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Eligibility

Members of the U.S. Armed Forces, American employees of the U.S. government, and their family members may enroll with UMUC in Asia if they meet admission requirements. Depending on U.S. military policy, local citizens may take UMUC courses in some countries. Individuals on tourist visas are not eligible to enroll with UMUC Asia.

The Bowie State Undergraduate program is currently available only to students residing on Okinawa.

Questions about eligibility should be addressed to the Director, Student Affairs, UMUC Asia, in Yokota.

Admission Requirements

The admission procedures of UMUC were designed to meet the needs of adult, part-time students. Most applicants who have a high school diploma or the equivalent are admissible.

Students who plan to earn a certificate or degree at UMUC must ensure that official transcripts and documents relating to their educational background, including military documents, are on file with UMUC by the end of their first term (fall: August-December; spring: January-May; summer: June-July) of attendance with the University.

Students enrolling with UMUC Asia for the first time must complete an Application for Admission. All first-time applicants will be required to pay a nonrefundable fee. Potential students may apply online through MyUMUC. Deadlines for admission and registration are listed in the current undergraduate Schedule of Classes.

Active duty Army students must instead complete and submit the Common Application in the GoArmyEd Portal. Upon submission of the common application,the standard UMUC Asia application fee will be incurred.

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.

Regular

A qualified applicant who wants to receive credit for courses (whether he or she intends to receive 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 Asia. Admission as a regular student is granted to applicants who submit a completed, signed application and fulfill the following academic requirements that apply to their educational level:

• Graduation from an approved high school in the United States
  or
• 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 of at least 2.0 (on a 4.0 scale) in all college-level work attempted at other approved 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 at the time of admission. However, students must have all official documents of their educational background on file by the end of the first term of attendance. A missing high school transcript may delay processing of official transcripts.

Students who present at least 24 credits of transferable college coursework are not required to submit official high school transcripts or GED scores.

Provisional

Two categories of students may be admitted in provisional status:

1. Applicants who, during the last two years, earned a cumulative grade point average of less than 2.0 (on a 4.0 scale) at another institution and/or were academically dismissed from another institution (regardless of their cumulative grade point average).
2. Non-Native English speakers who have not yet provided proof of college-level English proficiency, as detailed in the section Noncitizens and Foreign-Educated Students.

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.

Students educated abroad must submit official transcripts verifying completion of the equivalent of a U.S. secondary education. They are eligible for regular admission status once UMUC Asia has verified that they have completed the equivalent of a U.S. high school education. More details on the admission of noncitizens and foreign-educated students are in the following sections of this chapter.

Consortium

Colleges and universities serving the military in Asia 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: UMUC Asia extends consortium status to Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) students and to students with a Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges Student Agreement from a SOC college or university. SOC students must submit a copy of their SOC Student Agreement to the UMUC Asia 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.

Special admission situations