Eligibility for Enrollment

UMass Boston undergraduate credit courses are open to:
  1. Students who may be considering matriculation into a degree program at UMass Boston or elsewhere;
  2. Students matriculated at other institutions who will use UMass Boston credits to meet degree requirements at their home institutions; and
  3. Matriculated UMass Boston students.

Anyone who has graduated from high school or who has earned a high school equivalency certificate is invited to begin or continue taking courses at UMass Boston. Please see the regulations governing academic retention standards for matriculated and non-matriculated students.

Before registering for undergraduate courses, the University assumes that students registering for these courses will accurately assess their ability to do college-level work. It is the responsibility of students to meet prerequisites for individual courses. Certain courses, as their descriptions indicate, cannot be taken without special permission. If you need such permission, you can learn what procedure to follow by calling the Registration Information line at - (617) 287-6200.

Before registering for graduate courses, students who have not formally been admitted into UMass Boston graduate programs may enroll in graduate courses offered through CCDE, providing they hold a bachelor’s degree and meet course prerequisites. Up to six units earned in courses taken before admission to a graduate degree or certificate program may be counted toward the requirements for that program, with the permission of the program director; however, completion of these courses does not imply admission to the program. Some courses require permission from the appropriate graduate program director(s); this is indicated in the individual course listings.

If you need permission to enroll, you can learn what procedure to follow by calling the appropriate program office:

  • Applied Linguistics - (617) 287-5760
  • Applied Sociology - (617) 287-6252
  • Business Administration - (617) 287-7720
  • Computer Science - (617) 287-6440
  • Counseling - (617) 287-7617 or 7600
  • Critical and Creative Thinking - (617) 287-6520
  • Dispute Resolution - (617) 287-7421
  • Instructional Design - (617) 287-5980 or 7600
  • Public Affairs - (617) 287-5543
  • School Psychology - (617) 287-7602 or 7600
  • Special Education - (617) 287-7620 or 7600
  • Teacher Education - (617) 287-7625 or 7600

SPECIFIC CLA/CSM REQUIREMENTS

The College of Liberal Arts (CLA) and College of Science and Mathematics (CSM) recently revised the General Education portions of their graduation requirements. For complete information on these changes, we recommend that you consult the latest UMass Boston Schedule of Courses. For more info see: CLA/CSM requirements.