Students have continual communication with faculty, academic counselors, and administrative staff through the use of telecommunication. Community College Alliances UMUC has partnerships with several area community colleges to allow adult, part-time students to move seamlessly into a bachelor's degree program within their communities, through integrated curricula. Students may be concurrently admitted to their local community college and UMUC through a single application, and may take advantage of any of UMUC's locations for their upper-level coursework. Students may also complete upper-level coursework through UMUC's distance learning options, including online course delivery. Advisors both at UMUC and the community college provide academic advising, financial aid coordination, and library services information.
More academic alliances are currently in the planning stages.
Students participating in the AACC-UMUC Alliance may complete bachelor's degree specializations in accounting, business and management, management, management studies, computer science, computer and information science, computer studies, and information systems management. CCC programs in computer information systems, computer graphics, or computer-aided design are all linked with UMUC's bachelor's degree specialization in computer studies. Additionally, articulated programs leading to the psychology and communication studies specializations are available. Carroll County students may attend a limited number of UMUC courses at the community college, but will find it convenient to complete their programs via distance programs. The Baltimore City Community College-University of Maryland University College Alliance enables students in the Baltimore area to make a smooth transition from the associate's degree to the bachelor's degree.