MACRAO ARTICULATION HANDBOOK – PART II Pat Cygnar and Laurie Kattuah-Snyder

Articulation Agreement Handbook Part I  Purpose of the handbook  Will be used as a training tool for new MACRAO members and as a tool to foster consistency of the MACRAO articulation agreement between institutions  Recap of the 2008 handbook presentation  Definitions  Best Practices

Transfer of MACRAO to the 4-year College University Curriculum MACRAO Transfer Agreement Minimum 30 credits General Education Requirements 30 or more credits Additional Gen Ed Support Courses/ Pre -Program Major/Minor/ Program Requirements Open Electives

Comparison of MACRAO to OTM  Similarities  Replaces GE requirements only  Allows additional GE requirements at receiving school  Posted on transcript  Differences  Minimum credits (30 vs 36-40)  Transfers 1 way vs both ways  Courses approved by community college vs state  Participation voluntary vs mandated by state

Articulation Agreement Handbook Part II  Based on last year’s feedback, the articulation committee created a draft of the handbook  Needs your further review and comments  Small groups will take different sections of the handbook to review  Report feedback to large group  Final draft will be sent to the MACRAO Executive Committee for review and approval  Distribution to members

Introduction and MACRAO Requirements  As a large group, please review page 1& top of page 2 of the handbook  Introduction  Purpose  Minimum requirements

Small Group Review Group 1 Determining courses for the MACRAO categories Certifying students as MACRAO satisfied Page 2 through top of page 3 Group 2 Provisos, limitations and exceptions by community colleges Page 2 Group 3 Communicating about MACRAO within the community college & with four-year partners Bottom of page 3 through middle of page 4 Group 4 Determining Bachelor’s degree requirements that are satisfied by MACRAO Page 4 through top of page 5 Group 5 Determining Provisos, limitations, exceptions at the four-year level Page 5 through top of page 6 Group 6 Implementing a mechanism for accepting the MACRAO stamp and communicating within the four-year college and community college partners Page 6

Next Steps  Capture feedback from today’s session  Review final draft with articulation committee  Send final draft to Executive Committee Thank you for your feedback!