Important Changes:
1)
ENGL 103 IS NO
LONGER REQUIRED in addition to ENGL 102.
UM now accepts ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 or 103 as the 2-course English Composition
sequence. (UMB School of Nursing has confirmed all of these sequences as of
11/25/19)
a.
Of course, some
fine print still exists – here’s how it appears on the MC Transfer Advising
Page for Nursing:
NEW – as of
11/13/19 Both ENGL 102 and ENGL 103 are no
longer required to transfer Spring 2020 & after.
UMB English Composition Requirement – two courses, 6 credits - take one
2-course sequence from 1. or 2.:
1. ___ ENGL 101/101A College Writing and ___ ENGL 102
Writing & Research OR ____ENGL 103 Writing/Workplace
OR – if you did not take MC ENGL 101 based on placement or rec’vd 101 credit
for an AP ENGL Lang score of 3, you need:
2. ___ ENGL 102 Writing/Res.
and ONE from:
___ ENGL 103
OR _____ ENGL Literature
OR ___ ENGL264
Creative Writing.
• If you have already taken ENGL 101
and 102
and 103, ENGL
101 will count as an Elective in General Electives below.
• For ENGL 101 or 102 accepted by MC from another college, contact UMB
now
for an evaluation of college transcripts as UMB may differ from MC in accepting
credits:
www.nursing.umaryland.edu/academics/undergrad/bachelor-of-science-nursing/
b.
Exceptions to
ENGL 101 – some students will need to
“replace” ENGL 101 credit with another ENGL course with ONE from: ___
ENGL 103 OR _____ ENGL Literature OR ___ ENGL264 Creative
Writing. Who?
i.
Students who
place directly into ENGL 102 through Placement Testing or SAT/ACT scores
ii.
Students who transfer
in an ENGL from another Maryland school where only one Freshman English course
is required (for example, Frederick Community College’s ENG 101 transfers to MC
as our ENGL 102, but as noted above students should also check this directly
with UMB)
iii.
Students who
earned AP English Language credit for ENGL 101 with a score of 3
(because UMB only accepts AP scores of 4 or higher) – you can check specific AP
scores in Image Now – Perceptive Content.
2)
STUDENTS WITH
TRANSFER CREDITS FROM OTHER COLLEGES
– please immediately recommend that students with transfer credits have those
credits evaluated directly by UMB when they start at MC. This is a simple
process, as UMB encourages students to submit unofficial transcripts and will
send a detailed list of how those credits will be accepted through their Traditional
BSN Admissions Webpage, www.nursing.umaryland.edu/academics/undergrad/bachelor-of-science-nursing/
Scroll down to see this note in the right
column:
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Find out how your prerequisites transfer.
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3)
The One
Additional Social Science can include an MC BSSD HLTH Health course:
a.
One Additional Social Science (3 cr.)
From: ANTH, ECON, GEOG, HIST, POLI, SOCY, PSYC, [WMST 101 only if taken Fall 2019 and after], or these specific MC HLTH courses only: HLTH 131, 160 , 170, 212, 225
b. And you already know that WMST 101 can apply as a
Social Science also only if taken Fall 2019 or after…
4)
HISTORY
courses taken as Humanities also
apply in the “Additional Social Science” category, not as “Arts or Humanities”
– this is noted on the Advising Page.
5)
For Arts
and Humanities, CLEP credits in World Languages of French, German and
Spanish can fill 2 courses of the 3 course requirements:
UMB accepts CLEP
FREN/GERM/SPAN Language tests for 2 Humanities courses. UMB & MC use the same CLEP test scores, if you
have earned CLEP FREN/GERM/SPAN credits @ MC, 2 courses may apply to UMB
Humanities. www.nursing.umaryland.edu/admissions/faq/
You can refer students
to the CLEP World Languages Sample Test so they can decide for themselves
whether they are ready for the test, just Google “CLEP Language Tests” or go
to https://clep.collegeboard.org/world-languages
Students typically are granted credit for 101,
102 (Elementary Level) and also 201 (Intermediate I) depending on proficiency.
6)
Page 3 of
the Transfer Advising Page for Nursing includes a General Studies STEM degree
audit with UMB Nursing notes. The GEIR notes are confusing but basically, a student can take:
For GEIR #1 - COMM 108/112 or an Arts or Hum and for GEIR #2 - a HLTH
if desired, can be any GEIR HLTH if the student has already fulfilled the
Additional Social Sciences requirement. Still confusing! But this
does show how a HLTH can fit, especially now that ENGL 101 is accepted, this
opens space for a General Elective which can be a HLTH for students completing
an AA degree.
7)
REPEAT
COURSE POLICY – Page 2 states this
under Will repeating science courses hurt my chance of
admission? , but not all students fully understand that UMB does
not use the same “Exclusion” policy that MC uses to calculate a GPA – UMB uses
all grades from all attempts at courses to calculate a GPA. Students
cannot apply for a Direct Admit to the Traditional BSN if they do not have the
minimum overall GPA of a 3.0 from MC and any other colleges attended combined.
8)
New
pre-Nursing students don’t need to immediately choose between MC Nursing 3+1
and trying for a UMB Direct Admit into the Traditional BSN Program when they
start on requirements. A
decision about whether to apply to MC Nursing 3+1 can come after they see
whether their grades in the first several semesters make them competitive for a
Direct Admit. But early on, please advise all students (whether Direct Admit to BSN or 3+1)
to attend BOTH Nursing Information Sessions. This note appears at the top
of Page 2:
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