This Articulation Agreement between Weatherford College and Cedar Valley College is intended to permit all WC Veterinary Assistant Certificate students to transfer directly into the Veterinary Technology Program.  The following course track will be available through this Articulation Agreement:

Veterinary Assisting Certificate Program

The director of the Veterinary Technology Program and the director of the Veterinary Certificate Program will review the appropriate courses in the Weatherford College curriculum for transferability.  The following courses will transfer from Weatherford College to the Veterinary Technology Program at Cedar Valley College-Dallas County Community College District: 

VTHT 1105 VTHT 2301 VTHT 1317 ENGL 1301 TECM 1303 BIOL 1406 SPCH XXXX XXXX XXXX

Veterinary Terminology Canine and Feline Management Veterinary Office Management Freshman College English Technical Math General Biology Speech Elective Fine Arts/Humanities Elective Behavioral/Social Science Elective

The following courses will transfer to the onsite Veterinary Technology Program with the following conditions:

VTHT 1401    VTHT 1413   VTHT 2321   VTHT 2323

Introduction to Veterinary Technology             Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology Veterinary Parasitology Veterinary Clinical Pathology

1. Following completion of each of these courses, the student who wishes to transfer will take a placement examination provided by the CVVT Program.
2. Student must pass each placement examination taken with a grade of 70 or better.
3. A student who does not receive a grade of 70 or better will have to retake the course at Cedar Valley College.

By approving these Program Transfer Guides, Cedar Valley College-Dallas County Community College District assures the Weatherford College transfer student that all courses in the certificate degree program will transfer into the Cedar Valley College Veterinary Technology degree program.  Representatives from Cedar Valley College Veterinary Technology Program and Weatherford College will review this Agreement during the month of August of each year to update course equivalencies.  Program Transfer Guides and transfer admission information to be used the subsequent academic year.

The following guideline applies to this Articulation Agreement:

Each Program Transfer Guide will be based on the Cedar Valley College-Dallas  County Community College District academic policies and program requirements. 

The Director of the Veterinary Assisting Program at Weatherford College and the Director of the Veterinary Technology Program at Cedar Valley College must approve amendments to this Articulation Agreement.  When appropriate officials of the two institutions sign this Agreement, each institution is free to publicize this Agreement in a manner consistent with the Agreement.  This Agreement will remain in effect until one or both of the institutions deem it necessary to terminate it.

____________________________________ Dr. Arleen Atkins, VP of Instruction    Weatherford College ____________________________________ Dr. Richard Bowers, Dean, Math, Science   Weatherford College ____________________________________  Barry Jones, Director, Vet. Assisting Program Weatherford College

________________________________ Dr. Lynn Nolte, VP of Instruction Cedar Valley College _________________________________ Dr. Vernon Beuke, Dean, Business, & Technology Science and Technology Cedar Valley College _________________________________ Dr. Alleice Summers, Interim Dir., Veterinary Technology Program Cedar Valley College