ARTSYS and UM General Education Courses

UMCP and ARTSYS What to Follow for General Education

Many of you have noticed that the 2012 ARTSYS Recommended Transfer Program pages (RTP’s) which refer to UMCP’s New General Education Program (the blue clickable “AREA” lines) are blank. This is NOT a point of concern if Montgomery College students complete the MC General Education Program prior to transfer.

We have requested that a statement about taking MC Gen Ed courses be placed in the RTP Advising Notes, but it hasn’t happened yet.

Most four-year college/university Gen Ed Programs are around 40 credits total (including UMCP’s). Students who have completed Montgomery College’s 34-credit General Education Requirements will have met 34 credits of the 40 credits of Gen Ed at UMCP without a course-by-course match.

The bottom line: Students who finish 34-credit Gen Ed Program at Montgomery College do not have to fulfill the blue AREA requirements on ARTSYS RTP’s 2012 and after.

HOWEVER students who started @ MC prior to Fall 2012 still need to follow CORE requirements.

The CORE list can be found on the MC Transfer Website under the Local Schools link and then under the University of Maryland.

http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/uploadedFiles/EDU/Counseling_and_Advising/Transfer/Transfer_Resources/corecp(1).pdf

Here’s another interpretation of “Who Follows CORE” and “Who Follows New Gen Ed” at UMCP:

• NEW GEN ED - Any new student who started @ MC this year, Fall 2012 and after, should follow a 2012 ARTSYS RTP and take Montgomery College General Education Program courses in place of the blue AREA lines.

• Students who transfer to MC who did not attend at Maryland system school prior to fall 2012 will also follow the NEW GEN ED at UM unless they complete an AA at MC.

• Old CORE - Students who started at MC before this Fall 2012 and who graduated from high school PRIOR to May/June 2012 must follow the older RTP pages showing CORE General Education. Students following CORE should choose at least one History and/or English Literature from among Humanities choices on the MC Gen Ed list. Note that both a History AND a Literature are not required – just one HS or EN Lit.

EXCEPTION: ALL transfer students who come from a non-Maryland public school to Montgomery College in hopes of then transferring to UMCP will have to follow New Gen Ed, unless they complete an AA degree while @ MC before transferring. If they do not complete the AA they will need to follow specific New Gen Ed requirements, using courses from their previous school if applicable. See specific courses that fulfill New Gen Ed requirements for any school in the Transfer Credit Center site, www.tce.umd.edu – and refer these students to UMCP’s Pre-Transfer Advising for more information! http://www.transferadvising.umd.edu/

Who Follows CORE

Students enrolled @ MC or ANY Univ. System of Maryland (USM) school prior to Fall 2012 will follow Older RTP’s and CORE Requirements

1) EN 102 or 109

2) Mathematics

3) Health – a 3 credit health is preferred

4) Speech – SP 108 or 112

5) One Arts – ANY

6) One Arts or Humanities - ANY

7) One Humanities – Choose one History OR one Literature

8) Two Behavioral & Social Sciences -

9) Two Sciences

Who Follows New General Education?

All students new to MC Fall 2012 (key distinction – graduated from HS in Summer 2012) AND any transfer students who did not attend a Maryland system school prior to Fall 2012 will follow New Gen Ed (example, a transfer from Penn State to MC hoping to go to UM must follow New Gen Ed).

1) EN 102 or 109

2) Mathematics

3) Health – a 3 credit health is preferred

4) Speech – SP 108 or 112

5) One Arts – ANY

6) One Arts or Humanities – ANY

7) One Humanities – ANY

8) Two Behavioral & Social Sciences

9) Two Sciences

MC Gen Ed Page with Transfer Advising Notes: http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/uploadedFiles/EDU/Counseling_and_Advising/Transfer/Transfer_Resources/GenEdAdvising9-20-12.doc