Academic Education

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Northwest offers classes in many different disciplines, coordinated by seven academic departments: the Business Department, the Education Department, the Fine Arts Department, the Humanities Department, the Social Science Department, the Mathematics Department, and the Natural Sciences Department. Students in the General College Degree 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 discipline. Course requirements for each pathway are provided in the degree map. Some courses may be taken out of sequence and some courses allow substitutions. Specific courses related to your area of focus can be found in two places: myNWCC (click on the Degree Plans tab) and the MS Articulation and Transfer Tool. Students should contact their faculty advisor for details.

In 1991, the Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning and the Mississippi Community College Board reached an articulation agreement on the transfer of student coursework between state universities and community colleges. This agreement provides for the smooth transfer from the community college to 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.

Some degree plans provide guidance for transfer to specific regional or MS universities. Please refer to the listing below for abbreviations of four-year universities and colleges in Mississippi used in the degree plans.

Abbreviations for other area colleges:

Programs

• General College, A.A.

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