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DEGREE REQUIREMENTS: TRANSFER PROGRAMS
Please refer to Tennessee Board of Regents
Policy No. 2:01:00:00
It is
the intent of Pellissippi State Community College that transfer programs will
fully comply with the applicable Criteria for Accreditation of the Commission
on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). Accordingly,
Minimum
Degree Requirements
I.
The degree requirement for associate’s degrees designed for transfer
purposes (Associate of Arts and Associate of Science*) will be composed of a
minimum of 60 semester credit hours (excluding developmental hours).
II. Effective Fall Semester 2004,
each institution in the
A. Communication Nine (9) hours**
B. Humanities and/or Fine Arts
Nine (9) hours (At least one course must be in literature.)
C. History Six (6) hours***
D. Natural Sciences Eight (8)
hours
E. Social/Behavioral Sciences
Six (6) hours
F. Mathematics Three (3) hours
*Foreign
language courses are an additional requirement for the Associate of Arts (A.A.)
and Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degrees.
**Six
hours of English Composition and three hours in English oral presentational
communication are required.
***Students
who plan to transfer to Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) universities should
take six hours of United States History (three hours may be satisfied by a Tennessee
History course). Students who plan to
transfer to University of Tennessee (UT) System universities or to out-of-state
or private universities should check requirements and take the appropriate
courses.
III. Students who transfer to TBR
universities may be required to take college courses to address high school
deficiencies in order to meet minimum admission requirements effective fall
1989. These courses may also be used to
meet degree requirements specified above.
Students who complete a degree at Pellissippi State and students who
transfer to University of Tennessee with 60 hours or a degree from a community
college will not be required to make up high school deficiencies.
IV. Although the courses
designated by Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) institutions to fulfill the
requirements of the general education subject categories vary, transfer of the
courses is assured through the following means:
- Upon completion of an A.A or A.S. degree, the requirements of the
lower-division general education core will be complete and accepted by a
TBR university in the transfer process.
- If an A.A. or A.S. is not obtained, transfer of general education
courses will be based upon fulfillment of complete subject
categories. (Example: If all eight hours in the category of
Natural Sciences are complete, then this “block” of the general education
core is complete.) When a subject
category is incomplete, course-by-course evaluation will be
conducted. The provision of block
fulfillment pertains also to students who transfer among TBR universities.
- Institutional/departmental requirements of the grade of “C” will
be honored. Even if credit is
granted for a course, any specific requirements for the grade of “C” by
the receiving institution will be enforced.
- In certain majors, specific courses must also be taken in general
education. It is important that
students and advisors be aware of any major requirements that must be
fulfilled under lower-division general education.
Courses
designated to fulfill general education by
Approved:
Executive Council, March 4, 1991
Approved:
President Allen G. Edwards, September 9, 1997
Approved:
President Allen G. Edwards, October 10, 2001
Approved:
President Allen G. Edwards, June 21, 2004
Editorial
Changes, July 2008
Reviewed/Recommended:
President’s Staff, June 22, 2009
Approved: President Allen G. Edwards, June 22, 2009