Transfer Planning Information
Benefits of Attending a Two-Year School
Lower tuition costs, smaller classes and highly qualified faculty are some of the benefits when choosing a two-year community college to prepare for transfer to a university. Read more about the benefits and other helpful transfer information at
furtheryoureducation.com.
Texas Common Core
Every public institution in Texas has a Core, which is designed to provide a solid foundation for your college education and to make transfers between and among Texas institutions of higher education as smooth and seamless as possible. For more information, see
How the Core Curriculum Works. Texas Common Course Numbers
To aid in the transfer of courses between in-state colleges and universities, the state of Texas has developed a numbering system for college level courses. The following quote is taken from the Web site: "The Texas Common Course Numbering System is a voluntary, co-operative effort among Texas community colleges and universities to facilitate transfer of freshman- and sophomore-level general academic coursework.
The TCCNS System provides a shared, uniform set of course designations for students and their advisors to use in determining both course equivalency and degree applicability of transfer credit on a statewide basis. When students transfer between two participating TCCNS institutions, a course taken at the sending institution transfers as the course carrying, or cross-referenced with, the same TCCNS designation at the receiving institution."