PCC offers assistance with transfer options and many four-year universities have special programs and incentives for students completing this program at Piedmont Community College.
The North Carolina Comprehensive Articulation Agreement (CAA) is a statewide agreement governing the transfer of credits between NC community colleges and NC public universities and has as its objective the smooth transfer of students. A number of private 4-year colleges and universities in North Carolina also subscribed to the CAA. The CAA provides certain assurances to the transferring student; for example:
- Assures admission to one of the 16 UNC institutions (Transfer Assured Admissions Policy)
- Enables NC community college graduates of two-year Associate in Arts and Associate in Science degree programs who are admitted to constituent institutions of the University of NC to transfer with junior status.
- Students are able to meet general education requirements at the 4-year institutions by completing selected pre-approved Universal General Education Transfer Core courses (UGETC)
Community college graduates who have earned 60-61 semester hours of academic credit in approved transfer courses with a grade of “C” or better in each course and an overall GPA of at least 2.7 on a 4.0 scale will receive at least 60-61 semester hours of academic credit upon admission to a university. Courses may also transfer through bilateral agreements between institutions. Courses offered through bilateral agreements may not transfer to all receiving institutions.
Courses
| Required Courses for Program | |
| ACA 122 | College Transfer Success |
| ENG 111 | Writing and Inquiry |
| ENG 112 | Writing/Research in the Disciplines |
| EDU 187 | Teaching and Learning for All |
| EDU 216 | Foundations of Education |
| EDU 250 | Teacher Licensure Preparation |
| EDU 279 | Literacy Development and Instruction |
| MAT XXX | Mathematics Choice 1 |
| MAT XXX | Mathematics Choice 2 |
| SOC 225 | Social Diversity |
| XXX | Natural Science Choice 1 |
| XXX | Natural Science Choice 2 |
| XXX | Social/Behavioral Science (1 Course) |
| XXX | Humanities and Fine Arts (2 Courses) |
| XXX | Additional GEN Ed Elective (3-4 Courses) |
| Total Semester Hours Required for Degree = 60-61 | |
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Process for Admissions
||Submit official transcript(s) of high school education and all post-high school course work to the Office of Admissions if requested. Official GED scores or transcript of courses for the Adult High School Diploma may be submitted in lieu of the high school transcript.
||Diploma and certificate admission requirements may vary. Contact the Admissions Office for details.
Suggested Course Sequence - Full Time Student
| Course# | Course Name | CL. | LB. | CLIN. | CR. |
| FALL SEMESTER | |||||
| ENG 111 | Writing and Inquiry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| ACA 122 | College Transfer Success | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| EDU 216 | Foundations in Education | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MAT XXX | Mathematics Choice 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| XXX | Natural Science Choice 1 | 3 | 2-3 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | 6-7 | 0 | 15 | ||
| SPRING SEMESTER | |||||
| ENG 112 | Writing/Research in the Disciplines | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MAT XXX | Mathematics Choice 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| XXX | Natural Science Choice 2 | 3 | 2-3 | 0 | 4 |
| SOC 225 | Social Diversity | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| EDU 187 | Teaching and Learning for All | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | 7-8 | 0 | 18 | ||
| FALL SEMESTER | |||||
| EDU 279 | Literacy Development and Instruction | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| XXX | Social/Behavioral Science | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| XXX | Humanities/Fine Arts | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| XXX | GEN Ed Elective | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 |
| 12-13 | 0 | 0 | 13-14 | ||
| SPRING SEMESTER | |||||
| EDU 250 | Teacher Licensure Preparation | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| COM 231 | Public Speaking | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| XXX | GEN Ed Elective | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 |
| XXX | GEN Ed Elective | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 |
| 12-14 | 0 | 0 | 12-14 | ||
| Total Semester Hours Required for Associates: | 54-55 | 15 | 0 | 60-61 | |
