Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College facilitates the transfer of credit to other institutions. The Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, and Associate in Fine Arts degree programs are designed to transfer to senior institutions at or near the junior level. The Associate in Applied Science in Networking Technology and Associate of Applied Science in Information Systems Security are designed to transfer to East Carolina University’s AAS degree transfer program at or near the junior level.

College transfer courses satisfactorily completed with a grade of “C” or better in the Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, and Associate in Fine Arts programs will transfer to senior institutions. Degree completers may transfer to selected universities.

Associate in Applied Science graduates have the option of entering a career, continuing their education at a senior institution, or doing both. We are proud of the fact that our graduates have a marketable job skill after two years of study and can also complete a four-year degree after two more years of academic work.

Students who attend most senior institutions do not declare a major until their junior year. Our applied science programs are such that those students who earn a baccalaureate degree pursue it in an inverted pattern. The majority of the student’s academic major is earned at A-B Tech in the first two years of study. As junior level students at the senior institution, they take general university requirements and may take more advanced courses relating to their major.

Parallel work, including single courses completed at A-B Tech, will transfer to other institutions in the North Carolina Community College System and to most senior institutions in the state. Most public and private four-year institutions in North Carolina, and many that are out of state, regularly accept credits from A-B Tech and generally enroll the graduates at approximately the junior level. The details of these affiliations are available from the Transfer Advising Center in the Elm Building and the individual senior institutions.

A-B Tech strongly encourages its graduates to continue their formal education after completion of their A-B Tech programs. It is important that graduates recognize the need to continue their education throughout life to prepare for new and changing careers.