1. Articulation ESSENTIALS
Setting up courses for articulation success
MJC Curriculum Committee Training
September 6, 2019
Letitia B. Senechal
Articulation Officer

2. ABOUT THIS TRAINING Articulation definition refresher
Why our curriculum needs articulation review
Who establishes articulation
Articulation readiness – brass tacks
Got a question?

3. “ARTicuLATION” Refresher
Articulation…refers specifically to course articulation: the process of developing a formal, written agreement that identifies courses (or sequences of courses) on a “sending” campus that are comparable to, or acceptable in lieu of, specific course requirements at a “receiving” campus.
- CIAC (California Intersegmental Articulation Council) Handbook Spring, 2013

4. Why CURRICULUM NEEDS ARTICULATION REVIEW
to ensure it most meaningfully applies to both local and baccalaureate requirements (of partner transfer institutions: CSU, UC) whenever possible
to ensure we do not overlook opportunities to expand the transcripted value of a given bachelor’s degree learning experience
to ensure the quality of curriculum against various requirements and standards outside of our local jurisdiction
to support students in most efficiently reaching their educational goals

5. WHY CURRICULUM NEEDS ARTICULATION REVEW
Baccalaureate institutions ultimately define lower-division requirements for the bachelor’s degree
Credit earned at MJC does not automatically imply that credit is earned in the same way – if at all - at CSU or UC

6. ARTICULATION ESTABLISHES THE MEANINGFUL TRANSFER OF CREDIT
General Elective Credit
CSU
UC Transfer Course Agreement approval
General Education via
CSU-GE
IGETC
Credit by Examination (Credit for Prior Learning)
Major/course to course credit via
CID – CSU only at this time
Course to course articulation (ASSIST.org)

7. ARTICULATION: WHO CALLS THE SHOTS?
General Elective Credit at CSU and UC
CSU – MJC faculty in accordance with CSU EO 167 and local process
UC transfer admissions office screens courses on behalf of UC discipline committee criteria
Baccalaureate General Education Breadth - CSU-GE/IGETC Patterns
Statewide intersegmental GE review panel
Course to course/major articulation
CID: statewide discipline reviewers from CCCs and CSUs
Course to course articulation: CSU and UC department faculty
Lower division “major prep”: CSU and UC department faculty

8. Succeeding at “AO Review” bRASS TACKS

9. ARTICULATED CREDIT: WHAT IS POSSIBLE?
UC Transferability
Equivalence with Columbia College
CSU-GE Breadth
IGETC Breadth Approval
CID Approval for CCC and/or CSU reciprocity
ADT inclusion
Course to Course Articulation
Lower Division Major Preparation at CSU and UC

10. UC TRANSFERABILITY
Want a course to transfer to UC? Review discipline specific requirements set for in the UC Transfer Course agreement
One time per year: MJC has June submission for TCA review
Want IGETC? TCA approval cycle comes first. Plan for a 2-year delay until the course can do what is best for students.

11. TEXTBOOKS Ensure edition currency
Supply a dated rationale when newest edition is older than 5 years old
Review UC TCA Textbook Requirements for courses seeking UC transferability and IGETC approval
Special requirements by discipline
Get help from Rhonda Campbell at 6464

12. GENERAL EDUCATION BREADTH
We are custodians of critical thinking skills!
Become familiar in standards for General Education breadth. Show them to colleagues.
CSU-GE standards set forth in CSU Executive Order 1100
IGETC standards set forth in IGETC Standards
Get wise to potential submission pitfalls with the Guiding Notes for GE Reviewers document
New course with GE goals? Timelines are everything
Course will not articulate as planned until all approvals are gleaned e.g., a course without UC TCA and will not transfer to UC at all.
Waiting on GE approval? Schedule sections at the students’ risk
Plan to wait up to two years for IGETC

13. COMPARABLE COURSES
Must be lower-division otherwise we are outside CCC mission
Course numbering means different things at different institutions.
1-99 is lower division across the UC
Check the CSU Course Numbering System list for numbering at each CSU
Requesting UC Transfer? Find a truly comparable UC course
ASSIST is not reliable at this time
Don’t fear: the data is out there
Search current academic year catalogs (not schedules!)
Old ASSIST articulation agreements (see attached files for course articulation summaries for existing courses) may already show comparable articulated courses
Look outside the box
Bible class lives in “RGST” at a UC (Religious Studies)
Native American topics entitled “Indian” at a CSU
Spanish literature found in TWS “Third World Studies”