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January Term 2008 Credit and Noncredit Courses at the Five Colleges

There are some regulations to be observed with respect to courses carrying credit:

Students at either Amherst College or UMass Amherst seeking to take credit courses at one of the other schools should be advised that:

Amherst College does not accept credits earned in summer or January for its students and does not offer courses for credit in January.
Because the University is officially closed during January, UMass students must register for courses through the Division of Continuing and Professional Education. Because UMass does not participate in Five College Interchange during January, any UMass student who enrolls in a January course at one of the other four colleges will be required to register and pay for the course at the host institution. The course will be treated as a transfer course and credit will only be awarded upon receipt of an official transcript from the host institution.

Students taking academic courses for credit at Hampshire, Mount Holyoke and Smith Colleges must complete and submit a Five College Online Request to their home-campus registrar.
UMass students may register for credit for January Term courses at Hampshire College as a community member. Community members are charged tuition fees. Normally, the University will accept these courses as transfer credit.
All University January term courses are offered through its Division of Continuing Education. Students taking courses at the University of Massachusetts Amherst should be aware that the Division of Continuing Education charges a tuition fee.

The links below to January term course lists at the campuses will open in a new browser window:
Please note that the Five College Course Catalog does not contain January Term courses.

Amherst College
Noncredit courses

Hampshire College
Course list

Mount Holyoke College
Credit courses (Choose "This School Year" from the left menu, and in the form, search on "...and are in the semester 'January'")
Noncredit courses

Smith College
Course list (PDF file)
Jacobson Center courses (PDF file)

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Credit courses
Noncredit courses

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