North Carolina Comprehensive Articulation Agreement (CAA)

The North Carolina Comprehensive Articulation Agreement (CAA) is a statewide agreement governing the transfer of credits between the North Carolina Community College (NCCCS) and public universities in North Carolina.

This agreement establishes college transfer courses that are accepted by the public universities in NC from all 59 NC community colleges. Students who complete the degree requirements will have certain guarantees that credits earned will transfer to UNC institutions. A list of UNC Wilmington equivalents of all transferable courses within the agreement is available from the Transfer Course Equivalents website. (From the first drop-down box choose “North Carolina” and the “North Carolina Community Colleges” from the second drop-down box.)

For more information concerning the CAA, please click here.

UNCW Bilateral Articulation Agreements

Transfer students who apply for admission to UNCW and are admitted with an Associate of Arts or Science degree with a cumulative GPA of at least a 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) in college transfer coursework from one of the sixteen community colleges listed below will be considered to have fulfilled all UNCW’s Basic Studies requirements (with the exception of Foreign Language) as set forth in the UNCW Undergraduate Catalogue and will be admitted to UNCW at junior level status provided all other conditions for admission are satisfied. Admission to the university does not constitute admission to a professional school or specific program. Course equivalencies for coursework taken at the NC community college can be found by visiting the Transfer Course Equivalents website. (From the first drop-down box choose “North Carolina” and the “North Carolina Community Colleges” from the second drop-down box.)

UNCW Bilateral Articulation Agreement

Alamance CC
Asheville – Buncombe Tech CC
Bladen CC
Brunswick CC
Cape Fear CC
Carteret CC
Coastal Carolina CC
Craven CC
Durham Tech CC
Fayetteville Tech CC
James Sprunt CC
Lenoir CC
Pitt CC
Sampson CC
Southeastern CC
Wayne CC

Aquaculture Technology Articulation Agreement

The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) has an articulation agreement in place with Brunswick Community College and Carteret Community College governing the transfer of credit between the Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree in Aquaculture Technology and Bachelor of Science degree in Marine Biology. Applicants must have earned the AAS in Aquaculture Technology with a 2.50 or higher cumulative GPA (on a 4.0 scale) and must declare their major at UNCW to be Marine Biology. If the major is changed, applicants will lose the Aquaculture Technology credit. The AAS in Aquaculture Technology DOES NOT satisfy UNCW’s Basic Studies requirements and students must make sure they do so in order to fulfill UNCW’s graduation requirements.

For more information on this agreement, please contact the faculty listed below:

Phillip "Skip" Kemp
Carteret CC - Director, Marine Sciences
(252.222.6114)

Doug Holland
Brunswick CC - Director, Aquaculture Technology
(910.755.7432)

Martin Posey
UNCW - Department Chair - Biology and Marine Biology
(910.962.3487)

Early Childhood Education Articulation Agreement

The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) agrees to accept college transfer coursework completed at the institutions listed below in accordance with UNCW’s policy on transfer credit as published in UNCW’s Undergraduate Catalogue. Community college students who complete the Associate of Applied Science (AAS) in Early Childhood Education in May 2006 or later and comply with the terms and conditions of this agreement, including those stipulated in the addendum to this agreement will be considered admissible to UNCW for the purpose of pursuing the Bachelor of Arts degree in the Education of Young Children in the Watson School of Education.

This agreement further states that the recipient of an AAS degree in Early Childhood Education from the institutions below with at least a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) will be admitted to UNCW at junior level standing provided all other conditions for admission are satisfied and that an application for admissions is received within three (3) years of the awarding of the AAS degree in Early Childhood Education. No more than 64 semester credit hours may be transferred from a community college to UNCW. This agreement DOES NOT satisfy UNCW’s Basic Studies requirements and students must make sure they do so in order to fulfill UNCW’s graduation requirements.

For more information concerning this program of study, please contact Tanya Croom (910.962.7357) Academic Advisor, Watson School of Education.

NC community colleges who currently recognize this articulation agreement: