Isenberg School of Management Online BBA Resources
Financial Aid
Financial Aid Homepage:
www.umass.edu/umfa
This site provides information regarding financial aid and scholarships.
- 2010 Continuing and Professional Education Students Financial Aid Guide (PDF)
Please contact Marianna McKim with any questions.
Phone: (413) 545.3353
Email: marianna@finaid.umass.edu
FAFSA Homepage
www.fafsa.edu.gov
In order to apply for financial aid, you need to fill out the FAFSA form first. You will find the FAFSA form on this web site and details on Federal Student Aid.
Continuing & Professional Education
Continuing & Professional Education Homepage:
www.umassulearn.net
This site provides you with information and links to Isenberg Online BBA courses, other course offerings, descriptions, Instructor and text information.
Students will also find cost and registration information.
Online Course Access
UMassOnline Homepage:
www.umassonline.net
This is where you will access your online course.
You receive your log on information in your UMail, UMA e-mail account 1 to 3 business days after your registration has been processed.
Please make sure you can log on and take a look at the course when it opens a week prior to it starting, to familiarize yourself with the course.
Course Confirmation and Grades
SPIRE Homepage:
www.spire.umass.edu
For course confirmation and grades, please visit this web site.
Schedules and grades are not mailed to you but may be viewed online and printed via SPIRE.
Student Email Account
Office of Information Technology (OIT) Homepage:
www.oit.umass.edu
In order to access your online course, you will need to activate your UMail, UMA student email account.
You will have a hold on your academic record if you do not activate your UMail account. It is UMA, University policy to use your UMail account for any important communications; the Online Program follows this policy in using your UMail account for important information mailings.
For questions regarding your UMail student email account, please visit the OIT website or call 413.545.9400.
You can find information about forwarding your UMail account to one that you may use more often.
They can also assist with forgotten passwords and general account set up.
Technical Assistance
If you need help with technical issues, please e-mail amherstsupport@umassonline.net amherstsupport@umassonline.net or call 1-888-300-6407 (24-hours a day, 7 days a week). You may also want to take advantage of the Live Text Chat available on the UMassOnline course login page.
Textbooks
UMass E-Bookstore Homepage:
www.umass.bkstr.com
You can order books online at the website provided above or call (413) 545-3570.
Please order your textbooks promptly so you do not fall behind.
Textbooks may be avilable at a number of on online resources, not all are ordered through the UMA bookstore. Contact Instructor with specific text questions.
Text Requirements
Textbooks should be purchased BEFORE the course starts, especially in the shorter sessions in which assignments may be due within the first couple of days.
If you have questions regarding your text requirements, please see the course description for text information and Instructor contact information at the
Continuing & Professional Education website.
Advising
Isenberg School of Management Online Advising
If you have further questions regarding degree requirements, and your degree completion plan, please contact Program Coordinator Tania Fuller.
Phone: (413) 577-2760
Email: onlinebba@som.umass.edu
Graduation Requirements
A minimum of 120 credits are required to graduate.
Up to 75 college level semester credits may be transferred in.
At least 45 credits must be taken through UMass Amherst/UMA, up to 15 of these credits may be taken as a non-degree student.
At least 30 credits must be taken through UMA starting with your semester of acceptance into the BBA program.
A students last 30 credits must be taken through UMA.
54 graded credits must be taken through UMA to be eligible for Honors, see
http://www.umass.edu/registrar
Graduated students receive diplomas approximately 3 months after the official posting of their last semester grades, pending submission of Intent to Graduate form including payment of UMA Graduation fee.
Summer last semester = September Graduate
Fall last semester = February Graduate
Spring last semester = May Graduate
University Information
University of Massachusetts Amherst Homepage:
www.umass.edu
This site provides you with information on the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Including links to SPIRE, UMail, WebCT and Peoplefinder.
