Deadlines - Meet Them!

Transfer admission is getting more competitive - all students are encouraged to apply for transfer admission to any school well BEFORE the transfer deadlines posted.

• If you plan to transfer to another school this Spring 2011, apply by November 1, 2010.
• If you plan to transfer to another school next Fall 2011, apply by February 1st 2011 or earlier.

Check each school’s Admissions Page for details. You are usually considered a ‘transfer’ student if you have 12 college credits or more earned at the time that you apply (showing on your transcript with grades). If you have fewer than 12 credits completed at the time you apply, you should discuss this with a counselor. Students with less than 30 credits showing on their transcripts will need to submit a high school transcript and SAT scores. Not sure about this? E-mail a transfer counselor at MC – or see a counselor on campus.

Paper or Online? Online applications are preferred by most schools. Advantage: you can track your application’s process and quickly follow-up if any pieces of the application are missing.

Research Majors by Looking at the Big Picture

As a student at Montgomery College, it’s easy to focus on the first two years of courses for a major without looking at the big picture. To choose a major carefully, you’ll need to see what the upper-level courses look like – what will you take in your junior and senior year?

Some schools offer charts which show course titles required – Salisbury University gives students a good overview of all the courses, 120 credits, required for a degree. Here is the full list of Salisbury’s Majors: www.salisbury.edu/checklists/undergrad.html These are course titles for Exercise Science at Salisbury University.

Here's another example of courses required at the junior and senior-level for Environmental Studies, at Shenandoah University, VA

Reading upper-level course descriptions gives you the full picture of what you’ll actually be studying. On any school’s website, find “Academics” or “Majors” and go to the major’s page – for example, these are the 300- and 400-level course descriptions for students who study History at UM College Park: www.history.umd.edu/Programs/majWorksheet.html

Some schools will divide information by ‘undergraduate’ (bachelor’s degrees) and ‘graduate’ – master’s and doctoral degrees available after you finish your four-year undergraduate work.

You can roughly estimate that a four-year degree consists of 40 courses (5 per semester, 10 per year) – which 40 courses will you need for YOUR degree?

Transfer Advising for Engineering Majors

Montgomery College’s Engineering Advising website is designed to provide academic program planning assistance for students enrolled in the transfer engineering programs at any of the three campuses of Montgomery College.

A.S. Degree Engineering Programs at MC describes the various engineering specialties as well as up-to-date information to help you to determine Montgomery College’s catalog requirements for graduation with an A.S. degree in any of the current engineering transfer programs.

MC's engineering curricula are designed to transfer efficiently to many highly ranked four-year schools where you can complete your B.S. degree in engineering. To maximize the efficiency of your transfer process we have agreements with many colleges and universities where significant numbers of students have transferred.

MC Curricula for Engineering Transfer shows optimized programs for the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP), George Washington University (GWU), Georgia Institute of Technology (GT), and University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC).

Click on the link for Engineering Transfer to find advice on all aspects of transfer (where, when, how). We will also provide useful information on finding a transfer institution that best fits each student’s needs. It is our goal to provide accurate and accessible advising to all students to help them plan for their future.

See MC's full Engineering Advising Website here: http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/EDU/Department2.aspx?id=9930

Winter and Spring Registration Dates 2011

TRANSFER PLANNING MEANS CHOOSING THE RIGHT COURSES AT MC -REGISTRATION DATES FOR MC WINTER AND SPRING CLASSES

• Online Registration for Winter 2011 Classes begins Monday, November 1st; The Winter schedule will be viewable online on October 25th. Winter Session is January 4 - 20, with classes offered at both Germantown and Rockville. These intense courses meet for about 3 and a half hours per day - be prepared to concentrate if you choose to take a Winter course!
• Online Registration for Spring 2011 Classes begins Monday, November 15th.

Want to Enhance Your Resume & Transfer Application? Apply for an Internship

The Paul Peck Humanities Institute is actively recruiting to fill spring 2011 internship positions within the Smithsonian Institution (SI), Library of Congress (LOC), and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM). Consider applying for this life-altering experience.

Eligible students have at least 15 MC credits, a GPA of 3.4 and have completed EN102 with a grade of B.

The deadline for all sites is November 1, 2010 for the spring 2011 semester.
Note: applications received by October 15th have much greater chance of site placement for SI and USHMM; students should give us notice ASAP if they are planning to apply.

Our recent interns have been a part of exciting projects such as:

• Feeding and caring for birds in the avian exhibits at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo;
• Cataloging historical sheet music at the Library of Congress;
• Creating family art projects for ImaginAsia at the Freer/Sackler Galleries;
• Exploring and preserving previously “classified” documents generated by the U.S. and other governments during World War II;
• Reviewing filmed interviews with Holocaust survivors and perpetrators as part of an oral history initiative at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum;
• Working on various State Web portals at the Library of Congress;
• Assisting a Yale Scholar with research for his upcoming book on the Obama/McCain presidential campaign

Information on the internship program can be found at: http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/humanities/?page=internships

Interested students are encouraged to contact Humanities Internship Coordinator Kelly Rudin at kelly.rudin@montgomerycollege.edu or 240-567-6923

Footballs and Residence Halls at Stevenson University

Stevenson University now has a new football team, with 120 football players from in and out of state. Stevenson football will be joining the Middle Atlantic Conference as an associate member.

Stevenson is currently recruiting students for a marching band to become active in fall 2011.

In the next 30 to 60 days they will break ground for a new stadium. In the near future they will also begin construction on two new residence halls which will be ready for fall 2011 occupancy.

Admissions Office at 410-486-7001, toll free at 1-877-468-6852, or e-mail admissions@stevenson.edu.

Highlights -- New Programs in Maryland

1. Public Health Science at UMCP-Shady Grove Campus
   
   The University of Maryland College Park now offers the B.S. degree in Public Health Science at the Universities at Shady Grove. The Public Health Science degree is a science-based program which prepares students to work in the field of public health at the local, state, and international level in all aspects of disease prevention, health promotion, environmental protection, emergency preparedness, and wellness, as well as a host of other public health related areas. For more information, visit the program website: http://sph.umd.edu/phs/
   
2. Cybersecurity at UMUC
   
   UMUC has created the first-of-its-kind online cybersecurity degree programs: the BS in Cybersecurity. The major in cybersecurity prepares graduates to be leaders in the protection of data assets. The curriculum focuses on the techniques, policies, operational procedures, and technologies that secure and defend information and information systems, in local as well as more broadly based domains. The availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality, and non-repudiation of data is examined. The major prepares students for careers as information systems security professionals, senior system managers, and system administrators responsible for information systems and the security of those systems. Email: enroll@umuc.edu or Phone: 800-888-UMUC (8682)

A. James Clark School of Engineering Transfer Admissions Contact

Karen Law is the new transfer student coordinator for the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland College Park. Her contact information is below. She is a great resource for prospective engineering students planning to transfer to the University of Maryland College Park. She welcomes student referrals.

Karen Law
Academic Advisor/Transfer Student Coordinator
Undergraduate Advising & Academic SupportA. James Clark School of Engineering
20742(301) 405-9973
kelaw@umd.edu