Community college students who want to complete a bachelor’s degree at Middle Tennessee State University now have a guarantee that their credits will transfer to MTSU, if they choose one of 27 different majors offering transfer pathways.
A student entering a Tennessee community college can select designated MTSU majors with accompanying transfer pathways, complete required courses, earn an associate’s degree and transition seamlessly as a junior to MTSU.
MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee noted that it aligns with the University’s other efforts to enhance student retention and graduation levels, including substantial enhancements to advising and a new electronic academic alert system, both launching this fall.
The 27 pathways offered by MTSU as part of the program are: Accounting; Agriculture- Agriculture Business; Agriculture- Animal Science; Agriculture- Plant and Soil Science; Art (Studio); Biology; Business Administration; Chemistry; Computer Science; Criminal Justice; Economics; English; Exercise Science; Foreign Language; Geography; History; Information Systems; Mass Communication; Mathematics; Physics; Political Science; Pre-Nursing; Psychology; Social Work; Sociology; Speech Communication; and Theatre Arts.
More information on MTSU’s pathways is available at http://www.tntransferpathway.org/campuses/middle-tennessee-state-university.