Tennessee Transfer Pathways

TN Transfer Pathway

Tennessee Transfer Pathway is an advising tool  that allows a student to begin their journey at a community college following an approved AA, AS, or AST curriculum that is designed to provide a seamless transition to a four-year program. The program guidelines can be found in TN Code 49-7-202 (r) which stipulates that a transfer pathway will consist of 60 hours of instruction with 41 of those hours designated to the general education core and the remaining 19 credits to pre-major or elective courses.Each Tennessee Transfer Pathway curriculum is reviewed every five years in the Spring.  These state-wide meetings will bring campus representatives together to review curriculum files and make recommendations for approval that students from across the state can follow in order to transfer from participating community colleges to universities throughout Tennessee. 

The Tennessee Transfer Pathway (TTP) curriculum review meetings for the Education and Social Sciences majors are scheduled to occur in February and March 2027. In preparation for these meetings, each institution will need to designate at least one representative from your campus for each TTP in which your institution participates. Please click the button below to submit your representatives by January 15, 2027.

TTP -Area of Focus Review Date Review Time CST
Opening Session 2/9/2027 8:30 AM
Early Childhood Education (Pre-K) 2/9/2027 10:00 AM
Anthropology 2/10/2027 9:30 AM
Elementary Education (K-5) 2/10/2027 1:30 PM
Criminal Justice 2/11/2027 9:30 AM
Family & Consumer Sciences 2/11/2027 1:30 PM
Middle School English 2/12/2027 9:30 AM
History 2/15/2027 9:30 AM
Middle School Math 2/15/2027 1:30 PM
International Affairs 2/16/2027 9:30 AM
Middle School Science 2/16/2027 1:30 PM
Political Science 2/17/2027 9:30 AM
Middle School Social Studies 2/17/2027 1:30 PM
Psychology 2/18/2027 9:30 AM
Physical Education 2/18/2027 1:30 PM
Secondary Education (English) 2/19/2027 9:30 AM
Religious Studies 2/22/2027 9:30 AM
Secondary Education (Math) 2/22/2027  1:30 PM
Social Work 2/23/2027 9:30 AM
Secondary Education (Social Studies) 2/23/2027 1:30 PM
Sociology 2/24/2027 9:30 AM
Urban Studies 2/25/2027 9:30 AM
Special Education 2/25/2027 1:30 PM

This schedule is tentative and may change.

The Tennesee Transfer Pathways subcouncil is charged with reviewing, updating, and developing transfer policies, principles, and systemwide expectations to ensure legislative compliance. The subcouncil will use multiple taskforce groups to pragmatically develop a continuous improvement plan, ensuring the credits students earn through a Tennessee Transfer Pathway (TTP) program will apply to degree pathways at Tennessee’s public universities and participating private universities. 

Contact:

Dr. Tracy T. Comer
Senior Director of Articulation & Transfer Initiatives
Ph: (615) 925-1992
tracy.comer@tn.gov