UMCP Gen Ed RTP Note

Update provided by Andrea Milo on 8/8/2013

Good news, on all of the Fall 2012 ARTSYS UMD, RTP’s-- there is a note that we hope makes it clear to students that our general education program will transfer neatly to UMD. The note is as follows:

The University of Maryland, College Park, requires students to complete a minimum of 40 credits of general education. Students transferring to the University who have completed their general education requirements at another Maryland public institution of higher education will be considered to have completed their general education requirements with the exception of an upper-level writing course and any additional credits necessary to complete the minimum number of general education credits.

This is a reminder to students that if they complete the gen ed program they don’t have to click through each “area” and limit their choices to those courses that are listed.

Since the UMD’s program is 40 credits and our AA gen ed is 34 (with a 3 credit health) that will leave them with two gen ed courses after they transfer to UMD.

Please spread the word and remember to point this out to students!

General Education Program and Advising Notes

Many of you have noticed that the 2012 ARTSYS Recommended Transfer Program pages (RTP’s) which refer to UMCP’s New General Education Program have blue clickable “AREA” lines that 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. For example, if you’re working with a student who started at MC in 2011 and who wants to major in Psychology, then the 2009 RTP is the correct version to use. Confusing – of course!

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. http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/uploadedFiles/EDU/Counseling_and_Advising/Transfer/Transfer_Resources/GenEdAdvising9-20-12.doc These are students who graduated from high school in May/June 2012.
Suggestion: Staple a copy of the MC Gen Ed Course List to the ARTSYS RTP when advising students!

• 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! www.transferadvising.umd.edu/

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

Hope this information clarifies what is really supposed to be a simple matter: most future Terps should fulfill the full MC General Education Program prior to transfer (the only detail is to remember to recommend a 3-credit rather than a 1-credit HE).

Transcript Evaluation

Students can now use this portal to get an Artsys transcript evaluation! Check it out!
http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/EDU/Plain.aspx?id=31580