SUNY Articulation Agreement with HVCC

As of January 2012, SUNY Empire State College has joined the dozens of other four-year colleges and universities that have official transfer agreements with Hudson Valley Community College. The new formal articulation agreement, now in place, makes the process of transferring credits from HVCC to a bachelor’s degree program at Empire State College more direct and efficient.

According to this agreement, all credits earned by a student at HVCC are fully transferrable to Empire State College, where they can be applied to a B.A., B.S., or B.P.S. degree. Up to 80 credits can be transferred this way, provided that the courses chosen meet the requirements for the bachelor’s program. “The college creates articulation agreements with upper division schools…to create a more official way for students to transfer [courses] to a four-year school,” said Eric Bryant, Assistant Director of Communications and Marketing. This agreement provides another viable option for students who wish to stay in the local area upon transferring. It also allows online HVCC students to HVCC to Empire State College. The newly signed articulation agreement is expected to ease the transfer process for more students who do so in the future.

The unique learning environment offered by Empire State College makes it a popular choice for non-traditional, part-time, and online students. “They have an awful lot of different degree programs at Empire State [and] they offer a lot of flexibility for students,” said Bryant. HVCC now also has numerous program-to-program agreements with Empire State College, which ensure a smooth transfer from specific Hudson Valley majors into those at Empire State. This applies to, among many others, the Nursing, Dental Hygiene, Criminal Justice, Early Childhood, and Business Administration programs.

Empire State College allows students to map out a plan for finishing their degree and provides each student a mentor to guide them through the process. The programs are designed especially to accommodate part-time students who have work and other commitments. In addition to the agreement with Empire State College, Hudson Valley also has transfer agreements with more than 50 other four-year schools. These range from SUNY schools such as University at Albany and SUNY Plattsburgh, to private institutions such as UMass Amherst and Syracuse University.

“If you’re interested in continuing as a four-year student, taking your degree here and transferring it somewhere else, the opportunities are pretty broad for you,” Bryant said. For more information about the new transfer agreement and other transfer opportunities, stop by the Center for Counseling and Transfer in CTR 260, or visit www.hvcc.edu/cct