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2020 - 2021 FCC Academic Catalog
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Title 13B Maryland Higher
Education Commission
Subtitle 06 GENERAL Education and Transfer
Chapter 01 Public Institutions of Higher Education.
Authority: Education Article, §11-105(u) and 11-207
and Title 11, Subtitle 2, Annotated Code of Maryland
.01 Scope and Applicability.
This chapter applies only to public
institutions of higher education.
.02 Definitions.
A. In this chapter, the following terms
have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "A.A. degree" means the
Associate of Arts degree.
(2) "A.A.S. degree" means the Associate
of Applied Sciences degree.
(3) “A.A.T. degree”means the Associate
of Arts in Teaching degree.
(4) “A.F.A. degree”means the Associate
of Fine Arts degree.
(5) “Arts”means courses that examine
aesthetics and the development of the
aesthetic form and explore the relationship
between theory and practice.
(6) "A.S. degree" means the Associate
of Sciences degree.
(7) “A.S.E. degree”means the Associate
of Science in Engineering degree.
(8) “Associate’s degree” includes an:
(a) A.A. degree;
(b) A.S. degree;
(c) A.A.S. degree;
(d) A.A.T. degree;
(e) A.F.A. degree; and
(f) A.S.E degree.
(9) "Biological and physical sciences" means
courses that examine living systems and the
physical universe. They introduce students
to the variety of methods used to collect,
interpret, and apply scientific data, and
to an understanding of the relationship
between scientific theory and application.
(10) “Cumulative grade point average”means the
average of grades received for completed
coursework at all institutions attended.
(11) "English composition courses" means courses
that provide students with communication
knowledge and skills appropriate to various
writing situations, including intellectual
inquiry and academic research.
(12) "General education" means the
foundation of the higher education
curriculum providing a coherent
intellectual experience for all students.
(13) "General education program" means
a program that is designed to:
(a) Introduce undergraduates to the
fundamental knowledge, skills,
and values that are essential to the
study of academic disciplines;
(b) Encourage the pursuit of life-
long learning; and
(c) Foster the development of
educated members of the
community and the world.
(14) “Humanities”means courses that examine the
values and cultural heritage that establish the
framework for inquiry into the meaning of life.
(15) "Mathematics" means courses that provide
students with numerical, analytical,
statistical, and problem-solving skills.
(16) "Native student" means a student whose
initial college enrollment was at a given
institution of higher education and who
has not transferred to another institution of
higher education since that initial enrollment.
(17) “Parallel program”means the program
of study or courses at one institution
of higher education that has parallel
courses and comparable objectives
as those at another higher education
institution, for example, a transfer program
in psychology in a community college
is definable as a parallel program to a
baccalaureate psychology program at a
4-year institution of higher education.
(18) "Receiving institution" means the institution
of higher education at which a transfer
student currently desires to enroll.
(19) “Recommended transfer program”means a
planned program of courses, both general
education and courses in the major,
taken at a community college, which is
applicable to a baccalaureate program at
a receiving institution, and ordinarily the
first half of the baccalaureate degree.
(20) “Reverse transfer”means a process whereby
credits that a student earns at any public
senior higher education institution in
the State toward a bachelor’s degree are
transferrable to any community college in the
State for credit toward an associate’s degree.
(21) "Sending institution" means the institution
of higher education of most recent previous
enrollment by a transfer student at which
transferable academic credit was earned.
(22) “Social and behavioral sciences”means
courses that are concerned with the
examination of society and the relationships
among individuals within a society.
(23) “Transfer student”means a student entering
an institution for the first time having
successfully completed a minimum of
12 semester hours at another institution
that are applicable for credit at the
institution the student is entering.
.02-1 Admission of Transfer
Students to Public Institutions.
A. Admission to Institutions.
(1) Subject to §B of this regulation, a student
attending a public institution who has
completed an associate’s degree or who
has completed 60 or more semester
hours of credit, may not be denied direct
transfer to another public institution if the
student attained a cumulative grade point
average of at least 2.0 on a 4.0 scale or its
equivalent at the sending institution, except
as provided in §A(4) of this regulation.
(2) Subject to §B of this regulation, a student
attending a public institution who has not
completed an associate’s degree or who
has completed fewer than 60 semester
hours of credit, is eligible to transfer to a
public institution regardless of the number
of credit hours earned if the student:
(a) Satisfied the admission criteria of
the receiving public institution
as a high school senior; and
(b) Attained at least a cumulative grade
point average of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale or its
equivalent at the sending institution.
(3) Subject to §B of this regulation, a student
attending a public institution who did not
satisfy the admission criteria of a receiving
public institution as a high school senior,
but who has earned sufficient credits
at a public institution to be classified
by the receiving public institution as a
sophomore, shall meet the stated admission
criteria developed and published by the
receiving public institution for transfer.
(4) If the number of students seeking
admission exceeds the number that can
be accommodated at a receiving public
institution, admission decisions shall be:
(a) Based on criteria developed and published
by the receiving public institution
on the institution’s website; and
(b) Made to provide fair and equal treatment
for native and transfer students.
MHEC Transfer Policies