Advising Graphic Design Students Who Want to TRANSFER

MC’s Graphic Design AFA and the Graphic Design AAS degrees are not designed to transfer to UM.  Both of these degrees have only 20 credits of General Education courses; also many GDES courses (except GDES 116) do not transfer and/or apply to this major at UM and most other 4-year schools except art institutes or art colleges (MC has one Transfer Agreement with the Pennsylvania College of Art and Design).

UM College Park specifically requires a more general background in core ARTT classes and Art History I & II; in addition all Art majors (including the Graphic Arts concentration) must complete a single world language to the Intermediate Two level for the Global Engagement Requirement.  The MC Art AA does not have as much room in the program to allow students to complete the Global Engagement Requirement, so General Studies HACL may be a better fit for students to complete language courses.

The MC Transfer to UM Page for Studio Art – all Concentrations (Painting & Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, Digital Media, and Graphic Design) provides details about requirements for transfer, including information about the needed Portfolio for the Graphic Design Concentration.

So to Draw a conclusion:  students interested in Graphic Design to transfer to UM can be given the Transfer to UM – Art page located on the Transfer Resources for Counselors page:  https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/counseling-and-advising/transferresourcesforcounselors.html

For students looking at a transfer to Graphic Design at UMBC, refer to the ARTSYS RTP for Visual Arts.

Anne Schleicher, Counselor (Part-time)

Montgomery College Online Advising Services

www.montgomerycollege.edu/transfer