Registration Checklist

UMUC is committed to providing you with the services and tools you need to achieve your educational goals. As you register for classes, be sure to consider the following questions:

Have you...

1. Consulted an advisor?

Your advisor can help you choose appropriate classes, based on your career goals, your previous coursework, and your degree requirements. Your advisor can also help you explore options for financing your education.

2. Investigated alternative credit options?

Some options can save you valuable time and money and help accelerate your progress toward your degree-especially if you take advantage of them early in your college career. See if the following options can help you:

• Cooperative Education
• Distance Education
• Prior Learning

3. Checked course requirements, including prerequisites and placement tests?

You are responsible for being academically prepared to take a course. Prerequisites for courses are available in the online Schedule of Classes by clicking on the course number and in the Catalog under Course Descriptions.

Placement testing is required for all lower-level English composition courses and for most lower-level mathematics courses. Testing is conducted every Monday through Thursday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Afternoon testing sessions are held on Tuesday and Thursday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.. Testing sessions are held in room 1252 of the Student and Faculty Services Center. Testing is also provided during walk-in admission/IRIS registration.

PLEASE NOTE: Be sure to allow time for your test to be scored and reported before registering for courses. For more information, contact the UMUC Testing Center by phone at 240-684-5429 or by e-mail at testingcenter@umuc.edu.       

View the Testing Center Schedule.

4. Chosen your grading option: regular letter grade, pass/fail, or audit?

See the Catalog for restrictions on taking courses pass/fail.

If you do not wish to receive credit, you may audit courses. If you register to audit, you must indicate via IRIS or on your registration form that you wish to register for "audit" only. Auditors pay the same tuition and fees as students taking the course for credit.

Special note for financial aid students: Audited courses are not covered by financial aid, nor can they be counted toward the half-time course load necessary for most financial aid. (See Financial Aid.)

5. Limited your course load?

Students working full time usually find 3 to 6 semester hours in fall and spring, and 3 or 4 semester hours each summer term, a reasonable course load. A full-time course load is defined as 12 semester hours or more, and you may take up to 18 semester hours without prior approval. (To be certified as a half-time undergraduate student, you must maintain 6 semester hours during the fall, spring, and summer semesters.) To take more than 18 hours, submit a written request with your justification to your advisor several weeks before you plan to register.

6. Arranged to pay all tuition and fees at time of registration?

You must be prepared to pay your tuition at the time you register, so be sure to investigate assistance options and complete any necessary paperwork in advance. (See Tuition and Fees.)

7. Planned to register early, before classes fill?

Many classes have strict enrollment limits and may fill early during registration. If you must have a specific course, you increase your chance to enroll by registering early. UMUC reserves the right to cancel courses for insufficient enrollments, to limit enrollments in any course, and to reassign students to added or divided sections meeting the same day and time. You can check class availability by accessing the Schedule of Classes.

8. Contacted Disabled Student Services, if needed?

If you need accommodations because of a disability, you should contact the technical director for veteran and disabled student services at 301-985-7930 (or 301-985-7466 TTY) each semester before registering.