Transfer Update Notes from March 28 Meeting

MC Transfer Resources for Counselors and Program Advisors: www.montgomerycollege.edu/counseling-and-advising/transferresourcesforcounselors.html

 The three new pages discussed are in the far Right Column titled “Transfer by Majors” and “Transfer - MC to UM Four Year Plans”. 

1. Computer Science Transfer Planning – for UM and All Schools – MC Counselors will be on the frontlines to help students determine whether they fall under the Computer Science LEP “Prior to Fall 2024” group or “After Fall 2024” for transfer to UM.  The key factor is that all high school students graduating this Spring (May/June) will be in the “After Fall 2024” group regardless of whether they have already completed Dual Enrollment or Early College credits.  The other important takeaway is – refer to UM Pre-Transfer Advising go.umd.edu/MC2UMD

Anthony Solano just asked a good question – a graduating high school student has made an appointment for advising to plan to transfer to UM as a Computer Science major.  He wanted to know what to say to this student -  my response is:

If a graduating high school senior makes an appointment in advance to discuss Computer Science & transfer to UM, send the student the link to the Computer Science Transfer Planning page before the meeting:  Computer Science Transfer Planning – UM and All Schools

If meeting in person, tell the student that admission to UM’s Computer Science major will now be extremely competitive for all transfer students graduating from high school this year 2024 and after so it will be important to look at the CS admission requirements and also to plan for a secondary major if the primarily goal is to go to UM.

If the primary goal is to major in Computer Science, the transfer advising document shows requirements for other nearby schools offering this major. 

UM College Park is the only school at this time that will have extremely competitive requirements for admission as a Computer Science major.  

Being admitted to other majors at UM aside from Computer Science will be less complicated.  For all other majors at UM, meeting MTAP requirements of a 3.0 gpa, college-level ENGL and MATH completed and earning 30 credits should be sufficient for admission to most UM majors with the two exceptions of Computer Science (extremely competitive, only 100 seats for transfer students per year) and Business (for Business, a 3.5 overall GPA is typically needed).

And refer to UM Pre-Transfer Advisors go.umd.edu/MC2UMD

I would suggest helping the student enroll in the first semester classes for our MC Computer Science AA (shown on Page 4 of the Advising document) while they are considering transfer options.

2. Psychology Major Transfer Chart  - this page shows that the new Psychology AA is designed for maximum transferability to all schools - if a student has a particular transfer school in mind, the General Studies SSAH degree may allow flexibility to streamline choices to courses specifically needed for transfer.

3. Information Science and Information Systems to UM 

Members of the MC Transfer Resource Council (TRC) are available to help with questions about transfer:

Germantown – Barb LaPilusa, Amanda Darr  
Rockville – Jessica Present, Dana Baker
Takoma Park/Silver Spring – Jose Medrano, Flor Romero-Slowing

At Large/Online Advising - Anne Schleicher

Transfer Agreements – Justin Edgar

In case you’re interested, below is a list of all majors and graduates from the year 2022 at the University of Maryland.  For the Sociology shout-outs yesterday, there were 66 graduates 😊 

UM GRADUATION NUMBERS BY MAJOR YEAR 2022

1.    Engineering                                          1,084

2.    Computer Science                                     945   

3.    Business                                                   888

4.    Biology/Biological Sciences, General   550   

5.    Information Science/Studies                  545   

6.    Psychology, General                                 372   

7.    Public Health                                              356   

8.    Economics                                                   353   

9.     Speech Communication & Rhetoric     341   

10.  Criminology                                               339   

11.  Political Science and Government       298   

12.  Mathematics, General                              218   

13.  Kinesiology and Exercise Science         203   

14.  Journalism                                                  142                

15.  Architecture                                               124   

16.  English Language and Literature          105   

17.  Community Health/Preventive             102   

18.  Family and Community Services            91   

19.  Public Policy Analysis, General               87   

20.  Ecology                                                          75                

21.  History, General                                          75   

22.  Communication Sciences/Disorders      70   

23.  Animal Sciences, General                          68   

24.  Physics, General                                          66   

25.  Sociology                                                      66   

26.  Fine/Studio Arts, General                         65   

27.  Biochemistry                                                56   

28.  Environmental Science                              51   

29.  Food Science                                                45   

30.  Chemistry, General                                     42   

31.  Elementary Education and Teaching     39   

32.  Music Performance, General                    39   

33.  Agricultural Economics                             37   

34.  Neuroscience                                               33   

35.  Geographic Info. Sci & Cartography      30   

36.  Applied and Professional Ethics             28                

37.  Philosophy                                                   28   

38.  Drama /Theatre Arts, General                 27   

39.  Kindergarten/Preschool Ed.                     26   

40.  Spanish Language and Literature           26   

41.  Agriculture, General                                   22   

42.  Anthropology                                              21   

43.  Art History                                                    18   

44.  Astronomy                                                    17   

45.  Linguistics                                                     11   

46.  Sustainability Studies                                16   

47.  Geology/Earth Science, General             15   

48.  Music Teacher Education                         14   

49.  Developmental / Child Psychology       13   

50.  Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies             13   

51.  Plant Sciences, General                             11   

52.  Atmospheric Sci./Meteorology                9

53.  Dance, General                                            9     

54.  Russian Language and Literature           9     

55.  Special Education and Teaching             9     

56.  American/United States Studies             8     

57.  Chinese Language and Literature           8     

58.  Film/Cinema/Video Studies                     8     

59.  Junior High /Middle School Education  8     

60.  Secondary Education and Teaching       8     

61.  French Language and Literature             6     

62.  Arabic Language and Literature              5     

63.  Japanese Language and Literature         5     

64.  Classics                                                          4     

65.  Women's Studies                                        3

66.  African-American/Black Studies            3                                

67.  German Language and Literature           3                                                       

68.  Music, General                                          3                         

69.  Iranian Languages, Literatures               2                                           

70.  Jewish/Judaic Studies                             2                                            

71.  Romance Languages, Literatures           2

72.  Religion/Religious Studies                     1

 

Anne Schleicher, Transfer Counselor (Part-Time)
Montgomery College Online Advising Services

 

 

Psychology Degree Requirements at UMD (Fall 2015)

Beginning Fall 2015, all students wishing to enter the University of Maryland, College Park as Psychology majors will be required to meet the increased admission requirements for the currently existing Limited Enrollment Program.  The details of the new requirements for Psychology can be found on the University of Maryland’s Limited Enrollment Program website www.lep.umd.edu.

LIMITED ENROLLMENT PROGRAM INFORMATION - The only change to the LEP policies is with

the specific courses and grades required. Students who were admitted directly as freshman in the fall of 2013 or afterwards will undergo an Academic Review at 45 credits and must have:
• Completed PSYC 100 (or 221) with a minimum grade of a B-
• Completed BSCI 105 with a minimum grade of a C-
• Completed MATH 130, 140, or 220 with a minimum grade of a C-
• A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.00 in all coursework taken at the University of Maryland

Students beyond their first semester and those transferring to the University in the fall of 2015 or afterwards must have already completed the same gateway requirements listed above and must have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.70 at the time of their application to the major.

Feel free to contact Christie Cradock at 301-405-4555 or ccradock@umd.edu or the pre-transfer advising office at transferadvising@umd.edu or 301-405-9449 at any time with questions regarding these policies.  We hope that you will find this information helpful when working with your students seeking to continue their education at the University of Maryland.