Holyoke Community College: Admission

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Guide to Transfer Opportunities

Telephone: (413) 552-2498, 2303
Location: Fr 203

mbroadbent@hcc.mass.edu

Articulation Agreements

The College has numerous Articulation agreements with four-year institutions that make transfer to and acceptance of HCC credits by these institutions both simple and convenient. Prospective transfer students should familiarize themselves with any agreements of interest to them as early as possible in their stay at HCC to ensure that requirements are met.

Some of the four-year institutions that Holyoke Community College currently has articulation agreements with are Bay Path College, the Art Institution of Boston, Johnson & Wales, Mass. College of Art, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rivier College, Springfield College, Saint Joseph's College, Charter Oak State University, Western New England College, Jones International University Plymouth University (England), Bryant University, Cambridge College, Nichols College, Pine Manor College, and Sacred Heart University For further information, contact the Transfer Counselor (Frost 203).

Commonwealth Transfer Compact
The Commonwealth Transfer Compact is an agreement between the four-year state colleges and universities and the community colleges in Massachusetts. The Compact provides that the course-work done to earn an Associate Degree will be transferred as a unit to the transfer institution and applied toward a Baccalaureate Degree, provided that a specific core of courses is included, and that the student is accepted by the transfer institution.

The Transfer Compact Core of courses for students entering Holyoke Community College is as follows:

English Composition	Code A	6 credits
Behavioral and Social Science	Code B	9 credits
Humanities and Fine Arts	Code C	9 credits
Natural or Physical Science	Code D	8 credits
Mathematics	Code D	3 credits

Students are required to earn 60 credits exclusive of developmental coursework.

Transfer Compact Core course designations, A, B, C, D, are included as part of the description of all courses meeting Transfer Compact requirements in the COURSE DESCRIPTION section of the College Catalog. A list of courses designation appears in that section as well.

Other Information:

Students must complete the Associate Degree in order to qualify for Transfer Compact status.
All requirements must be met prior to enrollment at the four-year institution.
Transfer institutions have the right to require a full two years of upper division work for the Baccalaureate Degree and to impose major course requirements.
The grade "D" will be accepted toward the Baccalaureate Degree, but will be credited toward the major only if it is also credit for students who enrolled in the four-year institution as first-year students.
Students must achieve a G.P.A. of not less than 2.0 at the community college.
Transfer Compact status does not assure admission to any institution.

Private School Joint Admissions

Holyoke Community College has established Joint Admissions programs with the following local private schools, American International College, Bay Path College, Elms College, Springfield College, and Western New England College . Enrollment into these programs is based upon designated programs at Holyoke Community College. Students interested in these program must sign up for this program as early as possible.

Under these programs students are conditionally accepted into these schools provided that you have earned an associate degree or accumulated 60 credits hours at Holyoke Community College with a minimum cumulative grade point average ( American International College 2.0 GPA, Bay Path College 2.0 GPA, Elms College 2.5 GPA Springfield College 2.5 GPA and Western New England College 2.3 GPA). Each school has established merit based financial aid packaging based upon the student cumulative grade point average. For further information please contact the Transfer Counselor (Frost 203).

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Pathways Program

This is an exciting new initiative between Holyoke Community and Mount Holyoke Colleges funded by the Jack Kent Cooke grant.
This special program is devoted to help strong, committed, under-represented students earn their bachelor’s degree from selective liberal art colleges like Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, and Amherst College.
The Pathways Program provides academic support services such as, academic counseling, workshops about financial aid and other important topics, mentoring, the Math Transition seminar, and Learning Community courses for promising students to prepare them to transfer to a four-year, selective, liberal arts institutions.

For more informtion, please contact

Irma Medina

at 552-2857 - Frost Room 264