Students who have matriculated in a baccalaureate degree program are not permitted to register for regular University course offerings through University Without Walls.

An exception to this policy is allowed for some students who have been withdrawn from a degree program for two years or more, and who wish to explore the possibility of a course of study different from that in which they were previously enrolled. Such students may request permission to enroll in a limited number of regular University courses through University Without Walls, subject to the following:

1. The purpose of this policy is to allow students to explore fields of study different from those covered by their degree program during their previous period of enrollment at the University, prior to making a decision whether they want to enroll in a new degree program. It is not intended as a means by which students may continue the same degree program in which they were originally enrolled.
2. Students may request registration in regular University courses through University Without Walls, and permission to apply courses offered by UWW to their degree requirements, for a period not normally to exceed two semesters.
3. All students must submit an educational plan, describing the courses in which they wish to enroll during the period covered by the plan, and explaining whether they intend to (1) apply those courses to a degree program to be pursued at the University, or (2) use the courses for a purpose other than pursuing a degree program at the University.
4. Registration in courses does not imply acceptance into a major or degree program.
5. Students who intend to apply courses taken during the period covered by the plan to a degree program at the University should apply for re-enrollment to the University, and for acceptance into the intended major (if application to the major is needed) prior to the end of the term covered by the plan. (Application for re-enrollment is governed by the regulations published in Academic Regulations. The deadlines for re-enrollment applications are set by the Registrar's Office.)
6. Students who were suspended from the University for academic deficiency at the end of their last semester of enrollment, and who intend to apply courses taken during the period covered by the plan to a degree program at the University, may enroll in courses only with the permission of the undergraduate dean of the school or college in which they intend to enroll upon reenrollment.
7. Students who were dismissed from the University for academic deficiency may not enroll in any regular University courses.

Requests to be considered under the above policy must be made to the University Registrar. The University provisions for re-enrollment following an absence of three or more years from the University are described in Section III Academic Status, paragraph K. Special Provisions for Reinstatement after Extended Absence from the University. (Fresh Start). Students should be aware that, under that policy, "an absence of three or more years from the University" is defined as non-enrollment in any courses on the Amherst campus, whether regular University course offerings or courses offered by University Without Walls.

Source: Academic Regulations