Curriculum and Advising Worksheet - Fall 2021 Updates

 Counseling Discipline,

I wanted to thank everyone for their patience and understanding as I attempt to complete the updates to the Advising Worksheets.

This has been a particularly difficult summer and Fall revision cycle as we prepare for the Fall 2022 launch of Degree Works which will eventually lead to the sunsetting of CAPP and the Advising Worksheets.   

Key Points:

• Advising Worksheets for any Associates degree that changed for the 2021-2022 catalog year have been updated (date, July 2021).

• All Certificate Advising Worksheets have been updated (date, July 2021).

• All Associates degree Advising Worksheets that have not changed from last catalog year to 2021-2022 are still good to use while I continue to update the catalog year at the top.

• If you discover a missing old Advising Worksheet in the archived area at the bottom of the index page (https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/counseling-and-advising/advising-worksheets/index.html), please let me know.

• The 2015-2016 catalog is currently the earliest active catalog year.  Any student that wants to graduate with an earlier catalog year must complete an appeal.

• The 2019-2020 Advising Worksheets (in archived area at the bottom of the index page) are the last to feature the two and four letter course designations.

New Programs:

• Behavioral Health AA, Statewide Program: 616 (replacing Mental Health Associate AAS: 560)
• Digital Media and Web Technology AA: 615 (replacing Digital Media and Web Technology AAS: 357)

Terminology:

Statewide Program: The Maryland Higher Education Commission designates some community college programs as statewide programs. Students may enroll in any of these programs at the same rates as in-county residents if a particular program is not offered by the local community college or if the student cannot enroll due to an enrollment limit. These programs are subject to change; apply at the admissions office of each school.

Suspension:  A program that is suspended must remain in the college catalog to ensure that students that are enrolled in the program can receive federal financial aid and graduate from the program.  Programs can only have suspended status for a total of three years.  New students may not enroll in suspended programs.  Many suspended programs are in the process of being replaced by programs that are awaiting Board of Trustees and MHEC approval.

Deleted: A program that is deleted is no longer available to earn a degree/certificate in, even if the student enrolled in the program in the past seven years.  The program has been completely removed from the college curriculum and a student registered for deleted programs must select a new program major. 

I appreciate everyone’s help in maintaining the accuracy of the Advising Worksheets and thank you in advance for emailing me any issues.

Sincerely,

Anthony Solano, MA, LCPC

Distance Counselor/Professor
Co-Chair, Collegewide Curriculum Committee
Counseling & Advising
Germantown Campus
Montgomery College

Curriculum & Web Resources UPDATE

Hello Everyone,

I wanted to follow-up on my last email starting with some curriculum updates:

1. As of Fall 2017, Maryland State Law requires an Associate’s degree General Education English composition course be completed with a grade of C- or better. http://mdrules.elaws.us/comar/13b.06.01.03 This is programmed into the CAPP so a student with a “D” in ENGL 102 or ENGL 103 can not use that course to satisfy the English Foundation (ENCF).  There are no minimum grade requirements for any other General Education courses.

2. The current active catalogs for the 2020-2021 academic year are 2019-2020, 2018-2019, 2017-2016, 2016-2017, 2015-2016, and 2014-2015.  Students may not use any catalog year prior to 2014-2015 to apply for graduation without an academic appeal.

3. PHYS 010 (used for the DMS program) has been replaced by PHYS 103.  PHYS 103 is designed specifically for DMS students and a few students needing an introduction to PHYS.  It is not designed to be an introduction to PHYS 161 or PHYS 203 (unless recommended by PHYS faculty), is not a General Education Course, and is only covered by federal financial aid as an elective. 

Counselor Web Resource Updates:

1. The Program Advising Guides identified with ENGL and MATH course sequence issues have been updated. I have verified that ENGL and MATH are now being loaded on to those Program Advising Guides.  Please continue to use these guides as the primary resource for advising students.  If you discover a printed out copy of one of the Program Advising Guides with errors, please destroy the copy.

2. The Advising Worksheets are in the process of being updated.  While these updates occur, the index page https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/counseling-and-advising/advising-worksheets/index.html will be updated every day until the project is completed.

Believe it or not, it has been 7 years since we used 2 letter course designations (AR, EN, MA, etc.).  This means that these designations will drop off the 2020-2021 Advising Worksheets. 

I have decided to create a “snapshot” of the last time these designators were used so ALL 2019-2020 Advising worksheets will be available in the archive area so counselors can use them as a reference for the old courses.

Until all the 2020-2021 Advising Worksheets are available, the index will continue to use 2019-2020 Advising Worksheets for programs that have not been updated.  The curriculums with changes for the 2020-2021 academic year have priority and will be updated first.  If you provide new students with the 2019-2020 Advising Worksheet, please let them know that the updated Advising Worksheet for 2020-2021 should be available by the middle of next month.

Thanks everyone for your patience and please continue to email me any issues that you discover that need to be corrected.

Sent by Anthony Solano

Program Advising Guide - 20-21 Issue/Fix in Progress

Counselors,

We have discovered that, due to some programming issues, changes to the online catalog have caused ENGL Foundation, Math Foundation, or both NOT to show up on some of the 2020-2021 Program Advising Guides’ course sequences. 

We are aware of this problem and are trying to correct it as soon as possible.  The online catalog is CORRECT but for some reason when the information is being pulled into the Program Advising Guides these course are disappearing.  At the bottom of this email, I have included a list of the Program Advising Guides impacted by this issue.  If you find this error in a guide not listed below, please email me so it can be fixed.

Students in the degree programs listed below should be referred to the online catalog which is currently the most accurate source of curriculum materials.  If a student has printed out one of these Program Advising Guides, please have them destroy their copy and obtain the corrected one when they become available.

Also, due to circumstances beyond my control, updates to the Advising Worksheets for the 2020-2021 academic year have been delayed. 

The anticipated publication date is now August 15, 2020.  If you have provided new students with the 2019-2020 Advising Worksheets, please let them know that the updated Advising Worksheets for 2020-2021 should be available by the middle of next month.

As soon as the Program Advising Guides are corrected and the Advising Worksheets updated, I will send out email notifications.

I appreciate everyone’s patience and assistance as these issues are resolved.

The following ENGL or MATH courses are NOT printing on the 2020-2021 Program Advising Guides Course sequences:

ENGL Foundation and Math Foundation are missing

American Sign Language AA: 608

Building Trades Technology AAS: 308A

Building Trades Technology AAS: 308B

Building Trades Technology AAS: 308C

Emergency Preparedness Management AS: 414

Management AAS Statewide Program: 346A

Digital Animation AAS: 358

Graphic Design AAS: 304A

Illustration Area Of Concentration, Graphic Design AAS: 305

Interior Design--Preprofessional, Arts And Sciences AA: 102

Photography AAS: 342

Math Foundation is missing

APPLIED GEOGRAPHY AAS: 344

ENGL Foundation is missing

Architectural/Construction Technology AAS: 302

Automotive Technology AAS: 307

Bioinformatics AS: 612

Biotechnology AAS: 334

Broadcast Media Production: 310A

Business AA: 006

Cloud Computing And Networking Technology AAS: 355

Computer Gaming And Simulation AAS: 360

Computer Science And Technologies AA: 107

Computer Science And Technologies AA: 109

Architectural/Construction Technology AAS: 303

Criminal Justice AAS: 314

Cybersecurity AAS: 356A

Digital Media And Web Technology AAS: 357

Community Health AA: 186A

Exercise Science AA: 157C

Public Health Sciences AS: 415

Food And Beverage Management AAS: 347A

Management/Supervision Area Of Concentration, Hospitality Management AAS: 347B

NKBA-Accredited, Interior Design-Preprofessional AAS: 306B

Preprofessional, Interior Design--Preprofessional AAS: 306A

International Studies, Arts And Sciences AA: 152

Landscape Technology AAS: 328

Paralegal Studies AAS: 341

Theatre Performance Area Of Concentration, Arts And Sciences AA: 011

Theatre Technical Area Of Concentration, Arts And Sciences AA: 014

Environmental Science And Policy Area Of Concentration, Science AS: 412E

Mathematics Area Of Concentration, Science AS: 412B

Physics Area Of Concentration, Science AS: 412C

Updating of Online Counseling Resources

Counselors,

As the college transitions to the new website, you will notice several changes to the look of the online Counseling Resources.

1.        The new website highlights the Program Advising Guides (https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/academics/program-advising/advising-guides.html) and Program Advisor pages (https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/academics/program-advising/index.html)

2.       You will notice the Advising Worksheets have been removed from the Program Advising Guides.  This is to reduce duplicating work on the part of the curriculum staff.  The Program Advising Guides now draw there catalog information directly from the current college catalog.  Every Program Advising Guide has a link on them that corresponds to the program’s Advising Worksheet which are still maintained by Counseling.

Example: EVERY Program Advising Guide has a link on page 1: To view the Advising Worksheet, please visit https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/_documents/counseling-andadvising/advising-worksheets/current-catalog/608.pdf

This change is to encourage counselors, program advisors, and staff to provide EVERY student a print out of the Program Advising Guide for their desired major and then click the link to the Advising Worksheet on the Program Advising Guide and also print out the Advising Worksheet.

3.       The Advising Worksheet index is being completely overhauled in the month of June so you may notice some glitches.  The links that currently work reliably are the ones on the Program Advising Guide.  You can preview the new Advising Worksheet index at: https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/counseling-and-advising/advising-worksheets/index.html

4.       The new Advising Worksheet index will replace the old one (http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/EDU/plain.aspx?id=15000) sometime before July 1^st.

5.       After July 1^st, if you locate any “glitches” please email them to me so that they can be fixed.

Thanks to everyone for their patience during this transition.

Anthony Solano, MA, LCPC

Distance Counselor/Professor

Co-Chair, Collegewide Curriculum Committee

Advising Worksheets Updated for 2017-18

Counselors and Faculty Advisors,

The Advising Worksheets for Associate degrees have been updated and posted online.  All the current worksheets are based on the new general education program.

The most current Advising Worksheets can be found at the Advising Worksheet Index:

http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/EDU/plain.aspx?id=15000

These links are also available in the 2017-2018 online catalog in each curriculum:

“All students should review the Advising Worksheet and consult an advisor.”

The Advising Worksheet Archives have the Advising Worksheets based on the old general education program and any deleted programs:

http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/EDU/plain.aspx?id=15001

The link to the archives is also available on the Advising Worksheet Index:

“Advising Worksheets (Degree Planning Forms) Prior to 2017 - 2018”

  

The Certificate and LOR Worksheets are still in the process of being updated.  The Advising Worksheets Archives is also a work in progress.

If you discover any errors in the content, bad links or non-functional worksheets, please email  me the details and I will fix them immediately.

Also, if you need an old advising worksheet that you cannot locate in the Archives, I will be happy to email them to you directly and post them to the Archives.

Thank you for your patience with this process and I appreciate all the emails I receive that help keep the advising worksheets and the online catalog as accurate as possible for the MC community. 

Anthony Solano, MA, LCPC

Distance Counselor/Professor

Chair, Collegewide Curriculum Committee

Counseling & Advising

Germantown Campus

Montgomery College

240-567-1997

Advising sheets quick link

To view degree audit sheets go to :

www.montgomerycollege.edu/advisingworksheets