Transfer Credit Services (Undergraduates)
If you are transferring to UMBC or
if you decide to take a college course at another institution
once you’ve begun your academic career at UMBC,
the Office of the Registrar provide a number of
transfer credit services to assist you.
As a new transfer student, you’ll
receive an evaluation of your transfer credits within
a few weeks of your admission to UMBC. This evaluation
is called an Undergraduate Progress Report or UPR. Built
from the official transcripts sent to us by your previous
institution(s), your Undergraduate Progress Report (UPR)
will list all your classes from each institution(s)
you’ve attended, indicate whether or not each
course is transferable, and if any of your transferable
courses have direct equivalencies to UMBC classes. In
addition, your UPR will indicate which of your transfer
courses we’ve applied to our General Foundation
Requirements (GFRs) and university requirements. You’ll
be able to see which of those requirements have been
completed through previous coursework, and which requirements
you’ll need to complete during your studies at
UMBC.
Once you’ve matriculated here
at UMBC, you can continue to take courses at other colleges
and universities, but you should always get permission
to do so first. The Verification of Transferability
(VOT) forms are available in the Office of the Registrar.
Your departmental advisor or the advisors
in the Office of the Registrar can answer your questions
about taking courses off campus, verify the transferability
of a course you might want to take at another school,
and grant you permission in writing (VOT form) to take
the classes you wish to enroll in at another institution.
Once you’ve completed your off-campus class, you’ll
need to request an official transcript be sent to UMBC
at the following address: Office of Admissions, 1000
Hilltop Circle, Baltimore Maryland 21250. Upon receipt
of your official transcript, the Office of the Registrar
will evaluate your coursework and update your
Undergraduate Progress Report.
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administrators, peer advisors and students. The process
of information exchange and communication is a shared
responsibility of advisors and advisees.
Articulation
Basically, the ‘articulation’
of transfer coursework from other institutions means
deciding:
- whether or not a course
is transferable to UMBC, and
- if transferable, determining
if the transfer course is directly equivalent to a
class offered at this university, if the class can
be used to satisfy a GFR, and if the course can count
as ‘upper level’ credit.
To make these assessments, the Office of the Registrar
works closely with the Articulation
Chairs of each academic department.
Articulated transfer courses are tracked
via two methods:
- Courses offered at any
of the Maryland community colleges are reviewed and
posted on the ARTSYS
website. Please note that the transfer information
provided by ARTSYS is meant to serve students coming
to UMBC at their initial point of transfer. Therefore,
the information provided by ARTSYS is not always applicable
to students once they have begun their studies here
at UMBC. Please be sure to work with your departmental
advisor and obtain verification via the Verification
of Transferability form (VOT) before taking courses
off-campus.
- Articulation decisions
of classes from any other colleges or universities
(including other University of Maryland System schools)
are recorded and tracked in the Office of the Registrar.
UMBC students who want to take courses
off campus should always get permission first from their
departmental advisor and the Office of the Registrar
Helpful Links:
ARTSYS
Complete
Text of MHEC Student Transfer Policies
Transfer
Credit FAQs
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