UMD General Education Codes

Unofficial Transcript Elective and GenEd Codes - Advise on the Web and Testudo

Transfer Courses - Evaluated for Acceptability as a General Elective

If your transfer course has one of the following general elective codes on your UMD unofficial transcript, this means the transfer course has been evaluated as acceptable for transfer to UMD. Further evaluation is possible for courses with N1, N2, R1 or R2 codes to determine if the course can be a equated to a specific UMD course or can be used to satisfy a general education requirement. All other general elective codes (L1, L2, G1, G2 or LB) indicate the evaluation is FINAL.

Some of you may have L1 or L2 codes with footnotes NS (needs syllabus) or PE (pending evaluation) instead of the codes below. Please treat L1 w/footnote NS the same as N1, L2 w/footnote of NS the same as N2, L1 w/footnote PE the same as R1, and L2 w/footnote PE the same as R2.

Code	Description	Transfer Evaluation Status
L1 L2	Lower-level Elective [Final] Upper-level Elective [Final]	*Evaluation is final*. The course: Is acceptable for transfer to UMD, and Does NOT require further review, and Is NOT a direct UMD equivalency nor does it satisfy a general education requirement
N1 N2	Lower-level Elective [Need Syllabus] Upper-level Elective [Need Syllabus]	*Evaluation is NOT final*. The course: Is acceptable for transfer to UMD, but Requires a syllabus for further review to be a direct UMD equivalency or to satisfy a general education requirement To request the course be evaluated further, please submit the syllabus online at http://www.transfercredit.umd.edu/tceval.html.
R1 R2	Lower-level Elective [Under Review] Upper-level Elective [Under Review]	*Evaluation is NOT final*. The course: Is acceptable for transfer to UMD, and Is under further review to be a direct UMD equivalency or to satisfy a general education requirement Continue to check your unofficial transcript via Testudo for an update on the evaluation status.
G1 G2	Lower-level Elective [GenEd] Upper-level Elective [GenEd]	*Evaluation is final. The course: Is acceptable for transfer to UMD, and Does not satisfy a specific* general education requirement, but can be used in the 40 credit GenEd count, and Does NOT require further review, and Is NOT a direct UMD equivalency nor does it satisfy a specific general education requirement
LB	Lab Course	*Evaluation is final*. The course is acceptable for transfer to UMD as a lab
*Please work with your advising college to determine how your transfer courses will be applied toward your degree requirements.*

Transfer Course - Pending Transfer Credit - Needs Evaluation for Acceptability

If your transfer course has one of the following codes on your UMD unofficial transcript, this means the transfer course has NOT been evaluated for acceptability at UMD and the transfer credit is currently pending. Further evaluation is needed to determine if the course is acceptable for transfer to UMD. Once the further review has been completed, transfer courses will ultimately be deemed:

acceptable and will be awarded transfer credit at UMD
NOT acceptable and will NOT be awarded transfer credit at UMD

Some of you may have transfer courses listed as not accepted with footnotes NS (needs syllabus) or PE (pending evaluation) instead of the codes below. Please treat not accepted w/footnote NS the same as NE, not accepted w/footnote of PE the same as UR, and not accepted w/footnote NS and 44 the same as ST.

Code	Description	Transfer Evaluation Status
NE	Needs Evaluation	Evaluation needed. The course is not acceptable at this time and requires further evaluation to be acceptable for transfer to UMD
UR	Under Review	Evaluation needed. The course: Is not acceptable at this time, and Is under further review to be acceptable for transfer to UMD
ST	Special Topics	Evaluation needed. The course is not acceptable at this time and requires further evaluation to be acceptable for transfer to UMD
*Transfer courses with these codes must be evaluated for acceptability prior to being applied to your degree requirements.*

General Education (GenEd) Codes

Fundamental Studies
FSAW	Academic Writing
FSPW	Professional Writing
FSOC	Oral Communication
FSMA	Mathematics
FSAR	Analytic Reasoning

Distributive Studies
DSHS	History and Social Science
DSHU	Humanities
DSNL	Natural Science with Lab
DSNS	Natural Sciences
DSSP	Scholarship in Practice

I-Series
SCIS	I-Series

Diversity
DVUP	Understanding Plural Society
DVCC	Cultural Competence
*Please work with your advising college to determine how your transfer courses will be applied toward your general education requirements* See gened.umd.edu for additional information.