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PROGRAMS - CAREER PROGRAMS
Admissions requirements for career degrees and career certificates depend upon the
extent to which the general education component of the program is based on Core
Curriculum courses. An applicant enrolling in a career program is not required to
make up CPC deficiencies unless the major is changed to transfer degree.
Admissions Counselors are available to explain Core Curriculum requirements.
Programs With More Than 12 Semester Hours of Core Courses
Applicants
presenting a College Preparatory Diploma from high school must submit a 2.0 GPA.
Applicants presenting a Career/Technical Preparatory Diploma from high school
must submit a 2.2 GPA.
Programs With Fewer Than 12 Semester Hours of Core Courses
Applicants
must have a high school diploma from an accredited institution with a minimum 1.8
GPA or have completed 12 of the 16 required CPC courses or have earned a GED.
Students in these programs may take only those core courses specified in their
programs.
Students admitted to career degree or certificate programs who are required to take
the COMPASS test must take the required Learning Support course(s) indicated by
their placement scores for any course which has a Learning Support requirement.
3. NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS
: Non-traditional students are identified as students
who have not attended high school or college within the previous five years, as well
as students who were admitted to previous colleges as non-traditional students and
completed fewer than 30 transferable semester hours of college credit. These
students are required to do the following:
a. Submit a properly completed application for admission and a $20 non-refundable
application fee.
b. Meet all University System and institutional admissions requirements, depending
upon program of study.
c. Take the COMPASS test and complete any Learning Support requirements.
4.
TRANSFER ADMISSIONS
: All persons seeking admission who have been
previously enrolled in other institutions of higher education shall be admitted
according to the following policies:
a. A properly completed application for admission and a $20 non-refundable
application fee.
b. A certified transcript from all colleges, universities, schools, technical
schools/colleges previously attended. Transcripts are required even if courses
will not transfer. If a college or school was attended, we need the transcripts
before classes begin.
c. Applicants who have completed fewer than 30 transferable semester hours shall
complete all the requirements for freshman admission.
d. An applicant shall not be considered for admission unless he or she is
academically eligible to return to the college or university last attended or unless
the officials of the last institution recommend the applicant's admission. If,
however, two or more calendar years have elapsed since the applicant's
dismissal from the last college or university attended, the College may review the
application and make a decision as to the applicant’s eligibility.
e. Students who have not completed Learning Support requirements at another
System institution shall be admitted only in accordance with Darton State
College's Learning Support guidelines.
f. An applicant, with less than 30 transferable semester hours, applying for a
program leading to a Baccalaureate Degree, and transferring from an institution
