Humanities and Social Science in Core 44 College Transfer Pathway (P1012A)
Career and College Promise provides seamless dual enrollment educational opportunities for eligible North Carolina high school students in order to accelerate completion of college certificates, diplomas, and associate degrees that lead to college transfer or provide entry-level job skills.
For more information about registration and enrollment, please see the College Catalog. You must have advisor approval to register and enroll. The advisor will ensure you are placed in the right sequence of courses to meet your academic and program completion needs.
Student Application Procedures
- The high school will document eligibility criteria (high school GPA and PLAN or other assessment scores) on the student's transcript. A Home school or non-public high school student must submit a transcript and official test scores from an approved assessment test.
- Students must complete a college application and concurrent enrollment form to be admitted into a Career and College Promise pathway: Career and College Promise Enrollment Form.
Core 44 College Transfer Pathway
- The Career and College Promise Core 44 College Transfer Pathway requires the completion of at least thirty semester hours of transfer courses, including English and mathematics.
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To be eligible for enrollment, a high school student must meet the following criteria:
- Be a high school junior or senior;
- Have a weighted GPA of 3.0 on high school courses; and
- Demonstrate college readiness on an assessment or placement test. A student must demonstrate college readiness in English, reading and mathematics to be eligible for enrollment in a Core 44 College Transfer Pathway.
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A high school junior or senior who does not demonstrate college-readiness on an approved assessment or placement test may be provisionally enrolled in a College Transfer Pathway. To qualify for Provisional Status, a student must meet the following criteria:
- Have a cumulative weighted GPA of 3.5;
- Have completed two years of high school English with a grade of 'C' or higher;
- Have completed high school Algebra II (or a higher level math class) with a grade of 'C' of higher;
- Obtain the written approval of the high school principal or his/her designee; and,
- Obtain the written approval of the community college president or his/her designee.
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To maintain eligibility for continued enrollment, a student must
- Continue to make progress toward high school graduation, and
- Maintain a 2.0 GPA in college coursework after completing two courses.
- A student must enroll in one Core 44 College Transfer Pathway program of study and may not substitute courses in one program for courses in another.
- A student may change his or her program of study major with approval of the high school principal or his/her designee and the college's chief student development administrator.
- With approval of the high school principal or his/her designee and the college's chief student development administrator, a student who completes a Core 44 College Transfer Pathway while still enrolled in high school may continue to earn college transfer credits leading to the completion of the 44-hour general education transfer core.
- With approval of the high school principal or his/her designee and the college's chief student development administrator, a student may enroll in both a Core 44 College Transfer Pathway program of study and a Career Technical Education program of study.
College Readiness* Benchmarks on Approved Diagnostic Assessment Tests
Test | PLAN** | PSAT** | Asset (NCCCS Cut Score) |
COMPASS (NCCCS Cut Score) |
Accuplacer (NCCCS Cut Score) |
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English | 15 | 49 | 41 Writing | 70 Writing | 86 Sentence Skills |
Reading | 17 | 50 | 41 Reading | 81 Reading | 80 Reading |
Mathematics | 19 | 50 | 41 Numerical Skills and 41 Int. Algebra | 47 Pre-Algebra and 66 Algebra | 55 Arithmetic and 75 Elem. Algebra |
In addition to the diagnostic assessments, colleges may use the following SAT and ACT scores recommended by the testing companies as benchmarks for college readiness:*
SAT | ACT | ||
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English | 500 | English | 18 |
Critical Reading | 500 | Reading | 21 |
Mathematics | 500 | Mathematics | 22 |
*To be eligible for enrollment in a College Transfer Pathway, students must demonstrate college readiness in English, reading and mathematics on an approved test.
**PLAN and PSAT scores recommended by ACT and College Board as indicators of college readiness.