Bunker Hill Community College

MassTransfer

MassTransfer provides a broad population of students with straightforward and understandable options toward the completion of associate and baccalaureate degrees, clearing the way for student access and student success in Massachusetts’ public higher education system.
MassTransfer has two main purposes:

• to provide community college students who complete designated associate degrees under MassTransfer with the benefits of the full transfer and applicability of credit, guaranteed admission, and a tuition discount (each benefit based on the student’s final grade point average) to linked baccalaureate programs; and
• to provide any student in the Massachusetts public higher education system the intermediate goal of completing a portable transfer block (“MassTransfer Block”) which satisfies general education/distribution/core requirements across institutions (with the receiving institution able to add no more than six additional credits/two courses).

The MassTransfer policy for community college students who complete designated associate degrees will apply to students who matriculate in or after fall 2009 at a Massachusetts community college.  Community college students who matriculated prior to fall 2009 and who participate in the Commonwealth Transfer Compact and/or Joint Admissions Program will be required to complete their associate degrees by August 2013 and must matriculate at a Massachusetts state college or University of Massachusetts campus by fall 2014.

The MassTransfer policy for any student in the Massachusetts public higher education system who completes the MassTransfer Block will apply beginning fall 2010, regardless of initial date of enrollment. 

A student seeking readmission as a matriculated student to an institution previously attended—whether on a full-time or part-time basis—is held to the receiving institution’s readmission policies.  However, if eligible for readmission, the receiving institution is strongly encouraged to honor the MassTransfer policy.

MassTransfer integrates and replaces the Commonwealth Transfer Compact, Joint Admissions, and the Tuition Advantage Program.

Mass Transfer Block
Mass Transfer provides students in Massachusetts public higher education the intermediate goal of completing a portable transfer block, MassTransfer Block, which satisfies general education/distribution/core requirements across institutions.  Students may complete the MassTransfer Block of 34 credits without earning a degree and utilize the benefits of MassTransfer as long as they have a 2.0 or higher G.P.A. 

MassTransfer Block:                 
English Composition/Writing                  6 credits
Behavioral and Social Sciences             9 credits
Humanities and/or Fine Arts                   9 credits
Natural or Physical Science                    7 credits (1credit must be a Lab)
Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning      3 credits
Total Credits                                         34 credits

Students with a 2.0 G.P.A. or greater will satisfy the general education requirements at the receiving institution, with the receiving institution able to add no more than 6 additional credits or 2 courses, if the student is admitted for transfer.  Students enrolling in a baccalaureate program requiring a higher grade point average or specific courses for completion of the degree may be required to complete additional courses or G.P.A requirements.  Completion of the  MassTransfer Block does not guarantee admission to the college or university.

For more information on Mass Transfer:
http://www.mass.edu/masstransfer/