2010 ASCCC Curriculum Institute Santa Clara Marriott • July 8-10, 2010

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

2. Articulation Is: • 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

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

4. The “TCA” is • 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

5. The “BAC” list is • 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

6. CSU transferability is determined by • 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

7. If a course is on the “BAC” list or on the “TCA” it is • 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

8. CSU guidelines for transferability of CCC courses are: • Rigid and narrow • Open and broad

9. Articulation agreements are • 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.

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

11. An instructor developing a course for articulation should • Research lower-division courses at a four-year university • Research articulated courses at other community colleges • Work with the articulation officer to assess course comparability and necessity • All of the above

12. The most common reason that a CCC course is rejected by UC or CSU • 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.

13. The responsibilities of the Articulation Officer include • 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 offers • All of the above