Register
Students are responsible for creating and managing their schedules through myUMBC. Students can use myUMBC to add, drop, and swap courses up through the Schedule Adjustment Period.
Register for summer session courses:
March 1 – June 1 (Session I)
March 1 – July 12 (Session II)
For more detailed registration information, visit the Registrar’s website.
Quick reference videos:
How to add a class
How to drop a class
Quick reference guides:
For additional registration information, visit the Registrar’s website.
Multiple component courses
Some courses include two or more formats such as lecture and discussion, or lecture and lab. STEM courses often have multiple course components. If you register for a multiple component course, all components are required. Course components are listed under Class Details in the online schedule of classes.
Waitlists
Once a class reaches its seat capacity, it will close and a waitlist will open. Since students often change their schedule, seats may reopen in a closed course during the registration period. You can add your name to waitlists for up to 10 credit hours.
How to add your name to a waitlist
- Use myUMBC to place your name on a waitlist.
- Check the box Waitlist if class is full when you register.
- If the class is full and has a waitlist you will be notified of your position on the list.
- You will be notified via your umbc.edu email address if you are automatically enrolled in a class from a waitlist.
It is your responsibility to check your umbc.edu email account regularly to see if you have been enrolled in a class for which you placed yourself on the waitlist.
Be sure to verify the last day automatic enrollment from the waitlists end. Once waitlists are disabled, you should regularly monitor enrollments to see if a seat opens in the course during the schedule adjustment period. Contact the instructor to confirm whether you can make up any missed classes before you add a class during the schedule adjustment period.
Registration assistance
Due to certain circumstances/situations, you may be blocked when you attempt to register for courses. Please refer to the below list if you are blocked from registration.
Prerequisite override request
You must successfully satisfy UMBC prerequisites to register for courses with prerequisite requirements. If you receive a registration error indicating that you do not have the appropriate prerequisites to enroll in a course, submit a prerequisite override request. A prerequisite override does NOT guarantee enrollment in the course. Once granted permission to enroll, you must register as soon as possible to secure your seat.
Visiting students who attempt to enroll in a course with prerequisite course requirements will initially be BLOCKED from registering. UMBC’s online registration system cannot automatically verify that the prerequisites have been met at a visiting student’s home institution, even when a transcript has been submitted.
Excess credit approval
You can enroll in up to 16 credits in summer session (8 credits in session I and 8 credits in session II). Highly motivated and academically strong students may be granted permission to enroll in more than the designated course load limit with prior approval.
- Download and complete an Excess Credit Permission Form.
- Consult with your primary major advisor to verify he/she agrees to approve the additional credits, and obtain your advisor's signature on the form.
- Email the completed/signed form to the Office of Academic and Pre-Professional Advising at arc@umbc.edu.
- Please allow at least one week for review. Decisions are sent to the email provided on your request.
Permission to take a course for a third and final time
You may not register for the same course more than two times. You are considered registered for a course if you are enrolled after the end of the schedule adjustment period. You must petition the Office of Undergraduate Education (OUE) for a third and final attempt of a course taken at UMBC [or] another institution. An attempt is defined as enrollment in a UMBC course (or its equivalent at another institution) in which the student has received a grade or an official withdrawal noted on the transcript.
Applied for spring graduation (current UMBC students)
Current UMBC students who have applied for spring graduation will be blocked from summer session registration. To register for summer session courses, contact the Registrar’s Office, and request to be term activated for summer session.
Financial holds
Students who have outstanding financial obligations to UMBC will be prevented from registering until the account is fulfilled. If your enrollment is blocked, and your past due student financial account balance is less than $250, please contact Student Business Services to discuss your individual situation. More information about paying tuition, fees and other charges is available at Student Business Services.
Time conflict permission
You are not permitted to register for courses that meet at the same time or overlap in meeting patterns. The registration system will block your enrollment. If there are extenuating circumstances, you may be permitted to register for courses that share a time conflict if the overlap is minimal and BOTH instructors agree to the exception.
How to request permission for a time conflict
- Complete a time conflict form.
- Obtain written approval from both instructors.
- Submit the signed form to the Registrar’s Office before the end of the schedule adjustment period.
Academic integrity
Academic integrity is an important value at UMBC. By enrolling in a course, each student assumes the responsibilities of an active participant in the scholarly community in which everyone’s academic work and behavior are held to the highest standards of honesty. Rigorous standards allow UMBC students, faculty, and administrators, as well as scholars and employers in the larger community, to trust that the work that students submit is the fruit of their own learning and academic effort.