FCC Academic Catalog 2016-2017

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(2) An A.A.S. student who transfers into a receiving
institution with fewer than the total number
of general education credits designated
by the receiving institution shall complete
the difference in credits according to the
distribution as designated by the receiving
institution. Except as provided in Regulation
.03M of this chapter, the total general education
credits for baccalaureate degree-granting
public receiving institutions may not exceed 46
semester hours.
H. Student Responsibilities. A student is held:
(1) Accountable for the loss of credits that:
(a) Result from changes in the student’s
selection of the major program of study,
(b) Were earned for remedial course work, or
(c) Exceed the total course credits accepted in
transfer as allowed by this chapter; and
(2) Responsible for meeting all requirements of the
academic program of the receiving institution.
.05 Transfer of Nongeneral Education Program
Credit.
A. Transfer to Another Public Institution.
(1) Credit earned at any public institution in
the State is transferable to any other public
institution if the:
(a) Credit is from a college or university
parallel course or program;
(b) Grades in the block of courses transferred
average 2.0 or higher; and
(c) Acceptance of the credit is consistent with
the policies of the receiving institution
governing native students following the
same program.
(2) If a native student’s “D” grade in a specific
course is acceptable in a program, then a “D”
earned by a transfer student in the same course
at a sending institution is also acceptable in
the program. Conversely, if a native student is
required to earn a grade of “C” or better in a
required course, the transfer student shall also
be required to earn a grade of “C” or better to
meet the same requirement.
B. Credit earned in or transferred from a community
college is limited to:
(1) 1/2 the baccalaureate degree program
requirement, but may not be more than 70
semester hours; and
(2) The first 2 years of the undergraduate education
experience.
C. Nontraditional Credit.
(1) The assignment of credit for AP, CLEP, or
other nationally recognized standardized
examination scores presented by transfer
students is determined according to the same
standards that apply to native students in
the receiving institution, and the assignment
shall be consistent with the State minimum
requirements.
(2) Transfer of credit from the following areas shall
be consistent with COMAR 13B.02.02. and shall
be evaluated by the receiving institution on a
course-by-course basis:
(a) Technical courses from career programs;
(b) Course credit awarded through
articulation agreements with other
segments or agencies;
(c) Credit awarded for clinical practice or
cooperative education experiences; and
(d) Credit awarded for life and work
experiences.
(3) The basis for the awarding of the credit shall
be indicated on the student’s transcript by the
receiving institution.
(4) The receiving institution shall inform a
transfer student of the procedures for
validation of course work for which there is
no clear equivalency. Examples of validation
procedures include ACE recommendations,
portfolio assessment, credit through challenge,
examinations, and satisfactory completion of
the next course in sequence in the academic
area.
(5) The receiving baccalaureate degree-granting
institution shall use validation procedures when
a transferring student successfully completes
a course at the lower-division level that the
receiving institution offers at the upper-division
level. The validated credits earned for the course
shall be substituted for the upper-division
course.
D. Program Articulation.
(1) Recommended transfer programs shall be
developed through consultation between
the sending and receiving institutions. A
recommended transfer program represents an
agreement between the two institutions that
allows students aspiring to the baccalaureate
degree to plan their programs. These programs
constitute freshman/sophomore level course
work to be taken at the community college in
fulfillment of the receiving institution’s lower
division course work requirement.
(2) Recommended transfer programs in effect at
the time that this regulation takes effect, which
conform to this chapter
.06 Academic Success and General Well-Being of
Transfer Students.
A. Sending Institutions.
(1) Community colleges shall encourage their
students to complete the associate degree
or to complete 56 hours in a recommended
transfer program which includes both general
education courses and courses applicable
toward the program at the receiving institution.
(2) Community college students are encouraged to
choose as early as possible the institution and
program into which they expect to transfer.
(3) The sending institution shall:
(a) Provide to community college
students information about the specific
transferability of courses at 4-year colleges;
(b) Transmit information about transfer
students who are capable of honors work
or independent study to the receiving
institution; and
(c) Promptly supply the receiving institution
with all the required documents if the
student has met all financial and other
obligations of the sending institution for
transfer.
B. Receiving Institutions.
(1) Admission requirements and curriculum
prerequisites shall be stated explicitly in
institutional publications.
(2) A receiving institution shall admit transfer
students from newly established public colleges
that are functioning with the approval of the
Maryland Higher Education Commission on
the same basis as applicants from regionally
accredited colleges.
(3) A receiving institution shall evaluate the
transcript of a degree-seeking transfer student
as expeditiously as possible, and notify the
student of the results not later than mid-
semester of the student’s first semester of
enrollment at the receiving institution, if all
official transcripts have been received at least
15 working days before mid-semester. The
receiving institution shall inform a student of
the courses which are acceptable for transfer
credit and the courses which are applicable to
the student’s intended program of study.
(4) A receiving institution shall give a transfer
student the option of satisfying institutional
graduation requirements that were in effect
at the receiving institution at the time the
student enrolled as a freshman at the sending
institution. In the case of major requirements,
a transfer student may satisfy the major
requirements in effect at the time when the
student was identifiable as pursuing the
recommended transfer program at the sending
institution. These conditions are applicable to a
student who has been continuously enrolled at
the sending institution.
.07 Programmatic Currency.
A. A receiving institution shall provide to the
community college current and accurate
information on recommended transfer programs
and the transferability status of courses.
Community college students shall have access to
this information.
B. Recommended transfer programs shall be
developed with each community college
whenever new baccalaureate programs are
approved by the degree-granting institution.