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The hours earned at North Central Texas College in academic courses
are generally accepted by other accredited colleges and universities
to (1) satisfy specific course requirements or (2) count as electives.
| GOOD ADVICE: Students who plan to
continue their education at a four-year college or university
after leaving NCTC should PLAN AHEAD. The time to find
out whether an NCTC course will transfer to your particular
university destination is BEFORE you enroll in that course.
Your academic advisor will help you choose the courses most
appropriate to your academic objective, and guidance in this
area also is available from NCTC Counseling staff at your campus. |
Save Time & Money
— Transfer from NCTC the Smart Way!
Students planning to transfer to a four-year school should be aware
that each senior college determines its own list of courses required
for a particular kind of degree. Moreover, different colleges do
not require all the same courses for the same degree. Therefore,
knowledge of the degree plan requirements at the institution to
which the student plans to transfer is very important.
The resource to consult in seeking this information is the official
catalog of the institution, and students planning to transfer should
plan their work at NCTC to coincide as closely as possible with
the requirements for obtaining a degree at the senior college of
their choice. The NCTC Counseling Center maintains a library of
senior college catalogs and makes them available to interested students.
College counselors are familiar with course requirements at senior
colleges and will be glad to assist students in determining course
equivalency and in choosing those courses which are appropriate
to their educational objectives after they transfer.
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has established the
following policy to resolve disputes over transfer credit.
- The following procedures shall be followed by public institutions
of higher education in the resolution of credit transfer disputes
involving lower-division courses:
- If any institution of higher education does not accept
course credit earned by a student at another institution of
higher education, the receiving institution shall give written
notice to the student and to the sending institution that
transfer of the course credit is denied.
- The two institutions and the student shall attempt to resolve
the transfer of the course credit in accordance with Board
rules and/or guidelines.
- If the transfer dispute is not resolved to the satisfaction
of the student or the sending institution within 45 days after
the date the student received written notice of denial, the
institution whose credit is denied for transfer shall notify
the Commissioner of the denial.
- The Commissioner of Higher Education or the Commissioner’s
designee shall make the final determination about the dispute
concerning the transfer of course credit and give written notice
of the determination to the involved student and institutions.
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If you’re thinking of transferring from NCTC to a university,
here are two great tips on how to do it the really SMART way:
- Don’t be in too big a hurry—stay at NCTC
and complete your Core Curriculum. Completion of these
42 semester credit hours of Core courses is a requirement at all
public colleges and universities in Texas, so if you don’t
do it at NCTC, you’ll have to do it after transferring.
The smart thing to do is complete your Core courses here where
it’s much less costly, where classes are smaller, where
you’ll get more individual attention from professors and
so on.
Keep in mind that this Core transfers as a block ONLY if you complete
it, but the good news is that if you complete it at NCTC, the
entire block transfers to any other public university in Texas
(UNT, A&M, UT, you name it) no questions asked. Check the
current NCTC Catalog or talk to your advisor or a counselor to
learn more about NCTC’s Core Curriculum courses.
- Stay at NCTC and complete your Associate of Arts or
Associate of Science degree! So many students (to their
great regret later) transfer lacking only a few courses to complete
degree requirements. Yes, your goal is a Bachelor’s Degree
(or higher), but what if something happens to delay or prevent
your attaining that 4-year degree?
In today’s workplace, an Associate Degree is valuable. Completing
that degree says something important about you to potential employers.
And consider this—if you’ll be working while seeking
your 4-year degree, that AA or AS can help you land a much better
job. Be smart— complete your Associate Degree before transferring.
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