The Academic Plan
Four-Year Templates and Benchmarks:
**For directions on how to complete the Academic Plan, please click HERE.**
The School of Public Health has the expectation that students will complete their degree in the school in a timely manner. For most full-time students this will be four years. To aid students in the timely movement through their degree program, each major has a 4-Year Template which students should use in developing their academic plan. Each major also has benchmarks designed to help students and advisors plan course selection that will insure that students are able to successfully complete their degree in a reasonable amount of time. Benchmarks are specific courses that must be successfully completed by a set number of credits in the major. At no time will benchmarks be used to keep students from entering a major. Rather, they will be used to plan an approach that will help the student most effectively move to completion of degree requirements.
It is the responsibility of all students matriculating as freshmen beginning Fall 2005 and transfer students beginning in Fall 2007, to develop an acceptable plan for degree completion, to have the plan reviewed by an academic advisor, and to present an updated plan to their academic advisor for review as circumstances change. The directions on how to complete the academic plan can be accessed with the link above. In addition, copies of resources are available to pick up in the Student Service Center (room 1304 SPH). Students who do not follow established plans for meeting benchmarks or are not making satisfactory progress in the meeting of benchmarks, will be referred by the Academic Advisor to the Assistant Dean. Students who are unable to make satisfactory progress in their degree program will not be eligible to continue in that degree program.
For more information on University of Maryland's Degree Completion Policy, please see http://www.ugst.umd.edu/academicsuccess.html.
For further information or questions, contact:
Sandra Quinn
sjquinn@umd.edu
301-405-1010
