| 1. |
The first task is to
determine whether
a two-year career/technical degree or a four-year university parallel
degree
is being sought. The career opportunities vary greatly depending
on the degree. The Placement Office can provide information on jobs and
starting salaries (http://www.pstcc.edu/departments/placement/
or 694-6554). The Bureau of Labor Statistics' latest recap of the value
of degrees over a typical 40-year working lifetime can be viewed at: www.bls.gov/home.htm.
Once the decision is made, make sure the right major code is in the
system
(screen 136 or 681). Complete a Change of Major form in the Records
Office
if it is incorrect |
| 2. |
Students who are interested in the two-year
career/technical degree can follow the curriculum outline in the
Career/Technical
Programs section of the Catalog
& Handbook or review their On-Course degree audit.
Students
in career/technical programs do NOT have to meet A89 high school
requirements.
For students interested in furthering their education beyond the
two-year
degree, 2+2
articulation agreements are available with ETSU ONLY that transfer
the two-year career/technical degree into a bachelor's program in
engineering
technology. Exceptions to the agreements may only be approved by
the receiving institution. ETSU also offers a bachelor's degree program
in Construction
Technology, Industrial Technology, and Manufacturing Technology
taught
entirely on the PSTCC campus. Students interested in the
Construction
Technology program at PSTCC campus should contact George Cox (gcox@pstcc.edu
or 694-6504) Student interested in the Industrial
Technology or Manufacturing Technology program at the PSTCC campus
should
contact Pat Riddle (priddle@pstcc.edu or 694-6514). The job
opportunities for students who
earn a bachelor's degree in engineering technology versus a traditional
engineering degree differ. For example, engineering technology
graduates
cannot become licensed professional engineers in many states, including
Tennessee. The traditional engineering degree may give an edge to some
people in some jobs over the long run, but many believe that salary is
more of a function of the individual and the job than anything else.
The
Placement Office can provide information on jobs and starting salaries
(http://www.pstcc.edu/departments/placement/
or 694-6554). |
| 3. |
Students who are interested in the four-year
university parallel degree can follow an articulation agreement or
transfer guide available on the web (Students who have attempted 12 or
fewer college-level hours from a school other than PSTCC are eligible)
or review their On-Course degree audit. Students in university parallel
programs MUST meet A89 high school requirements as well. We have articulation
agreements and transfer guides with UTK for students pursuing the
four-year
engineering degree. The articulation agreements allow eligible students
to graduate from PSTCC as well as UTK. However, due to widening
differences
between UTK’s engineering curriculum and PSTCC’s core curriculum,
transfer
guides were created starting with the 2001-2003 agreements that provide
students with the prerequisite courses required for UTK’s engineering
program
without the extra courses that PSTCC requires for graduation. The
transfer
guides offer the same rules (e.g. 12-hour rule) and opportunities (e.g.
grades of D transfer) as the articulation agreements, but students do
NOT
graduate from PSTCC. Students who complete a transfer guide do not
submit
an Intent to Graduate form but instead submit a transfer guide
application
(available in the Records Office) so that their transcript may be
certified
for completing the transfer guide. There is no fee for the transfer
guide
application and the submission dates are the same as the Intent to
Graduate
forms (the semester preceding anticipated completion). Exceptions to
the
agreements may only be approved by the receiving institution. |
| 4. |
Students who are interested in
attending a
different school than ETSU and UTK should obtain a copy of the
receiving
institution’s catalog and an equivalency table (if available) to
determine
course requirements. |
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posted: January 30, 2007