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How to Register

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• Admission Requirements
• Technology Requirements
• Earning the Certificate
• Registration Process
• Fees and Tuition
• Refunds
• Cancellations
• Single-Course Enrollment

If you are familiar with the program and registration process, you can go directly to the registration form.

Admission Requirements

Participation in the certificate program is restricted to students who have some working knowledge of a high-level language and have written at least one computer program.

English Proficiency: Students who are non-native English speakers are expected to have adequate English language proficiency. For details, see English Language Guidelines.

International Students: This program does not qualify as full-time study, and therefore does not meet requirements for an F-1 visa. However, if you are an F-1 student currently enrolled full-time in another program, OR you are in the U.S. on some other type of visa (not F-1), you may be eligible to take a certificate program or course. For complete details, or to contact an adviser, see Visa Information.

Technology Requirements

Access to a computer supporting the C language is required to complete homework. Any compiler that is ANSI C compatible, including the free gcc compiler or any compiler sold at the University Book Store, will meet course requirements. There is no access to the lab outside of class sessions. Students are responsible for installation and configuration of their browser and compiler software.

Earning the Certificate

Participants are evaluated in each course on the basis of standards established by the advisory board and instructors. At the end of each course, participants are notified of successful or unsuccessful completion. Because courses are arranged sequentially, participants need to successfully complete classes in the previous term before they advance to the next term. Students are required to progress through the courses in a timely fashion. Students are required to complete the program in one year (four quarters).

When the required courses are completed in this noncredit program, participants earn a certificate, which is presented at the annual UW Extension awards ceremony.

Registration Process

Open Enrollment Process: To register, please complete and submit a registration form. Upon registering for the first-term course(s), you are considered a certificate program student who plans to participate in all courses of the program. Students are registered on a first-come, first-served basis until the program reaches its enrollment limit, or until 5:00 p.m. on the first day of class, October 1, 2008.

Fees and Tuition

Tuition is payable on a term-by-term basis. Tuition for the entire lecture and lab program is $2,520, excluding certificate program and registration fees and textbooks. There is a one-time $50 nonrefundable certificate program fee due when registering for the first-term course, and a $35 nonrefundable registration fee each term. First-term tuition of $630, plus the nonrefundable registration fee, is due two weeks prior to the first day of class.

Optional fees for a Uniform Access computer account are $55 (quarterly) for the classroom-based format. The University's tuition exemption policy does not apply to this program. Fees and tuition are subject to change.

Refunds

For complete refund and withdrawal policies, please refer to Student Information & Services.

Cancellations

UW Extension reserves the right to cancel programs or classes with low enrollment.

Single-Course Enrollment

Interested in taking just one class? Some courses in this program (those courses designated by a ) are open for single-course enrollment to those who do not wish to earn the certificate. Because some courses require prior knowledge and experience in the field, those interested in taking individual courses need to submit these materials:

1. A completed application for single-course enrollment;
2. A résumé listing your related experience, and a typed (250-word maximum) letter of application describing your experience/knowledge and how it was acquired.

Please note that courses taken as a non-certificate student are not automatically applied toward a certificate of completion in the program. Single-course enrollments are on a space-available basis. No certificate program fee is necessary; tuition is not accepted until you are notified of eligibility.