Advising

Visiting students have access to take classes online or on TMU's campus.

General guidance for all students:

TMU Core (General Education) Requirements
- Students who are looking to get some required, widely-transferrable general education courses out of the way are recommended to start out with our Core courses.
Academic Calendar
Academic Catalog

For students looking at online or campus options, please see below for some recommendations:

Fall or Spring online or campus courses (open to all students)
- Please visit our course schedule
- Pay attention to which semester you’re looking at – Fall semester runs August to December, while Spring semester runs January to May.
  - Fall/Summer semester schedules are available after March 1
  - Spring semester schedules are available after October 1
- You’ll be able to see which courses are “open” or “closed”
- When you’ve found the courses that are “open” AND work best for you, please email dualcredit@thomasmore.edu with the COURSE AND SECTION NUMBER that you want to sign up for (e.g. ACC 101 01).

Are you unsure about where to begin?

Thomas More is committed to making sure that Visiting Students who are enrolled are taking courses that are best suited to the needs of the student.
If you have questions or need advising, email nondegree@thomasmore.edu.

How many courses or credit hours can I take as a Visiting student?

Undergraduate students: 8 courses (or 24 credit hours)
Graduate students: 2 courses (or 6 credit hours)

Registration

No action required. The Thomas More Visiting Student Program will take care of registering you for your courses based on course selections you provide to us.

Changing your schedule

If you need to make changes to your schedule (add or drop), please email nondegree@thomasmore.edu.

When you withdraw affects how much tuition you owe. As a general rule, here's how much tuition will be refunded depending on when you withdraw:

- Week 1 = 100% Refund
- Week 2 = 75% Refund
- Week 3 = 50% Refund
- Week 4 = 25% Refund
- Week 5 (and beyond) = 0% Refund

Viewing Your Schedule

To view your schedule via computer, pull up MyTMU. in your web browser.

Click on “Student Services”
Click on “My Schedule”
Use the drop down menu at the top to "Select Term"
If you’re off campus, you may be asked to log in again with your Thomas More username and password.

Reading Your Schedule

Your schedule is filled with important information. Below is a sample schedule for us to review:

Sample Course Schedule

The first two columns of your schedule tell you what class you are taking. In the example above, BIO 212-02 is the course code. There are several BIO 212 classes on campus, though, so -02 is the section number telling us in which particular one we are enrolled. "Anatomy and Physiology II" is the course title.

The fifth column ("Faculty/Meeting") tells you when the course meets as well as who your instructor will be (with a link to their email). The letters indicate the days the courses meet.

M - Monday
T - Tuesday
W - Wednesday
Th - Thursday
F - Friday

Some courses might have multiple meeting times. For example, for BIO 212-02, you'll see that it meets MWF from 11:15a to 12:05p AND on W from 2:45p to 5:30p. Others will have no dates/times listed because they are asynchronous online.

The last column tells you where the course meets. The description will tell you the campus -- Main or online -- as well as the specific building and room location, if in-person.