ARTICULATION AGREEMENT
Hagerstown CommunityCollegeand MontgomeryCounty Public
Schools
HagerstownCommunityCollege: Information Systems Technology - A.A.S.
and Certificate Programs
Montgomery County Public Schools Program: Network Operations
INTRODUCTION: In the past severalyears,technologicaladvanceshave changedthe processesand
equipmentusedin a growing number of technicalfields. Today's workforce is confrontedwith diverse
and complex technical concepts and equipment and must have a broad understandingof the
comprehensive
principles that governthe behaviorof the systemsand subsystemsthat makeup the work
environment.
Administration, cmriculurn coordinators,and the respectivefaculties of Montgomery County Public
Schools(MCPS) and HagerstownConmtunityCollege (HCC) have examinedthe coursecompetencies
and contenttaught at both institutions in Network Operations and Information SystemsTechnology
andhaveagreedto:
Develop,for the maximumbenefit of students,an articulatedprogramin Network Operations to prepare
studentsfor careersin microcomputerinstallation,configuration& control systems,network installation,
configuration,operation,and troubleshooting.Studentscompletinga two semestersequenceshouldbe
ableto passthe vendor-neutralCompTIA A+ and Network+ examinations. Thesetwo certificationsare
rapidly becomingpart of the basiccredentialsthat help thosegoing into network management.
CERTIFICATION: Studentswho wish to enterHagerstownCommunity College will presentan official
high school transcript attachedto a completedArticulation Agreement Credit Award Form verifying
successfulcompletionof the articulatedcourseswith a gradeof B or betterto the HagerstownCommunity
College Office of Admissions, Records,and Registration. To receive credit, studentsmust enroll at
HagerstownCommunity College within five yearsof completionof an articulatedprogramwith MCPS.
Credit will be transferred upon admission into HagerstownCommunity College into an applicable
programandcompletionof one (I) semesterof study.
MCPSCOURSES
CORRESPONDING
HCC COURSES
4202NetworkOperations
(1.5credits)
.nd
4203NetworkOperations(1.5 credits)
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1ST1So-PCTech:Repair& Troubleshooting
(3 credits)
and
IST151-PCTechOperating
Sys~ (3 credits)
ISTI54-N
..
and
Basics(3 credits)
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OTHER SPECIAL CONSmERA.nONS:
Students seeking Hagerstown Conummity College credits for individual course(s) \Older this Articulation
Agreement must additionally provide satisfactory evidence of having passed certain CornpTIA
examinations, via original exam score sheetsor certificates, for each articulated course to be awarded, as
shown below:
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1ST150-PC Tech:R air & Troubleshootin
IST151-PCTech
IST154-Networkin Basics
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IMPLEMENTAnON: To implementthis agreement,
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Network+
institutionsagreeto:
1.
Offer approved Montgomery County Public Schools courses during grades nine through
twelve in mathematics, science, and technology that include prerequisite skills and content
for courses offered in the Hagerstown Community College curriculum in the Information
SystemsTechnology Program. Studentswill be encouragedto pursuea challenging academic
program in grades nine through twelve. Studentsmay be required to take developmental
coursesin English, reading, and mathematicsbefore moving on to the next level course in
their chosenHagerstownCommunity College program.
2.
Upon completion of the specific MCPS technical courses, outlined in this Agreement,
students may receive college credit when they enter Hagerstown Community College's
Information SystemsTechnology Program.
3.
Jointly develop promotional materials to describe the program to students,staff, faculties,
parents,and the community.
4.
Jointly develop and implement a procedureto monitor, evaluate,and assessthe effectiveness
of the program.
s.
Communicate this agreementto all concerned,including counselors, faculty, students,and
parents.
6.
Designate one MCPS administrator and one HCC representative with responsibility for
coordinating and supervising the agreement
7.
Review the agreement annually and coordinate any curricular changesthat may affect the
agreement
THIS AGREEMENTt having been fonnulatedby the responsiblefaculties and administrative
personnel of the Montgomery County Public Schools and Hagerstown Community Colleget and
haviEB~en certified by the chief academic officers of both institutionst is herewith agreedto this
, S'~ dayofFe.b N~~.
2006for implementation
beginningwith the fall semester
of 2006.
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HCC Faculty Signatures(s):
Superintendent
of Schools
MontgomeryCountyPublicSchools
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HCCDivision . . tor
u th Dleks,Ed.D.
ce President of Academic Affairs
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