Course Information

Courses | Course Textbooks | Course Grades | Official Transcripts

Courses

You’ll enroll in one of the following three-credit courses. Click on the course to view the description. For a printable list of all the courses and descriptions, please click here.

American Government Innovative Thinking & Creativity
American Studies International Politics
Archaeology Journalism
Architecture Kinesiology
Biotechnology Landscape Architecture
Business & Entrepreneurship Materials Science & Engineering
Civil War Era Mock Trials
Communication Plagues, Pathogens & Public Policy
Computer Programming Philosophy
Creative Writing Product Development and Marketing
Dinosaurs Psychology
Drawing Sociology
Engineering Science & Technology in the Western World
Environmental Biology Terrorism & Popular Culture
Food: Science & Technology Theater
Geography Weather & Climate

Courses in the Young Scholars Program are part of the University’s Summer Term. These courses follow University policies and procedures and are subject to change. The University reserves the right to cancel courses due to insufficient enrollment or for other reasons it deems necessary.

Course Textbooks

Textbook requirements are posted by the instructor. Your course may or may not require a textbook, and you will need to periodically check the link below to see if the instructor has posted a textbook.

  • Visit: www.testudo.umd.edu
  • Select Schedule of Classes
  • Select Summer Term
  • Select Course Listing
  • Select the course/department acronym, e.g., ARCH for Architecture.
  • Find the course you are registered for with the section number of “04YS”
  • Select Books

Textbooks may be purchased from any textbook store or online vendor. For those students who have determined the need for a textbook, you may use one of the following campus resources:

The University Book Center (UBC) is located in the Adele Stamp Student Union, on the lower level. In the UBC, there is a textbook section with the books arranged in alphabetical order according to the department/course acronym (e.g., SOCY for Sociology). Find the area that has your course acronym. Look for the complete course title (SOCY105) and course section number (04YS). The course book will be shelved below this tag.

Course Grades

Grades and transcripts are not automatically mailed to the student.

Please refer to the Calendar & Deadlines for the exact date that grades will be posted.

To view your grade on-line via your Unofficial Transcript, visit: Testudo

You will be prompted for an SID and PIN in order to access the online system. Your SID is your Social Security number, and your PIN is your six-digit date of birth in the format mmddyy.