Articulation and Transfer

STEPHANIE DUMONT GOLDEN WEST COLLEGEMICHELLE PILATIRIO HONDO COLLEGE

Overview

• Introductions• Transfer/Articulation and You• C-ID (www.c-id.not)• Lower Division Transfer Patterns (LDTP)• UC Statewide Transfer Preparation

Pathways• Statewide Career Pathways• ASSIST (www.assist.org)

Transfer and You

•What mechanism(s) do you have for determining that a course should be transferable?

•What criteria or evidence are used to make this determination?

Articulation and You

• Who is your go-to person for articulation?

• What do they do?• How much do you know about

what this person does?

Transfer and CSU• CSU Executive Order No. 167 Transfer of Credit

• Courses which have been developed and are recommended by the faculty of a regionally accredited college or university and designated as appropriate for baccalaureate credit by that institution shall be accepted by any campus of The California State University and Colleges for credit toward its baccalaureate degrees.

Transfer and UC

•Courses must be submitted for consideration

•Transfer status typically granted if course is comparable to a lower division course at any UC

Course Identification Number System (C-ID)

What is C-ID?

• Intersegmental• Faculty-driven• Voluntary

Why C-ID? Why CAN?

•A uniform course-numbering system like that in place in FL is unnecessary in CA, excessively costly and bureaucratic, and probably unworkable because of the size and complexity of CA higher education . . . .

Why C-ID? Why CAN?• Such a uniform system appears to make

unduly simplistic assumptions about the comparability or equivalency of courses offered by different institutions and gives CC students and counselors a false sense of security about equivalency if they are not familiar with the special conditions and limitations imposed by some institutions on transfer courses with common numbers

• http://www.cansystem.org/CAN_Guide.pdf

In other words..• CAN offered a means of

identifying comparable courses while respecting existing numbering systems and local control of curriculum.

• C-ID will do the same – and address some of the criticisms of CAN.

What happened to CAN?• CAN (California Articulation Numbering

System (1985-2005)• Advantages: Articulation, Shared number,

Widely used• Disadvantages: Lacked UC participation, Not

sufficiently descriptive, Outdated, Limited faculty review

• CAN becomes a CCC Orphan: January 2005

CI-D Project Overview

• 09-10 Year 3• Reviewing draft

descriptors – and developing more

• Finalizing “validation” process – and determining how to “implement”

FDRGs

• Faculty Discipline Review Groups• Intersegmental faculty develop

descriptors • Descriptors are posted for

statewide review at www.c-id.net

Senate Bill 1785 (2004)

• CSU• LDTP• Calls on CSU to develop “a

systemwide lower division transfer curriculum”

• ..existing procedures such as CAN program shall be employed.

LDTP

• Lower Division Transfer Pattern

• An answer to legislation• Called for

– Identifying commonalities– Hinted at a “numbering system”– “Highest priority” for admission

LDTP

• “Common” courses identified • TCSU process created

– Descriptor that would be acceptable to majority of CSUs

– Course with TCSU designation must be accepted by all CSU

– Issues with “validation” process

LDTP

• Lack of CCC involvement• Timelines not reasonable• Poor communication• Fear of loss of local articulation

LDTP and Curriculum

•What impact has LDTP had on your curriculum?

•Should it have an impact?

UC Statewide Transfer Preparation Pathways

• Common major prep for top 21 UC majors: http://uctransfer.universityofcalifornia.edu/statewide_paths.html

• Lists campuses that offer the same or similar major as well as related majors and specializations

UC Statewide Transfer Preparation Pathways

• Has common core and campus-specific requirements

• Includes selection requirements for competitive admission

• Recommends major-specific GE preparation

• Works in conjunction with ASSIST

Statewide Career Pathways

Statewide Career Pathways Project Goal

• Facilitate articulation between high schools, ROCPs, and colleges.

• Also – – Increase awareness of CTE

•Internal•External

– Remove barriers

Facilitating Articulation

• Create templates• Database

– Templates– Articulation

• Outreach

Identified “Barriers”

Transcript issues Delayed credit; “credit in escrow”

University articulation issues Will UC/CSU accept credit granted for

HS work? Database resistance

Is a commitment implied if I post an articulation agreement?

ASSIST

•What is ASSIST?•Why/how might it be used by

curriculum committees and those developing curriculum?

Conclusions

• Take home messages• Questions