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UMass Lowell Continuing Studies, Corporate & Distance Education

Registration Information - Spring 2010

Get a head start and register early!
Although we cannot guarantee an opening in any class, your chances for being enrolled in the course of your choice are better when you register early. Please note that seats in laboratory courses are limited.

Registration Deadlines (Add/Drop/Withdrawal Info) Student Email Accounts
Online Students:
Accessing Your Online Course
Emergency Contact
Information & Notification
Special Notice for International Students Living in the U.S. Student IDs


Registrar's Office Hours, Located in Dugan Hall 101, UML South
Monday - Thursday: 8:30am - 8:00pm; Friday: 8:30am - 5:00pm

Need help with course selection and mapping out your degree or certificate?
See Academic Advising for Continuing Studies' Faculty and Student Support Center or email Continuing_Education@uml.edu.

Returning Undergraduate and Graduate
Continuing Studies Students

Students who have been enrolled in a course at any time during the last three semesters may register and pay for courses online by using the ISIS (Inter-Campus Student Information System).

ISIS Web-Based Self-Service Registration
The Intercampus Student Information System
Note: This is the preferred method of registration for all returning students.

When using ISIS, the new Student Information System, Undergraduate, Graduate and Continuing Studies students are able to perform the following transactions:
• search the course catalog and schedule of classes
• register for classes as well as add, drop and swap classes
• view and print their class schedules
• request official transcripts and designate the recipients of transcripts
• pay a bill
• accept and decline financial aid

Note: To register for graduate or undergraduate courses offered through Continuing Studies, after selecting the "Enroll" function and the desired "Term", you will need to either enter the ISIS class number of the course for which you would like to register, or you will need to find the course by clicking "Search" and then selecting Course Career = "Contin. Studies & Corp. Educa" along with the subject area of the courses you would like to view.

For more information on registering for courses, visit http://isis.uml.edu
If you have problems accessing ISIS, please contact UMass Lowell's Help Desk at (978) 934-4357. 

New Students
New students must register by mail, fax, or walk-in using the New Student Registration Form. Once the new student registration has been processed by the Registrar’s Office, the student will receive an email to his/her personal email account (if provided) or receive a letter mailed to his/her home. The student should check http://isis.uml.edu and then click on the User ID lookup. After you have obtained your ID number, you can log into http://isis.uml.edu and view your schedule. For classroom location and other scheduling information, please visit the Inter-campus Student Information System (aka. ISIS) at http://isis.uml.edu

Mail-In Registration:
Fill out the registration form and return it postmarked no later than the scheduled deadline and mail to:

University of Massachusetts Lowell
Registrar's Office
883 Broadway Street
Dugan Hall, Room 101
Lowell, MA 01854-5129

Fax-In Registration:
Fill out the registration form and fax it to (978) 934-4076 no later than the scheduled deadline.

Walk-In Registration:
Held at the Registrar’s Office, 883 Broadway Street, Dugan Hall 101, UML South, Lowell, MA 01854-5129. Please refer to the Registrar's Office for walk-in registration hours.

Online Students: Accessing Your Online Course
Students registered for online courses will automatically be issued a UML email address, an ISIS username/password, and an Online Course Username/Password. To get your Online Course Username/Password, visit http://continuinged.uml.edu/online approximately two weeks prior to the start of classes, and click the "Get Your Online Course Username/Password" link.

Students who register for their online courses within the last two weeks prior to the semester start date may obtain their Online Course Username/Password two business days after registering for their online course using the Get Your Online Username/Password link. Students who are not able to access their Online Course Username/Password prior to the first week of class should contact the UMass Lowell online course staff at (978) 934-2467 or email onlinelearning@uml.edu.

UML Student Email Accounts
A significant number of important communications will be delivered to students via University email. Information about the availability of class schedules, course cancellations, grade reports, and financial awards that can be accessed using ISIS, the web-Based Self-Service, will be sent to students via email.

To address this change in practice, UMass Lowell has a robust email system and assigned UML email addresses to all students, including those enrolled in Continuing Studies courses. In addition, a policy has been approved that supports email as an official means of communication and assigns responsibility to students for maintaining their UML email accounts.

Students should be using their UML accounts with the @student.uml.edu suffix to ensure they receive timely communications from the University. Please see
http://email.uml.edu and check the student email link. New students will receive a letter from the Information Technology Office with their new UML email address.

Emergency Contact Information & Notification
Responding to increased concerns about security issues of all kinds on University campuses nationwide, we have initiated a process to require students to provide and/or verify Emergency Contact Information on a regular basis. This information will be used to contact designated individuals in the event of an emergency involving you as a student on campus. When you first log into ISIS for any reason this semester, you will notice an entry in Your Holds Summary indicating Emergency Contact Verification. This "Hold" will prevent all Registration/Add/Drop/Swap a Class activity until you take action to verify your Emergency Contact Information. You will be able to release this hold yourself through ISIS by clicking on the hold and following the instructions. We encourage you to be proactive and verify this information BEFORE you actually need to register for classes or use Add/Drop/Swap a Class functionality in ISIS. For assistance, a Help document has been posted on the ISIS website.

Sign up for the UML Emergency Notification System to get notified in the event of a campus emergency or crisis at: https://uml.ecoporte.com/emergency/jsp/home/home.jsp

Student IDs
Most Continuing Studies (CSCDE) students will not need ID cards. ID cards are used primarily for access to gated parking lots. If you arrive on campus after 4:00 pm, many of the parking gates are open and you may park in any lot. CSCDE students arriving on UMass Lowell East or UMass Lowell North before 4pm may need a card to access parking lots. The large Riverview lot on UMass Lowell South has no gate and is always open.

CSCDE students taking certain College of Engineering courses may need access to labs. Your instructor will let you know if you need an ID card to access a particular lab. These cards are issued automatically and will be distributed to you by the CSCDE Office. You do not need to visit the Access Services Office to get your card.

Matriculated CSCDE students in degree or certificate programs may be issued an ID card. To obtain an ID card, bring your course schedule and your UMS (ISIS) ID number to the Access Services Office at UML South Dining Hall, 883 Broadway street, Lowell, MA 01854. the office is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. Contact the Access Services Office at (978) 934-2800 or email Access_Services@uml.edu, if you have any questions.

Students with Disabilities
A student with a disability who needs special arrangements should contact the Counseling Center, at (978) 934-4574 early in the registration process. Special advising, registration assistance, preferential scheduling, and alternative examination procedures are available. Special parking is also available on a temporary basis.


Add/Drop Deadlines
Add/Drops can be processed in ISIS or in the Registrar's Office, UML South, Dugan Hall 104, 883 Broadway St. Lowell. Changes from credit to audit and audit to credit status are limited to this same period.

Undergraduate Add Drop
On Campus Courses
January 25 - May 12

1/29 w/o permission
2/5 with permission
2/5
Online Courses  (course #s ending in -031)
January 25 - May 8
1/29 w/o permission
2/5 with permission
2/5
Accelerated 10wk Online Courses (-061)
January 25 - April 10
1/29 w/o permission
2/5 with permission
2/5
Accelerated 10wk Face-to-Face Courses
(course #s ending in -051)
January 25 - April 10
1/29 w/o permission
2/5 with permission
2/5
Graduate Add Drop
Off Campus Courses (section -041)
January 25 - May 12
2/5 2/5
Online Courses (section -031)
January 25 - May 8
2/5 2/5
Accelerated Online Courses (10-week) (section -061)
January 25 - April 10
2/5 2/5
8-Week Online courses (MBA) (section -031)
Session I
January 25 - March 27

Session II
March 29 - May 20


2/5


4/2


2/5


4/9


Wait Listing
You may now put yourself on a wait list through ISIS if the course you want is full. When you try to register for a closed course, the system will ask you if you want to be put on a wait list. The wait list function also allows you to list a course you would like to drop if you are allowed into the closed course.

If space becomes available in a course, the wait list function will add you into the class in the order of your request. Please note that you will not be notified if you are put into the closed course. Check your schedule in ISIS to see if you are registered for the closed course. If you no longer wish to register for a course you are wait listed for, you must remove yourself from the wait list through ISIS. If you do not remove yourself from the wait list, you run the risk of being registered for a course and will be responsible for the grade received as well as the tuition and fees incurred.

First time students may request to be put on the waitlist by filling out the form located at: http://www.uml.edu/admin/registrar/docs/waitlist.pdf and faxing it to the number indicated.

ISIS will not put students into courses that have a time conflict or in courses where prerequisites are enforced.
 

Deadlines for Withdrawal with "W" Notation

Students withdrawing from any class can use ISIS. Verbal messages to faculty or staff do not constitute official notification.

Undergraduate
On Campus Courses
January 25 - May 12
4/12
Online Courses  (section -031)
January 25 - May 8
4/12
Accelerated Online Courses (10-week) (section -061)
January 25 - April 10
3/5
Accelerated Face-to-Face Courses (10-week) (section -061)
January 25 - April 10
3/5
Graduate
Off Campus Courses (section -041)
January 25 - May 12
5/5
Online Courses (section -031)
January 25 - April 10
5/5
Accelerated Online Courses (10-week) (section -061)
September 2 - November 7
4/3
8-Week Online courses (MBA) (section -031)
Session I
January 25 - March 27

Session II
March 29 - May 20


3/20


5/5


Institutional Disclosure

The University is required to disclose the availability of various types of information related to Federal programs and mandates under the Higher Education Acts. This information is located at http://continuinged.uml.edu/general/inst_disclosure.htm