TCAT to Community Colleges Articulation

Executive Summary
Articulation Guidelines
Process

The Tennessee community colleges and the Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology have entered into a statewide partnership that promotes student transfer and program articulation. The partnership provides eligible TCAT students the opportunity to receive college credit in an aligned program at a community college upon successfully completing a qualified program at a TCAT and/or earning recognized industry certification(s).

The community college faculty evaluated and determined awarded credits based on the course completion(s), certification(s) earned, or other specified requirements. The SACSCOC-accredited institution agrees to accept specific course work from a non-SACSCOC accredited institution to be applied toward an award from a SACSCOC-accredited institution based on the evaluation by community college faculty. Community college faculty have documented the specific credits that will be awarded in an aligned program and documented that on the agreement. That coursework may not be accepted by other colleges not in the TBR system or universities in transfer, even if it appears on a student transcript. The decision to accept coursework in transfer from any institution is made by the receiving institution, and the acceptance of credits or coursework is based on the receiving institution’s regulations and guidelines.

The articulation guidelines and process contained in this document inform how TCAT graduates who subsequently enroll in an articulated program of study at a community college are processed.

The student must enroll in the program of study at the community college that is aligned with the TCAT program for the credit to transfer without an evaluation by faculty as that has already been determined by faculty in the discipline. If the student enrolls in a different program from the alignment, then the college may choose to do a course-by-course evaluation based on course competencies.
The articulation agreements that are in place have already been approved by the faculty at the community colleges based on an evaluation of course competencies. No other approval is needed for granting credit based on the approved articulation agreements.
TBR will provide a current crosswalk of articulated programs and courses from the TCAT to the community college on a landing page on the TBR website. Check this crosswalk page for current articulations. You may contact TBR- Office of Academic Affairs if you have any questions.

Registrar

Upon the community college receiving a complete student admission application and official college transcript(s) from the TCAT completer, the Registrar will conduct the transfer articulation process to post transfer credit to the student’s academic record. This credit must follow the course-by-course evaluation in the aligned program outlined in the articulation agreement.

Advisor

In the initial community college advising meeting with the student, the community college advisor will access the student's transcript to verify that the student completed the appropriate TCAT program and is admitted to the corresponding community college program. The community college advisor will assist the student with developing an academic plan to complete degree requirements. Please reference the Articulation Crosswalks on the TBR Academic Affairs website.

This site allows TBR colleges access to approved systemwide articulation pathways based on crosswalked TCAT to CC academic programs.

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