Articulation Agreement - 4 year Colleges & Community Colleges

Benefits to students:  Save hundreds or thousands in tuition
and earn degree sooner. Students can receive college credit
for high school course work that would be duplicated at
the post-secondary level. 

The Troy School District, in cooperation with certain community colleges, have developed a
TECH-PREP program where students can qualify for advanced standing by receiving community
college credit while still in high school.The  mission of TECH-PREP is to provide a comprehensive
model for the preparation of students for a changing technological world. A primary goal is to
smooth the transition from high school to college, from college to employment, and/or from high
school to employment.

How does a student receive community college credit for high school classes?
(For example purposes Oakland Community College will be cited). While in high school, the student
would participate in one of the THS approved classes/programs

                  THS Class                                                                                          College where credit is earned:

1. Food Service                                                                                  Ferris

3. Engineering Drawing/CAD                                                               OCC, Baker College & Ferris

4. Business Ownership, Keyboarding, Word Processing,
   Computer Exploration, Office Administration, Accounting                 OCC, Ferris & Baker College

5. Parenting/Child Care -Athens 2 hr block class                                 OCC and Ferris

6. Computer Networking                                                                    OCC, Ferris and Baker College

 If a student successfully completes the high school class with a "B" or better and the teacher certifies
that the student met the required class components, paperwork is submitted to Oakland Community
College.  The student  takes the next course in sequence at OCC and successful passes the OCC course
then OCC will issue community college credit for the course taken through Troy Schools.
Check with your child's Guidance Counselor for more details.

 Articulation Agreements
The Troy School District has articulation agreements with Baker College, Ferris State University,
and Oakland Community College http://www.oaklandcc.edu/techprep/

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