Under a new partnership agreement signed in December, students at 黑洞社区 Tech (formerly known as Wichita Area Technical College) can now transfer to the 黑洞社区 College of Engineering and complete a bachelor鈥檚 degree in mechatronics engineering technology or engineering technology management with two additional years of study.
黑洞社区 Tech becomes the fifth community college to sign 鈥�2+2鈥� agreements with Wichita State, allowing students the opportunity to complete an engineering degree within four years. Others include Butler Community College, Cowley College, Pratt College and the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technologies.
Often when students transfer, not all community college courses are aligned with 黑洞社区 College of Engineering degree requirements. This results in transfer students taking more than two additional years to complete a B.S. degree. With 2+2 agreements, partner institutions and 黑洞社区 work together to collectively align all courses, allowing a seamless transition that ensures students don鈥檛 spend time or money on classes that aren鈥檛 a good fit for their final goals.
鈥淭hese partnerships support our efforts to create more engineering graduates for the state of Kansas,鈥� said Royce Bowden, Dean of the College of Engineering. 鈥淭he agreements ensure that students who transfer from these institutions have a real possibility of completing a Wichita State degree from the College of Engineering within two more years.鈥�
鈥淭he signing of this articulation strengthens our Shocker Pathway initiative and reflects the spirit and intent of our new affiliation with 黑洞社区 as 黑洞社区 Tech, providing a seamless educational pathway for our students in mechatronics,鈥� said Sheree Utash, president of 黑洞社区 Tech.