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Permission to Enroll

Currently enrolled UMD students must obtain permission to take courses at another institution PRIOR to enrolling. To request permission to take courses at another institution students should do the following:

  1. Discuss potential transfer course(s) with your advisor.
  2. Look up transfer course equivalencies in the Transfer Credit Services database.
  3. Make sure you are adhering to the UMD Transfer course maximum policies.
  4. Carefully read the entire line for a course in the database including any footnotes and start and end terms. Courses with an MH or 19 footnote indicate that the course cannot be taken for GENED credit by current UMD students.
  5. Requests to REPEAT a course at another institution once it has been attempted at UMD will be automatically denied. If you wish to do this, please email our office at cmnsque@umd.edu to be given the appeal form.
  6. If you want to enroll in another institution within your final 30 credits before graduation, you must submit a petition for Coursework in Final 30 Credits explaining why you need to take this class elsewhere so close to graduation.
  7. Complete a permission to enroll form. Please ONLY include the course(s) you intend to take and try to avoid submitting multiple forms. If you have any questions, you can always email cmnsque@umd.edu or call 301-405-2080.

  8. Wait for email notification of the decision on your request BEFORE enrolling at the other institution. Please allow at least 10 business days for processing.

    Final 30 credit in-residence policy: Students are only allowed to take a maximum of 6 credits outside of UMD during their final 30 credits with advanced approval by the dean of the academic unit from which the student expects to receive the degree (excluding internships and study abroad).

    1. Domestic coursework (89 credits or less earned): Students who have earned 89 or less credits wishing to take courses at another institution (i.e., outside of UMD) are required complete one form:
      1. Permission to Enroll (PTE) form
    2. Domestic coursework (90 credits or more earned): Students who have earned 90 or more credits wishing to take courses at another institution (i.e., outside of UMD) within their final 30 credits are required complete two forms:
      1. Permission to Enroll (PTE) form (you must select that you are within your final 30 credits on the PTE form)

      2. Coursework in Final 30 Credits exception to policy form

    3. Study Abroad (89 credits or less earned): Students who have earned 89 or less credits intending to study abroad are required complete one form:
      1. Electronic SACA with the Education Abroad Office

    4. Study Abroad (90 or more credits earned): Students intending to study abroad within their final 30 credits and/or who have earned 90 or more credits are required complete two forms:

      1. Electronic SACA with the Education Abroad Office
      2. CMNS Final 30 Credits - Study Abroad
    5. Geology Field Camp (GEOL490): If you are a Geology student who is completing their Field Camp requirement, you must submit two forms depending on the type of field camp you are choosing:
      1. Domestic field camp forms:
        1. Permission to Enroll (PTE) form
        2. CMNS Final 30 Credits - Geology Field Camp
      2. Abroad field camp forms:
        1. Electronic SACA with the Education Abroad Office
        2. CMNS Final 30 Credits - Geology Field Camp