1. EVALUATING TRANSFER CREDIT
Segment Perspectives
IEPI Evaluators Training Workshop February 2017

2. 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

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

4. 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courses required for specific major programs involving computer technology or software, and business; they may become outdated and be unacceptable.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.

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

6. 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

7. 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

8. How Do UC and CSU Treat External Examination Credit?

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

10. CSU GE BREADTH
Advanced Placement College Level Examination Program International Baccalaureate

12. 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

13. UC Guidelines for Exam Credit

14. How Do UC and CSU Treat Military Credit?

15. Guidelines for Military Credit: CSU
Guidelines for Military Credit: CSU

16. 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.

17. 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

18. IGETC FOR STEM

19.
CSU GE BREADTH FOR STEM

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

22.
CSU Chancellor’s office maintains GE approval info for these non-CCC institutions

23. https://tes.collegesource.com/

24. TES
Tags

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

27. NON-CCC COURSES – UC GUIDANCE
Source:

28. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

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

31. UC TRANSFER PATHWAYS
UC Transfer
Pathways
EXPLAINED

32. UC TRANSFER PATHWAYS
UC Transfer Pathways ARTICULATION

33. CIAC: ARTICULATION-RELATED RESOURCES

34. Transfer Admission Requirements By Segment

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

36. UC: Systemwide admission requirements

37. 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)

38. 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)

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

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