Transfer Advising - Business Analytics at UMD

 UMD’s Smith School of Business has a major in Operations Management & Business Analytics.  From the UMD Website:  The Operations Management & Business Analytics major will equip you with the knowledge and skills to apply quantitative and statistically based modeling techniques to data. And with world-class faculty at the helm of your education, you’ll be able to drive and influence decision-making at all levels of business. These skills are in higher demand than ever before, and provide career opportunities in the public and private sectors, including careers in energy, finance, insurance, health care, logistics, and marketing.

Students at MC can pursue our Business AA or our Business Analytics AA degree to meet UMD’s lower level requirements for the Smith School’s Operations Mgmt & Business Analytics Major

1. The MC Business Analytics AA was designed to broadly meet transfer requirements at a variety of schools; MC has a specific transfer agreement for this degree with Bowie State University and the GWU College of Professional Studies.  MC Transfer Agreements:  https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/academics/transfer/agreements-and-information/by-major-or-area-of-study.html#list
2. UMD will accept the Business Analytics AA degree in its entirety; the BSAN & CMSC courses within the degree transfer as Electives to the Smith School of Business, Operations Mgmt & Business Analytics major.  All Business Analytics major-specific courses at UMD are taken at the upper-level after transfer. 
3. Students following the MC Business Analytics degree can meet all of the UMD Business LEP Gateway requirements:  https://lep.umd.edu/business.html
4. Students may also complete the MC Business AA degree to line up with the needed lower-level Smith School Core Business requirements for the UMD Operations Management and Business Analytics degree, view the UMD Smith School Four-Year Plan for Operations Management & Business Analytics here:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m_icN4eFJq7anYVyDxl2tGMU5N5nY33l/view

 

This chart shows how UMD will accept BSAN and CMSC courses required in the degree:

MC Business Analytics AA

First Semester ENGL 101 - Introduction to College Writing  3 semester hours   MATH 117 - Elements of Statistics  3 semester hours  (MATF)   Behavioral and Social Sciences Distribution 3 semester hours (BSSD) ** ‡  COMM 112 - Business and Professional Speech Communication  3 semester hours  (HUMD)   OR COMM 108 - Foundations of Human Communication  3 semester hours  (HUMD) BSAN 101 - Introduction to Business Analytics  3 semester hours  = Transfers to UMD as an Elective [BSAD Intro to Business is not a requirement for transfer students entering the Smith School of Business.} Second Semester English Foundation 3 semester hours (ENGF) Arts Distribution 3 semester hours (ARTD) ‡ PHIL 140 - Introduction to the Study of Ethics  3 semester hours  (HUMD) CMSC 135 - Introduction to Scripting  3 semester hours – transfers to UMD as an Elective MATH 150 - Elementary Applied Calculus I  4 semester hours OR MATH 181 - Calculus I  4 semester hours   Third Semester ECON 201 - Principles of Economics I  3 semester hours  (BSSD)     Natural Sciences Distribution with or without Lab 3 semester hours (NSD) Arts Distribution (ARTD), Humanities Distribution (HUMD) or Health (HLTH) General Education Course 3 semester hours (GEIR) ‡ ACCT 221 - Accounting I  4 semester hours DATA 110 - Data Visualization and Communication  3 semester hours – transfers to UMD as an Elective Fourth Semester Natural Sciences Distribution with Lab 4 semester hours (NSLD) ACCT 222 - Accounting II  4 semester hours BSAN 250 - Business Analytics Capstone  2 semester hours – transfers to UMD as an Elective ECON 202 - Principles of Economics II  3 semester hours * ENGL 101/ENGL 011, if needed for ENGL 102/ENGL 103. Please consult an advisor or transfer institution for assistance with course selection. ** Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSSD) should be from different disciplines. †  Many, but not all, four year institutions require MATH 150 or MATH 181. Students should consult with an advisor regarding the requirements of transfer institutions.

 

UMD Transfer Credit Center Database:  https://app.transfercredit.umd.edu/display-inst-courses.html?instCode=52431A

 

BSAN101	INTRO BUSINESS ANALYTICS	Accepted L1 = Lower Level Elective
BSAN250	BUSINESS ANALYTICS CAPSTONE	Accepted L1
CMSC135	INTRO TO SCRIPTING	Accepted L1

 

Summary: 

• Students may complete either the MC Business Analytics AA degree or the MC Business AA degree to qualify for admission to UMD’s Smith School of Business as an Operations Management & Business Analytics major. 
• The MC Business Analytics degree will also prepare students to transfer to all other undergraduate majors in the Smith School of Business Main Campus – all majors, or Shady Grove (Accounting, Marketing, Management)
• For transfer purposes, UMD does not prefer completion of the MC Business Analytics degree over the MC Business AA for students seeking admission to the Smith School of Business as an OM-Business Analytics major.

 

Useful Resources:

• UMD Smith School’s Operations Management & Business Analytics OMBA Major: UMD OMBA Four-Year Plan (Google Drive)

• UMD Business LEP Gateway Requirements: https://lep.umd.edu/business.html
• UMD Transfer Credit Evaluation Database: UMD – MC Transfer Database
• UMD Smith School Majors: https://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/programs/undergraduate/academics/academic-majors
• MTAP (Maryland Transfer Advantage Program)
• UMD Pre-Transfer Advising 

 

Anne Schleicher, Part-Time Counselor
Montgomery College Online Advising Services
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How to Complete Your Own Degree Audit to see what classes remain:

In MyMC, go to Student Services, and look for the Degree Evaluation link.
This provides a printout of all remaining classes for a degree and allows you to explore other degrees with the “What If” function.