ARTICULATION AGREEMENT
BETWEEN GARDEN CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
AND PARK UNIVERSITY

OVERVIEW:
This formal program articulation agreement is made and entered 
into by Park University, hereinafter referred to as Park, and 
Garden City Community College, hereinafter referred to as GCCC.  
By this agreement GCCC and Park express a shared commitment to 
increasing opportunities for student access to and success in 
higher education.  By clarifying transfer policies and procedures, 
which assure articulation between programs, the institutions seek 
to assist students in making a seamless transfer from the associate 
to the baccalaureate degree.

PURPOSE:
This agreement provides students who have earned an Associate in Arts, 
Associate in Science, or specific Associate in Applied Science the 
opportunity to complete a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science at 
Park.  Any GCCC student who has earned an Associate in Arts, Associate 
in Science, or specific Associate in Applied Science and adheres to the 
guidelines within this agreement is guaranteed that Park will accept 
designated freshman and sophomore education credits and all general 
education credits and will apply such to the appropriate program in a 
manner consistent with the treatment of native Park students.

CONDITIONS OF TRANSFER:

Section I:  Admissions and Matriculation
GCCC students maintaining continuous enrollment under this agreement 
will be afforded the same treatment and protection as native Park 
students enrolled under a specific catalog.  

Criteria for acceptance into Park will be the same for transfer as for 
native students.

GCCC, upon request of students, will provide verification of completed 
courses to Park through its Office of Admissions and Records.  The 
transcript of students transferring from GCCC will be evaluated by the 
Registrar’s Office at Park.

Transfer students from GCCC will have access to financial aid, scholarships, 
and student services on the same basis as native students.

Minimum grade of C in all courses must be maintained to qualify for transfer 
under this articulation agreement.  Completion of the residency requirement: 
30 hours of earned and graded college hours at Park.  At least 15 of these 
30 hours must be in the major core.  

Park will apply the same academic progress and graduation standards to GCCC 
transfer students as those applicable to native students at Park.


Section II:  Transfer of Credit
A maximum of 75 credit hours will be accepted by Park from GCCC to be applied 
to the Bachelor degree.  Transfer students from GCCC, upon acceptance into 
appropriate program at Park, will have junior standing at Park.


Section III:  Program Plan
While a course-by-course equivalence was used in the development of this plan, 
this agreement presumes that the general education core requirements at GCCC 
meet all freshman and sophomore level university studies requirements of Park.  
Students falling under this program articulation agreement will be responsible 
for successfully completing the following prescribed requirements.

 
TERMS of AGREEMENT:					                   			         


This agreement is made and entered into in the academic year 2010-2011 and 
remains in force unless changed in writing by mutual agreement to both parties.  
The agreement may be amended at any time with the approval of both parties and 
is subject to regular review to assure currency with the respective degree 
requirements.  Should either party desire to discontinue this agreement, advance 
notification of two years will be required.

SIGNATURES:

Garden City Community College and Park University hereby enter into this program 
articulation agreement leading from the Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, 
or specific Associate in Applied Science to a Bachelor or Arts or Bachelor of 
Science degree by the affixing of signatures of the chief executive officers of 
both institutions.

______________________________			________________
Joseph W. Emmons, Ed.D.							Date
Interim President
Garden City Community College

______________________________			________________
Thimios Zaharopoulos, Ph.D.						Date
Interim Provost								  
Park University	
Parkville, Missouri

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