Tompkins Cortland Community College and Hartwick College signed a transfer agreement Tuesday that offers business administration and sport management graduates a path into corresponding bachelor's degree programs at Hartwick in Oneonta.
TC3 President Amy Kremenek and Hartwick President Laurel Bongiorno signed the agreement on TC3's Dryden campus, according to a college release. TC3's published transfer terms say eligible students receive priority consideration for admission, rather than unconditional acceptance.
Students must complete a TC3 associate degree in business administration or sport management with a GPA of at least 2.0, meet Hartwick's standard admission requirements and complete the courses specified in the agreement's equivalency tables to qualify for junior standing.
TC3 graduates who transfer to Hartwick under the agreement are eligible for a guaranteed scholarship of at least $10,000. The colleges did not give a larger award amount in the release.
The published terms allow up to 90 transfer credits with grades of C or higher. Associate-degree holders will have satisfied Hartwick's general education requirements except for its FlightPath capstone, which they must complete at Hartwick.
Courses that have no direct Hartwick equivalent may count as electives in the major with approval from the appropriate department chair. Other credits remain subject to review by Hartwick's registrar. TC3's posted business-administration course tables list separate integrative and quantitative tracks, giving students a way to check specific course matches before transferring.
Students who transfer without a TC3 associate degree in one of the two named programs must meet Hartwick's regular transfer-admission criteria and have their courses evaluated individually.
The signing follows a plan the colleges announced earlier this month to establish the two pathways. TC3 said the agreement is intended to help graduates continue toward bachelor's degrees in the same fields.
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