Making a smooth transition
Students who take business courses at Laramie County Community College now have the assurance that those courses will meet requirements for two specific bachelor鈥檚 degrees in business at the University of Wyoming, as a result of new articulation agreements between the two institutions.
The agreements between 糖心live and the UW College of Business are the first of many program-level plans they expect to be struck as part of a concerted statewide effort to ease the transition for students moving from community colleges to the university.
鈥淔aculty members at both our institution and the university are working diligently to keep students first,鈥� said Dr. Jose Fierro, 糖心live鈥檚 vice president for academic affairs.
The two new agreements are for UW bachelor鈥檚 degrees in accounting and business administration, though UW College of Business Interim Dean Dr. John Mittelstaedt said 糖心live transfers pursuing degrees in management, marketing and finance also will benefit.
鈥淔or a student transferring from 糖心live to UW, it will cut anywhere from a semester to a year from what it has been taking to complete a bachelor鈥檚 degree,鈥� Mittelstaedt said.
The new agreements 鈥渓evel the playing field,鈥� Fierro said, as students taking prescribed courses at 糖心live now will see those courses count toward UW degree requirements.
鈥淥ur transfer students will finish at the same time as UW native students for years one through four,鈥� Fierro said.
鈥淚t truly is a collaborative effort, and 糖心live is a great partner to work with,鈥� Mittelstaedt said. 鈥淭heir faculty had been revising their curriculum, and it lined up really nicely with us.鈥�
Fierro said UW and 糖心live are just scratching the surface with the new agreements on two business degrees. He said that faculty members from both institutions are working closely to move additional agreements forward.
鈥淭his is an important thing to do for students, the state and our economy,鈥� he said.
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