Health Information Management - Updates beginning Fall 2017

The AAS in Health Information Management (HIM) and the Medical Coder/Abstractor/Biller Certificate Program curricula will be updated effective Fall 2017 (2017 – 2018 catalog) – please see the attachments.

The main changes to the AAS:

** The priority course list on the Health Sciences application is not changing for HIM.

General Education

-Health will no longer be required

-In addition to BIOL130/131, students will also need to complete BIOL150 OR BIOL101

Program Requirements

-There are also a few program requirement changes – HIM advises in this area once students are accepted

The main changes to the Certificate:

General Education

-ENGL101 is now required

Program Requirements

-HINM134 is now required

-HINM133 is no longer required

UMD & Possible Summer Funding for Engineering

The various departments in the Clark School will be providing funding opportunities to community college transfer students who need summer coursework in order to stay on track for graduation.  The money will be awarded to students as a reimbursement.  In order to be eligible, students need to complete the summer course with the minimum passing grade and enroll in the University of Maryland for the following semester.

Interested students are encouraged to work directly with the department on this.  Therefore, if you are working with a prospective Chemical Engineering student, I encourage you to refer the student to Kathy Gardinier at lopresti@umd.edu.

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Shannon Hayes
Transfer Coordinator 

Undergraduate Advising & Academic Support
A. James Clark School of Engineering
1131 Glenn Martin Hall
4298 Campus Drive
College Park, MD 20742
P: 301-405-9973
F: 301-314-9867
www.eng.umd.edu/advising

Walk-In Advising Hours: ter.ps/cay 

New UMD Pre-Transfer Advisor (Spring 2017)

Please see the emails which follows. Tyler McClenithan (trm1991@umd.edu) is the new UMD Pre-Transfer Advisor and he will have regular hours on MC campuses.  The campus visit schedule has not yet been determined, but I will alert you as details are finalized.

Check on Placement (COP) and PACE Writing Samples

The English Department has requested that the Assessment Centers continue COP and PACE testing until Wednesday, February 1. After that, we will pause and resume testing at a later time for the Fall 2017 semester.

Please share this information with your counselors.

Thank you,

Guillermo

Academic Load and Academic Suspension - Spring 2017

Beginning spring 2017, the Deans of Student Affairs have agreed to a collegewide interpretation of the policy for credit overload requests and suspension appeals.  Below in black is the new/cleaned up regulation on academic load and in red is the agreed upon interpretation of the deans.

9.63 Academic Load

A.      Students in good academic standing may enroll for up to 18 billing hours in a fall or spring semester. Students who wish to take more than 18 billing hours but less than 22 billing hours may obtain permission through the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs or the Dean’s appointed designee(s). Students who wish to take more than 22 billing hours during a fall or spring semester may only receive permission from the Office of the Deans of Student Affairs.

Students who want to take between 18 and 21 billing hours during a fall or spring semester may receive permission from a counselor or advisor (appointed designee).  Any student who wants to take more than 21 billing hours may only receive permission from the campus Dean/Associate Dean of Student Affairs.

B.      Students in good academic standing may enroll for up to 7 billing hours in one summer session or 10 billing hours in overlapping sessions. Students who wish to take more than 7 billing hours during a summer session or more than 10 billing hours in overlapping sessions may only receive permission from the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs or the Dean’s appointed designee(s).

Students who want to take more than 7 billing hours in one summer session or more than 10 billing hours in overlapping summer sessions may only receive permission from the campus Dean/Associate Dean of Student Affairs. There is no appointed designee.

C.      Students may enroll for up to 4 billing hours during a winter session. Students who wish to take more than 4 billing hours during a winter session may only receive permission from the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs.

Students who want to take more than 4 billing hours during a winter session may only receive permission from the campus Dean/Associate Dean of Student Affairs. There is no appointed designee.

Academic Suspension

Students who are appealing academic suspension will now be guided to an online form to submit their request, after meeting with a counselor.  You can view the form here: https://cm.maxient.com/reportingform.php?MontgomeryCollege&layout_id=4.  This form will be linked from the Dean’s webpage as well as in an email that is generated in Starfish, as part of a referral.

The steps for academic suspension are as follows:

Status:	Student on academic suspension but has not sat out for one full semester	Student on academic suspension and has sat out for one full semester
What to do:	A student on academic suspension who has not sat out one full semester, but wants to appeal, will be required to first meet with a counselor to create an educational plan in Starfish and talk about academic options. After meeting with the counselor (counselor will put recommendations in Banner and Starfish), counselor refers the student to complete the aforementioned online form which will be sent electronically to the Dean’s Office.  The Dean’s office will follow-up and schedule an appointment with each student.	A student on academic suspension who has sat out for one full semester (fall or spring), and wants to reenroll, needs to meet with a counselor/advisor on the campus for which he or she would like to take courses.  After working with a counselor (counselor will put notes in Banner and Starfish) the student's status can be changed to "academic restriction" and the student may register up to 6 credits for that semester.  The student will be referred to Enrollment Services or the Response Center after meeting with the counselor to have his or her status changed to allow registration.

If you’ve met with a student that wishes to appeal, please create an academic plan in Starfish (for student and dean review), enter your notes/recommendation in Starfish and Banner and provide a referral for the student to complete the online appeal form and meet with the dean. For the referral, please follow the same steps as the Starfish referral we send to the Assessment Center but instead select this referral option:

The student will then receive an email like this:

From: "do_not_reply@montgomerycollege.edu" <do_not_reply@montgomerycollege.edu>
Date: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at 12:40 PM
To:
Subject: Academic Suspension Appeal - Next Steps

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‌Dear Student Name,

Thank you for meeting with me today to discuss your academic suspension appeal.  Your next step in the appeal process is to complete the Online Academic Suspension Appeal Form.  On the form, complete all of the fields, including the date we met (4/28/2014 2:00 PM EDT) and why you should be allowed to appeal, and hit submit.  The Office of the Dean of Students will follow up to schedule an appointment with you.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Counselor Name
counselor.name@montgomerycollege.edu 

Health Sciences Admissions Process - Spring 2017 Update

Health Sciences Admissions Process

Listed below is the ranking of how students are selected for admissions into each of the Health Science program.

Program	Ranking
Diagnostic Medical Sonography (DMS)	·         Program choice ·         Priority courses ·         GPA ·         Students only need to meet the benchmarks for the TEAS.
Health Information Management (HIM)	·         Program choice ·         Priority courses ·         GPA
Nursing	·         Program choice ·         Priority courses ·         TEAS (AITS) ·         GPA
Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA)	·         Program choice ·         Priority courses ·         TEAS (both AITS & Reading scores) ·         GPA
Polysomnography	·         Program choice ·         GPA
Radiologic Technology	·         Program choice ·         Priority courses ·         TEAS (AITS) ·         GPA
Surgical Technology	·         Program choice ·         Priority courses ·         GPA

  

ADDITIONAL HEALTH SCIENCES INFORMATION

·         Applicants who have worked in a related field may get a waiver for the 5-year requirement for BIOL212 & 213 from the program coordinator (except Nursing). They will need to contact the program coordinator to determine if a waiver can be granted. Nursing applicants with BIOL212 & 213 older than 5 years, must take BIOL228.

·         Applicants who have transfer credits for BIOL212 & 213 do NOT need to take BIOL150 unless their program of choice requires BIOL210. If the program does not require BIOL210, the student must contact to the program coordinator about a course substitution for BIOL150. Currently, the only two programs that requires BIOL210 are Nursing and Surgical Technology.

·         Health Sciences admissions will be based on courses completed and grades earned through the prior fall semester only. Spring admission (nursing only) will be based on courses completed through the prior spring semester only. (Example: If applying for fall 2017 (March 1 deadline) courses completed by fall 2016 will be used; if applying for spring 2018 (August 1 deadline), courses completed by the end of spring 2017 will be used).

• Applicants who have completed all or some of the priority courses for their program of choice will be given first consideration. Students may apply without completing any of the priority courses; however, this will make their application less competitive.

·         Timelines for Notification of Admissions, Non-Admissions or Alternate Status

All students who submitted an application will receive written notification advising them whether or not they have been admitted into their program of choice. Students who are selected for admissions into the Health Sciences programs will be notified by certified mail.

Students who applied for the programs that start during the summer (Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Radiologic Technology, Surgical Technology, and LPN to RN), March 1 deadline, should receive notification in the mail by mid-April.

Students who applied for the programs that start in the fall (March 1 deadline), should receive notification in the mail by mid May.

Students who applied for the Nursing program (April 1 deadline) should receive notification in the mail by mid-June. If you apply for spring admissions into the nursing program (August 1 deadline) you should receive notification in the mail by mid-September

Transcript Evaluator's Notes - December 2016

• Transcripts for majors at another campus

• Stop sending these transcripts via campus mail. Instead, notify the Transcript Evaluator at the other campus via email on the same day of receipt, preferably before 2:00 p.m. Also record receipt of transcripts in SOAPCOL and SHATRNS and document notification in a post-it note in ImageNow
• No need to notify other campuses but inform Student accordingly if a transcript has
• all CE credits
• all failing grades
• all courses in progress

• Exceptions allowing acceptance of a course that student has earned credit with a grade of 'D' at MC
• Generally speaking, a course is not transferable when student has earned credit with a grade of 'D' or better in that course at MC. However, per the Registrars’ recent decision, this policy is waived if Student is in a program that requires a grade of 'C' or better in that course to graduate or if student needs a grade of 'C' or better in that course to register for a subsequent course. This exception applies even whensStudent took the course at the other institution before earning credit at MC.
  
• Turn-around time
• Please make sure transfer credits are posted within the posted 4-6 week turnaround time.
• SHATAEQ screen
• Remember to Initial your name and date before imaging.
• Also be sure to scroll the equivalent bar all the way to the left so equivalent courses are shown.
  
• International transcripts
• Equivalence worksheets are critical for follow-up reviews and advising purposes. Please image them
• Although we currently accept evaluations by WES only, we may be flexible to accommodate students who had their transcripts evaluated by another transcript evaluation company before coming to MC as long as the company is an NACES member. See the complete list of NACES members at http://naces.org/members.html.
  
• Imaging
• Keep only one last back page in each transcript to save time when navigating multi-paged transcripts and also to save storage memory in ImageNow.
  
• CLEP
• Per the College Registrar, we accept CLEP credits for students who are no longer attending MC but need college credits for CPA exam requirements.
  
• Awarding generic Foundation and Distribution credits (xxFND, xxDIST, NSLDST, NSNDST)
• Use these course codes only when there are no direct equivalents. Award specific course credits even though Student’s chosen program does not require specific Foundation/Distribution courses.
• Use xxxDIST1 for 100- and xxx-DIST2 for 200-level Arts, Humanities, Behavioral/Social Sciences courses for advising purposes. Similarly, for Natural Sciences courses, use NSLDST1 (lab, 100-level), NSLDST2 (lab, 200-level), NSNDST1 (non-lab, 100-level), and NSNDST2 (non-lab, 200-level). The Graduation Coordinators will know to direct the 200-level courses when auditing graduation. For transcripts with a prior degree, no need to specify 1 and 2.
• Transfer Public Speaking, Interpersonal Communication, Group Communication as SPFDN if those courses fulfill Gen Ed requirements at the transferring school.

BSAD111 Personal Finance - FREE (Spring 2017)

I’d appreciate your help to get the word out about a free (entirely – covered by a grant) credit course, BSAD111 Personal Finance.  The class is open to all MC students.  The pre-requisites are Assessment level of AELR930/Read 099.

The tuition scholarship covers the following sections:

BSAD 111 CRN33645  Germantown campus

BSAD 111 CRN36682  Rockville campus

BSAD 111 CRN36378  Takoma Park campus

The attached flier provides contact information for an application (simple).  For information about the two sections offered at TP/SS and GT please contact Andrea Foster for more information.

Thank you! Georgia

Georgia Buckles

Georgia Buckles, Professor/Department Chair

Business, Economics, Accounting, Computer Applications, and Hospitality Management

Montgomery College

Rockville Campus, Humanities 246

Office – 240.567.5140

Fax – 240.567.5149

Assessment Center - January 2017 Placement Testing Schedule

As we enter the second week of registration at the college, I’d like to share with you and the members of your unit this reminder.

• ACCUPLACER ESL:  The last day to complete this test is Wednesday, January 11
• ACCUPLACER: The last day to complete this test is Saturday, January 14
• From Monday, January 16 and Saturday, January 21, Assessment Centers will only test students with test authorizations or retake forms, electronic or paper, from counselors and academic advisors.  
• Assessment Centers will resume the ACCUPLACER testing Monday, January 23 for Late Spring 2017 sessions. ACCUPLACER ESL testing will resume Monday, March 27.  

The purpose of this revision is to provide students with adequate testing dates that will allow them to complete a MAP, IMAP or eMAP sessions, complete Financial Aid requirements, and visit the counseling office in a timely manner.

ENGL258- Techniques of Proofreading and Editing

For the first time ENGL is being offered at the TP/SS campus.  It is an upper level class in Techniques of Proofreading and Editing that would be great for students interested in being good writers or future journalists/copy editors, etc.  This course is typically taken in GT as a part of the Technical Writing certificate program.  The teacher is Trienne Glover and she is fine with overriding the ENGL110 requirement for students who are not pursuing the certificate. 

Please direct any questions to Trienne Glover or Ellen Olmstead.