• Highly qualified and dedicated faculty
• Dedicated support staff available locally
• Academic Advisors and Financial Aid Advisors available
• A wide variety of courses available via traditional classes and online
• Worldwide access to classes and degrees via the World Wide Web
• Online library resources
• Up-to-date computer and Internet technology in computer labs

An adult student who is employed full time should normally enroll in one three-credit course or the equivalent during an eight-week term. Such a course involves 48 classroom hours of instruction and approximately two hours of outside preparation for each hour of class, with a comparable amount of time required for distance education (DE) courses.

Most students should be enrolled at the same time in no more than two DE courses, which have 15-week terms. An experienced student may enroll for a heavier course load if he or she is able to attend class and participate regularly and complete the necessary outside study. For such a student, full-time enrollment is considered to be six credits per term for classroom courses, and twelve credits at any time in Distance Education courses.

A total of 60 credits are required for an associate degree, and 120 for a bachelor’s degree.

UMUC generally accepts credits transferred from other regionally accredited colleges and universities if the credits are applicable to the student’s chosen UMUC degree program. To find out how to get your credits evaluated, skip ahead to the New Student Checklist.

If you enroll full time you can earn an Associate Degree in two years, just as you would at a traditional college in the U.S. There are also several options to help you to finish your UMUC degree after leaving Asia through UMUC’s worldwide Distance Education (DE) program, by having earned the minimum residence credit with UMUC to qualify to earn your UMUC degree and completing your remaining requirements through other regionally accredited colleges and universities, and through the Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC) program. You can complete a degree with UMUC no matter where you are, anywhere in the world. See your Academic Advisor or Field Representative for more information.

UMUC is a regionally accredited institution and part of the University System of Maryland. Credit earned with UMUC in Asia or anywhere will transfer just as readily as credit earned on the home campus in Maryland or, in other words, as readily as credits earned at any large, respectable state university.

University of Maryland University College offers a variety of programs of study to meet the needs of the overseas military community. Students may enroll in programs that lead to a certificate, an Associate of Arts degree, a Bachelor of Arts degree, a Bachelor of Science degree, or a Master's degree (on Okinawa only).

Summary of Programs of Study
Programs	Credits Required	Areas of Study
Certificate Programs	18 cr.	Accounting Foundations Computer Studies Japanese Studies	Korean Studies Management
Associate Degree	60 cr.	Accounting Business & Management Computer Studies General Curriculum	Japanese Studies Korean Studies Management Studies Mathematics
Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science Degree	120 cr.	Accounting Asian Studies (B.A. only) Business Administration Computer & Information Science Computer Studies English (B.A. only)	General Studies History (B.A.) Human Resource Management Information Systems Management Management Studies Political Science Psychology
Master's Degree (available on Okinawa only)		Counseling Psychology

• Certificate program requirements
• Associate Degree requirements
• Bachelor's Degree requirements

A complete table of all UMUC programs available either in Asia or online is available here.

See the New Student Checklist for a step-by-step description of what you need to do to get started.