ARTICULATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN CLEVELAND STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND TENNESSEE WESLEYAN COLLEGE

The proposal for an Articulation Agreement between Cleveland State Community College (CSCC) and Tennessee Wesleyan College (TWC) is based on the following provision and requirements:

A.                 Polices and Classifications

Transfer credit will be granted for course work, applicable to a TWC baccalaureate degree, taken at institutions accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) or similar regional accrediting associations.  Grades earned at other institutions are used only for admission, course placement, and other academic decisions.  Students who transfer from 2-year regionally accredited institutions will be granted credit up to 64 semester hours.  A maximum of 96 semester hours may be transferred from all institutions.  The last 32 hours of course work must be taken at TWC.  All students must complete TWC’s All College Requirements (ACR).  Associate degree holders will have to make up any deficiencies between their college’s general education core and the general education core of TWC.

Students who transfer from 2-year regionally accredited institutions will be granted credit for grades of D or higher.  Included with the articulation agreement are the TWC Academic Policies for Transfer Students (as stated both above and in the attachment), check sheets for the different All Colleg Requirements (depending upon the major the student decides to pursue at TWC), a Course Equivalency Chart, and a specific Course Equivalency Chart for the CSCC Nursing Major and TWC’s Fort Sanders Nursing major.

Most students who have graduated from Cleveland State, excluding those that completed the Associate of applied Science degree, have met all but 3-9 hours in the Basic ACR at TWC.  If students follow the check sheets at the end of the articulation agreement, most courses needed at TWC would correlate with the degree requirements at Cleveland State.  Students entering the evening program at Tennessee Wesleyan College can petition to take remaining requirements for the ACR at other institutions.

Permission will only be granted to take those courses needed to fulfill the ACR that are not available in the evening program at Tennessee Wesleyan College.

B.                 Admissions and Enrollment

Admission to TWC is approved on receipt of the official transcript from CSCC.  The student will submit other forms, also, providing necessary personal and health data as determined by TWC.

This Articulation Agreement embodying the above provisions becomes binding upon the appropriate signature from each institution.  The agreement is to be continued each year and may be terminated at any time by either party, providing the other party is given 60 days notice.

TENNESSEE WESLEYAN COLLEGE ACADEMIC POLICES FOR

TRANSFER STUDENTS

TRANSFER CREDIT

Transfer credit will be granted for course work, applicable to a TWC baccalaureate degree, taken at institutions accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) or similar regional accrediting associations.  Grades earned at other institutions are used only for admission, course placement, and other academic decisions.  Course work taken at institutions accredited by other than regional associations will be reviewed on an individual basis for possible transfer credit.  TWC accepts the recommendations contained in the current issue of Report of Credit Given by Education Institutions, a publication of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO).

Students who transfer from 2-year accredited institutions will be granted credit up to 64 semester hours.  A maximum of 96 semester hours may be transferred from all institutions.  The last 32 hours of course work must be taken at TWC.

All students must complete Tennessee Wesleyan College’s All College Requirements (ACR).  Associate degree holders will have to make up any deficiencies between their college’s general education core and the general education core of Tennessee Wesleyan College.

General ACR                         All other majors not listed in ACR I, ACR II,

                                                Pre-Nursing ACR, or the B.A.S. ACR.

ACR I                                     Required for majors in Human Learning and Interdisciplinary

                                                Studies who wish to be licensed to teach

ACR II                                    Required for the B.S. in English and History, the B.M.Ed.

                                                in Music, and for those who wish to be licensed to teach in

General Science/Chemistry, Mathematics, or Physical Education.

Pre-Nursing ACR                  Required for those students entering the major of pre-nursing

                                                who plan to apply to Fort Sanders School of  Nursing at TWC.

ACR for B.A.S.                      Required for those students entering the evening program at

                                                TWC who elect to pursue the B.A. S. degree.

If you have questions regarding the information contained in this document or other questions about Tennessee Wesleyan College, you should contact the Admissions Office at 423-745-5287 or 1-800-PICK-TWC.

Effective September 1, 2000