1. LOWER-DIVISION CLASSES TAKEN BY TRANSFER STUDENTS
STEPHANIE BLUESTEIN, JOURNALISM, MCCAMC

2. What lower-division classes in the Mike Curb College of Art, Media, & Communication are transfer students taking once they arrive at CSUN?
Some lower-division classes--such as individual music lessons and visual communication (Journalism)--aren’t offered at community colleges so to that isn’t an easy fix.
Music majors have 24 units of required lower-division classes, in addition to 27 units of required music education option requirements, compared to Communication Studies students, which have zero required lower-division classes in the major.
Guiding Questions

3. Lower-division classes taken between 2010-2017 by majors in the MCCAMC was examined.
Each major and option was studied to determine which lower-division classes are being taken by transfer students.
Consideration was taken in regard to courses that are unlikely to be able to be offered at the community colleges due to a lack of funding and/or facilities.
Overview of Data

4. Number of seats filled in these majors by transfer students: from and the top courses in each major:
ART: 2,145 (ART 141 and 200)
COM STUDIES: 193 (COMS 150)
CTVA: 1,771 (CTVA 220)
JOURNALISM: 1,088 (JOUR 210 and 250)
MUSIC: 4,052 (MUS 191 and 202)
THEATRE: 543 (TH 108V and 222)
TOTAL: 9,792 seats over six disciplines
Findings

5. Departments should reach out to nearby community colleges, starting with those in closest proximity to CSUN, to inquire about the possibility of various lower- division courses being offered at the community colleges. Start with courses taken by the greatest number of transfer students.
Syllabi should be examined to see if a particular course at a community college could be slightly changed so it could articulate to CSUN, allowing the student to take it at the community college.
Concluding thoughts