All
students may apply for Limited Enrollment Programs
(LEP). Limited Enrollment Programs are competitive
majors at UMCP that control enrollment numbers
to maintain program quality. Once a student
has earned 45 credits, he/she must have successfully
completed a specific set of courses called “gateway”
requirements. Currently, there are nine Limited
Enrollment Programs at UMCP; see the individual
links below for specific requirements.
The
following guidelines pertain to all Limited
Enrollment Programs:
•
Only one “gateway” or performance
review course may be repeated to earn the
required grade and that course may only be
repeated once.
• Students may apply only once to an
LEP. Students who were directly admitted and
fail to meet the performance review criteria
will be dismissed from the major and may not
reapply.
• Students must maintain a minimum cumulative
GPA of 2.00 after admission to an LEP. Failure
to do so will result in dismissal from the
major. Some programs require a higher grade
point average at the 45-credit review process.
These conditions are due to external accreditation
requirements.
Direct
Admits: Direct Admits are students
admitted to an LEP as first-time freshmen. In
order to continue in the major, students must
successfully complete a 45-credit review. If
a student is not directly admitted to an LEP,
he/she will be assigned to Letters and Sciences.
Students in Letters and Sciences wishing to
major in an LEP will apply as internal transfer
students.
Internal
or External Transfer Admits: Internal
transfers are students already at the University
of Maryland who would like to change majors
to an LEP. External transfers are students applying
to the University of Maryland who would like
to major in an LEP. The admissions requirements
for Internal and External Transfers are the
same.
External
transfer students from other institutions apply
to LEP's through the general application for
admission to the University by indicating the
major(s) of interest. With the single application
for transfer admission, students are first admitted
to the University and then to Limited Enrollment
Program majors based on LEP standards.
