Cape Fear Community College

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The College Transfer Programs: An Overview

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Cape Fear Community College (CFCC) is the fifth largest community college in North Carolina, serving approximately 27,000 curriculum and non-curriculum students. The Downtown or Wilmington campus is located in the heart of the historic district, surrounded by restaurants and other attractions. Students can enjoy a leisurely walk along the river, attend theater productions at Thalian Hall, tour museums, and browse quaint shops.

Transfer students, as well as vocational/technical students, are also served on the expanding North Campus. In close proximity to North Chase, College Road, and Castle Hayne, the facility offers state-of-the-art technology, like the wireless hotspots which allow students to connect their laptops in designated locations.

The college is reaccredited every ten years by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), the rigorous accrediting body for eleven Southern states in the United States and for Latin America. Being accredited by SACS means that CFCC's credits will transfer to other community colleges and four-year institutions and also means that CFCC's students are eligible for federal and state funds.

Small classes: The largest curricula at CFCC are the college transfer programs with an enrollment topping 3,500 students. These programs enable a student to complete the freshman and the sophomore years at CFCC before transferring to a four-year college/university. Small classes allow for individual attention and are offered from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. weekdays and from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturdays. Faculty emphasis is on teaching and learning, not research.

Tuition is affordable: to take a full-time class load (12 credit hours), in-state students pay only $504; out-of-state, only $2,799.60 (2007-2008 rates). Support services are in place to help students succeed: career and testing, financial aid, advising, free tutorial and computer facilitation, disability, GED testing, bookstore, food, library, and academic counseling.

The college transfer programs are housed in the Arts and Sciences Division. The division also provides general education courses to all curriculum programs. To see the organization chart of the division (faculty, staff, and disciplines), please access this link: Organizational Chart

Mission

The purpose of the college transfer programs is to provide students with the first two years of a baccalaureate degree. These two years include forty-four (44) semester hours of the general education core--composition, fine arts and humanities, speech communication, math and science, and social sciences--and at least twenty (20) semester hours of electives. (Exception: The Drama premajor includes only 28 credit hours in the general education core and 36-37 credit hours.) Twenty-four (24) college transfer programs are offered at Cape fear Community College: two (2) general studies programs--associate in arts and associate in science, twenty-two (20) premajors or special transfer tracks, and two diploma programs.  The general studies programs enable a student to transfer as a junior. The premajors enable a student to transfer as a junior in the respective major.  The diplomas enable students transfer without a degree to complete the general education core or the basic studies requirement and to receive minimum protection under the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement.

The twenty-four (24) programs are as follows:

The transfer programs help students to develop as world class citizens. Each program focuses on three goals:

  1. Helping students learn the content of various disciplines
  2. Enhancing students' skills in critical thinking and reading, problem solving, written and oral communication, basic computer usage, research, teamwork and conflict resolution, service learning, leadership, and other basics needed for lifelong learning.
  3. Helping students develop a global perspective so that they will better understand the issues, problems, or events which cut across national boundaries; understand cultural differences and similarities and the need for shared decision making; and see the interconnectedness between the individual, his/her nation, and the rest of the world.

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