Appendix II - AP, CLEP and IB Examinations

Advanced Placement (AP) Examinations

UMBC will award credit and/or placement based on the scores indicated below in the approved Advanced Placement (AP) examinations listed. To receive credit for AP exams, students must have an official Advanced Placement score report sent to the UMBC Office of Undergraduate Admissions. They may request an official score report by writing to:

Advanced Placement Service
P.O. Box 6671
Princeton, NJ 08541-6671

Please remember to include UMBC’s College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) code number (5835) in the request.

Credit earned through Advanced Placement examinations may be used to satisfy the General Education Requirements, satisfy course prerequisite, as elective credit or toward major requirements in many instances (please consult the academic department).

*Students who are exempt from BIOL 141  should wait until their sophomore year to take BIOL 302 - Molecular and General Genetics ; BIOL 301  can be taken during the spring semester of the freshman year.

** If the math department approves placement in MATH 152 , credit for MATH 151  (in lieu of MATH 150 ) will be assigned upon successful completion of MATH 152 . If both Calculus AB and BC exams are taken, credit will be given for MATH 151  only once.

*** Not equivalent to PHYS 122L  

College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) Examinations

UMBC will award credit for successful completion of the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) tests listed below. CLEP examinations may be used to satisfy General Foundation Requirements, satisfy course prerequisites, as elective credit or toward a major requirement in many instances (please consult the academic department). To receive credit, official scores must be sent to:

Office of Undergraduate Admissions
UMBC
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250

Students can request that scores be sent to UMBC by writing to:

CEEB
CLEP Transcripts
P.O. Box 6600
Princeton, NJ 08541

Or call: 609-771-7865

Please include UMBC’s CODE (5835) in the request.

Acceptability of CLEP examinations and scores required are subject to change based on modifications to exam content by the College Board. For the most recent information on CLEP examinations accepted at UMBC, please visit www.umbc.edu/registrar/CLEP.htm

For more information about CLEP, visit the College Board at www.collegeboard.org.

General Examinations*

Subject Matter Examinations

* General examinations and MATH electives do not satisfy general requirements.

**Must include essay section provided by CLEP and scored by UMBC

International Baccalaureate (IB) Examinations

UMBC will award credit according to the listing below to students who sit for International Baccalaureate (IB) examinations. To receive credit for IB exams, students must have official examination results sent to the UMBC Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Credit earned through IB examinations may be used to satisfy General Education Requirements, satisfy course prerequisites, as elective credit or toward major requirements in many instances (please consult academic department).

* Students who have taken the IB SL Computer Science exam will not receive course credit, but with a score of 5 or higher on the exam, appropriate placement would be CMSC 201 .

SL = Standard Level

Transfer Admission Application Deadlines

Fall admission:

Priority - March 15 (for scholarship consideration)

Regular Decision - May 31 Spring admission: Priority - November 1 (for scholarship consideration) Regular Decision - December 15

The Universities at Shady Grove

UMBC offers the final two years of study for the Bachelor of Arts in political science, psychology history and social work at the Shady Grove Center in Rockville, MD.

Students must complete the lower-level course requirements at a local community college. Applicants for the Shady Grove programs are evaluated on the basis of their academic record at previous institutions, including cumulative grade point average, academic performance trend, strength of curriculum and performance in courses related to the intended area of study. For additional information or application, contact the Shady Grove program coordinator at shadygrove@umbc.edu, visit www.umbc.edu/shadygrove or call the Universities at Shady Grove, Office of Student Services 301‐738‐6023.

Transfer Credit Policies

UMBC will transfer credits for academic courses taken at institutions of higher education accredited by the Regional Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Higher Education, in subject areas that are considered part of the student’s university program and in which he or she has earned a grade of “C” or better. From Maryland public institutions, courses with grades of “D” may transfer; however, a minimum grade of “C-” may be required in courses applied toward a major, minor, certificate program or toward general requirements.

A student may transfer a maximum of 90 credits from all previous institutions toward a UMBC undergraduate degree.

A maximum of 60 credits - or 65 credits for engineering majors - are transferable from a two-year program or institution. UMBC’s graduation policy stipulates that the final 30 hours toward a bachelor’s degree must be completed on campus. The Registrar’s Office may approve a request to complete a maximum of two courses within the final 30 credits at another institution. Credit from foreign institutions that are recognized by the Ministries of Education in their respective countries will be considered for transfer to UMBC. Students who have attended college or university outside the United States must submit a course-by-course credential evaluation prepared by a credential evaluation service. We strongly recommend:

AACRAO
Foreign Credentials Evaluation Service,
One Dupont Circle, NW,
Suite 520, Washington,
D.C. 20036-1135
www.aacrao.org/international/foreignEdCred.cfm

The evaluation of transfer credit also will reflect a conversion of non-semester credit to semester-hour equivalents. (For example one-quarter hour is considered to be equivalent to two thirds of a semester hour.)

The applicability of courses to a specific major then is determined by the appropriate academic department.

UMBC does not award credit for military work or classroom experience, with the exception of certain courses offered by the Defense Language Institute, the National Cryptologic School and the Community College of the Air Force. In addition, no credit is given for life experience or for credit-by-examination awarded from another institution.

Students may pursue credit through UMBC-administered departmental exams or by the College Level Examination Program (CLEP), Advanced Placement (AP) Program or International Baccalaureate (IB) Program. To receive credit for CLEP, AP or IB, official scores must be sent directly from the testing agency to UMBC’s Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Orientation.

Appendix II lists the CLEP, IB and AP examinations for which UMBC awards credit.

A maximum of 60 credits may be earned through departmental, CLEP, AP and IB examinations. Credit awarded through a UMBC departmental exam is not applicable toward the general requirements for graduation.

Upper-level coursework at UMBC is defined as courses numbered 300 or higher. Courses from community and junior colleges judged to be equivalent to upper-level UMBC courses will be counted toward the upper-level graduation requirement. Students who receive credit from a four-year institution that operates under a different course-numbering system may wish to forward a description of that numbering system to the Registrar’s Office to assist with evaluation.

Maryland Public Colleges and Universities

The State Board for Higher Education Transfer Credit Policy is outlined in Appendix I .

Maryland Community College Recommended Transfer Programs

The Recommended Transfer Programs (RTP) provides a list of community college courses that will best prepare students for UMBC’s course of study. Transfer students with acceptable grades in courses specified in the UMBC Recommended Transfer Program Guide are assured transfer with no loss of credit. These program guides are available in the transfer advisors’ offices at all Maryland community colleges or via the Web at artweb.usmd.edu. More information can also be found through the Maryland Transport Web site, http://mdtransfer.usmd.edu