Limited Enrollment Programs (LEP)
are competitive majors at the University of Maryland that control enrollment
numbers to maintain program quality. This means that students must meet
additional academic requirements beyond admission to the university in order to
join and remain in the major. The LEP’s that are in the College of Behavioral
and Social Sciences (BSOS) are:
LEP
Policies
There are certain policies that
apply to all LEP students, regardless of the specific major.
- Students can only repeat one requirement one time among
the gateway/entrance requirements.
- A grade of W (Withdrawn) in a course is counted as an
attempt.
- Courses must be taken at Maryland unless previously
transferred; exceptions must be approved by the department.
- Students must maintain a 2.0 cumulative GPA at Maryland
throughout their enrollment, or they will be removed from the major.
- Students who are academically dismissed or who leave
the major cannot return to the major.
- Students may only apply once. If a student applies and
the application does not meet the requirements, the student will not be
allowed to apply again.
- Freshmen have until the last day of classes in their
first semester to change/add their major to an LEP through the major
change process.
These policies are specific to the
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences:
- Students may apply at any credit level (must be in the
major for 15 credits before earning a degree).
- Any student that meets all entrance requirements will
be added to the major.
BSOS
LEP Admissions
As a first-semester freshmen, any
student may be granted admission to a BSOS LEP major upon admission to the
university.
- First semester freshmen wanting to change to or add a
BSOS LEP have until the last day of classes in their first semester to
change/add a BSOS LEP. First
semester freshmen meeting this deadline will be treated as directly
admitted freshmen and will not have to complete the entrance requirements
prior to admission. .
- Directly admitted freshmen must complete the gateway requirements
by 45 attempted credits at Maryland (this excludes AP or
IB credits and any Freshman Connection credits).
- Please see the department website for specific
requirements.
- External/Internal Transfer students:
- All transfer students must complete the entrance requirements
for the major before they are eligible to apply.
- External Transfers (transferring from outside the University of Maryland) must
complete the entrance requirements
before applying to the university in order to be directly admitted into
the college's LEP major.
- Internal Transfers (current Maryland students applying
to change/add a major ) must complete the entrance requirements before submitting their
LEP application, which is obtained from a department advisor. The GPA requirement
for entrance into a BSOS LEP major is based on ALL previous college level
coursework. This includes courses taken at other institutions that may
not have been accepted as credit here at Maryland. Please see the
department website for specific requirements.
LEP
Reviews
Every fall and spring semesters a
review is conducted for students in LEP majors.
- Review of gateway requirements.
- Reviews students who have reached 45 attempted
credits.
- Any student who does not complete their gateway
requirements and/or violates an LEP policy will be dismissed from the
major.
- Review of GPA.
- Reviews all students in an LEP major. This includes
students who recently changed their major to an LEP major.
- Any student who drops below a 2.0 cumulative GPA at
Maryland will be dismissed from the major.
Limited Enrollment Programs (LEP)
at the University of Maryland
