Unlike enrolling in a traditional college course where you can only register on certain specified days, you can enroll in six-month learning contract courses at any time during normal business hours, any day of any week.

To initiate the process, you must take the following steps:

1. Contact the Learning Contract Office. Request the course(s) you are interested in taking; you may take up to two learning contract courses at any one time. You must also identify your status as one of the following:

a. External Degree Program* student

b. Troy resident student

c. Student at another college or university

d. A student who does not fall into one of the above categories, i.e., you are a high school graduate, are not currently pursuing a degree at some college or university, are not currently under academic suspension from another institution, and do simply want to take courses for personal or professional growth.

2. Wait until you receive written information from the Learning Contract Office. You will receive the appropriate forms according to your status, as well as a copy of the learning contract and the course's requirements.

3. Review the course's requirements when they arrive. If you feel the course meets your needs, go on to step 4. If the course does not meet your needs, go back to step 1.

4. Complete the form(s) in accordance with the accompanying instructions. Return the form(s) to Troy University Montgomery Campus along with the required tuition and payment for the learning materials.

5. Actions in this step will vary depending on your status:

a. External Degree Program* student: No other action is required.

b. Troy University Montgomery Campus resident student: No other action is required.

c. Student at another college or university: Do the following:

(1) Provide to Troy University Montgomery Campus  an original copy of a transient authorization form signed by the dean and registrar at your parent institution.

(2) Certify to Troy University Montgomery Campus, via official transcript or your dean's verbal verification, that you have met any/all prerequisite(s) for the course.

d. Any student not included in one of the previous categories: Do the following:

(1) Submit to Troy University Montgomery Campus an official transcript from the last attended regionally accredited college/university. If you have no college, send official evidence of high school completion.

(2) Certify to Troy University Montgomery Campus, via official transcript, that any/all prerequisite(s) for the course has/have been met.

NOTE: If you are in this category, you will be admitted to the university as an "Unclassified" student. As such, you may take up to 20 quarter hours of work at Troy University Montgomery Campus. If you are accepted in this status but you later decide to pursue a degree with us, you must make formal application for admission in accordance with established procedures.

When your transcripts, forms and payment are received, we will arrange to have the Troy University Montgomery Campus Bookstore send the required learning materials to you along with receipts for all monies paid. Once you receive your materials, you will be able to contact your instructor and begin your studies.

You will have a total of six months in which to complete any course in which you enroll, and you may complete a course in as little as five weeks. The official start and end dates will be indicated on the learning contract that you will receive for your records.

If a course requires you to take a test, we will ask you to identify someone in your local area who will agree to act as our testing agent. Because the tests are controlled items, we ask that you contact people in the following categories to act as test administrator: an education services officer at a military base, a college or university testing officer, Gene Elrod Success center director or high school counselor.