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Register :: Graduate Optical Sciences

Follow these steps to register for an Optical Sciences graduate distance course:

1. Qualifications for graduate optical sciences courses
2. Get admitted to the University of Arizona Graduate College
3. Master of Science in Optical Sciences
4. Professional Graduate Certificate in Optical Sciences
5. Course delivery options; tuition and fees; important dates; refund policies; FAQs; proctors
6. Register for class
7. Contacts

1. Are you qualified to take graduate courses in optical sciences at the University of Arizona?

Applicants to this program should hold a BS degree in engineering, physics, mathematics or a related field. If you have questions about your qualifications, contact the Optical Sciences Center (carl.maes@optics.arizona.edu).

2. Get admitted to the University of Arizona Graduate College:
You must be admitted to the UA Graduate College as a degree or non-degree student before you can take any optical sciences courses for credit at the University of Arizona.

• Graduate students who have been admitted to the UA Graduate College for the current semester or who took a class in the previous semester – go to Step 3.
• Not admitted? Apply on-line as a Graduate Non-Degree Seeking Student at the UA Graduate College. https://apply.grad.arizona.edu/

3. Want to apply for a degree program?

Read about the M.S. in Optical Sciences with distance learning options. (If you want to start distance courses before you are accepted into a degree program, make sure you’re admitted as a Graduate Non-degree student – see Step 2).

4. Interested in the certificate program?

Read about the Professional Graduate Certificate in Optical Sciences.

5. Before you register, please read the following important pages on our web site

• Course delivery options: All Optical Sciences distance courses are videotaped on-campus classes. The courses are videostreamed to the Internet. All students are given password access to the videostreamed version. In addition, students may elect to have DVDs sent to them on a weekly basis for an additional fee.
• Optical sciences graduate courses tuition and fees.
• Important dates and refund policies.
• Frequently Asked Questions for Distance students.
• Proctor forms and information.
• Tuition payment plan.

6. Ready to register for a class?

• Select a course from this semester’s course list. Further course descriptions/information about Optical Sciences Courses offered through Distance Learning may be found here.
• Complete the Optical Sciences Graduate Distance Courses registration form and fax or mail it to Distance Learning.
• If you’re selecting the tuition payment plan, complete the UA Distance Learning Tuition Payment Plan Enrollment Form and include it with your first payment.
• Mail or fax the form(s) together with your payment to UA Distance Learning (see contact information, below).
• If you’re applying for admission to the Graduate College and/or to the professional certificate program, you can include these forms and payments with your registration materials. Remember - if you’re including your Graduate Non-degree Admission form with your original signature, you’ll have to mail the materials or bring them in to our office.

7. How to reach us

• Email: distance@email.arizona.edu
• Phone: 520-626-2079 or 1-800-478-9508
• Fax: 520-626-1102
• Mail: UA Distance Learning, Outreach College, University of Arizona, P.O. Box 210158, Tucson, AZ 85721-0158
• Express mail needing a street address: UA Distance Learning, Outreach College, University Services Bldg., #301, 888 North Euclid Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721
• Come to our office: University Services Building, Room 301; Third floor – next to the bridge to the Main Gate Parking Garage; 888 North Euclid Avenue; Tucson, AZ