the student from a UMUC approved international credential agency. UMUC will waive verification of high school graduation or passing of the GED examination, if an applicant has completed at least 24 credit hours i) at a U.S. regionally accredited institution of higher education or ii) that is transferable college coursework as validated for the student by a UMUC-approved international credential agency.     V. Provisional Status       General An applicant otherwise eligible for admission will be admitted as a provisional status student if his/her admission application indicates that: he/she within the last two years attended an institution of higher education, and at that time, he/she had a cumulative grade point average of less than 2.0 (on a 4.0 scale) or he/she was academically dismissed from that institution. A student will no longer be in provisional status under Section V. A. when: his/her cumulative grade point average at UMUC is at least 2.0, and he/she has completed at least 7 credit hours at UMUC.       Applicants educated outside of the United States An applicant otherwise eligible for admission will be admitted as a provisional status student if his/her admission application indicates that he/she has graduated from a high school located outside of the United States. Provisional students under Section V. B. are not eligible for financial aid at UMUC. A student no longer will be in provisional status under Section V. B. when high school graduation is verified or the verification is waived. An applicant may be admitted as a provisional status student under both Section V. A. and V. B. In that case a student no longer will be in provisional status when the conditions set out in both V. A. and V. B. are met.       Credit hours Provisional students may register for no more than 7 credit hours at UMUC each term.     VI. Concurrent High School Students       UMUC may admit high school seniors who are at least sixteen years of age to undergraduate study concurrently with high school enrollment, contingent on prior written permission from the appropriate officials at the local school system and prior verification of at least a 3.5 grade point average in high school academic subjects; however, such students may enroll for no more than 7 credits at UMUC each term.     VII. Graduate Students and Students from Other Institutions       Students who have completed a bachelor’s or higher degree from a U.S. regionally accredited institution may be admitted to UMUC for undergraduate study.  Those admitted as graduate students at UMUC may take undergraduate courses at the undergraduate rate of tuition; however, courses taken in undergraduate status cannot ordinarily be applied to a graduate degree program. Undergraduate students attending other institutions may be allowed to take undergraduate courses at UMUC contingent upon a letter of permission from their institution certifying good standing and eligibility to return to the institution. Transferability of academic work completed at UMUC is determined by the student’s home institution.     VIII. Applicants Subject to Discipline by Another Institution       Applicants who have been expelled, dismissed, or suspended by any institution of higher education, including the institutions in the University System of Maryland, must disclose this information on the UMUC admission application.  Applicants disclosing such information, as a condition of admission, must also have the disciplining institution provide information, indicating the reason for the expulsion, discipline, or suspension, directly to the Director of Admissions for UMUC Stateside or the Director of Student Affairs for UMUC Asia or UMUC Europe.  Upon receipt of this information, UMUC will consider the application and determine the admissibility of the applicant. UMUC will not admit applicants who are not admissible to a University System of Maryland (USM) institution pursuant to the USM Board of Regents Policies, including as example: in accordance with USM Policy III-1.00, students expelled, dismissed or suspended for reasons of academic dishonesty by any institution in the University System of Maryland.