Q. Do I have to be a UMUC student to get advice?
A. No. UMUC Academic Advisors provide assistance to all students or prospective students.
Q. Will all of my community college credits transfer?
A. UMUC's flexible degree requirements allow the acceptance of most courses from community colleges, except for remedial courses, up to a limit of 60 s.h. There are also limits to the number of credits accepted from some vocational and technical curricula.
Q. How can I apply for a SOCAD, SOCCOAST, SOCMAR or SOCNAV Student Agreement?
A. Contact a UMUC Academic Advisor.
Q. Which UMUC degree programs are available in the Asian Division?
A. The most feasible majors are Accounting, Asian Studies, Business Administration, Computer and Information Science, Computer Studies, English, General Studies, History, Information Systems Management, Management Studies, and Psychology.
Q. What about class sizes?
A. Most classes are smaller than on stateside campuses. There are no huge lecture classes.
Q. How long will it take me to finish a bachelor's degree?
A. You proceed at your own pace. Some students take years; others go as fast as they would stateside. Your work schedule is an important factor.
Q. What are my chances for getting into graduate school with a bachelor's degree from UMUC's Asian Division?
A. University of Maryland University College provides a solid foundation for graduate work in a number of fields, and many Asian Division alumni have gone on to earn graduate degrees. Students interested in graduate school in business or the social sciences should take computer courses. Business students must take math and statistics to prepare for quantitative work. For the social sciences, students must take statistics, and are encouraged to take a research methods course. UMUC faculty can provide advice on how to prepare for graduate school in these and other disciplines.
Q. Why all the emphasis on math, statistics, and writing courses?
A. Basic courses in mathematics, statistics, and English composition prepare you for junior- and senior-level courses, and also for graduate programs. In addition, they provide key job skills many employers are actively seeking. UMUC requires you to complete a writing course in your first 12 semester hours.
In general, the Official Evaluation is based upon UMUC curriculum requirements in effect when the student began continuous enrollment with UMUC, or with any other public institution of higher education in the State of Maryland, whichever was earlier. If a student has not been continuously enrolled, the requirements that apply are those that were in effect at UMUC at the time of the student's most recent enrollment with UMUC, or with any other public institution of higher education in the State of Maryland. To be considered continuously enrolled, degree-seeking students must be, or have been, enrolled at a Maryland public institution of higher education and have had no more than two sequential years of nonenrollment.
Thus, for most students with UMUC in Asia (who will not have attended public institutions of higher education in the State of Maryland), their Official Evaluation will be based on the UMUC curriculum in effect at the time of their first enrollment with UMUC, unless they have had a break in continuous study with UMUC of more than two sequential years. When there has been a break of two sequential years or more, the curriculum applicable to the Official Evaluation will be the one in effect at the time the student resumes study with UMUC.
Students requesting an Official Evaluation should have all records and transcripts of their previous education sent directly from the issuing institutions to:
UMUC Asia
Evaluations Office
Unit 5060 Box 0100
APO AP 96328-0100
The documents required for an Official Evaluation include: USAFI, DANTES, Excelsior College and CLEP test results; AARTS and SMART transcripts for Army, Navy, and Marine Corps students; and official transcripts from all other colleges and universities a student has attended. All transcripts, military documents and other educational records become the property of University of Maryland University College and can neither be returned to nor copied for the student. If students arrange for the submission of appropriate documents, but do not subsequently request an evaluation, the documents are discarded after one year.
Evaluations cannot be provided to students who have a debt to the University until that debt is paid in full.
Air Force Personnel
Army Warrant Officers
Army Enlisted Personnel
Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Personnel
A Sailor/Marine American Council on Education Registry Transcript (SMART) or a U.S> Coast Guard Institute Transcript.
General Services Administration
National Personnel Records Center
Military Personnel Records
9700 Page Boulevard
St. Louis, Missouri 63132
Students should request that copies of their in-service training records be sent to University of Maryland University College Asia, and must also submit a certified DD Form 214.
Colleges and universities designated under SOC provide educational programs through a network of traditional and nontraditional offerings on campus and on base, in a variety of instructional modes and delivery systems, and at times appropriate to students' duty assignments.
Through SOCAD-2, SOCNAV-2, SOCMAR-2, SOCCOAST-2, SOCAD-4, SOCNAV-4 , SOCMAR-4, and SOCCOAST-4 student agreements, UMUC assures students seeking Associate of Arts or Bachelor's degrees in approved fields that they will be able to complete their degrees with UMUC if they are transferred before completing the total number of credits required for each degree, as long as they have met the following requirements:
Students seeking further information on SOCAD, SOCNAV, SOCMAR, or SOCCOAST should contact a UMUC Academic Advisor.