Course Substitution and Reciprocity – Local Degrees and Certificates, General Education, and ADTs

1. Course Substitution and Reciprocity – Local Degrees and Certificates, General Education, and ADTs ASCCC Curriculum Institute July 2016 Deanna Abma, City College of San Francisco Bernie Day, Foothill College Dave DeGroot, Allan Hancock College Tiffany Tran, Irvine Valley College

2. How well do you tolerate ambiguity? This course substitution and reciprocity business is driving me crazy! July 2016

3. Overview • Definitions: Reciprocity & Course Substitution • Certificates & Degrees • General Education Patterns • Associate Degree for Transfer – ADT’s • Best Practices • Tools of the Trade/Resources July 2016

4. Reciprocity Merriam-Webster Dictionary: REC-I-PROC-I-TY (res-uh-pros-i-tee): noun. a situation or relationship in which two people or groups agree to do something similar for each other Colleges that adopt a reciprocity policy honor the ways in which courses are used at other community colleges when certifying course work taken at their college. July 2016

5. Course Substitution A course substitution takes the place of a required course in a curriculum, provided it does not compromise the integrity of the course and/or program outcomes. July 2016

6. Certificates & Degrees Reciprocity Typically based on course-to-course comparability with local discipline faculty deciding course substitution and/or reciprocity agreements. Now, C-ID designations trump local discipline decisions. Future: more CTE C-ID course descriptors. July 2016

7. Accounting CertificateAllan Hancock July 2016

8. Accounting Certificate Irvine Valley College July 2016

9. C-ID Accounting Designators C-ID Prefix & Descriptor Title |College Prefix & Course Title ==== Allan Hancock College ====ACCT 110 Financial Accounting |ACCT 130 Financial Accounting ACCT 120 Managerial Accounting|ACCT 140 Managerial Accounting ==== Irvine Valley College ====ACCT 110 Financial Accounting |ACCT 1A Financial Accounting ACCT 120 Managerial Accounting |ACCT 1B Managerial Accounting Allan Hancock College must accept Irvine Valley’s ACCT 1A and 1B for their ACCT 130 and ACCT 140 and visa-versa. July 2016

10. Would you consider any of these courses comparable to your COMSTD 72: Logic and Argumentation course? • Bakersfield College: COMM B5 Rhetoric and Argumentation • Copper Mountain College: SP 7 Decision-Making and Advocacy • Berkeley City College: COMM 5 Persuasion and Critical Thinking Answer: All four courses are approved for C-ID COMM 120! July 2016

11. GE Reciprocity - Defined REC-I-PROC-I-TY (res-uh-pros-i-tee): noun. The relation or policy in [general education] dealings between [California community colleges] by which corresponding advantages or privileges are granted by each [college] to the [students] of the other. The Case for Reciprocity. ASCCC Rostrum (2010) July 2016

12. GE Reciprocity - Applied Local General Education Pattern • Course-to-course comparability • Regional reciprocity • Honoring courses in other CCC GE pattern • AP/CLEP/IB • C-ID July 2016

13. GE Reciprocity – Applied (cont) IGETC and CSU GE Transfer Patterns Course-to-course comparability (not for CCC, but for private or out-of-state). CCC reciprocity established by UC/CSU. AP/CLEP/IB for CSU GE AP/IB for IGETC July 2016

14. Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT)ASCCC Reciprocity Statement July 2016

15. Reciprocity Statement: Summary • Pass along/accept courses as part of another college’s ADT that are deemed reasonable; • Maintain local control for course substitutions; • Where C-ID descriptors are not in place and/or where the substitution does not involve deeming two courses comparable, make informed course substitution decisions by the judgment of discipline faculty; July 2016

16. Reciprocity Statement: Summary Ensure substitutions are consistent with the TMC parameters (some TMCs allow more flexibility in course substitutions than others); Apply external sources of credit: (e.g. AP, IB, CLEP) toward the GE and major. Use statewide documents and local policies for such determinations; and, Credit by Exam: Utilize existing local credit by exam policies. July 2016

17. Tools of the Trade • C-ID • ASSIST • CCCCO TMC templates • CCC Transfer Counselor Website • CIAC course outline resources • Articulation Officers There are resources to assist you! July 2016

18. Numerous tools & resources. Bookmark this page! (c-id.net)

19. View all CCC courses approved for a C-ID descriptor.

20. C-ID Considerations • Honor existing C-ID articulation • Effective dates? • C-ID approval • Courses completed prior to C-ID process • Pass along of non C-ID approved courses should be determined by local processes. July 2016

21. ASSIST also has C-ID approvals, but may not always be current.

22. Remember that effective dates for GE approval are noted on ASSIST!

24. Click on the link for the Transfer Model Curriculum C-ID July 2016

25. TMC:Political Science

26. Flexibility Note the courses that are permissible. July 2016

27. The CCCCO web page has all the TMC templates. Note: new templates!

28. TMC Template July 2016

29. TMC: Sociology

30. CCC Transfer Counselor Website July 2016

31. CIAC Course Outlines on the Web July 2016

32. Best Practices • Establish Board policy • Develop local policies that are consistent with mandate but flexible enough to support students. • Regional Reciprocity July 2016

33. Local Board Policy Example The district shall permit the waiver or substitution of courses required for completion of an associate degree or a program certificate, providing the district does not offer the required course on a regular basis and has a comparable course; or providing the student submits evidence that a course taken at another college is comparable to one required at Allan Hancock College. July 2016

34. Local Policies: Example July 2016

35. RegionalReciprocity July 2016

36. Questions, Concerns July 2016