welp, that hour-long call with umuc’s academic advising center didn’t accomplish anything. seriously, 55 minutes of that call was spent on hold, and the one time i spoke with a guy at the center he wasn’t able to help me and needed to contact an specific group of advisors for me, but it seems they’ve already left for the day.

i remembered my project management instructor (who’s a fun instructor) saying that he’ll be teaching a course on information systems security at fort meade this summer. so i registered for that class (it’s monday / wednesday, 6 to 9:50 pm, from july 9 to august 13), sent my advisor an email to be sure that this class would work for my needs, and crossing my fingers. hope this works out!