Transfer is not the primary purpose of an A.A.S. program, but NOVA has articulation agreements that facilitate the transfer of this and other career-oriented programs to selected senior institutions. Students interested in transfer should contact a counselor or their academic advisor early in their program.

Northern Virginia Community College accepts industry-standard certifications, credentials and/or professional courses for credit. Broadly, licenses, credentials and/or certifications must be current and valid for consideration. For more information regarding the status of the certification and its eligibility for credit, please see an advisor or faculty members in the discipline area that awards CPL credit.

The most current information can be found here for CPL: Certifications and Credentials.

CPL examples: OSHA - OSHA 10

The Data Centers Operation program at NOVA is designed to prepare students for transfer to a bachelor's degree program. When it comes to the most important skills required to be a data center operations manager, we found that a lot of resumes listed 13.6% of data center operations managers included infrastructure, while 7.1% of resumes included hardware, and 6.9% of resumes included project management. Hard skills like these are helpful to have when it comes to performing essential job responsibilities.