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Media and Communication Studies, B.A.

Program Transfer Guide
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Fall, 2024 - Current
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About the Program

As communication technology becomes increasingly digital, interactive, and pervasive, so does the need for its citizens and workforce to be able to communicate across a range of media, genres, and cultural contexts. UMBC's Media and Communication Studies program represents an exciting and interdisciplinary response to this need. The program offers majors a critical and practical understanding of the dynamic and complex changes in communication, culture, and knowledge, within a traditional rigorous liberal arts emphasis on reading, writing, and reflection.
The Bachelor of Arts and Certificate in Media and Communication Studies emphasize critical media literacy, intercultural communication, and new media and applied communication. Programs emphasizing communication skills, a critical understanding of the media, and the use of relevant new technologies are crucial to the education of students entering the communities and workplaces of the 21st century. Internships and capstone projects are critical components of the curriculum.
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PTG Requirements

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Allegany College of Maryland Requirement
University of Maryland, Baltimore County Requirement
  • GEP: Arts and Humanities Take 3 GEP: Arts And Humanities courses. Courses Must Come From At Least 2 Different Academic Disciplines.
    9 credits
    Select 3
    No equivalency found. *
    Notes: Complete These Courses With A 'C' Grade Or Better.
    No equivalency found. *
    Notes: Complete These Courses With A 'C' Grade Or Better.
    No equivalency found. *
    Notes: Can be applied to major requirements
    No equivalency found. *
    Notes: Can be applied to major requirements
  • GEP: English Composition Complete one of these courses with a "C" grade or better.
    3 credits
    No equivalency found. *
  • GEP: Social Sciences Take 3 GEP: Social Science courses. Courses Must Come From At Least 2 Different Academic Disciplines.
    9 credits
  • GEP: Mathematics Take one GEP Mathematics or GEP Statistics course.
    3 - 4 credits
  • GEP: Science Take one GEP: Science course.
    3 - 4 credits
  • GEP: Science with a Lab Take one GEP: Science course with a laboratory.
    3 - 5 credits
  • GEP: Culture Take 2 GEP: Culture courses.
    6 credits
    No equivalency found. *
    Notes: May be applied to major requirements
    No equivalency found. *
    Notes: May be applied to major requirements
  • GEP: Language 201 Take a foreign language through the 201 level.
    3 - 4 credits
    No equivalency found. *
    No equivalency found. *
    No equivalency found. *
    No equivalency found. *
    No equivalency found. *
    No equivalency found. *
    No equivalency found. *
    No equivalency found. *
    No equivalency found. *
    No equivalency found. *
    No equivalency found. *
  • Media and Communication Studies Core Requirement Complete Course With A 'C' Grade Or Better.
    3 credits
    No equivalency found. *
  • Interdisciplinary Elective Option Complete up to 2 Courses With A 'C' Grade Or Better.
    3 - 6 credits
    No equivalency found. *
    No equivalency found. *
    Notes: Also satisfies GEP: Arts and Humanities or GEP: Culture requirements.
    No equivalency found. *
    No equivalency found. *
    No equivalency found. *
    Notes: Also satisfies GEP: Arts and Humanities requirement.
    No equivalency found. *
    Notes: Also satisfies GEP: Arts and Humanities requirement.
    No equivalency found. *
    Notes: Also satisfies GEP: Arts and Humanities requirement.
Grand Total Credits
60
Completion of an associate's degree (A.A. /A.S.) at a public community college in Maryland is strongly recommended and, once earned, will satisfy most of UMBC's General Education Program (GEP) requirements. Edited NC 4/14/2025
* There is no Equivalency at Allegany College of Maryland. Check with your Advisor for an alternate course.