Associate/Bachelor's Articulation Programs
The Associate/Bachelor's degree program agreement between PSTCC and ETSU will lead to the awarding of both the associate and bachelor's degrees if the student successfully completes all the courses outlined in an agreement that is approved by both institutions. This transfer plan shows you which courses you should take at PSTCC to complete the 64 or more hours required for the PSTCC associate degree and which ETSU courses you must take after transfer to complete the bachelor's degree in your major.

If you follow the transfer plan, you will meet the requirements of the first two years of an ETSU bachelor's degree by completing the PSTCC associate degree. The transfer plan also states ETSU program admission requirements for admission to that major. If you follow the transfer plan and meet ETSU and bachelor's program admission requirements, you will enter ETSU with advanced standing as prescribed by the transfer agreement in effect at the time you enroll at PSTCC. If you change to another major after transfer to ETSU, ETSU will complete a transcript evaluation to determine which courses apply to the new major.

Your PSTCC advisor will help you schedule the required courses for the PSTCC degree. Additionally, if you follow this transfer plan, you will be provided academic counseling by an ETSU advisor you prepare to transfer.

The program agreements in this document lead to the awarding of the associate degree by Pellissippi State Technical Community College and the baccalaureate degree by East Tennessee State University. All other academic regulations of the major, degree, college/school and university standards (such as grade point average and retention requirements) must be satisfied. Students in articulated programs with ETSU will not be expected to meet any additional (or fewer) requirements than non-transfer ETSU students.

The intent of the agreement is to encourage PSTCC students to complete the associate degree under the terms of the agreement prior to transfer to ETSU. Students completing the associate degree under the terms of the articulation agreement will enter ETSU with junior status, with all PSTCC credit indicated in the articulated programs accepted in transfer without evaluation on a course-by-course basis.

1. For participating students, program articulation agreements are effective for six years from the date of original entry into collegiate level work at Pellissippi State. If more than six years elapse from the student's initial date of participation under the agreement, the articulation in place at the time of transfer to ETSU will determine the student's progress toward baccalaureate degree completion.
2. A student must apply for participation in the articulated program while enrolled at Pellissippi State. Pellissippi State will signify on the student's transcript that the associate degree was completed according to the articulated curricula. East Tennessee State University will, when evaluating the student's transcript, honor the terms of the agreement for admission to ETSU.
3. In order to be eligible for admission to ETSU under the terms of the agreement, the student must have an associate degree in the major/emphasis specified from Pellissippi State and a minimum 2.0 grade point average.
4. For students not completing an associate degree, ETSU will evaluate transcripts on a course-by-course basis. Unless the articulation agreement specifically addresses an associate program articulation, associate degree transcripts will be evaluated on a course-by-course basis.
5. When entering ETSU, students must meet the standards and follow the procedures outlined in the ETSU undergraduate catalog for the year they enrolled in the articulated program at PSTCC, or they may elect to follow the current ETSU catalog. If more than six years elapse after initial PSTCC enrollment in the articulated program, the transferring student must meet the terms of the current ETSU catalog.
6. In addition to the specific course requirements for a bachelor's degree, all transfer students must satisfy any specific program, major, or degree requirement or academic regulation that might be required for progression and retention in a specific program as well as all of the university's requirements for residency and graduation.
7. The awarding or use of any non-traditional credit (e.g. CLEP, AP, credit-by-exam, military services, etc.) must be approved by the degree-granting institution.

Pellissippi State – A.A.S./Major:  Mechanical Engineering Technology - Concentration: Manufacturing

FRESHMAN	HOURS	SOPHOMORE	HOURS
ENG 1010	3	EET 1010	4
MTH 1020 or 1021	5	MTH 1050 or 1211	3
CID 1100	3	CHT 1110	4
CST 1330	4	MET 1040, 2710, 1050, 2720	14
PHY 1010	4	SPH 2100, 2200 or 2400	3
MET 1001, 1010, 1020, 2310, 2700	16	Social/Behavioral Science Elective***	3-4
		Humanities Elective**	3
	35		34-35

East Tennessee State University
    B.S. Major:  Engineering Technology - Concentration:  Manufacturing Engineering Technology

JUNIOR	HOURS	SENIOR	HOURS
MATH 1060, 1070	6	Institutions and Society	3
HIST 2010, 2020	6	Heritage (Literature)	3
CHEM 1120/1121 or PHY 2120/2121	4	Manufacturing Sequence:  Programming & Automation or Materials & Processing or Analysis****	15
CSCI 2100	3	ENTC 4017, 4607	7
ENTC 3030, 3260, 3600, 3620	12	Identity, Ethics & Social Responsibility	3
PEXS, MSCI	2	Arts and the Artistic Vision	3
	33		34

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY (865) 439-4310.

*Manufacturing Engineering Technology is an Accrediting Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) Accredited Program.
**Select from ART 1720, 1730; MUS 1010; PHL 1010, 2010, 2400; THE 1000.
***Select from ECN 2010; POL 1010; PSY 1010; SOC 1010.
****Programming & Automation choose from ENTC 3710, 4277, 4297, 4327, 4337, 4717; Materials & Processing choose from ENTC 3010, 3210, 3240, 3680, 4257; Analysis choose from ENTC 3010, 3240, 4227, 4237, 4247, 4257.

Requirements satisfying academic proficiency: Transfer students with 60 or more transferable semester credits are required to take two writing intensive, one communicating orally, and two using information technology courses. These courses are listed in the schedule of classes bulletin that is printed prior to each semester. Your Technology advisor at ETSU will help you to identify these courses.