According to the Missouri Department of Higher Education’s publication Principles of Good Practice for Transfer and Articulation, "All policies and procedures relating to transfer and articulation should be easily understood, readily available, efficient, predictable, and sensitive to student needs." NCMC considers the "transferability" between colleges and universities as a matter of considerable importance and practice. NCMC also believes the relationships among academic disciplines and between levels of coursework require clear understandings about content and purpose so that students may make progress toward their educational objectives without unnecessary disruption or duplication of coursework.

An articulation agreement is a formal arrangement for transfer of a defined set of academic credits between an academic program at NCMC and a program at another college or university. Transfer guidelines facilitate cooperation between colleges and universities for the purpose of accommodating the needs and interests of students who earn credit at one institution and choose to transfer to another. Successful transfer minimizes loss of time and duplication for students and optimizes the use of institutional resources. The following NCMC transfer policies recognize that each college and university has a separate and distinct mission and that each has the responsibility to establish and to maintain academic quality within that mission. Underlying the policy is an attitude of mutual respect and cooperation among the institutions and recognition that the primary objective of articulation agreements is to benefit students. Please view our college catalog for more information.

NCMC Transfer Opportunities and Transfer Guides

North Central Missouri College maintains a list of established articulation agreements with other institutions for the transfer of the associate in arts and associate in applied science degrees. 

For further information on articulation and transfer policies between institutions contact:
Transfer and Articulation Officer - 660-359-3948 Ext. 1405 or kweldon@mail.ncmissouri.edu.

Transferring In Credit to NCMC
NCMC accepts credits earned from institutions accredited by agencies recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.

Courses that generally qualify for acceptance are:

• lower division academic courses equal in content to current NCMC coursework
• lower division courses that fulfill general education requirements
• lower division career or technical courses equal in content to current NCMC coursework

Coursework from institutions on a quarter hour system will be converted to semester hours using a two-thirds conversion factor before it is transcripted at NCMC.

 Transferred-in credit is not used to calculate a student’s NCMC grade point average for academic standing at NCMC. Grades received at other institutions may be considered for eligibility in some financial aid programs. Athletic eligibility will be based on the calculated cumulative grade point average including coursework at any previous institutions. Cumulative grade point averages for Associate in Arts in Teaching degree candidates will be calculated, including applicable transfer credit, to meet the minimum GPA degree requirement at time of graduation.

Transfer limitations
There are some courses that do not count toward degree requirements and do not transfer to NCMC. These are as follows:

• Developmental courses such as remedial math, reading or English (Coursework may be considered to meet developmental pre-requisites)
• Career-technical (CTE) courses not equivalent to content and/or level of NCMC courses
• Courses with upper-division level course numbers (300 and above)
• Courses in which a grade of “F” (or equal to “F” level work) or an incomplete was received
• Physical education activity credits in excess of two credit hours
• Religion courses in excess of 6 credit hours
• Applied music courses in excess of 6 credit hours

Students may petition for transfer of upper-division coursework to meet specific program requirements when approved by the NCMC academic department chairs.

Students may be required to submit course syllabi from the transfer institution for review by NCMC faculty.

For more information, contact (660)359-3948, ext. 1206 or joaks@mail.ncmissouri.edu

Military Service and Training
Credit may be awarded for certain types of military service and schooling. The training/schooling must be approved and listed in the current Guide to the Evaluation of Education Experience in the Armed Services, prepared by the American Council on Education and meet all other requirements, as listed above, for acceptance.  Career/technical credit must be equivalent to content and/or level of NCMC coursework. Students are required to provide transcripts of training received.   Two hours of physical education activity credit will be awarded to currently enrolled students upon receipt of a copy of honorable discharge papers.

Military transcript information and request forms are available on the ACE registry transcript website at www.acenet.edu.

Articulated Credit
North Central Missouri College may award credit for approved programs of coursework taken at area high schools and technical schools. Coursework is designed for use toward a career and technical degree 1+1 program at NCMC. For more information, please visit our Tech Prep website or contact jhelton@mail.ncmissouri.edu.