• High-Quality 3-credit College Courses
• Earn college credits any time, anywhere!
• Open Enrollment (Students choose when to start the course)
• Self-paced Multimedia Learning to be completed within 10 weeks
• Tuition Assistance and Spouse Tuition Assistance apply to CAT courses

The Computer Aided Telecourse (CAT) program is a self-paced multimedia learning system designed to augment the traditional course offerings of University of Maryland University College (UMUC) in Asia. CAT is designed to fulfill the educational needs of highly motivated students whose duties, location, or personal schedule may prevent them from attending regularly scheduled courses.

CAT students choose when to start their course, and must complete the course within ten weeks. The student is responsible for setting the study schedule, arranging for all proctored exams, and finishing the program within the scheduled period of time.

All you need to take a CAT course are:

• A computer (Windows or Mac) with a CD-ROM drive
• Software to open MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and QuickTime files
• Active e-mail account

CAT has no Web-based materials; high-speed Internet is not needed.

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Registration is easy! Just visit one of UMUC’s Field Representative offices and request to enroll in “CAT.” Students can register for CAT courses at any time during Field Representatives' office hours.

Text materials for CAT are ordered by your local Field Representative. Students must purchase the CAT course materials from UMUC through their local Field Representative. Purchase of used materials is not allowed.

• Course Textbook
• CD-ROM containing
  • Student Notebook Document: CAT overview, Course Syllabus, Individual Lessons
  • Chapter Content folders (including Chapter Summaries, Course Objectives, Quizzes and Answers)

Tuition is the same per credit as for all other UMUC Asia courses.

All UMUC fee guidelines, as noted in the current Catalog, apply.

Most CAT courses require proctored quizzes, midterm exams, and final exams. The UMUC staff at the installation where the student takes the CAT class provide the proctoring service. It is the student’s responsibility to contact the site and to schedule test times. Students who will not be at a UMUC Asia field site during the term may arrange another proctor, using the Alternate Location/Proctor Form.

Each CAT course has a Course Manager who is a UMUC faculty member with expertise in the particular field of study. The responsibility of the course manager is to grade all work and tests submitted by the student, and to act as an advisor to answer questions a student may have regarding the course material. In most cases, the student will probably have limited contact with the course manager. Student interaction with the course manager is normally by e-mail or telephone.

For more information, please contact your local Field Representative.