1. ASCCC Curriculum Institute
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
Tiffany

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

7. Accounting Certificate Allan Hancock
Dave
July 2016

8. Accounting Certificate Irvine Valley College
Dave
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.
Dave
July 2016

10. Bakersfield College: COMM B5 Rhetoric and Argumentation
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
Bernie
Question: Does C-ID reciprocity policy apply to all application of the local C-ID course or just to the application in the ADT?
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)
Bernie
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
Bernie
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
Bernie
July 2016

14. Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) ASCCC Reciprocity Statement
Deanna
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;
Deanna
Reminder: GE is also passed along.
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.
Deanna
July 2016

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

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

19. View all CCC courses approved for a C-ID descriptor.
Deanna
Effective date issue.
At this point in time, it is advisable to accept the course because we don’t know that it was NOT approved. It simply could have been sitting in the queue.
There is no official policy.
Exercise discretion and flexible in the interest of students.
Reference ASCCC reciprocity document.
It is generally more difficult to pass along our local non-approved courses for ADTs than for local degrees.

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.
Deanna
July 2016

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

22. Remember that effective dates for GE approval are noted on ASSIST!
Bernie
Note start and end dates.
Remember that effective dates for GE approval are noted on ASSIST!

23. Bernie

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

25. TMC: Political Science
Bernie

26. Flexibility Note the courses that are permissible. Bernie
Political Science
July 2016

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

28. TMC Template
Dave
Unfortunately, there are no archived versions of ADT templates.
July 2016

29. TMC: Sociology
Dave

30. CCC Transfer Counselor Website
Dave
Flexibility able to honor other colleges
July 2016

31. CIAC Course Outlines on the Web
Dave
July 2016

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

34. Local Policies: Example
Bernie
Pass out sample.
Written in accordance with the Reciprocity Statement.
Walk through this statement.
July 2016

35. Regional Reciprocity
Bernie
July 2016

36. Questions, Concerns
All
July 2016