General Education Requirements

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Maryland - College Park
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<p>I will most likely be attending UMD in the fall and will be majoring in Material Science and Engineering. I understand most of the classes I will have to take based off this website: <a href="http://www.umd.edu/catalog/index.cfm/show/content.section/c/1/s/158"&gt;http://www.umd.edu/catalog/index.cfm/show/content.section/c/1/s/158&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>but I am unsure of what general education requirements I will have. Do I choose my own from the I-Series courses? Or do they assign me the courses? I'm just trying to see how my freshman schedule will pan out. I'd rather take a I-Series course about marine life than about public speaking or art history. </p>

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<p>From what I’ve heard, you must take 2 natural science courses (this is called DSNS on their website) and 2 history based courses (called DSHS on their website) I also believe you must take an academic writing course. aP credits can get you out of these courses.</p>

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<p>Is that for all 4 years? Per year? Semester? </p>

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<p>This lays it out for you
<a href=“http://www.eng.umd.edu/sites/default/files/images/current/forms/4yrplan/2013-2014/enma-4yrplan-ge-2013-2014.pdf”>http://www.eng.umd.edu/sites/default/files/images/current/forms/4yrplan/2013-2014/enma-4yrplan-ge-2013-2014.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
You can see that some of the required courses for engineering take into account/give credit for the gen ed requirements. Page one gives you a layout of when to take which class by course number (there is some flexibility as you may have AP credits, so you can take some classes earlier or switch around which class for which semester as long as there is no prerequisites involved). Page two gives you the same information but gives courses by name and category.</p>

<p>The gen ed reqs are total over the 4 year period. Every semester, there are some different options for the humanities, history, etc classes. They will explain all this at orientation when you go to pick your classes. No need to put the cart before the horse, but if you really want, I can explain now…</p>

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<p>That is all the information I need. Thanks maryversity</p>