Begin by taking General Educatio

Steps to Transfer > Montgomery College

2	Begin by taking General Education courses in your first year. Become familiar with Maryland’s regulations on General Education and Transfer.

General Education Requirements are courses required for most majors at all two- and four-year institutions The goal of the General Education program is to provide to all students, in both career and transfer curricula, a common, broad-based, well-rounded educational experience. The General Education program directs students to courses in English composition, mathematics, speech, health, arts, humanities, social and behavioral sciences, and natural sciences. Such courses continue the process, begun earlier in students' lives, of exposing them to the human, cultural, and natural world that surrounds us all.

The General Education program, in addition to specific course content, seeks to develop critical literacy; respect for others; creative expression; effective communication, both written and oral; and respect for the intellectual community tempered with skepticism about unchallenged "truths." In short, the goal of the General Education program is to be a part of the process of improving skills and broadening awareness of the world in which we live.

General Education courses at Montgomery College include Foundation Courses and Distribution Courses. Click here for a complete list of all Gen Ed course choices.

SPECIAL NOTES REGARDING GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES

For Maryland public colleges and universities: Montgomery College students who entered college for the first time in Fall 1996 and thereafter may follow Montgomery College's General Education Requirements Program (32 credits) OR the specific General Education requirements of individual Maryland public colleges and universities.
To find the General Education Requirements programs of individual Maryland colleges & universities, click on the red AREA lines on ARTSYS Recommended Transfer Programs pages for a list of MC courses that fulfill requirements.

The MC General Education Program does NOT satisfy the general education requirements of private schools or out-of-state public institutions. For private or out-of-state institutions not included in the ARTSYS database, look for a "General Education Requirements" or "Core Curriculum" section in each school's catalog. With an MC adviser, discuss which MC courses sound like reasonable equivalents.

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