TC3

Paralegal A.A.S.

SUNY Potsdam

Political Science B.A.

Admission

• TC3 students should apply to SUNY Potsdam the semester prior to their intended transfer date.  Applying early in that semester is encouraged.
• The application is available online at www.suny.edu/applysuny - SUNY waives the application fee for students transferring with an associate degree from TC3.
• An official transcript is required from every college attended.
• An official high school transcript or copy of the GED/TASC is also required to be on file for federal financial aid purposes.
• SUNY Potsdam guarantees admission to students transferring with the A.A.S. degree.
• Transfer scholarships are available to transfer students with a 3.25 or higher GPA and are renewable for one year if SUNY Potsdam GPA is 2.5 or higher.
• The parties will encourage all students to pursue enrollment in these programs regardless of background. 

Transfer of Courses

• All college-level non-major courses with a D (1.0) or higher will transfer; all major requirement courses with a c (2.0) or higher will transfer and count toward the major. 
• There is no maximum number of transfer credits, but a minimum of 30 credits, including 15 upper-division credits in the major, must be completed with SUNY Potsdam coursework. Students transferring credits in excess of those required by the A.A.S. degree at TC3 may complete more than 120 total credits in pursuit of the B.A. degree. 
• An official evaluation of transfer credit is mailed with the admission acceptance letter.

SUNY General Education/College Requirements

• TC3 students transferring upon completion of the A.A.S. degree have satisfied SUNY Potsdam's WAYS 101, 102, and 103 requirements. Students transferring with the A.A.S. degree may also satisfy SUNY Potsdam's General Education Ways of Thinking, Connecting Through a Language Other Than English (CL), and  Connecting Globally (CG) requirements if they transfer with 7 of 10 SUNY General Education categories fulfilled and 30 total general education credits. As defined by SUNY, the 7 out of 10 must include Communication-Written and Oral; Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice; Mathematics (and Quantitative Reasoning); and Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning).
• TC3 students transferring upon completion of the A.A.S. degrees will complete SUNY Potsdam's Physical Education (PE/HW), Communicating in the Major (CM) and Connecting Theory to Practice (CT) requirements through course work at Potsdam. 

Transfer Services

• Students are required to attend a transfer student orientation.
• New transfer students receive individual advising with specially trained advisors.