Transfer Programs

    Southwest Texas Junior College offers transfer programs for those students who wish to pursue a baccalaureate degree at a senior college or university. Before enrolling in courses, students should discuss their career goals with a counselor and explore the requirements for meeting those goals.

    Students should consider all options and should define the requirements for each option. Those considerations should include determining whether or not the college or university offers the program of study which they plan to pursue and determining whether or not they are eligible for the program and are able to meet both admissions and financial requirements.

    Students should discuss test scores with a counselor and understand what they mean and how they may affect the selection of courses. Notice in the course descriptions section of this catalog that many courses require certain reading, writing, or mathematics skills which are determined by the placements tests student take upon entry.

    Counselors are available to help students determine which courses they should take as well as to plan how many courses they should take. The normal load in a spring or fall semester is five academic courses. However, students who work more than ten hours a week, have family obligations, or commute long distances should take fewer hours.


    After talking with a counselor, students should consider other steps involved in selecting courses and completing degree requirements. The student should consider taking review courses or remedial courses if their background is weak in certain subjects or if a long period of time has passed since they studied a particular subject. Students should take courses in the proper sequence. Some courses have prerequisites, meaning that certain courses must be completed prior to enrolling in more advanced courses.

    Students who have already completed college credit at another college or university prior to enrolling at Southwest Texas Junior College must submit official transcripts to the Admissions Office. Students pursuing a degree at Southwest Texas Junior College must request that those transcripts be evaluated in order to determine which courses will transfer and apply to the major which they have selected at Southwest Texas Junior College.

Associate in Arts Degree

    The Associate in Arts (A.A.) degree is designed for students who plan to transfer to a senior college or university. This degree includes general education courses such as English, foreign language, history, government, mathematics, and lab science, which are considered to be core requirements for almost all baccalaureate degree programs. (See a listing of core courses required for the Associate in Arts degree in the Curricula Section.)

    Students should keep in mind the advantages of completing the requirements of a degree at Southwest Texas Junior College even if they are planning to transfer to another college or university to complete a baccalaureate degree. An obvious advantage of completing any degree is the fact that this action reflects commitment to a specific educational goal and success in meeting that goal. Earning an associate degree is evidence of taking one definable step beyond a high school diploma or the high school equivalency examination, and it is the minimum educational requirement for employment in certain positions in area businesses and industries.

   

Listed below are the majors from which students may choose for the Associate in Arts degree at Southwest Texas Junior College. Not all majors which are available at senior colleges and universities are available at Southwest Texas Junior College; however, students may receive the Associate in Arts degree at Southwest Texas Junior College and be prepared to transfer to a particular program at a senior institution by completing the core requirements and by selecting other courses as specified in the transfer plans developed by Southwest Texas Junior College in cooperation with senior institutions to which students transfer. Those plans, which are available in the Counseling Center, are designed to prepare students to transfer to a particular senior college or university by specifying the courses which are required to complete the first two years of a baccalaureate degree in a particular major. Southwest Texas Junior College transfer programs leading to an Associate in Arts degree are as follows:
 

* This is a variation of the Field of Study: Business