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Schedule AdjustmentFreshmen Connection

Course Sheet

Includes:• your current courses for Fall 2019

• any AP/IB/Transfer Credit posted to your record

Shows:• if there are course equivalencies

• if a GenEd is fulfilled by a course

• if a course is an Elective or Major Requirement

Major Sheet

Your major sheet is based on the intended major listed on your enrollment form.

Shows:• Major course requirements that will fulfill GenEd

requirements

• If space is blank, that means your major will not have a major specific course to fulfill that GenEdrequirement

Public Service Announcement

An Academic Advisor has reviewed

your schedule and it is more than

likely FLAWLESS as is.

Our recommendation…leave it be.

Testudo

Go to: www.testudo.umd.edu

Viewing Your Schedule

Select:

Student Schedule

Student Schedule – Walking Conflict

• If you have the icon

then you should

consider an

adjustment.

• No icon, then you are

good!

Viewing AP/IB/Transfer Credit

In Testudo, click drop

down menu to see

options.

Select “Unofficial

Transcript”

Unofficial Transcript

• AP/IB/Transfer credit posted

here.

• Course equivalency, GenEds

listed, if there are any.

• Review GenEd folder

• Need Syllabus (NS) - syllabus needed

• Pending Evaluation (PE) – under review

• L1 – Lower-level general elective

• L2 – Upper-level general elective

Things to Ask Yourself…

…when Adding or Dropping a Course

1. Adding – Will this duplicate a GenEd requirement I have already fulfilled?

2. Adding – Are there prerequisites or corequisites for this course?

3. Dropping – Do I have enough credits to be a full-time student?

• Full-time = 12+ credits; Maximum this fall = 17 credits

4. Adding/Dropping – Is this a major requirement?

• If not a major or GenEd requirement, then it’s an elective.

• Does your major allow electives?

5. Adding/Dropping – Do I have AP/IB/transfer credit for this course?

• Check your unofficial transcript to see if any have posted.

Example from Schedule of Classes

Example of Schedule of Classes

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Dropping and Adding Courses

Select

“Registration (Drop/Add)”

To add fill in information one at a time.

To drop, simply select Drop beside the course you plan to drop.

Waitlist

If a course is closed and

offers a waitlist, you can

add yourself by

selecting, “Add to

Waitlist.”

Waitlist Guidelines

• You may waitlist up to six sections of a course.

• Cannot waitlist if already enrolled in the course.

• Cannot waitlist if your credits will exceed 17.

• Cannot waitlist if the day/time is the same as another course in which you’re enrolled.

Waitlist Check-in

If you add yourself to a waitlist:

• Select “Waitlist Check-in”• View your position

• Drop yourself if you no longer want to be on the waitlist

• You MUST check-in daily during Schedule Adjustment Period

to keep yourself on the waitlist starting the first day of classes.

• Be sure to read about the waitlist at: https://www.registrar.umd.edu/current/registration/waitlist.html

Waitlist Check-in

Registrar - Waitlist Video

Schedule of Classes

ter.ps/fcsoc

Contact Us

Location: 1117 Hornbake Library

Hours: Monday – Friday 8:30am – 4:30pm

Email: fc@umd.edu

Phone: (301) 405-7762

Website: www.fc.umd.edu

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Make an appointment: ltsc.umd.edu (beginning August 5)

Freshmen Connection

1117 Hornbake Library, 4130 Campus Drive, College Park, MD 20742

fc.umd.edu / 301.405.7762 / fc@umd.edu