EVALUATING TRANSFER CREDIT Segment Perspectives IEPI Evaluators Training Workshop February 2017

General Guidelines for Transferability CSU: Determined by CCC faculty for CCC courses Verified by CSU Admissions for non-CCC courses UC: Determined by UC faculty policy, regardless of origin

ACCREDITATION REQUIRED! Regional Accreditation National Accreditation International: Ministries of Education Distance Learning Programs Occupational Programs

RECENCY (Age of a course) Apply caution with courses required for specific major programs involving computer technology or software, and business; they may become outdated and be unacceptable. No systemwide policy, but some campuses have local policies to ensure up to date knowledge necessary to ensure student success in these type of program.

UNIT VALUES Watch for potential shortage in overall GE units Mixed: semester v. quarter – convert to one type

UPPER DIVISION: CSU After transfer, LD courses approved for UD requirements earn UD content credit but LD units. UD courses used in ADTs transfer as UD units. 60 transferable unit minimum based on both LD & UD

UPPER DIVISION: UC In general no UD unit credit awarded for two-year college courses. UD course units (awarded from a 2-yr or 4-yr institution are additive to LD maximum unit credit. UC’s Lower Division Maximum Credit Policy see UC’s Quick Reference for Counselors 2016 guide pg. 32

How Do UC and CSU Treat External Examination Credit?

http://ciac.csusb.edu/documents/IGETC Standards version 1.7 Final.pdf * CLEP does not satisfy IGETC

CSU GE BREADTH Advanced Placement College Level Examination Program International Baccalaureate

http://www.calstate.edu/transfer/requirements/AdvancedPlacementAPCourses.shtml

UC Exam Credit Practices Systemwide Policy on Awarding Credit for Elective Units Campus-specific (local) policies on awarding credit for major requirements vary Info on how each UC campus applies AP exam credit

UC Guidelines for Exam Credit

How Do UC and CSU Treat Military Credit?

Guidelines for Military Credit: CSU http://www.calstate.edu/EO/EO-1036.html Guidelines for Military Credit: CSU

UC POLICY ON MILITARY CREDIT U.S. Military Service Courses UC may award lower division (freshman/sophomore level) transfer credit for military service courses completed: if the courses are consistent with University policy on awarding transfer credit when there if the course is an equivalent course taught at a UC campus. UC will consult the American Council on Education (ACE) recommendations for information regarding course content and as a guide to the awarding of credit.

CERTIFICATION OF CSU GE BREADTH AND CSU/UC IGETC: CONSIDERATIONS Deliver via official transcripts, counselor-approved forms or e-transcripts When certs raise questions, student is not penalized; CSU will contact CCC directly. Partial certifications for STEM – built into AS-Ts for Biology, Chemistry

IGETC FOR STEM

http://www.calstate.edu/eo/EO-1100.html CSU GE BREADTH FOR STEM

Certification of CSU GE Breadth and IGETC NON-CCC COURSES: HELPFUL RESOURCES

http://www.calstate.edu/App/GEAC/documents/GE-Reviewers-Guiding-Notes.pdf

http://www.calstate.edu/transfer/requirements/csustudents.shtml CSU Chancellor’s office maintains GE approval info for these non-CCC institutions

https://tes.collegesource.com/

TES Tags

Campus Transfer Equivalency Sites CSPU Pomona CSU Channel Islands CSU East Bay CSU Los Angeles San Diego SU San Jose SU

http://www.cpp.edu/~registrar/transfer-credit/tes.shtml

NON-CCC COURSES – UC GUIDANCE Source: http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/files/Transfer_Credit_Practice.pdf

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

CSU ADT ROADMAPS CSU Channel Islands CSU Stanislaus San Francisco SU CSU Monterey Bay San Jose SU CSU Northridge CSPU Pomona

http://ueap.sfsu.edu/articulation/roadmaps/2016-17

UC TRANSFER PATHWAYS UC Transfer Pathways EXPLAINED

UC TRANSFER PATHWAYS UC Transfer Pathways ARTICULATION

CIAC: ARTICULATION-RELATED RESOURCES

Transfer Admission Requirements By Segment

CSU: http://calstate.edu/transfer/requirements/

UC: Systemwide admission requirements http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/transfer/preparing-admission/index.html

Regional Accrediting Agencies Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSA) New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Commission on Institutions of Higher Education (NEASC-CIHE) Northwest Commission of Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, The Higher Learning Commission (NCA-HLC) Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS- COC) Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (WASC-ACCJC) Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities (WASC-ACSCU)

National Accrediting Agencies Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools (AARTS) Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE) National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences (NACCAS) Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training (ACCET) Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC) Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC) Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) Council on Occupational Education (COE) Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS) Association of Theological Schools (ATS)

https://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/

Questions? Dave DeGroot at Allan Hancock: ddegroot@hancockcollege.edu Ceci Herrmann at SF State: herrmann@sfsu.edu José Lozano at CSPU Pomona: jllozano@cpp.edu UC Office of the President, Undergraduate Admissions: AskUC@ucop.edu for systemwide evaluation questions