The wording is there, but the questions keep coming… UM COMPUTER SCIENCE LEP Requirements
Current MC students planning to transfer to UM in Fall 2024 may be mis-reading the new UM College Park LEP requirements for Computer Science page and assuming that they now need to have B’s in the three Computer Science Gateway classes of CMSC 203, 204 and MATH 181.
The UM LEP Main Page shows these choices:
- Computer Science (prior to Fall 2024) > for all current students enrolled
at MC now who want to transfer to UM in Fall 2024
- Computer Science (Fall 2024 and later) > applies only
to brand-new first-time freshmen entering any Maryland state community
college or university in Fall 2024 and after. Affects upcoming high school students
graduating this coming May 2024 and entering MC in Fall 2024.
It is not crystal clear that the
newer requirements (Fall 2024 and after) apply ONLY to students who are
brand new freshmen starting at any MD state college starting in Fall 2024 and
after. The wording at the top of the CS
LEP pages states this, but it can be easily overlooked.
For current MC students
planning to transfer to UM in Fall 2024:
CMSC Gateway Requirements (prior to Fall 2024): https://www.lep.umd.edu/computerscience.html#transfer
- Completion of CMSC 131
[Object-Oriented Programming I] OR CMSC 133 [Object-Oriented Programming I
Beyond Fundamentals] with a minimum grade of C- = MC’s CMSC 203
Computer Science I
- Completion of CMSC 132
[Object-Oriented Programming II] with a minimum grade of C- = MC
CMSC 204 Computer Science II
- Completion of
MATH 140 [Calculus I] with a minimum grade of C- = MC MATH 181 Calculus
I
A minimum grade point
average of 2.7 in all courses taken at the University of Maryland and all other
institutions is required for internal and external transfer students. [However,
MC notes that generally, most transfer students need at a 3.0 overall GPA to
first be admitted to UM]
The following guidelines
pertain to all Limited Enrollment Programs: [and this one will not
change]
·
Only
one gateway or performance review course may be repeated to earn the required
grade and that course may only be repeated once. When
more than one course can satisfy a gateway requirement, taking a second course
from the list will count as a repeat. Please note that a grade of "W"
is considered an attempt and must be repeated.
This is the statement at the top of the CS LEP “Prior to
Fall 2024” page:
The
guidelines and policies below apply to students who enrolled at the University
of Maryland, a University
System of Maryland four-year institution or a Maryland community college before
Fall 2024 and who declare a major before Fall 2028.
Students
enrolled as freshmen at the University of Maryland in Fall 2024 and after, and
new transfer students enrolled at the University of Maryland in Fall 2024 and
after from institutions outside the University System of Maryland and
Maryland community colleges should instead follow these
guidelines.
More about the upcoming change to CMSC admissions for new
high school students entering MC in Fall 2024 will be coming soon; for now,
please help current students asking about repeating any Gateway with a grade of
C understand that the new requirements do not apply to them.
As always, the best option is to refer students with
questions to the UM Pretransfer Advisors -
Email: MCpretransfer@umd.edu; Website: pretransferadvising.umd.edu
Anne Schleicher, Part-Time Counselor
Montgomery College Online Advising Services
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