CETA and Community College System Sign Articulation Agreement

Taking part in the articulation agreement signing ceremony were (from left): Chuck Colarulli, associate provost and dean of undergraduate studies at the University of Hartford; Karen Wosczyna-Birch, state coordinator of the Connecticut College of Technology; Lou Manzione, dean of the University's College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture; and Paul Susen, chief academic officer of the Connecticut Community Colleges.

Officials from the University of Hartford's College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture (CETA) and the Connecticut Community College system's College of Technology (COT) recently signed an articulation agreement that provides an understanding and best transferability of credits toward a baccalaureate degree in engineering or engineering technology.

COT students who earn their associate in science degrees in either the Engineering Science Pathway or Engineering Technology Pathway programs will be admitted to the University's CETA degree programs provided they complete the required admission process and space is available in the program. (A minimum grade point average of 2.5 is required for admission. A grade of C- or better is required for a course to transfer to the University of Hartford.) Qualified COT graduates will enter the University as juniors.

Those students who are COT Engineering Science Pathway majors may choose majors in Acoustical Engineering and Music (B.S.E.), Biomedical Engineering (B.S.E.), Civil Engineering (B.S.C.E.), Environmental Concentration, Computer Engineering (B.S.Comp.E.), Electrical Engineering (B.S.E.E.), Mechanical Engineering (B.S.M.E.), Acoustics Concentration, Energy Engineering and Sustainable Design Concentration, or Manufacturing Concentration.

Those students who are COT Engineering Technology Pathway majors may choose majors in Architectural Engineering Technology (B.S.), Audio Engineering Technology (B.S.), Computer Engineering Technology (B.S.), Electronic Engineering Technology (B.S.), or Mechanical Engineering Technology (B.S.)

College of Technology degree programs may be found at the following institutions: Asnuntuck Community College, Capital Community College, Gateway Community College, Housatonic Community College, Manchester Community College, Middlesex Community College, Naugatuck Valley Community College, Northwestern CT Community College, Norwalk Community College, Quinebaug Valley Community College, Three Rivers Community College, and Tunxis Community College.