Spring Start Online

Note, this program is not available to University of Miami Spring Start students enrolled in the Start Abroad programs.

The University of Miami's Division of Continuing and International Education (DCIE) is offering admitted University of Miami Spring Start students the opportunity to enroll in online non-degree courses in the fall semester.

If you choose to participate in this academic experience, you will be able to take up to 10 credits in math, writing, and sociology. This is an opportunity to take online classes with UM faculty, gain access to our online libraries, and receive early advising. Also, classes taken through DCIE will automatically be added to your official University of Miami transcript and may be used toward your degree completion when you start in the Spring.

You may not apply for this program by completing an undergraduate non-degree application. Non-degree applications are not associated with Spring Start students and are non-refundable. 

Only admitted and deposited spring students are eligible for this program. The deadline to apply through the admissions portal for the non-degree fall online course experience is to be announced. Spring Starters who enroll in this option agree to acknowledge and adhere to a list of terms and conditions. All correspondence for eligible students will be communicated through the admissions portal.

For more details, please visit Spring Start or email startonline@miami.edu.

Questions? Visit our FAQ page here: Start Online at DCIE

 

Fall 2025 Course Offerings

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  • COS 120. Exploring Human Communication. 3 Credit Hours.

    Course content focuses on behavioral science research, highlighting verbal and nonverbal skills, knowledge, and abilities necessary for effective communication in a broad range of contexts, including romantic relationships, business interactions, political campaigns, health promotion, and persuading and influencing people in general.

  • BIL 104. Genetics and Society. 3 Credit Hours.

    Genetics for non-science majors. The basics of DNA, genes, gene function, genomes, and inheritance. Application of genetics to real-world issues, both personal and societal, from the history of life to challenges and opportunities we face in the modern times at the molecular level.

  • KIN 150. General Nutrition for Health and Performance. 3 Credit Hours.

    Fundamentals and theories of nutrition with a specific focus on nutrition for both sports and fitness.

  • MTH 099. Intermediate Algebra. 3 Credit Hours.

    Real number operations, polynomials, factoring, rational numbers and rational expressions. Cannot be used to fulfill the 120 credits required for graduation.

  • MTH 101. Algebra for College Students. 3 Credit Hours.

    Algebraic operations and properties of the real numbers; linear and quadratic equations and inequalities; polynomials and factoring; rational expressions; radical expressions; graphs of lines; systems of linear equations.
    Requisite: SAT Math Section Score >= 550 or Math ACT Score >= 22 or ALEKS score >= 40 or passing grade in MTH 099.

  • MTH 107. Precalculus Mathematics I. 4 Credit Hours.

    Algebraic operations; equations and inequalities; complex numbers; functions and their graphs; polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions; inverse functions; systems of non-linear equations.
    Requisite: SAT Math Section Score >= 620 OR Math ACT Score >= 27 OR ALEKS score >= 61 OR passing grade in MTH 101.

  • MTH 108. Precalculus Mathematics II. 3 Credit Hours.

    Trigonometric functions, identities and equations, applications involving vectors, systems of nonlinear equations and inequalities and analytic geometry.
    Requisite: SAT Math Section Score >= 670 OR Math ACT Score >= 29 OR AP Calculus AB score of 3 OR ALEKS score >= 70 OR a passing grade in MTH 107.

  • MCY 124. The Evolution of Jazz. 3 Credit Hours.

    A study of the origin, development, and styles of jazz music and its exponents. 

  • SOC 101. Introduction to Sociology. 3 Credit Hours.

    The scientific study of society and several sociological concepts, including, but not limited to: social theory, social research, social economy, social interaction, social class, social construction, gender stratification, race and ethnicity, family, and deviance. This course will help students to examine the social world around them using the sociological imagination. Students will learn how to connect research to concepts, deepening their understanding of the social world and social phenomena and develop critical thinking skills.

  • WRS 105. First-Year Writing I. 3 Credit Hours.

    Advanced approaches to multidisciplinary written and multimodal communication. Emphasizes transferable skills in academic inquiry and argument. Not for major or minor. Cannot be taken on credit-only option.
    Requisite: ACT English score 18-31; or SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing or Critical Reading score 430-690; or TOEFL iBT Writing score 18 or above.

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