Registration for the First Semester

For your first semester, the CM PhD Program Office will register you for your core PhD courses and elective courses (which you will have selected in consultation with your faculty advisor).   For subsequent semesters, you will be expected to register for your own courses through the WISER on-line registration system.

Registration for the Subsequent Semesters

Registration begins at the beginning of November for the spring semester and the beginning of April for the fall semester. Check the academic calendar for the exact date. All continuing active students must register prior to January 1 for the spring semester and June 1 for the fall semester or they will be assessed the late fee. Students are emailed an invitation to register before each registration period. The email details the date they can begin their registration and it will also include the late registration date.

All new and continuing students should access their WISER accounts in order to register for courses.

Student Enrollment Status (Full-time Status)

The PhD in Business Administration is a full-time degree program. Full-time students are expected to take at least nine (9) credit hours per semester. Full-time continuous students should complete all their course work by the third year of study.

UMB considers graduate students engaged in dissertation research to be full-time students, regardless of the number of dissertation credits for which they register, providing the Faculty Director certifies they are working full-time on research. A student may take up to 15 credits during the fall and spring semesters and up to nine credits in the summer (although tuition waivers will not be applied to summer courses). Any student who wishes to register for more than the maximum credit load must secure written permission from the PhD Program Offices.

Adding and Dropping Courses

Students may add or drop courses online via WISER or in person within the Registrar’s Office or One Stop Office. To add or drop a course in person, by mail or by fax, use a Change of Registration Form (available on-line and at the One Stop Office).

Students may add courses until the Add/Change deadline. If a student wishes to register for or add a course after the first class meeting, the appropriate form (Registration Form/Change of Registration Form) must be signed by the instructor(s) of the course(s) added, and returned to the One Stop before the Add/Change deadline (no signature is required when a course is being dropped). To add an online course after the first day of classes, please visit, caps.umb.edu/online/ for instructor contact information.

Please note an important change in policy regarding dropping courses. Students who drop courses on or before the Drop deadline will be removed from class rosters, and the course will not appear on their transcripts. Between the Drop deadline and the Add/Change deadline, students who drop a course and add another course at the same time will also be removed from the class roster of the dropped course.

For a complete list of deadlines, please visit the Registrar’s website: http://www.umb.edu/registrar/academic_calendar

Waivers and Substitutions

PhD in Business Administration coursework are designed provide a foundation and a frame for your thinking as a scholar in the discipline.  Consequently, we do not count previously completed coursework toward degree credits.

Should you have any questions about course waivers and substitutions, please feel free to discuss your situation or concerns with your Graduate Program Director, faculty advisor/mentor and with program staff.