MGA offers CGTC students new pathway to bachelor’s degree in criminal justice
Author: Communications
Posted: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 6:45 PM
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Dr. Ivan Allen, CGTC president (photo, at right), and Dr. Christopher Blake, MGA president(photo, at left), signed an agreement today that ensures that certain core and Criminal Justice courses taken at CGTC will transfer seamlessly to MGA. For students, this means they will not lose accumulated credits for those courses when they transition from CGTC into a four-year program at MGA.
“This agreement is one of many that CGTC has with University System institutions across the state,” said Dr. Amy Holloway, vice president for Academic Affairs at CGTC. “We want to provide opportunities for our students to transfer easily into a four-year program. Our partnership with Middle Georgia State College allows our students to continue their education for a four-year degree close to home.”
The articulation agreement, which takes effect in January 2015, incorporates 11 core courses included in the guaranteed transfer agreement established in 2012 between the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) and the University System of Georgia (USG). Additionally, the agreement allows for transfer of 12 program area courses specific to Criminal Justice. As a result, all of the CGTC credits included in the agreement will be accepted at MGA if the student chooses to continue his or her education in Criminal Justice at Middle Georgia State.
“In an era when a Bachelor’s degree can amount to 84 percent more earnings over a lifetime, we are pleased to partner with CGTC to offer their graduates a clear pathway to a four-year degree at Middle Georgia State,” said Blake, who noted that MGA has signed similar agreements with other colleges. “This is just one example of the way the technical college and university systems are collaborating to make it easier for students to earn the credentials they need,” Blake said.
He added, “I especially want to commend Dr. Allen for his leadership in developing this new opportunity in middle Georgia.”
The articulation agreement was signed and made official in a short ceremony today at the Professional Sciences Center on the Macon Campus of Middle Georgia State. This is the second articulation agreement signed between the two colleges. The first, signed in November 2011, provided a similar seamless transition for Information Technology students at CGTC to transfer into a four-year program at MGA.