Academic Education

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The Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning and the Mississippi State Board for Community and Junior Colleges reached in 1991 an articulation agreement on the transfer of student course work between state universities and community colleges. This agreement provides for the smooth transfer from the community college to over 166 programs of study offered by the universities.Each university will accept the courses listed on a particular transfer program without loss of credit toward the conclusion of the four-year degree. It is intended that this articulation agreement be a minimum program transfer for all students moving from the community college to the university system - acting as a “safety net” for transfer students. The agreement does not replace any individual articulation agreement between a particular community college and a university which would allow additional courses to transfer into a specific program of study. For purposes of advising Northwest students, a copy of the Articulation Agreement has been placed in the office of every faculty adviser.

Northwest offers classes in eight academic departments: the Business Department, the Education Department, the Fine Arts Department, the Humanities Department, the Social Science Department, the Nursing Department, the Mathematics Department and the Natural Sciences Department. Students in the A.A. Degree Program (with the exception of the Nursing Program), follow educational pathways leading to transfer to a four-year university or college. Pathways for specific four-year programs are listed under the corresponding academic department. Course requirements for each pathway may be found at the College’s website, www.northwestms.edu. Also listed are the academic advisers for each campus in each of the eight departments, as well as the department-specific courses offered by the College.

Please refer to the listing below for abbreviations of four-year universities and colleges in Mississippi:

Abbreviations for other area colleges:

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