ARTICULATION 101 Joanne Benschop Mira Costa College 2010

ARTICULATION 101 Joanne Benschop Mira. Costa College 2010 ASCCC Curriculum Institute Santa Clara Marriott • July 8 -10, 2010

Articulation Is: A. B. C. D. A faculty driven process of developing and evaluating curriculum The process of admitting, orienting, assessing, and developing an educational plan for transfer students Speaking clearly and concisely about course transferability The process of developing a formal, written and published agreement that identifies courses on a “sending” campus that are comparable or accepted in lieu of a specific course at a “receiving” institution

UC transferability is determined by: A. B. C. The community college course author and the Curriculum Council The UC Office of the President The IGETC Standards Committee

The “TCA” is A. B. C. The list of CC courses that transfer to the UC The list of college courses that are articulated for general education at the UC The list of college courses that transfer to the UC and the CSU

The “BAC” list is A. B. C. D. The list of courses from a CC that transfer to the CSU The list of college courses that transfer to the UC The list of all community college courses that transfer for CSU general education Also known as CSU-GE Breadth

CSU transferability is determined by A. B. C. D. The CSU Articulation Officer The CSU Chancellor’s office The CCC Academic Senate The community college course author and the community college Curriculum Council and/or Articulation Officer

If a course is on the “BAC” list or on the “TCA” it is A. B. C. D. Automatically approved on the CSU GE pattern of courses Automatically approved for the UC IGETC pattern of courses Can be submitted to the UC or the CSU for their general education patterns Can be submitted to the CSU or UC for articulation review

CSU guidelines for transferability of CCC courses are: A. B. Rigid and narrow Open and broad

Articulation agreements are A. B. C. D. Agreements between community colleges Agreements between a community college and a four-year institution Major preparation, general education, and course-to course agreements Both B and C above.

A course can be “transferable” but not articulated A. B. True False

An instructor developing a course for articulation should A. B. C. D. Research lower-division courses at a fouryear university Research articulated courses at other community colleges Work with the articulation officer to assess course comparability and necessity All of the above

The most common reason that a CCC course is rejected by UC or CSU A. B. C. D. The CSU and UC faculty generally believe that community colleges don’t offer course that are university level. The course documents submitted, typically the course outline, lack sufficient detail for the reviewer to understand the scope and content of the course There is no comparable lower-division course within the university system Your articulation officer is not doing his/her job.

The responsibilities of the Articulation Officer include A. B. C. D. E. F. Updating counselors on UC/CSU and private university articulation policies and procedures Advising discipline faculty/CC curriculum committees on transfer course requirements and trends and issues related to articulation and transfer Updating the campus on AA issues regarding transfer Complying with UC/CSU and ASSIST timelines for course submissions, articulation requests and quarterly updates Keeping track of all articulation requests and responses Serving as an discipline expert in all fields the CC