Bristol Community College to UMass Dartmouth Elementary Teachers/ 4+1 BA to MAT for K-12 Articulation Agreement
- Sending institution
- Bristol Community College, MA
- Transfer institution
- UMass Dartmouth
- Pathway type
- Standard transfer
- Transfer pathway
-
Elementary Education to Elementary Teachers/ 4+1 BA to MAT for K-12
- Modality
- On-campus
- Agreement term
- Spring 2026
Admission and transfer requirements
- Guaranteed acceptance with a minimum G.P.A. of 2.5
- Guaranteed transfer of credits of all courses with a C- or better
- Massachusetts transfer students are eligible to receive financial benefits such as the Mass Transfer Program, Commonwealth Commitment and/or other applicable scholarships in accordance with UMass Dartmouth transfer admission policies (renewable if GPA is maintained 3.0 or better).
- Students transfer with Junior status with regard to financial aid and registration
Course equivalencies
Semester 1
Semester 1 course equivalencies
| Bristol Community College course |
Credits |
UMass Dartmouth equivalent |
Credits |
| EDU 101 College Success Seminar for Education |
1 |
CAS 101 Introduction to Arts and Sciences |
1 |
| COM 104 Fundamentals of Public Speaking |
3 |
ENL 270 Speech Communication |
3 |
| ENG 101 Composition I: College Writing |
3 |
ENL 101 Critical Writing and Reading I |
3 |
| MTH 127 Math for Elementary School Teachers I |
3 |
MTH 800 Math Elective |
3 |
| PSY 101 General Psychology |
3 |
PSY 101 General Psychology |
3 |
| EDU 130 Education, Society and Philosophy |
3 |
EDU 207 Perspectives in Education |
3 |
Semester 2
Semester 2 course equivalencies
| Bristol Community College course |
Credits |
UMass Dartmouth equivalent |
Credits |
| ENG 102 Composition II: Writing about Literature |
3 |
ENL 102 Critical Writing and Reading II |
3 |
| MTH 128 Math for Elementary School Teachers II |
3 |
MTH 800 Math Elective |
3 |
| PSY 252 Child Development |
Not provided |
PSY 201 Child Psychology |
3 |
| HST 111 The West and the World I or HST 113 United States History to 1877 |
3 |
HST 103 World Civilizations or HST 115 United States History I |
3 |
| EDU 150 Language Education and Literacy |
3 |
FRE 800 Free Elective |
3 |
Semester 3
Semester 3 course equivalencies
| Bristol Community College course |
Credits |
UMass Dartmouth equivalent |
Credits |
| EDU 225 Diversity and Multicultural Education |
3 |
SSE 800 Social Science Elective |
3 |
| HST 111 The West and the World I or HST 113 United States History to 1877 |
3 |
HST 103 World Civilizations or HST 115 United States History I |
3 |
| BIO 111 General Biology I |
4 |
BIO 101 General Biology I and FRE 800 Free Elective |
3 |
| Program elective: ENG 272 Children’s Literature (strongly recommended by UMass Dartmouth) |
3 |
ENL 200 Studies in Literature |
3 |
| Transfer elective* |
3 |
Equivalent coursework |
3 |
Semester 4
Semester 4 course equivalencies
| Bristol Community College course |
Credits |
UMass Dartmouth equivalent |
Credits |
| EDU 220 Foundations of Education with Teaching Pre-Practicum |
3 |
FRE 800 Free Elective; EDU 510 Knowing and Learning waived |
3 |
| GVT 111 United States Government |
3 |
PSC 101 Introduction to American Politics |
3 |
| SCI 113 Physical Science |
4 |
SCI 800 Science Elective |
4 |
| SSC 101 Introduction to Geography |
3 |
SSE 800 Social Science Elective |
3 |
| Transfer elective* |
3 |
Equivalent coursework |
3 |
Total credits
- Bristol Community College
- 63 credits
- UMass Dartmouth
- 63 credits
Important notes
*Prospective English, History, Economics, Liberal Arts, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, French, Portuguese, and Spanish teachers, Transfer Electives should be a foreign language 101/102 sequence.
Students interested in Elementary Education should major in Liberal Arts or Psychology.
The pathway is open to students in the BA programs in the College of Arts & Sciences to include Economics (BA), English, Global Languages, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Portuguese, Psychology.
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