Transfer Opportunities
The Commission on Higher Education for the State of South Carolina coordinates postsecondary education in public-supported institutions, including policies and procedures for students and their course credits transferring among these institutions. The Commission’s policies and procedures and Piedmont Technical College’s transfer information follow. For more information regarding transfer, students may access on the internet the Commission’s home page at www.che.sc.gov or Piedmont Technical College’s home page at www.ptc.edu/transfer.
General Information
Piedmont Technical College’s transfer opportunities can be the first step toward a four-year degree. The college strives to make transfer to a four-year university or college an attractive and barrier-free option for graduates.
The college offers two-year associate degrees in arts and sciences that allow students to smoothly transfer to all public universities in the state as well as many private colleges. This catalog’s section on Arts and Sciences Curricula contains more information on these transfer opportunities. Special transfer opportunities are also available for students entering the Agriculture, Business, Cardiovascular Technology, Commercial Arts, Computer Technology, Criminal Justice, Early Care and Education, Engineering Technology, Human Services and Nursing programs.
Students wishing to transfer to senior institutions after completing their degrees at Piedmont Technical College should indicate this desire to their Academic Advisors in order to receive appropriate advisement. It is the student’s responsibility to obtain a catalog from the four-year college or university that he/she plans to attend and to review the transfer policies of that institution. Students should also review the degree requirements carefully for the major they intend to complete at the senior institution. All four-year public senior institutions in South Carolina have transfer course equivalence guides for transfer students to use when scheduling courses from a technical college. These guides may be obtained directly from the senior institution, from the senior institution’s website or from their academic advisor.
Secondary Articulation Agreements
Articulation agreements with school districts in the Piedmont Technical College service area allow the transfer of credits for students completing certain programs of study in high school upon entrance to Piedmont Technical College in the same program of study with certain conditions. Credits are issued based on the development and implementation of common course objectives for specified common courses. These correlation charts ensure accurate and accessible academic transfer of credits between the high school and the technical college in a specified program without additional cost in time or money to the student. The intent of these articulation agreements is to expand access to higher education for students through a uniform policy for the transfer of credit from high school to Piedmont Technical College under three conditions:
- High school students must master the competencies listed on the curriculum correlation chart;
- High school students must earn a grade of “B” or better; and
- The high school instructor must recommend in writing students who have successfully completed course(s).
Through articulation, students may enter the technical college with pre-earned credit hours and complete their program of study at the technical college sooner. This opportunity is designed for students who are focused on their career and serious about their goal to complete the technical college program.
Transfer Policy for Public Two-Year and Four-Year Institutions in South Carolina
South Carolina Transfer and Articulation Center (SCTRAC)
All two- and four-year public institutions will publish information related to course articulation and transfer, including but not limited to:
- The institution’s definition of a transfer student;
- Requirements for admission both to the institution and, if more selective, requirements for admission to particular programs;
- Institutional and, if more selective, programmatic maximums of course credits allowable in transfer;
- Information about course equivalencies and transfer agreements.
All of which can be found on the South Carolina Transfer and Articulation Center website (www.SCTRAC.org). Course equivalency information listing all courses accepted from each institution in the state (including the 86 courses in the Statewide Articulation Agreement) and their respective course equivalencies (including courses in the “free elective” category) will be made available on http://www.sctrac.org/. This course equivalency information will be updated as equivalencies are added or changed and will be reviewed annually for accuracy. Additionally, articulation agreements between public South Carolina institutions of higher education will be made available on www.SCTRAC.org, will be updated as articulation agreements are added or changed, and will be reviewed annually for accuracy. All other transfer information published on www.SCTRAC.org will be reviewed at least annually and updated as needed.
Assurance of Transferability of Coursework Covered by the Transfer Policy
Coursework (i.e. individual courses, transfer blocks, and statewide agreements) covered within this transfer policy will be transferable if the student has completed the coursework with a “C” grade (2.0 on a 4.0 scale) or above. However, the transfer of grades does not relieve the student of the obligation to meet any GPA requirements or other admissions requirements of the institution or program to which application has been made. In addition, any four-year institution which has institutional or programmatic admissions requirements for transfer students with cumulative grade point averages (GPAs) higher than 2.0 on a 4.0 scale will apply such entrance requirements equally to transfer students from regionally accredited South Carolina public institutions regardless of whether students are transferring from a four-year or two-year institution. Any coursework covered within this transfer policy will be transferable to any public institution without any additional fee and without any further encumbrance such as a “validation examination,” “placement examination/instrument,” “verification instrument,” or any other stricture, notwithstanding any institutional or system policy, procedure, or regulation to the contrary.
Statewide Articulation of 86 Courses
The Statewide Articulation Agreement of 86 courses approved by the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education for transfer from two- to four-year public institutions is applicable to all public institutions, including two-year institutions and institutions within the same system. In instances where an institution does not have courses synonymous to ones on this list, it will identify comparable courses or course categories for acceptance of general education courses on the statewide list. This list of courses is available online at www.che.sc.gov as well as on www.SCTRAC.org.
Technical College Courses Transferable to Public Senior Institutions (CHE’s List of 86)
| Courses | Course Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ACC 101 | Accounting Principles I | 3 |
| ACC 102 | Accounting Principles II | 3 |
| ANT 101 | General Anthropology | 3 |
| ART 101 | Art History and Appreciation | 3 |
| ART 105 | Film as Art | 3 |
| AST 101 | Solar System Astronomy | 4 |
| AST 102 | Stellar Astronomy | 4 |
| BIO 101 | Biological Science I | 4 |
| BIO 102 | Biological Science II | 4 |
| BIO 210 | Anatomy and Physiology I | 4 |
| BIO 211 | Anatomy and Physiology II | 4 |
| BIO 225 | Microbiology | 4 |
| CHM 110 | College Chemistry I | 4 |
| CHM 111 | College Chemistry II | 4 |
| CHM 112 | College Chemistry II | 4 |
| CHM 211 | Organic Chemistry I | 4 |
| CHM 212 | Organic Chemistry II | 4 |
| ECO 210 | Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECO 211 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| ENG 101 | English Composition I | 3 |
| ENG 102 | English Composition II | 3 |
| ENG 201 | American Literature I | 3 |
| ENG 202 | American Literature II | 3 |
| ENG 203 | American Literature Survey | 3 |
| ENG 205 | English Literature I | 3 |
| ENG 206 | English Literature II | 3 |
| ENG 208 | World Literature I | 3 |
| ENG 209 | World Literature II | 3 |
| ENG 214 | Fiction | 3 |
| ENG 218 | Drama | 3 |
| ENG 222 | Poetry | 3 |
| ENG 230 | Women in Literature | 3 |
| ENG 236 | African American Literature | 3 |
| ENG 260 | Advanced Technical Communications | 3 |
| FRE 101 | Elementary French I | 4 |
| FRE 102 | Elementary French II | 4 |
| FRE 201 | Intermediate French I | 3 |
| FRE 202 | Intermediate French II | 3 |
| GEO 101 | Introduction to Geography | 3 |
| GEO 102 | World Geography | 3 |
| GER 101 | Elementary German I | 4 |
| GER 102 | Elementary German II | 4 |
| HIS 101 | Western Civilization to 1689 | 3 |
| HIS 102 | Western Civilization Post 1689 | 3 |
| HIS 201 | American History : Discovery to 1877 | 3 |
| HIS 202 | American History : 1877 to Present | 3 |
| MAT 110 | College Algebra | 3 |
| MAT 111 | College Trigonometry | 3 |
| MAT 120 | Probability and Statistics | 3 |
| MAT 122 | Finite College Mathematics | 3 |
| MAT 130 | Elementary Calculus | 3 |
| MAT 140 | Analytical Geometry and Calculus I | 4 |
| MAT 141 | Analytical Geometry and Calculus II | 4 |
| MAT 240 | Analytical Geometry and Calculus III | 4 |
| MAT 242 | Differential Equations | 4 |
| MUS 105 | Music Appreciation | 3 |
| PHI 101 | Introduction to Philosophy | 3 |
| PHI 105 | Introduction to Logic | 3 |
| PHI 106 | Logic II Inductive Reasoning | 3 |
| PHI 110 | Ethics | 3 |
| PHI 115 | Contemporary Moral Issues | 3 |
| PHY 201 | Physics I | 4 |
| PHY 202 | Physics II | 4 |
| PHY 221 | University Physics I | 4 |
| PHY 222 | University Physics II | 4 |
| PHY 223 | University Physics III | 4 |
| PSC 201 | American Government | 3 |
| PSC 215 | State and Local Government | 3 |
| PSY 201 | General Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 203 | Human Growth and Development | 3 |
| PSY 208 | Human Sexuality | 3 |
| PSY 212 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 |
| SOC 101 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| SOC 102 | Marriage and The Family | 3 |
| SOC 205 | Social Problems | 3 |
| SOC 206 | Social Psychology | 3 |
| SOC 210 | Juvenile Delinquency | 3 |
| SOC 220 | Sociology of the Family | 3 |
| SOC 235 | Thanatology | 3 |
| SPA 101 | Elementary Spanish I | 4 |
| SPA 102 | Elementary Spanish II | 4 |
| SPA 201 | Intermediate Spanish I | 3 |
| SPA 202 | Intermediate Spanish II | 3 |
| SPC 205 | Public Speaking | 3 |
| SPC 210 | Oral Interpretation of Literature | 3 |
| THE 101 | Introduction to Theatre | 3 |
The S.C. Commission on Higher Education’s Transfer Policy states that these courses are approved to transfer to any senior public institution in the state. Many private colleges in the state also accept them. All students should confirm with the receiving college their planned transfer curriculum.
Note: Individual college transfer guidelines list other courses that are approved for transfer besides those that are listed on CHE’s transfer list.