1. Articulation Fundamentals
Gloria Arevalo, Ventura College
Dave DeGroot, Allan Hancock College
[Duane Short, San Diego Miramar College]

2. Overview What is Articulation? What is Not Articulation?
Requirements, Criteria, Process, & Outcome
Conclusion/Discussion

3. What is Articulation? From the dictionary…
The kind of connection that allows movement
The coherent expression of information

4. What is Articulation?
The process of developing a formal, written and published 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, 2013 CIAC Articulation Handbook

5. What is Articulation? In other words…
Articulation identifies courses students should take at community college in order to meet university requirements
This information is used to help students plan appropriate courses at community college

6. What is Articulation? Two-way (Bilateral) Articulation
SB 1415 initiated the Course Identification Numbering System (C-ID) as a way to establish course to course articulation among the community colleges and between the California State Universities.

7. What is Articulation?
What requirements do articulated courses fulfill?
Unit Credit toward a baccalaureate degree
General Education requirements at the university
Major Preparation requirements at the university

8. What is Not Articulation?
Course evaluations
Course evaluations determine credit for past educational experiences
Articulation is a guarantee of degree applicability
Future – for course planning
Past – guaranteed application of credit
This distinction often makes a difference when advising students

9. What is Not Articulation?
Admissions criteria or other course requirements
Admissions criteria for universities, majors, etc. often change from year to year
How university courses (and the articulated CCC courses) are used to fulfill various requirements also changes from year to year
Course articulation itself remains valid if the course was taken during the period the agreement was in effect

10. What is Not Articulation?
Suggestions
Suggestions or recommendations about preparatory courses may be helpful, but are not guarantees of course applicability
Articulation is a guarantee that courses at a sending campus will fulfill specific requirements at a receiving campus

11. What is Not Articulation?
Outreach materials
Outreach and marketing materials are vital parts of the transfer process but are not themselves curricular agreements
Articulation is an agreement between faculties about the comparability of coursework

12. Requirements, Criteria, Process, & Outcome
Unit Credit
General Education
Major Prep

13. Requirements, Criteria, Process, & Outcome
Unit Credit
General Education
Major Prep

14. Requirements, Criteria, Process, & Outcome
Unit Credit Requirement
Usually 120 baccalaureate-level units of credit required for a bachelor’s degree
60-70 lower division
50-60 upper division
CCC courses only fulfill lower division unit credit requirements
Subtle
yet
Important
Detail

15. Requirements, Criteria, Process, & Outcome
Unit Credit
General Education
Major Prep

16. Requirements, Criteria, Process, & Outcome
Unit Credit Articulation Criteria
CSU
Accepts any course the CCC designates as baccalaureate level (CSU E.O. 167)
CSU Faculty Senate guidance in determining baccalaureate level

17. Requirements, Criteria, Process, & Outcome
Unit Credit Articulation Criteria UC
Must be comparable to a lower division course on any UC campus in scope, level, and prerequisite
If not comparable, must be “appropriate” in terms of purpose, scope, and depth
Some subject-specific and modality-specific rules in “Guidelines for Articulation” document (CIAC handbook Appendix G)

18. Requirements, Criteria, Process, & Outcome
Unit Credit Articulation Criteria
Private/Independent/Out-of-State
Varies
Many use similar criteria to CSU

19. Requirements, Criteria, Process, & Outcome
Unit Credit
General Education
Major Prep

20. Requirements, Criteria, Process, & Outcome
Unit Credit Articulation Process
CSU
Determined by CCC curriculum committee and part of course outline (and often the course numbering system) UC
Submitted for review via OSCAR in summer (June, July, or August)
Results issued about 60 days later
“2nd Review / Appeals” period in early October

21. Requirements, Criteria, Process, & Outcome
Unit Credit Articulation Process
Private/Independent/Out-of-State
Usually part of overall agreement
Some universities have standard language/policies that can be included in agreement

22. Requirements, Criteria, Process, & Outcome
Unit Credit
General Education
Major Prep

23. Requirements, Criteria, Process, & Outcome
Unit Credit Articulation Outcome
CSU & UC
Posted to ASSIST
Private/Independent/Out-of-State
Detailed in final agreement
Sometimes “implicit” in final agreement

24. Requirements, Criteria, Process, & Outcome
Unit Credit
General Education
Major Prep

25. Requirements, Criteria, Process, & Outcome
General Education Requirement
Each university has its own “native” GE pattern/requirements
Two statewide patterns accepted in lieu of “native” GE patterns
IGETC – Accepted at all CSU campuses and most UC campuses
CSU GE – Accepted at all CSU campuses
Some privates/independents/out-of-states accept or partially accept CSU GE or IGETC
Subtle
yet
Important
Detail

26. Requirements, Criteria, Process, & Outcome
Unit Credit
General Education
Major Prep

27. Requirements, Criteria, Process, & Outcome
General Education Articulation Criteria
Courses need to fit the GE category; not necessarily a university course
IGETC – “IGETC Standards”
CSU GE (E.O. 1065) – “Guiding Notes”
American Institutions (E.O. 1061)
Not really GE, but…
Private/Independent/Out-of-State
Criteria varies
Some require university course comparability

28. Requirements, Criteria, Process, & Outcome
Unit Credit
General Education
Major Prep

29. Requirements, Criteria, Process, & Outcome
General Education Articulation Process
IGETC, CSU GE, American Institutions
Submit on OSCAR
Private/Independent/Out-of-State
Processes vary
Usually part of overall agreement

30. Requirements, Criteria, Process, & Outcome
Unit Credit
General Education
Major Prep

31. Requirements, Criteria, Process, & Outcome
General Education Articulation Outcome
IGETC, CSU GE, American Institutions
Posted to ASSIST
Private/Independent/Out-of-State
Detailed in final agreement

32. Requirements, Criteria, Process, & Outcome
Unit Credit
General Education
Major Prep

33. Requirements, Criteria, Process, & Outcome
Major Preparation Requirement
Each university has a unique set of courses required for a major
Often required before starting in upper division major courses
“Supporting courses”

34. Dave: Psych major, Alliant Intl. U. Phil: Psych major, SDSU
Ana: Psych major, UCSD
CSU GE pattern +
BIOL 105 PSYC 101 PSYC 211 PSYC 230 PSYC 258 PSYC 260
IGETC pattern +
CHEM 100/100L CHEM 130 CISC 192 MATH 121 MATH 122 PSYC 258
Alliant U. GE +
PSYC 101 PSYC 137 PSYC 211 PSYC 230

35. Requirements, Criteria, Process, & Outcome
Unit Credit
General Education
Major Prep

36. Requirements, Criteria, Process, & Outcome
Major Preparation Articulation Criteria
Course-to-course
CCC course is comparable (essentially equivalent) to university course
CCC course clears all the same requirements as the university course (exceptions possible)
Course-to-requirement
CCC course fulfills the intent and purpose of the specific major prep requirement
No expectation that CCC course is comparable to university course

37. Requirements, Criteria, Process, & Outcome
Major Preparation Articulation Criteria
Some universities only do course-to-course
Some universities only do course-to-requirement
Common permutations
Sequence to sequence articulation
Conditional articulation (e.g. audition reqd.)
Upper division subject credit articulation

38. Requirements, Criteria, Process, & Outcome
Unit Credit
General Education
Major Prep

39. Requirements, Criteria, Process, & Outcome
Major Preparation Articulation Process
UC/CSU
Initiated by CCC
New or revised course at CCC
New or revised course or requirement at university
Periodic review of university catalog
Initiated by university
Review of CCC curriculum change report
Formal proposal sent via (good idea to call first)

43. Requirements, Criteria, Process, & Outcome
Major Preparation Articulation Process
Private/Independent/Out-of-State
Usually a draft agreement is ed back and forth for revisions until both institutions are satisfied
CCC may have a preferred format
University may have a preferred format
Signature or no signature?
Sometimes university publishes without CCC approval (i.e. no agreement reached); often called “transfer guide” or “transfer information”

44. Requirements, Criteria, Process, & Outcome
Major Preparation Articulation Process
The Course Outline of Record (COR)
Specifies the minimum content, scope, rigor, etc. all sections of the CCC are taught to
The basic currency of articulation
Universities don’t have them
COR vs. syllabus
Very problematic for articulation
OK for evaluation (when used with COR)
Subtle
yet
Important
Detail

45. Requirements, Criteria, Process, & Outcome
Unit Credit
General Education
Major Prep

46. Requirements, Criteria, Process, & Outcome
Major Preparation Articulation Outcome
UC/CSU Course-to-course
Posted to ASSIST
“By Department” (defined by CCC and UC/CSU)
Populates “By Major” (if university chooses)
UC/CSU Course-to-requirement
“By Major” only
Private/Independent/Out-of-State
Detailed in final agreement
Subtle
yet
Important
Detail

47. Conclusion
Questions?
Discussion?

48. For copies of this presentation, questions, or information, please contact…
Gloria Arevalo
Dave DeGroot