 How do I decide what program to follow?
First, ask yourself what your reason is for coming to college. The following are the typical
reasons students give for coming to HFCC:
- To take a course or two.
- If you just want to take a course or two for interest, enjoyment, or self-
improvement, you may choose any course for which you have the prerequisites.
- To complete a certificate program.
- Certificate programs usually range from 8-30 credit hours and can be completed
in one or more years depending upon the number of credit hours you take each semester.
- Certificate programs prepare students to get jobs and usually apply towards an associate
degree at HFCC. However, they do not always transfer into four-year programs.
- To complete an associate degree
program with a specific concentration.
- Associate degree programs are a minimum of 60 credit hours and can be
completed in two or more years depending upon the number of credits you take each
semester.
- Associate degree programs with specific concentrations prepare students to get jobs
but do not always transfer into four-year programs.
- To complete an associate degree program with a specific concentration and then
transfer to a four-year school on an articulated transfer agreement.
- Most of our associate degrees with specific concentrations are transferable to some, but not all, of Michigan's four-year schools. Sometimes specific courses must be
chosen in order for the whole degree to transfer.
If you wish to complete an associate degree with a specific
concentration and transfer that entire program to a four-year
school, you should pick up an articulation curriculum guide from the
University Transfer, Advising and Career Counseling Center which will show you what courses to take.
- To complete credits for transfer to a four-year school on a traditional transfer program.
- Many students come to HFCC to take transfer credits so they can apply those
credits to a a four-year school.
- Some students plan to stay here for only a semester or two before transfering,
while others plan to receive an associate degree before they transfer.
- Most four-year schools will only accept a maximum of 62 credits towards a
four-year program, although a few schools will accept more.
- Transfer guides which list the courses necessary for a student to
transfer are available on a help-yourself basis in the University Transfer,
Advising, and Career Counseling Center.
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