MURFREESBORO — Officials from MTSU and Southwest
Georgia’s Albany Technical College signed an agreement allowing students who
graduate with an associate degree from Albany Tech to transfer to MTSU to earn
their bachelor’s degree in electromechanical engineering technology.
With their
campuses about 400 miles and six hours apart, MTSU Provost Brad Bartel and
Albany Technical College President Anthony Parker signed the 2+2 transfer
agreement — two years at Albany Tech followed by two years at MTSU. It marks
the first time MTSU has gone beyond the state’s borders to forge such a
partnership.
The purpose of
the agreement is to facilitate the transfer of Albany Tech students to MTSU; to
provide specific advisement for Albany Tech students who intend to transfer to
MTSU; and to encourage academic and administrative coordination between the
institutions in the electromechanical engineering technology program.
“MTSU welcomes
this innovative articulation and transfer agreement with Albany Technical
College,” Bartel said. “The agreement satisfies the need for students from this
Georgia college to come to MTSU and articulate their associate degree with MTSU
coursework in electromechanical engineering technology for our Bachelor of
Science degree. We are honored that Albany Technical College chose MTSU
for this 2+2 program.”
Parker said four of his community’s 21st century
manufacturers “will likely employ graduates with the skills that ATC and MTSU
can jointly provide.”
“The hybrid electrical and mechanical degree will
provide skill sets in the exact proportions needed by our region’s
manufacturers,” Parker added. “We expect
that a number of graduates from ATC’s associate degree program will want the
career advancement that a bachelor’s degree can provide. We are grateful to
Middle Tennessee State and look forward to a long relationship.”
Albany Tech Executive Vice President and VP of Academic Affairs Shirley Armstrong,
dean of Academic Affairs Emmett L. Griswold and electromechanical engineering
technology program Chair Chase Mumford also attended the signing, held in the
Student Union President’s Executive Conference Room.
Engineering Technology Chair Walter Boles credits
MTSU professor Chong Chen and Mumford with “laying the groundwork on the actual
academic curriculum.”
“We’re always excited about getting new students in
our program,” Boles said. “Safe to say, we are very pleased Albany Technical
College searched and found our program. Their desire to have an articulation
agreement with us is very rewarding.”
Boles said Albany Tech students wanting to be in the
MTSU program will need to ask for in-state tuition when applying.
Albany Tech has about 4,000 students and
electromechanical engineering technology is one of many areas of study. Mumford
said there are 50 students in this concentration.
MTSU has about 650 students majoring in the various
engineering technology concentrations. This includes about 150 in
electromechanical engineering technology and 60 following the first year with a
mechatronics engineering technology concentration.
MTSU has four other transfer agreements, one with
Motlow College (early childhood education), two with Columbia State (nursing
and early childhood education) and an agribusiness agreement with the Columbia
State-Lewisburg campus.
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