Degree Completion Planning
Degree Completion Plan Guidelines
As required by Maryland state law, all undergraduate students who have between 45 and 105 credits and have not already completed an approved plan must complete an individualized Degree Completion Plan. Contact your academic advisor or MCOM academic advising coordinator, Elysa Newman, at enewman AT_TOWSON.
Degree Completion Plans
Individualized Degree Completion Plan
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an Individualized Degree Completion Plan (IDCP)?
An IDCP takes the Suggested Degree Completion Plan of your major (or concentration or track) and personalizes it for your academic career given your unique needs, goals, and aspirations. This plan could help you save time and money by highlighting a more direct route towards degree completion and graduation.
How do I start to create an IDCP?
If you are a new transfer student or a returning student with 45-105 credits, please follow the Degree Completion Plan Guidelines. IDCP forms are attached above as Excel or PDF files.
Who can help me?
An advisor in your department will help you with this plan.
How does creating an IDCP affect my advising hold?
Completing this plan will remove your Degree Completion Plan hold flag.
Where are the Suggested Degree Completion Plans located?
The Suggested Degree Completion Plans are in the online catalog under your major (or track or concentration). In the catalog, they are labeled as “Four Year Plan of Study.” Be sure to follow the requirements for your catalog year. Not sure which year you should be using? Your catalog year is listed in your Academic Requirements Report in PeopleSoft.
Why is it called a Four Year Plan of Study?
The heading "Four Year Plan of Study" is a convenient label and neither indicates nor promises that a major can be completed in four years. Transfer students may only be at TU for two years. Double majors or art, music, and dance education majors may need five years. Part time students may need more than five years. Consequently, it is more accurate to think of your plan as a "degree completion" plan without a time component.
Why am I doing this?
Your IDCP is required by Maryland Senate Bill 740 (SB 740). SB 740 is the Career and College Readiness and College Completion Act of 2013. It was signed into law in May 2013 and requires all students to file an Individualized Degree Completion Plan.
Contact Elysa Newman at enewman AT_TOWSONwith any questions about the degree completion planning process.