S.C. Technical Colleges and Universities Sign Statewide Transfer Agreement

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Last Thursday, Governor Henry McMaster joined Speaker of the House Murrell Smith (R-Sumter), Senate President Thomas Alexander (R-Oconee), and leaders from the South Carolina Technical College System, Clemson University, and the University of South Carolina (USC) to sign a statewide transfer agreement between the state’s sixteen technical colleges and the two Public Research Universities that attempts to refine the transfer process and strengthen the seamless transfer of credits from technical colleges to Clemson and USC.

Specific details of the agreement include:

  • 30 or more credit hours of guaranteed acceptance and applicability to a student’s major to reduce credit loss at the time of transfer.
  • The acceptance of a minimum of 60 credit hours for students completing the Associate in Arts and Associate in Science.
  • A reverse transfer credit option enabling credits earned at Clemson or USC to be transferred back to a technical college for the completion of an associate degree.
  • The establishment of annual data sharing between the technical colleges and the public research universities.
  • A commitment to ongoing, regular collaboration through the facilitation of faculty and staff convenings.

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