Incoming Exchange Students

Course Selection & Academic Calendar

Undergraduates must register for twelve credits (usually this will be four courses) and MBA exchange students must register for at least nine credits at the Robert H. Smith School of Business (twelve credits is a typical load). This is a visa requirement. We recommend that undergraduates and graduates not take more than 15 credits.

Course listings and the academic calendar are available on our registration Web site. Click on "schedule of classes", then on the appropriate semester, and then follow the directions below:

Undergraduates may choose from courses listed on Testudo as "BMGT" from levels 500 and below. The courses BMGT494 and BMGT495 , and courses with an “F” or “N” are reserved for Smith students only. Please choose at least 7 options; we recommend listing 8-9 course choices. Please feel free to indicate an order of preference. Please include the section number as well, for example, 0101, 0102, etc.

Graduates may choose from courses listed on Testudo as BUDT (Information Technology), BUMK (Marketing), BULM (Logistics), BUAC (Accounting), BUFN (Finance), BUMO (Management and Organization), and BUSI (General) at the 700 level and above. Please choose at least 6 options; we recommend listing 7-8 course choices. Please feel free to indicate an order of preference. Please include the section number as well, for example, 0101, 0102, etc.

Please be advised that graduate courses are offered in four different locations. You will want to take courses listed as held in Van Munching Hall (sections 0101, 0201, etc). You may consider courses held in Washington, D.C. (sections DC01, Dc06, etc.); there is a metro stop right inside the classroom building. You would need a car to get to the other locations, Shady Grove and Baltimore. Do not choose courses listed as BA01, BA02, etc., or SGI or SGII - these indicate Baltimore and Shady Grove.

Another way to determine that a course is held in College Park or Washington, D.C. is to look for "VMH" and "DC".

Examples of appropriate section numbers :

Once you have made your course selections, complete the Incoming Student Data and Course Selection Form and send as an e-mail attachment to Lisa Barnard or fax it to 410-510-1830. Please note that it is possible to change your selections later on; however, it is important to advise us of your choices with ample time to better assure availability of courses. We will do our best to get you into your top choices. Please note that all course selections are subject to approval and availability.

Prerequisite classes are listed in the course posting. Please make sure you have fulfilled these requirements with similar courses at home and are ready to take your indicated class.

You are able to request classes that are already full (shown in gray on testudo). We will waitlist you for those classes and explain how the waitlist works. Unfortunately, you cannot be in one section and waitlisted for another section so you will need to decide if you want to go for the sure thing or take a risk with a preferred (waitlisted) section.