LPN: Practical Nursing Certificate (to be approved 10/2024)

Here is what I have for the LPN program. It has been approved by MHEC and we hope it will be approved by MBON this October. This might help understanding the program and needs.

 

Thanks – Brenda

 

Practical Nursing Certificate for New Students

The following practical nursing curriculum is for new students applying to the program. Students must complete the pre-admission courses below and may take required open enrollment courses prior to admission (ENGL 101 and PSYC 100). Practical nursing students are required to achieve a grade of C or better in each nursing course to continue in the program.

Pre-Admission

• BIOL 130 – The Human Body 3 semester hours
• BIOL 131 – The Human Body Laboratory 1 semester hour

Program Requirements

• ENGL 101 – Introduction to College Writing 3 semester hours
• PSYC 100 – General Psychology 3 semester hours
• NURS 100 - Foundational Principles of Practical Nursing 3 semester hours*
• NURS 101 - Foundational Principles of Practical Nursing Laboratory/Clinical 2 semester hours*
• NURS 102 - Sub-Acute Practical Nursing 3 semester hours 3 semester hours*
• NURS 103 - Sub-Acute Practical Nursing Laboratory/Clinical 2 semester hours*
• NURS 104 - Practical Nursing for Special Populations 4 semester hours*
• NURS 105 - Practical Nursing for Special Populations Laboratory/Clinical 2 semester hours*
• NURS 106 - Acute Care Practical Nursing 4 semester hours*
• NURS 107 - Acute Care Practical Nursing Laboratory/Clinical 2 semester hours*

Total Credit Hours for Practical Nursing Certificate for New Students: 32

*         Seven-week course

• BIOL 212 and BIOL 213 accepted as substitutes for BIOL 130 and BIOL 131.
• ENGL 102 or ENGL 103 accepted as substitute for ENGL 101.

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Professor Brenda Knopp MSN, RN, CNE

Nursing Program Chair

Montgomery College

brenda.knopp@montgomerycollege.edu

Office – HC 127

240-567-5534

SET Area Resources (Fall 2024)

PREREQUISITE OVERRIDE REQUESTS	If you need a CMSC,NWIT,PSCI,ASTR,AOSC,ENEE,ENES,PHYS, PSCI course prerequisite override, submit your request and, as applicable, any relevant documentation (unofficial college transcript, AP/SAT/ACT/CLEP exam scores, etc.) using this form: https://forms.office.com/r/wZLGBr7aKk . Please sign in to the form using your MC email/credentials. Please do so while you are logged in to your MC account to ensure all uploads are successful.
Computer Science, CYbersecurity, CLoud, Networking, engineering, SET  Advising	If you have advising questions about CMSC,NWIT,PSCI,ASTR,AOSC,ENEE,ENES,PHYS, PSCI  courses, selection of elective courses for Computer Science, Information Science and Systems, Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing, Engineering, Physics majors, credit by exam NWIT courses (https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/academics/stem-and-health-sciences/science-engineering-technology/credit-by-exam.html ), course equivalencies, etc., please email  Computer science/Information Sciences and Systems cs@montgomerycollege.edu Cybersecurity  mccyberadvising@montgomerycollege.edu Cloud Computing and Networking networkingprogram@montgomerycollege.edu Physics physics@montgomerycollege.edu Engineering engineeringprogram@montgomerycollege.edu
Enrolling in a class that is full	If a class you want to take is full, and there is a waitlist option available, you will be prompted to add yourself to the waitlist. See this link for waitlist information: https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/admissions-registration/waitlist-information.html If you do not successfully make it off a waitlist, you should look for sections that have not started and that have available spots. You can also search for Late Starting Classes
On-Time Registration AppealS	If you are a student seeking permission to register for a class after it has already started, please go to https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/admissions-registration/register.html and scroll down to review the few exceptions to the Montgomery College's policy regarding on-time registration. If you believe that you qualify for an exception, please submit your information using this form:   https://forms.office.com/r/1JD0SSYa29  Please do so while you are logged in to your MC account to ensure all uploads are successful.
General Information	For general questions, fill out this form: https://forms.office.com/r/hWwjXCY6nu and contact Ms. Grace Chen at grace.chen@montgomerycollege.edu  and Ms. Asha Chen asha.chen@montgomerycollege.edu RV campus: 240-567-5230 TPSS/GT : 240-567-2438
cOURSE SUBSTITUTION rEQUEST	For course substitution request, fill out this form: https://forms.office.com/r/KDBWRzbrxC And contact department chairs Dr. Zwi helio.zwi@montomerycollege.edu and Dr. Webb alla.webb@montomerycollege.edu
SET Area website	https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/academics/stem-and-health-sciences/science-engineering-technology/index.html

 

 

Laptop Lending Program Updates

Just following up here with the live link to laptop lending: https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/academics/support/learning-centers/laptop-lending-program/index.html. Please share this forward with the faculty in your departments and with students who may ask you about laptop lending. Students may also reach out to the DLC by email at dlcenter@montgomerycollege.edu if they have questions.

 

Christina M. Gentile

Collegewide Department Chair

Professor of Spanish and Italian

Montgomery College

General Studies Program

Phone: 240-567-7425

christina.gentile@montgomerycollege.edu

Math Advising - Summer/Fall 2024

Each Math Department has a Master Tutor who is empowered to handle ALEKS-related and other math placement questions. If the Math Chairs need to get involved, the Master Tutors will let them know. Please have students reach out to them at mathplacement@montgomerycollege.edu.

For your information, here are the Master Tutors:

• Germantown: Nafeesa Azizi, nafeesa.azizi@montgomerycollege.edu
• Rockville: Xiaoni Zhang, Xiaoni.Zhang@montgomerycollege.edu
• Takoma Park/Silver Spring: lori.christy@montgomerycollege.edu

General Information	For immediate assistance or general questions, contact Ms. Amanda Wu and she can direct you appropriately. She can be reached at amanda.wu@montgomerycollege.edu or 240-567-7722. Her office is located in HS 255.
Math Placement & ALEKS Questions	If you are a student seeking help with ALEKS and math placement, please email mathplacement@montgomerycollege.edu. You can expect to hear promptly back from one of the MSDS Master Tutors: Nafeesa Azizi, Lori Christy or Xiaoni Zhang.
Math Advising	If you have advising questions about MATH courses, selection of elective courses for Mathematics majors, credit by examination, course equivalencies, etc., please email MathAdvising@montgomerycollege.edu
Data Science Inquiries	If you are interested in the Data Science program or DATA courses, please reach out to Professor Rachel Saidi at Rachel.Saidi@montgomerycollege.edu
PREREQUISITE OVERRIDE REQUESTS	If you need a math course prerequisite override, submit your request and, as applicable, any relevant documentation (college transcript, AP/SAT/ACT/CLEP exam scores, etc.) using this form: https://forms.office.com/r/suqXCmYGKE . Please do so while you are logged in to your MC account to ensure all uploads are successful.
On-Time Registration AppealS	If you are a student seeking permission to register for a class after it has already started, please go to https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/admissions-registration/register.html and scroll down to review the few exceptions to the Montgomery College's policy regarding on-time registration. If you believe that you qualify for an exception, please submit your information using this form:  https://forms.office.com/r/8reNGbr7BU. Please do so while you are logged in to your MC account to ensure all uploads are successful.

 

 

L. Desir 

Professor |Department Chair 

Mathematics, Statistics, and Data Science  

Montgomery College |Germantown Campus 

20200 Observation Drive 

Germantown, MD 20876
Office: HT 317 
Email: luc.desir@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: (240) 567-5220 

 

 

 

OVERRIDE REQUESTS: If you need a math course override, submit your request and, as applicable, any relevant documentation (college transcript, AP/SAT/ACT/CLEP exam scores, etc.) using this form: https://forms.office.com/r/suqXCmYGKE. Please do so while you are logged in to your MC account to ensure all uploads are successful.

TOEFL - SOATEST Codes

There are three TOEFL test codes: T01 – computerized; T02 -written; and T03 – iBT Exam.  The T01 has a higher minimum score for ENGL 101.   

Fischer Identity Management & Banner

Fischer is the system that allows people to access MyMC and creates/activates/deactivates email accounts and access to Office 365.  For former students who want to request a transcript, they need to be able to access MyMC, but we don’t want to pay for licensing for an email account or Office 365 if they are not currently attending classes.  The majority of the FI comments in Banner say “community user” which means the person has been given access to MyMC so they can look at their own student records and can request a transcript, but they don’t have access to all the other functionality.

If the student wants to come back to take classes, probably the best first step is for them to submit a reactivation form to trigger Fischer to activate their account.  If they’ve already done that and are running into issues or the comment is something other than “community user”, send me the M-number and I can take a look at what else might need to be updated to get things rolling.

 

-Niffer

Jennifer Gottwald

(she, her, hers)

Student Information Systems Specialist

Montgomery College

 

240-567-7272 (phone)

 

Advising Transfer Students with AP Advanced Placement Scores

AP Advanced Placement Test Scores are coming soon!  Students will be getting their May 2024 AP tests scores around this first week of July – and coming to us for advising with those scores soon!

The MC AP Comparison Chart for Transfer Students (also found at this link on the MC Transfer Resources for Counselors Page https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/counseling-and-advising/transferresourcesforcounselors.html shows how various transfer schools may accept AP test scores differently.

Some Maryland State schools responded to the MD State Transfer with Success Act by accepting all AP Test scores of 3 retroactively, so an AP test score of 3 is accepted regardless of the year the test was taken.  Examples of schools on the chart are UMBC and UMGC.

The University of Maryland, College Park - UM - accepts AP credits by year the test was taken.  Students may have taken AP tests in 2022 or earlier and 2023 or after, so checking both the AP score and the test date taken is important for UM hopefuls when advising.  UM has revised how they will now accept AP scores of 3 for tests taken in May 2023 and after.  What this means is that if a student has an AP Test score of 3 taken before 2023, UM may not accept the score, even if MC grants credit.  How do you know the date the test was taken?  Students may provide a copy of their unofficial score report, or you can look for the score report filed in Perceptive Content on your desktop (AKA Image Now).

Although UM is now accepting scores of 3 for tests taken May 2023 and after, you can see from the most recent Comparison Chart that UM accepts many scores of 3 as Lower Level Elective credits only; therefore, a score of 4 or 5 is still needed to earn a course equivalency credit.  Example – UM accepts AP Macroeconomics of 3 as a Lower-Level Elective; students still need a score of 4 or 5 to earn credit for ECON 201 at UM. 

For students planning to apply to UM – College Park or Shady Grove, regardless of major, a suggestion is to provide them the link to this chart and strongly advise them to meet early on (even as first-semester freshmen) with a UM Pretransfer Advisor go.umd.edu/MC2UMD to determine how their AP scores will be accepted upon transfer. 

Use the caution that each transfer school may accept AP credits differently so it’s important to check the AP Acceptance chart on every transfer school’s website to see how AP scores will be accepted.  For example, many highly competitive private and out-of-state schools may still require a minimum score of 4 for AP tests. 

Hopefully you can look over the MC AP Comparison Chart to get a feel of how AP scores are granted – and also review the policy for AP scores for Gen Ed courses for Maryland Schools, explained at the bottom of the Chart.  If a student gets Gen Ed course credit from MC for an AP score of 3, other Maryland State Public institutions should consider the Gen Ed category to be completed if the student finishes MC’s General Education Program, and even if the AP credit does not meet the transfer school’s Gen Ed Requirements.  An example is given on the Chart.  

We need to award AP credit to counselors & advisors who are patient enough to learn the basics of AP Score Interpretation!  If you make it to the bottom of this message, send me a thumbs up reaction and I’ll send you your own AP Test Score Interpreter’s Score!

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