Articulation Agreements

Elms College currently has articulation agreements with a number of two-year public colleges in Massachusetts and Connecticut which allows for a smooth transferring of credits into Elms College.

Massachusetts Joint Admissions Agreement

Although a private college, Elms College honors the provision of the joint admission agreement between community colleges and four-year public institutions in Massachusetts. Students who apply to Elms College with an associate’s degree in liberal arts and sciences from an accredited two-year college with a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 will be granted admission and may satisfy the Elms College core curriculum requirements by competing senior seminar and a three-credit course in religious studies. Students are guaranteed junior status and the transfer of at least 60 credits, including "D" grades, which are counted as general electives where majors have minimum grade requirements. Elms College majors excluded from guaranteed admission under joint admission are nursing, education, and communication sciences and disorders.

Massachusetts Community Colleges

Berkshire Community College

1. Joint Admission – Berkshire Community College and Elms College

The joint admission program is intended to facilitate the transfer of eligible participating students from Berkshire Community College to Elms College upon completion of their associate's degree programs at BCC and satisfaction of other applicable conditions required under the joint admission program. Students must earn a minimum 2.5 cumulative grade point average and the associate's degree in a program accepted by Elms College. Students who fulfill the requirements for joint admission at BCC are eligible for junior status at Elms College. Grades below "C" are not transferable unless approved by petition. Students seeking joint admission into specialized programs, including but not limited to communication sciences and disorders or education, must satisfy all program requirements and earn the minimum cumulative grade point average established for those programs. This agreement excludes the following degree programs at Elms College: nursing.

2. Berkshire Community College students who have completed a minimum of 60 semester hours and the associate of science degree in human services with a minimum grade point average of 2.5 will be automatically granted admission to Elms College with junior status into the bachelor of science in social work program.

Greenfield Community College

1. Greenfield Community College students who have completed a minimum of 60 semester hours and the associate of science degree in early childhood education with a minimum grade point average of 2.5 will be automatically granted admission to Elms College with junior status into the bachelor of arts in elementary education program.

2. Greenfield Community College students who have completed a minimum of 60 semester hours and the associate of arts degree in human services with a minimum grade point average of 2.5 will be automatically granted admission to Elms College with junior status into the bachelor of science in social work program.

Holyoke Community College

1. Joint Admission – Holyoke Community College and Elms College

The joint admission program is intended to facilitate the transfer of eligible participating students from Holyoke Community College to Elms College upon completion of their associate degree programs at HCC and satisfaction of other applicable conditions required under the joint admission program. Students must earn a minimum 2.5 cumulative grade point average and the associate degree in a program accepted by Elms College. Students who fulfill the requirements for joint admission at HCC are eligible for junior status at Elms College. Grades below "C" are not transferable unless approved by petition. Students seeking joint admission into specialized programs, including but not limited to communication sciences and disorders or education, must satisfy all program requirements and earn the minimum cumulative grade point average established for those programs. This agreement excludes the following degree programs at Elms College: nursing.

2. Holyoke Community College students who have completed a minimum of 60 semester hours and the associate of arts degree in liberal arts and sciences with a minimum grade point average of 2.5 will be automatically granted admission to Elms College with junior status into the bachelor of arts in early childhood education/psychology program.

3. Holyoke Community College students who have completed a minimum of 60 semester hours and the associate of arts degree in arts and sciences (psychology option) with a minimum grade point average of 2.5 will be automatically granted admission to Elms College with junior status into the bachelor of arts in early childhood education/psychology program.

4. Holyoke Community College students who have completed a minimum of 60 semester hours and the associate of arts degree in liberal arts and sciences with a minimum grade point average of 2.5 will be automatically granted admission to Elms College with junior status into the bachelor of arts in early childhood education/Spanish program.

5. Holyoke Community College students who have completed a minimum of 60 semester hours and the associate of science degree in early childhood education with a minimum grade point average of 2.5 will be automatically granted admission to Elms College with junior status into the bachelor of arts in early childhood education/Spanish program.

6. Holyoke Community College students who have completed a minimum of 60 semester hours and the associate of science degree in early childhood education with a minimum grade point average of 2.5 will be automatically granted admission to Elms College with junior status into the bachelor of science in social work program.

7. Holyoke Community College students who have completed a minimum of 60 semester hours and the associate of science degree in human services with a minimum grade point average of 2.5 will be automatically granted admission to Elms College with junior status into the bachelor of science in social work program.

8. Holyoke Community College students who have completed a minimum of 60 semester hours and the associate of arts degree in liberal arts and sciences with a minimum grade point average of 2.5 will be automatically granted admission to Elms College with junior status into the bachelor of arts in early childhood education/psychology program.

Springfield Technical Community College

1. Joint Admission – Springfield Technical Community College and Elms College

The joint admission program is intended to facilitate the transfer of eligible participating students from Springfield Technical Community College to Elms College upon completion of their associate degree programs at STCC and satisfaction of other applicable conditions required under the joint admission program. Students must earn a minimum 2.5 cumulative grade point average and the associate degree in a program accepted by Elms College. Students who fulfill the requirements for joint admission at STCC are eligible for junior status at Elms College. Grades below "C" are not transferable unless approved by petition. Students seeking joint admission into specialized programs, including but not limited to communication sciences and disorders or education, must satisfy all program requirements and earn the minimum cumulative grade point average established for those programs. This agreement excludes the following degree programs at Elms College: nursing.

2. Springfield Technical Community College students who have completed a minimum of 60 semester hours and the associate of arts degree in liberal arts transfer and general studies programs with a minimum grade point average of 2.5 will be automatically granted admission to Elms College with junior status into the bachelor of science in social work program.