College Catalog

Career and College Promise provides a focused means for students to begin completion of college transfer credits or career training prior to their graduation from high school. Courses under Career and College Promise are offered to high school students with no charge for tuition.

Eligible high school students may earn:

• College credit, which is completely transferrable to all UNC System Institutions, as well as many private schools and out-of-state universities and colleges.
• College credit toward a credential, certificate or diploma in a technical career.
• Workforce Continuing Education credit toward an industry-recognized credential or certification.

• A high school diploma and two years of college credit in four to five years through cooperative innovative high schools (Hoke County students only).

Upon meeting eligibility requirements, students may enroll in a College Transfer pathway, a curriculum Career and Technical Education pathway, a Workforce Continuing Education pathway, or SandHoke Early College High School (Hoke County students only).

Students may be concurrently enrolled in two pathways as follows:

• Two career-technical pathways,
• Two Workforce Continuing Education pathways,
• One career-technical pathway and one Workforce Continuing Education pathway,
• One college transfer pathway (if eligible) and career technical pathway,
• One college transfer pathway (if eligible) and one Workforce Continuing Education pathway.

Students must maintain a 2.0 grade point average in college courses to participate in the program.

College Transfer Pathways

Students may earn college transfer credits that will transfer to any public North Carolina university as long as a grade of C or better is earned in each course. Credits may also be accepted for transfer by private or out-of-state schools. Courses may be offered on one of the SCC campuses, on one of the high school campuses or online. Not all courses are offered at all of the high schools.

Career & College Promise College Transfer Pathway Leading to the Associate Degree Nursing (P1032C)

The Career and College Promise (CCP) ADN Pathway is designed for high school students who wish to begin their educational studies toward the Associate in Nursing degree and a Baccalaureate degree in Nursing. The Pathway is based on Block 1 of the Uniform Articulation Agreement between the University of North Carolina’s Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing Programs and the North Carolina Community College Associate Degree Nursing Programs which was approved by the State Board of Community Colleges and the UNC Board of Governors in February 2015.

A student who completes an Associate in Applied Science (AAS) in Nursing, which includes courses listed below, with a GPA of at least 2.0 and a grade of C or better and completes the courses in Blocks 2-3 of the Agreement between the University of North Carolina’s Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing Programs with a GPA of at least 2.0 and a grade of C or better, and who holds a current unrestricted license as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina will have fulfilled the UNC institutions lower-division general education requirements as well as nursing program entry requirements. However, because nursing program admissions are competitive, no student is guaranteed admission to the program of his or her choice.