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GENERAL INFORMATIONWEAPONS AND FIREARMSTidewater Community College’s employees (including temporary workersprovided by other employers), vendors, contractors, students, andvolunteers are prohibited from carrying, maintaining, or storing a firearm orweapon on college property and in any college facility, even if the owner hasa valid permit.Any such individual who is reported or discovered to possess a firearm orweapon in violation of this policy will be asked to remove it immediately.Failure to comply may result in the imposition of appropriate employee orstudent sanctions, including disciplinary action, and/or arrest.The college provides an exception to this prohibition for sworn lawenforcement officials appointed pursuant to appropriate sections of theCode of Virginia and sworn federal law enforcement officers.Programs of StudyTidewater Community College is a comprehensive institution of highereducation offering programs of study generally extending no longer than twoyears beyond the high school level. Career and technical education programs(AAS and AAA degree programs, certificates, and career studies certificateoptions) prepare students for employment. The college transfer programs(AS and AA degrees) offer freshman and sophomore courses in arts andsciences disciplines and pre-professional fields designed to meet standardsacceptable for transfer to baccalaureate (four-year) degree programs.STATE POLICY ON TRANSFERIn 1991, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) andthe Virginia Community College System (VCCS) adopted the State Policy onTransfer to ensure transferability of the Associate of Arts and Associate ofScience degrees from community colleges. Graduates of TCC’s AA and ASdegrees who are accepted into a baccalaureate degree program can expectto be classified as juniors and to have met lower-level general educationrequirements at public four-year colleges and universities in Virginia.Details on the state transfer policy are available atwww.schev.edu.Note: While TCC’s Associate of Science degree in General Studies maybe transferable to many four-year institutions, the flexible design of theprogram is not intended to ensure the same ease of transferability as theother transfer degrees.ARTICULATION AGREEMENTSTidewater Community College works with baccalaureate degree-grantinginstitutions to develop articulation agreements that guarantee transferstudents are treated on an equal basis with the receiving institution’snative students. The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) alsonegotiates agreements with four-year institutions that guarantee admissionto qualified students enrolled in any community college in the VCCS.TCC’s guaranteed admissions and articulation agreements apply only tograduates of the college’s designated transfer degrees. Students interestedin transferring to a four-year institution prior to completing the associatedegree must apply through the transfer institution’s competitive admissionsprocess, and transferability of course work will be evaluated on a courseby-coursebasis.Guaranteed admissions agreements are currently available with ChristopherNewport University, the College of William and Mary, James MadisonUniversity, Longwood University, Norfolk State University, Old DominionUniversity, Radford University, the University of Mary Washington, theUniversity of Virginia, the University of Virginia’s College at Wise, VirginiaCommonwealth University, Virginia State University, and Virginia Techfor students who meet the conditions outlined in the agreements. TCC orthe VCCS also has signed agreements with Bellevue University, BluefieldCollege, Cappella University, Chowan University, ECPI College of Technology,Emory and Henry College, Ferrum College, George Mason University, HollinsUniversity, Illinois Institute of Technology, Liberty University, LynchburgCollege, Mary Baldwin College, Randolph College, Regent University,Regis University, Shenandoah University, Strayer University, Sweet BriarCollege, Troy University, University of Maryland University College, VirginiaUnion University, and Virginia Wesleyan College. Most general agreementsguarantee admission to the university, but not necessarily to the student’smajor of choice. Many majors have competitive admissions that requirestudents to meet additional grade point average and course requirementsfor admission.Program-to-program articulation agreements provide benefits for studentsthat go beyond the guarantees outlined in the State Policy on Transfer andthe guaranteed admissions agreements. Details on the transfer agreementsare available from a campus transfer counselor or academic advisor.Students are advised to consult frequently with an advisor or campuscounselor to get the most accurate information on transfer and articulation.TWO-YEAR COLLEGE TRANSFER GRANTThe Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program (CTG) was enacted into law inVirginia in 2007. Under this program, qualified students who complete theirassociate degree at a Virginia two-year public college and then transfer toa participating Virginia four-year college or university may receive the newCTG award.For more information, go to www.schev.edu (click on Financial Aid) orthe Financial Aid office at your intended four-year transfer institution.Additional information is available from the Virginia Education Wizardat www.vawizard.org/vccs/Transfer.action.GENERAL INFORMATIONTIDEWATER COMMUNITY COLLEGE • CATALOG 2013-1427