 
 1. What Is Articulation?
2. How Does It Work?
3. What Is The Procedure For A High School Student To Earn
Articulated College Credit?
4. What Is The Maximum Number Of Articulated Credits Awarded
By Delaware Tech?
5. Can Articulated Credits Be Transferred To A Four-Year Institution?
6. In Which DTCC Degree Technologies Are The Tech Prep Articulations Found?
7. Why Consider Postsecondary Education?
8. Who Can Provide More Information?
1. What Is Articulation?
- A process designed to award college credit to qualifying high school students
- A mutual agreement between high school teachers and college instructors
- Based on equivalent common competencies and skills in courses
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2. How Does It Work?
- Delaware Tech offers advance academic credits to qualified students who choose
to continue their education in a targeted career pathway
- A career pathway is a course of study that prepares students for immediate employment in a cluster of related occupations and/or seamless entry into postsecondary education
- In a program to program articulation, competencies mastered in a collection of
high school classes are equated to a college class
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3. What Is The Procedure For A High School Student To Earn Articulated
College Credit?
- The student registers for Tech Prep courses through a high school guidance
counselor or vocational teacher.
- The student completes a Tech Prep/School-to-Work high school career pathway.
- The student receives a grade of 85% or better in articulated courses.
- The school notifies Tech Prep Delaware of the student’s grades.
- Tech Prep Delaware sends the qualified student an award letter listing the credits
for which the student is eligible.
- The student enters Delaware Tech within a year of completing high school and
meets all requirements including acceptance into a technology program.
(The student presents the award letter to a Delaware Tech counselor during the application process.)
- The student’s earned Tech Prep credits are entered on the student’s official
Delaware Tech transcript after the student successfully completes 15 credits in
the technology program
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4. What Is The Maximum Number Of Articulated Credits Awarded By Delaware Tech?
- Maximum number of technology credits = 10
- Maximum number of related academic credits = 6
* If students have more than the maximum number, they may choose which high school advance credits they wish to apply for DTCC advance credits
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5. Can Articulated Credits Be Transferred To A Four-Year Institution?
Transfer of the earned articulated credits to a four-year institution is subject to the
policy of the college or university.
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6. In Which DTCC Degree Technologies Are The Tech Prep Articulations Found?
- Applied Agriculture
- Architectural Engineering
- Automotive
- Business Administration
- Chemistry
- Communications
- Computer-Aided Engineering Drafting (CAD) & Design
- Computer Information Systems
- Criminal Justice
- Culinary Arts
- Early Childhood Education
- Electronics/Electrical Engineering
- Engineering
- Human Services
- HVAC Design Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Office Administration
- Visual Communications
Articulations are program specific, high school specific, and DTCC campus specific.
To find out which programs are articulated, you can click on the "Find a School" button,
check with the high school staff, or contact us.
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7. Why Consider Postsecondary Education?
- Today, 75% of jobs demand skilled workers who have earned more than a high
- school diploma but less than a Bachelor’s Degree.
- In addition to employability skills, all students need a strong academic background
to compete in the workforce
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8. Who Can Provide More Information?
Anthony S. Digenakis
Assistant Vice President for Educational Support
Delaware Technical & Community College
Office of the President
302-739-3732
FAX 302-739-7760
adigenak@dtcc.edu
OR
Simone Y. White
Collegewide Tech Prep Program Manager
Delaware Technical & Community College
Office of the President
302-739-7489
FAX 302-739-7760
swhite7@dtcc.edu
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