Forgive me.....Are Comm Colleges

[Lux Et Veritas Academy]

Are Community colleges Liberal Art programs just equiv to high school courses? I taught at a community college in a foreign language so I am not sure about the other courses. Sorry for my stupidity!

[Dana]

It depends on the course.
I teach math at our cc - basically developmental math courses which are equivalent to high school courses. (And it's really tragic when recent high school graduates end up in my classes. They've had precalculus and end up back in basic algebra.)

We also have courses that go through differential equations which would generally be taken in your second year of math studies (after calculus 3).

I'd recommend checking any articulation agreements with other colleges. You can check in particular with your state's university system to see the chances that the course will be accepted at other schools.

For instance, the developmental courses would not transfer (and in fact don't even count for an associate's degree) but it would be very possible to take enough courses that do transfer and enter our state university as a sophomore with most of your general education requirements met.

[Ravin]

No, they are equivalent to the lower-level courses at a four-year college, except for remedial courses. Generally, a semester college course at that level would count as a full year credit for high school.

[creekland]

Besides the "it depends on the course" (correct), beware which courses you take. As we're looking at colleges, the better ones have told me they will not accept cc courses IN my son's major as they want those courses taught themselves. They will accept courses outside his major to fulfill core requirements or electives.

[GVA]

I'm an adjunct in a state system that is closely tied to the 4-year schools, and we teach from the same criteria and use the same textbooks in many cases. A 2-year degree from my college with the right courses and a certain GPA has guaranteed transfer and admission to many of the 4-year schools, even some of the nationally-ranked ones.

Not every state is like that of course...

[K-FL]

I'm an adjunct in a state system that is closely tied to the 4-year schools, and we teach from the same criteria and use the same textbooks in many cases. A 2-year degree from my college with the right courses and a certain GPA has guaranteed transfer and admission to many of the 4-year schools, even some of the nationally-ranked ones.

Not every state is like that of course...


It's the same in FL. The state schools are all equal & U of FL even prefers that students transfer in as Juniors (unless their top of their class types) since it takes a load off of all those freshman classes that everyone has to take. It also keeps U of F's numbers down on "freshman not returning.";)

[DB in NJ]

I'm an adjunct in a state system that is closely tied to the 4-year schools, and we teach from the same criteria and use the same textbooks in many cases. A 2-year degree from my college with the right courses and a certain GPA has guaranteed transfer and admission to many of the 4-year schools, even some of the nationally-ranked ones.

Not every state is like that of course...

Yes, such is the case the cc my ds is going to. They have agreements with many 4-year colleges, including Drexel.

[Karin]

It varies. I just learned that if dd does a full 2 years at this one community college, she can finish at any state college for the very same tuition. This implies that the courses are college level.