Credit Courses at a Distance

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Admitted Students

Activating Your NetID

If you are new to the UW-Madison campus, you might need to activate your campus NetID to use Learn@UW courses. Please visit this website for learn about activating your UW-Madison NetID.

Enrolling in Courses

Visit the MyUW help webpage entitled Student Center - Enrolling in Classes for information about these steps:

  • Add a course
  • Drop a course
  • Swap courses
  • Edit a course to specify variable credits or honors

Library Services

Please visit this website for information about Resources for Distance Education.

Textbooks and Course Notes

Several courses require textbooks. (Please refer to the course descriptions for this information.) Books can be purchased directly from the The University Book Store by calling Steve Scheibel at 608/257-3784 and providing your credit card number. Steve can be reached at: sscheibel@uwbookstore.com. You can also send email to Dave Jewell, djewell@uwbooksto re.com.

At the beginning of the semester, registered students will be sent course notes, if applicable.

Software Used in Outreach Courses

Information about using software that is installed at Computer-aided Engineering is available at this webpage: Tethered Software at Computer-aided Engineering.

The student version of MATLAB available for purchase. Contact the Outreach office for details.

Proctor Nomination Form

Students must arrange to have exams proctored off-campus. Use the Proctor Nomination Form to choose a person to act as a proctor:

  • the personnel or human resource director at your place of employment

  • a librarian

  • an administrator at a local school or college

  • a member of the clergy (this must be a full-time job, some restrictions apply)

The proctor cannot be related to you in any way or be chiefly a friend (it is not necessary that you know your proctor — many students meet their proctor for the first time when they approach them about proctoring).

Transcript Requests

You may submit transcript requests online, in person on the UW-Madison campus, or by mail. Details are available from the Registrar's Office.