Montgomery College Recommended Courses for the 
UMCP Robert H. Smith SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
  www.rhsmith.umd.edu/undergrad/AdmissionRequirements.htm

Semester outlines based on Course Guide for Montgomery College Students / Shady Grove General Business.  
Applies to all UMCP - College Park based programs as well. (General Business* , Accounting*, Marketing*, International Business*, Finance, Human Resources, Logistics, and Operations.)      [*Denotes Shady Grove Majors] 
              Updated 3/16/04
PLEASE READ ALL FOOTNOTES BELOW!!!

Cr.

Cr.

Cr.

3

4

3

3

Total

15

Total

16

  Gateway = Course must be taken before or during the semester in which 45 credits are completed  -  see below.
  Fundamental Math / Fundamental English - Must be taken before or during the semester in which 45 credits are completed.
HC (Underlined courses) = Course fulfills the 3-credit Human Cultural Diversity Requirement.  All students must take one Human Cultural Diversity course for CORE requirements - this course can fulfill both a CORE and an HC requirement.  Note that not all Montgomery College Multicultural courses will fulfill the HCD requirement:  AR 127 & SO 101 do not meet the HCD.
# Decision & Information Sciences Majors (UMCP's Information Systems):  Choose MA 181 & 182 Calculus I & II instead of MA 160.

MC AA in Business:  Take Business Law after transfer to UMCP and transfer back 3 credits to MC to complete AA requirements. MG 201, Business Law, will transfer as an elective course to Smith; however, students will have to take an additional Business Law course in the junior/senior year after transfer.
**  MACKLIN Business Institute - Students are advised to take AC 201/202 and EC 201/202  and BA 210 in the sophomore year.  Take CORE Sciences in the freshman year in place of AC or EC.

*** Unacceptable electives - The following business courses @MC are NOT accepted by UMCP as electives for credits toward graduation for business majors - BA 211; MG 101, MG 110, MG 121, MG 205 (footnote 11, Transfer Credit Center).  They will transfer as electives for majors OTHER than business.  Check the transferability of ALL elective courses you choose on the UMCP Transfer Credit Website: www.sis.umd.edu/TCC/ 
CA120 NOTE:  Students who have intermediate level proficiency in Word, Excel and PowerPoint may take an Exemption Exam for CA 120 (BMGT 201 @ UMCP).  You will not earn credit for BMGT 201, Intro to Business Computing, but you will not have to take either CA 120 or BMGT 201.  Details:  www.rhsmith.umd.edu/undergrad/BMGT201%20testout.pdf 
MA 160 Note:  The prerequisite course for MA 160 @MC is completion of MA 100, not Precalculus, or Accuplacer test scores.

Students may take these courses in any combination desired, as long as required courses are completed by the semester in which 45 credits are earned.  It is possible to complete AC 201 & 202 prior to transfer if AC 201 is taken 1st or 2nd semester.

HAVE YOU ATTENDED ANY OTHER COLLEGES OR UNIVERSITIES, US OR International?  IF YES, ALL CREDIT COURSES TAKEN WILL BE COUNTED IN TO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CREDITS REGARDLESS OF SUBJECT.  DEVELOPMENTAL COURSES THAT EARNED COLLEGE CREDIT ARE ALSO COUNTED INTO YOUR TOTAL NUMBER OF CREDITS.

ADMISSIONS STANDARDS - All new transfer students, as well as students presently enrolled at the College Park campus in other majors, who wish to pursue majors in the Robert H. Smith School of Business must meet the following requirements AND apply for admission to UMCP during the semester in which 45 credits are completed:

• 3.0 cumulative grade point average (based on all college-level work)
• Minimum 45 credits earned
• Completion of Fundamental Studies (Math, and freshman composition English 101)  (Fundamental English =   MC's EN 102 or 109; Fundamental Math =   MA 160 or 181)
• Completion of 50% (5 courses) of lower-level CORE (Note: EC 201, EC 202, and MA 160 or MA 181 will satisfy lower-level SB CORE requirements.)
• Completion of the following GATEWAY courses, each with "C" or better:

  ECON 200 Microeconomics (MC's EC 201 or 202) (also fulfills a CORE requirement)

  BMGT 220 Accounting I (MC's AC 201)

  BMGT 230 or 231 Business Statistics (MC's BA 210 or MA 116)

  MATH 220 (MC's MA 160) or MATH 140 (MC's MA 181) Calculus.  (MA 160 or MA 181 also fulfill a CORE requirement).  

Note: Only one repeat of one single course to the set of Gateway courses will be considered for determining admission to BMGT. Appeals will be considered.

Note:  Students who begin at any Maryland 2-year or 4-year public institution Spring 2001 and after, who meet the course requirements, and who apply to BMGT after the semester in which they reach 45 credits, will be subject to competitive admission for a limited number of spaces in the BMGT program.

Summer Courses:  Credit earned in courses taken during Summer Session I or II will be counted toward the Fall semester - for example, a student who has earned 43 credits by the end of the Spring semester and who takes credit courses in Summer I or II will count those summer credits toward credits earned in the upcoming Fall semester.  A student cannot reach the 45th credit using summer credits to be admitted into Smith.  It's possible to reach both the 45th and 60th credit in one semester.  Please see an MC Business adviser prior to registering for classes each semester.

General Notes:  Please refer to directly to the RH Smith Webpage for updated, official admissions information & dates & locations of information sessions: www.rhsmith.umd.edu/undergrad/prospectivestudents.htm  

Check the Frequently Asked Questions section of this page (http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/undergrad/AdmissionShadyGrove.htm) for more information, and see an adviser EACH semester prior to registering for classes.

It is recommended that MC students applying to Smith - Shady Grove apply for admission in the semester in which they reach their 45th credit.  (From the Smith - Shady Grove website:  "Students attending Maryland 2-year public institutions who satisfy these requirements upon reaching 45 credits earned may apply for early admission to the Smith School BMGT Programs at Shady Grove in order to reserve a space in the program following completion of the AA degree."  Smith Shady Grove is a Fall - admit program only.  Contact person for Smith - Shady Grove:  Mr. Luke Glasgow, 301-738-6000.

Information compiled by A. Schleicher, Montgomery College, Germantown Campus 3/16/04.