Transfer Guide

Major-Specific Course Recommendations:

Students are encouraged to build the Community College course recommendations below into the associate degree to best prepare for the intended major.

Remaining Associate Degree Requirements:

In addition to major-specific course recommendations above, students should work with a community college advisor to select additional community college courses to fulfill the remaining associate degree requirements identified below.

Additional Information From UNC Pembroke:

• Satisfy University graduation requirements outlined in the academic catalog. 
• Writing Intensive Program
  • As a requirement for graduation, students must complete nine semester credit hours of Writing Enriched and Writing in the Discipline courses. One course must be a Writing in the Discipline course.
• Indigenous Cultures & Communities (ICC) Requirement
  • Students transferring to UNCP with 60 (or more) transfer credit hours are required to take EITHER one (1) approved ICC designated 3-credit hour course
  • OR one (1) ICC designated and department-approved co-curricular learning experience.
  • Students transferring to UNCP with fewer than 60 transfer credit hours are required to take EITHER two (2) approved ICC designated 3-credit hour courses OR one (1) approved ICC designated 3-credit hour course AND one (1) ICC designated and department-approved co-curricular learning experience.

North Carolina Birth-Kindergarten Program Standards The goals of the Birth-Kindergarten program are to prepare preservice and in-service Birth-Kindergarten professionals with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to effectively serve infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and their families in diverse settings. Our program is based on the following six standards as established by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.

The successful Birth-Kindergarten professional will

1. have a comprehensive knowledge of typical as well as atypical patterns of child development;
2. foster relationships with families that support children’s development and learning;
3. build community partnerships in support of children and families;
4. use authentic, ongoing assessment of children’s abilities in order to plan, implement, and evaluate programs that build upon each child’s unique strengths;
5. create and adapt environments and intentionally plan and implement an integrated curriculum that facilitates every child’s construction of knowledge and provides a strong foundation for lifelong learning;
6. provide an integrated curriculum derived from Infant-Toddler Guidelines, Foundations for Early Learning, and the Kindergarten Common Core Standards which includes the following areas: emotional/social development; physical development, health, nutrition, and safety; and cognitive development.

Remaining Bachelor’s Degree Requirements at University: