Non-degree student registration at UMass Boston

UMass Boston offers many opportunities for non-degree students -- students who have not been formally admitted into the university. Many of these students take courses in order to sample UMass Boston's offerings and strengthen their skills before applying for admission to a degree or certificate program. Others enroll because individual courses can help them advance in their current careers or prepare for new careers, or simply because they seek the personal growth and enrichment that university study can give them.

UMass Boston courses are offered on weekdays and Saturdays at the university, and on weekdays at off-campus locations in Braintree, Plymouth and downtown Boston. For the convenience of working students, many courses meet during late afternoon or evening hours. Both undergraduate and graduate courses may be open to non-degree students.

If you are interested in attending UMass Boston as a non-degree student, you should know that:

• you can take any course for which you meet the prerequisites, and in which space is available (for graduate courses you will also need the permission of the graduate program director),

• you can call or visit us for academic advising before you register for most undergraduate courses,

• you can register by phone for most undergraduate courses,

• you can often use credits you earn as a non-degree student to meet UMass Boston degree requirements (up to 16 for undergraduates, 6 for graduate students -- be sure to apply to a degree program before you reach your limit!),

• your UMass Boston ID will entitle you the use of all university facilities, and

• you'll be welcome!

For more information about taking

• undergraduate courses at UMass Boston on weekdays and weekday evenings, please see our page about non-degree registration for undergraduate courses.

• graduate courses at UMass Boston on weekdays and weekday evenings, please see our page about non-degree registration for graduate courses.

• Web-based and off-campus courses, and Friday evening and Saturday courses, please see the Web site of our Division of Corporate, Continuing and Distance Education, which administers these courses.

Please note: If you have F-1 visa status, you may not enroll as a non-degree student at UMass Boston unless you are also enrolled full-time at the institution that issued your I-20. For details, please see the international student section of our regulations and requirements page.

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