These one or two-credit courses are designed to assist in the successful transition of transfer students from their previous college or university to UMBC. It focuses on developing and understanding the skills needed and the academic expectations to achieve success at an Honors University. The materials covered will complement the work that is being done in upper-level courses in the major, and it will contain academic material selected by the Department that has been identified as a barrier to the success of transfer students in that particular major.
Transfer Student Seminar are open to all students during their first year at UMBC.
Fall 2016 | Spring 2017
Spring 2017
TRS 201: Transfer Student Seminars
TRS in Biology
Lecture: MoWe 2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Sherman Hall 011
Tory Williams
Note: Students must also be concurrently enrolled in BIO 142.
TRS in Biology
Lecture: We 10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Shady Grove
Timothy Cox
Note: Must be first or second semester transfer student and registered for at least one major specific course.
Fall 2016
TRS 201: Transfer Student Seminars
TRS in Information Systems
Lecture:We 4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Engineering 021
Karen Mattingly
Note: Co-Requisite – Student must also be enrolled in any section of IS 300.
TRS in Shady Grove
Lecture:Th 10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Shady Grove Building III 3219
Timothy Cox
Note: Student must also be registered in at least one discipline specific course offered at the Shady Grove campus.
TRS in American Studies
Lecture:Tu 2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Janet & Walter Sondheim 203
Staff
Note: Course has a co-requisite of AMST 376. Student must also be enrolled in AMST 376. This section of TRS 201 is especially open to active duty or Veterans.
TRS in Genetics
Lecture:Th 2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Janet & Walter Sondheim 203
Cynthia Wagner
Note: Student must be enrolled in Bio 302 concurrently.
TRS in Biology
Lecture:We 1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Biological Sciences 461
Tory Williams
Note: Student must be enrolled in Bio 142 concurrently.
TRS in Modern Language & Linguistics
Lecture:Tu 2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Performing Arts & Humanity Building 124
Joanna Gadsby
Note: Student must be enrolled in MLL 280 concurrently.
Updated 11/10/2016