Elgin Community College and ASU

Elgin Community College and ASU Partner to Offer Transfer Pathways with MyPath2ASU™

Partnership Overview

The newly established Universal Articulation agreement between Arizona State University and Elgin Community College reaffirms the combined commitment to support academic preparedness and continue to grow an ecosystem of transfer student success. Through student support collaboration, academic alignment, term-to-term persistence and transfer outcome strategies, students are ensured a smooth transition to the university and the support essential for student success.

The Elgin Community College MyPath2ASU™ transfer experience is available to both students and the staff that support them. Diverse MyPath2ASU™ degree options can be tailored based on the needs of Elgin Community College (within ASU degree requirements).

Elgin Community College MyPath2ASU™ transfer experience benefits

  • End-to-end learner navigation through course-by-course guided pathways.

  • Ensure course applicability by assisting students with taking courses that apply to their associate and ASU bachelor’s degree.

  • Guaranteed general admission to ASU and admission into MyPath2ASU™ major choice if all requirements are satisfied* Some majors have additional or higher admission requirements.

  • More than 400 course-by- course guided pathways into immersion and online ASU degree programs.

  • Self-service, degree progress tracking through My Transfer Guide to minimize loss of credit.

  • Connected experience through personalized ASU communications to prepare academically and build a connection to ASU.

About Elgin Community College

Elgin Community College, located halfway between Chicago and Rockford, Ill., is a comprehensive, fully accredited public community college, one of 48 statewide. ECC serves approximately 11,000 students each year. Programs of study include 25 major fields for university transfer, more than 130 career-oriented occupational degrees and certificates, corporate and continuing education, and a full complement of pre-collegiate courses. The three-year graduation rate exceeds the national average and the average of peer colleges. ECC is an Achieving the Dream Leader College of Distinction, noted for its continued strategic focus and progress in reducing equity gaps and increasing overall student success metrics. ECC is also recognized by the Aspen Institute as one of the top 150 community colleges in the United States and in 2022, was named among 25 colleges nationwide as a semifinalist for the 2023 $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. ECC is also a designated Hispanic Serving Institution by the U.S. Department of Education and a Military Friendly® School.

Elgin Community College MyPath2ASU™ degree spotlights

Business Administration, BA, W. P. Carey School of Business

A Bachelor of Arts in business with a concentration in business administration prepares you for many roles in a modern economy. Through an online business administration degree concentration, you’ll learn about leadership, finances, forecasting demand and more. The program’s emphasis on general management skills means you can start your career in a variety of industries.

An online business administration degree concentration will develop and diversify your business knowledge as well as teach you the skills you need to manage business operations. Graduates of this program have a key advantage: a tool set that enables them to create value in any business setting throughout their professional journey.

The online business administration degree concentration offers an education relevant to a broad range of industries and fields. Graduates can consider roles in areas like supply chain or operations management. Additionally, the knowledge and talents you develop allow you to act with purpose in many public sector roles. These public sector areas could include regulatory affairs or transportation management. This structured yet diverse curriculum equips you to pursue many relevant opportunities along your career path.

View Elgin Community College MyPath2ASU™ Business Administration, BA

Locations of study: 

Online, ASU Local, Polytechnic, West, ASU@Lake Havasu, ASU@TheGilaValley

Nursing, BSN, Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation

Nursing is at the forefront of our changing health care system. This program prepares you to be a professional nurse with the theoretical foundation and clinical competence to thrive in various health care settings. Learn to think critically, use evidence to make decisions, work collaboratively and be innovative in interprofessional health care environments.

Through a curriculum centered upon evidence-based practice, clinical reasoning, innovation, interprofessional communication and information technology, the BSN degree program prepares students to provide high-quality professional nursing care. The Bachelor of Science in Nursing may be earned through several unique pathways.

Students can choose from the traditional prelicensure BSN nursing program, accelerated BSN clinical nursing program, Online RN to BSN program, and concurrent enrollment BSN programs.

View Elgin Community College MyPath2ASU™ Nursing, BSN

Locations of study:

Downtown Phoenix, ASU@Lake Havasu (pending approval), Online

Psychology, BA, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences

This psychology program gives you unique undergraduate research opportunities to study human behavior, neuroscience, and much more. Psychology is the scientific study of human behavior. This diverse field includes mental health and counseling as well as child development, neuroscience and brain function, memory and decision-making, behavior analysis, statistics and more. It also crosses over into other disciplines such as medicine, law, business and economics. With this degree, you can pursue careers in government, social services, and the mental health fields.

This BA program in psychology --- emphasizing critical thinking and reasoning, quantitative research methods and writing --- goes beyond the classroom, adding practical experiences through internships, service-learning and faculty-supervised research

View Elgin Community College MyPath2ASU™ Psychology, BA

Locations of study:

West, ASU@Lake Havasu, Online