GC Catalog 2011 2012 - Gaston College

Student InformationCounselors or advisors will provide assistance tostudents regarding transfer to other institutions.Transfer of credits from one institution to another issubject to change. It is the responsibility of the transferringstudents to research their prospective seniorinstitution. Students may contact the counseling departmentof Gaston College or the admissions officeat the college to which they plan to transfer for informationand guidance on transfer of credits. Althoughfaculty, staff, counselors, advisors, and administratorsare available to help students with planning, theresponsibility rests upon the individual student.College TransferComprehensive Articulation Agreement (CAA)Under the provisions of House Bill 739 and SenateBill 1161, the North Carolina Community CollegeSystem and the University of North Carolina systemhave developed a Comprehensive Articulation Agreement(CAA) to facilitate the transfer of credits forcommunity college students.Gaston College graduates of Associate in Arts andAssociate in Science degree programs who havemade a C or better in each course will be consideredto have fulfilled the institution-wide, general educationrequirements of UNC schools to which they areadmitted and will be admitted as Juniors. Foreignlanguage and physical education requirements ofreceiving institutions must still be met.Transfer students from Gaston College who havecompleted the 44 hours of general education classes(core classes or Diploma in Arts or Diploma inScience) with a C or better in each class will be consideredto have fulfilled the institution-wide, generaleducation requirements of UNC schools. The generaleducation core is a set of 44 semester hours (S.H.)that specifically includes approved courses in thefollowing:AA ASEnglish Composition 6 SHC 6 SHCHumanities/Fine Arts 12 SHC 9 SHCSocial BehavioralSciences 12 SHC 9 SHCNatural Sciences 8 SHC 8-12 SHCMath 6 SHC 8-12 SHCTOTAL 44 SHC 44 SHCTransfer students from Gaston College who havenot completed the 44 hours of general educationclasses (core classes) with a C or better in eachclass or who have not graduated will have to meetthe general education requirements of the receivinginstitution. These students will have their transcriptsevaluated on a course-by-course basis by the receivinguniversities.The North Carolina Independent Colleges andUniversities have adopted a parallel version of theCAA (ICAA). The following private colleges and universitiesin North Carolina honor the ICAA: Barton,Belmont Abbey, Bennett, Brevard, Campbell, Catawba,Chowan, Gardner-Webb, Johnston C. Smith, LeesMcRae, Livingstone, Louisburg, Mars Hill, Montreat,Mount Olive, North Carolina Wesleyan, Peace,Pfeiffer, Queens, St. Andrews, Saint Augustine’s,Shaw, Warren Wilson, and Wingate.ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE DEGREESThe Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) degreesare two-year programs that prepare the student forthe workforce. Additionally, there are some seniorinstitutions where all or part of these degrees are acceptedas the first two years of a four-year program.A few of the senior institutions that accept someof Gaston College A.A.S. degrees are the following:Appalachian State University, Belmont AbbeyCollege, Gardner-Webb University, Lenoir RhyneCollege, Pfeiffer College, Mars Hill College, Universityof NC at Charlotte, Western Carolina University, andWinston-Salem State University.Some senior institutions will evaluate the Associatein Applied Science Degree on a course-by-coursebasis.The minimum requirements for the Associate inApplied Science Degree vary with the degreeprogram. The completion of no fewer than twenty(20) semester hours while in attendance at GastonCollege is required.A student is eligible to graduate with an Associatein Applied Science Degree upon completion of thecurriculum requirements for the particular programlisted in this catalog. A student must have a2.00 grade point average on courses presented forgraduation.22