The
Community College of the Air Force’s AAS
and
East Carolina University’s BSIT
Partnership

The purpose of this page is to provide those who possess an approved Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree, earned through the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF), with additional information on the pursuit of East Carolina University’s (ECU) Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology (BSIT).  It is an adjunct to the general description of the BSIT and the various concentrations provided at:

 

http://www.tecs.ecu.edu/tsys/transfer/OL%20BS%20in%20ITEC%20general%2006.pdf

 

Click on the following link for a list of approved CCAF AAS degrees:  Approved CCAF AAS Degrees

 

Other CCAF AAS degrees are under consideration.  Feel free to inquire if you believe you possess an approved CCAF AAS degree.

 

The following notes will help answer many of the questions regarding specific CCAF AAS/ECU BSIT program requirements and how course work is transferred and evaluated to fulfill the requirements for the BSIT:

 

·     The CCAF AAS general education social science course will be evaluated for its ability to fulfill specific social science requirements.

·     The CCAF AAS leadership, management, and military studies courses will be evaluated for their ability to fulfill specific social science or cognate requirement(s).

·     The CCAF AAS program electives will be evaluated for their ability to fulfill specific BSIT requirements.

·     The CCAF AAS degree programs consist of a minimum of 64 semester hours of which as many as 63 may be used towards fulfilling the requirements for the BSIT.

·     A minimum of 30 SH of course work must be ECU course work—residency requirement.

·     A minimum of 36 SH or 1/2 of major course work—cognate and major—must be ECU course work.

·     A maximum of 63 SH may be transferred in from a community college.

·     A maximum of 36 SH or 1/2 of major course work—cognate and major—may be transferred in from a community college.

·     Must possess at least 16 SH of transferable technical credit due to the AAS degree requirement.

·     Must possess a 2.5 GPA for admission.

 

The CCAF AAS to ECU BSIT Degree Map shows how CCAF AAS course work can be used to fulfill ECU’s BSIT graduation requirements.

 

Getting admitted to ECU is a simple process that is begun by going to the following site and completing the online application:

 

http://secure.ncmentor.org/applications/university_of_north_carolina/apply.html?application_id=1538

 

Once you have been fully admitted to the University, contact the Office of Veterans Affairs as soon as you can—see http://www.ecu.edu/registrar/Veterans.cfm

 

Click on the following link for the current tuition and fees rates:  Tuition and Fees

 

Feel free to contact Dr Robert A Chin at chinr@ecu.edu or 252-328-9648 if you have questions.

 

This page was created September 19, 2003 and updated December 1, 2006