As Ivy Tech expands and provides more programs to serve the needs of students, the College has developed some very important transfer agreements creating more opportunities for students seeking continued education.

Over the last several years, Ivy Tech Northwest has worked locally with Purdue Calumet, Purdue North Central, Indiana Wesleyan and IUN to offer seamless transfer opportunities to our students. Throughout the state of Indiana, Ivy Tech is working to develop agreements with other institutions to allow our students to transfer to numerous other Indiana institutions of higher education.

Beginning with fall 2006 classes, the Valparaiso campus will offer the A.S. in pre-engineering. This is the first time that the Ivy Tech Community College System has offered a pre-engineering degree. Valparaiso campus students can transfer all of their credits to Purdue University Calumet toward their B.S. in engineering with concentrations in computer, electrical or mechanical Engineering. The degree will also be available with the University of Southern Indiana’s B.S. in engineering and an agreement is being developed to transfer credits to the University of Evansville’s B.S. in engineering program.

“Offering this degree reflects Ivy Tech’s commitment toward meeting the growing demand for professionals in the engineering field,” said Dean of Academic Affairs, Dr. Debbie Halik.

Professor and Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department and Interim Head of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Purdue University Calumet, Chenn Q. Zhou, Ph.D, said Purdue Calumet is looking forward to working with Ivy Tech to transfer students to the campus under the articulation agreement. “It is expected that this new program will increase enrollments at both institutions,” she added. “It will create opportunities for more residents of Northwest Indiana, especially non-traditional students, to pursue professional careers in engineering at reduced financial and personal costs."

Also in the fall, the College will offer the associate of science in education with an elementary education concentration. The new program will allow students to transfer to Indiana State University for completion of the bachelor’s degree program. Sheila Johnson, assistant dean at the Michigan City campus of Ivy Tech, said the degree helps not only incoming students who are interested in elementary education as a career, but those paraprofessionals who are seeking to meet the new No Child Left Behind requirements. “No Child Left Behind policy stipulates that anyone that is working in a paraprofessional capacity in a school, such as teachers’ aide, must have certification.” The degree will be offered through the Michigan City campus.

Ivy Tech Community College is the state’s second largest public post-secondary institution with over 73,000 students enrolled this spring. Ivy Tech has 23 campuses throughout Indiana. It serves as the state's engine of workforce development, offering affordable degree programs and training that are aligned with the needs of its community along with courses and programs that transfer to other colleges and universities in Indiana. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

View our Flyer!