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2020 - 2021 FCC Academic Catalog
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(3) Courses taken at a public institution as
part of a recommended transfer program
leading toward a baccalaureate degree
shall be applicable to related programs at
the receiving public institution granting
the degree if successfully completed
in accordance with the receiving
institution’s policies governing native
students in the same program.
(4) Students earning an A.A.S. or A.F.A.
degree shall have their credits evaluated
in a manner that maximizes the transfer
of articulated and elective credit.
(5) A community college and a public senior
higher education institution may provide
in an articulation agreement for the
transfer of credits in addition to credits
transferred under §B(1) of this regulation.
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
according to the same standards that apply
to native students at the receiving institution:
(a) Technical courses from career programs;
(b) Course credit awarded through
articulation agreements with other
segments or agencies, which should
be developed in collaboration with all
public institutions, including course
credit awarded by articulation with
Maryland public secondary schools;
(c) Credit awarded for clinical practice or
cooperative education experiences;
(d) Credit awarded for life and
work experiences; and
(e) Credit awarded for training, coursework,
or education through the military.
(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 collaboration 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 for
seamless transfer. 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, may be retained.
E. Reverse Transfer of Credit
(1) Subject to §E(2) of this regulation, a
community college shall accept for reverse
transfer any credits that an individual
earned at a public senior institution
up to 45 credits. Credits in excess of 45
credits may be accepted in accordance
with the community college’s policy.
(2) To be eligible for the transfer of credit
under §E(1) of this regulation, a student
shall have completed at least 15
credits at the community college to
which the credits are transferred.
(3) Community colleges and public senior
institutions shall develop a process to
identify students eligible for reverse
transfer at no cost to the student.
F. Transfer of General Education Credit
(1) A student transferring to one public
institution from another public institution
shall receive general education credit for
work completed at the student’s sending
institution as provided by this chapter.
(2) A completed general education program shall
transfer without further review or approval
by the receiving institution and without
the need for a course-by-course match.
(3) Courses that are defined as general education
by one institution shall transfer as general
education even if the receiving institution
does not have that specific course or has not
designated that course as general education.
(4) A Maryland community college shall
accept 28—36 credits of general education
as specified in Regulation .03(C) of this
chapter as completion of the general
education requirements at the community
college, without further review or the
need for a course-by-course match.
(5) The receiving institution shall give lower-
division general education credits to a
transferring student who has taken any part
of the lower-division general education
credits described in Regulation .03 of
this chapter at a public institution for any
general education courses successfully
completed at the sending institution.
(6) Except as provided in Regulation .03M of
this chapter, a receiving institution may not
require a transfer student who has completed
the requisite number of general education
credits at any public college or university
to take, as a condition of graduation, more
than 10—18 additional semester hours
of general education and specific courses
required of all students at the receiving
institution, with the total number not to
exceed 46 semester hours. This provision
does not relieve students of the obligation
to complete specific academic program
requirements or course prerequisites
required by a receiving institution.
(7) Each public institution shall designate on or
with the student transcript those courses that
have met its general education requirements,
as well as indicate whether the student has
completed the general education program.
(8) Associate’s Degrees.
(a) While there may be variance in the
numbers of hours of general education
required for associate’s degrees at a given
institution, the courses identified as
meeting general education requirements
for all degrees shall come from the
same general education course list and
exclude technical or career courses.
(b) A student possessing an associate’s
degree 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 credits.