Transfer Student Program Evaluation and Advisement.

Each transfer student who enters the program comes in with a unique set of completed coursework. Consequently, each student who enters the program is beset by a different set of constraints. Starting with the 1995-1996 academic year, a new program of transfer advising has been implemented by the Engineering Technology faculty. This new method is designed to specifically address the uniqueness of each student and the different constraints presented by that uniqueness.

In order to provide transfer students with a smooth transfer and matriculation experience, a personal and unique program of study is prepared for each entering student. A comparison between the student's completed coursework and the anticipated Baccalaureate program is made, and a list of courses required for degree completion is generated. Each student is personally interviewed prior to registration for the Spring semester of their junior year. At that interview the student's program of study is prepared and presented. As each program of study is prepared, the following list of constraints must be addressed:

• The transfer requirements illustrated in Table 1.
• The upper-division program requirements presented in the college catalog, or the latest departmental revision of that catalog copy.
• Departmental General Education requirements in effect at time of enrollment.
• Programmatic foreign language requirements in effect at time of enrollment.
• Program requirements necessary to maintain accreditation by the Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.
• The 128 semester hour limitation stipulated by the UNC system administration.