What is the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement?

• The Comprehensive Articulation Agreement (CAA) enables North Carolina community college graduates of two-year associate in arts and associate in science degree programs who are admitted to constituent institutions of the University of North Carolina to transfer with junior status.
• Universities may not place requirements on students transferring under the CAA that are not required of their native students.

• Transfer students will be considered to have satisfied the UNC Minimum Course Requirements (MCR) in effect at the time of their graduation from high school if they have
  1. received the associate in arts, the associate in science, or,
  2. completed the 44-hour CAA general education transfer core, or
  3. completed at least six (6) semester hours in degree-credit in each of the following subjects: English, mathematics, the natural sciences and social and behavioral sciences, and (for students who graduated from high school after 2004) a second language.
• Community college students who have completed the general education transfer core will be considered to have fulfilled the institution-wide, lower division general education requirements of the receiving institution.
• To be eligible to benefit from the CAA, a student must have an overall GPA of at least a 2.0 on a 4.0 scale and a grade of "C" or better in all CAA courses.
• Community college graduates who have earned 64 semester hours in approved transfer courses with a grade of "C" or better and an overall GPA of at least 2.0 on a 4.0 scale will receive at least 64 semester hours of academic credit upon admission to a university. Under special circumstances, a university may choose to accept additional credit hours.
• Requirements for admission to some major programs may require additional pre-specialty courses beyond the general education transfer core courses taken at the community college. Students entering such programs may need more than two academic years of course work to complete their baccalaureate degree, depending on requirements of the program.
• All courses approved for transfer in the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement are designated as fulfilling general education, pre-major or elective requirements. Although general education and pre-major courses also may be used as electives, elective courses may not be used to fulfill general education requirements.

View the complete Comprehensive Articulation Agreement