1. V. Tina Christian, Educational Planner, Green River CC Joyce Fagel Academic Counselor, U of Washington and Shoreline CC Community College / U of Washington Advising Conference, April 17, 2013 TRANSFER ADVISING BASICS

2.  What about that DTA and the UW?  When should students choose the Associate in Science Transfer degree?  What’s more important: classes to complete Associates or classes to prepare for major?  Where can students/advisers find information?  Who can help students/advisers? A SESSION FOR THE NEW-ISH ADVISER

3. Who is  from a community college?  from U of Washington?  other? How long in advising  one year or less?  two years or less?  between 2 and 10 years?  more than 10 years? Photo courtesy of UW Admissions Office WELCOME TO THE ADVISING COMMUNITY.

4. What it does  Adds to higher priority for admission – 90 transfer credits  Helps meet minimum admission requirements.  Courses counted towards a distribution area for the DTA degree, will be accepted towards similar requirement at UW -Exception: courses needed to meet composition and foreign language cannot be used for Areas of Knowledge  Prepare for variety of majors. What it does not do  No guaranteed admission  Does not automatically meet CADRs; watch out for English (Second Language) Foreign Language Fine Arts Intermediate Algebra  Does not complete all UW general education requirements for Bachelor’s DIRECT TRANSFER AGREEMENT (DTA) AND THE UW VS

5. DTA requirement 1.English/Communication = 10 2.Quantitative Symbolic Reasoning = 5 3.Humanities = 15 4.Math/Science = 15 5.Social Sciences= 15 UW requirement (to graduate) College of Arts & Sciences 1.Composition + Additional Writing = 5+10 2.Quantitative Symbolic Reasoning = 5 Foreign Language, see next slide 1.Visual, Literary & Performing Arts (VLPA) = 20 2.Natural World (NW) = 20 3.Individuals & Societies (I&S) = 20 GENERAL EDUCATION AREAS

6.  UW Admissions – CADR: requires two years in high school or two quarters in college (i.e. complete level two in a language)  Graduate from UW: level three (3 rd yr high school, or 3 rd qtr college) is required for degrees in these colleges: Arts & Sciences, Education, Social Work  Both of these are considered completed if students meet the UW definition of “native language” (studied in that language up through 7 th grade), or, students can contact Admissions Office for testing. AA-DTA allows 5 credits of first year foreign language in Humanities category. What happens to those credits?  If students study in the colleges of Arts & Sciences, Education or Social Work, AND they are using this language to meet their graduation foreign language requirement, those credits will go towards foreign language rather than VLPA (they’ll now need more VLPA credits).  If they do not use this language towards an FL graduation requirement (because it is their third language or studying in a different college), than per the DTA, advisers at UW can count those 5 credits for VLPA.  EXCEPT: this is not allowed by the College of Engineering, due to national engineering accreditation standards. WHAT ABOUT FOREIGN LANGUAGE? THIS SLIDE IS ADDED, BASED ON CONVERSATION AT THE CONFERENCE

7. OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT DTA

8. Track 1: Life Sciences Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Pre- Medical/Dental/Pharmacy Track 2: Physical Sciences Astronomy, Atmospheric Sciences, Engineering, Physics Why? These majors require many sequenced courses to prepare for the major. ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE TRANSFER DEGREE (AST AGREEMENT)

9. Associate in Arts (& Sciences) (name varies by CC) Direct Transfer Agreement - DTA  Focus on general education and exploring  At some universities, will meet all general requirements; at UW meets most, but not all  Major Related Programs (MRP) for Business, Nursing to help students prepare for those majors Associate in Science Transfer - Track 1 or Track 2 Associate in Science Transfer Agreement - AST  Focus on math and science to prepare for major  Is not intended to meet all general education requirements; students will take remaining gen. ed. after transfer  Major Related Programs (MRP) for three different sets of engineering majors WHICH ASSOCIATES? WHICH AGREEMENT?

10. DO STUDENTS HAVE TO COMPLETE AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE? NO, but it’s nice to have. But, UW has competitive admission So, Students should apply to multiple schools Which means, DTA or AST degree very helpful for admissions priority and meeting general education at many WA schools. Then what are course priorities for UW? 1.Admissions requirements – CADR 2.Explore major 3.Prepare for major 4.Associates degree completion

11.  Use the Transfer Equivalency Guide: http://admit.washington.ed u/EquivalencyGuide http://admit.washington.ed u/EquivalencyGuide  Courses may transfer with or without an exact UW course number attached.  XXX courses can meet gen.ed. requirements CMST& 210 (5) formerly SPCH 180 COM 270 (5) VLPA, I&S AUT Qtr. 2008 CMST& 220 (5) formerly SPCH 100 COM 220 (5) VLPA, I&S AUT Qtr. 2009 CMST& 230 (3) formerly SPCH 170 COM 2XX AUT Qtr. 2008 CMST 250 (3) formerly SPCH 250 COM 2XXVLPA, I&S AUT Qtr. 2009 HOW DO CLASSES TRANSFER WITHOUT DTA OR AST?

12. UW Seattle Admissions Web Portal: http://admit.w ashington.edu/ Admission/Tran sfer http://admit.w ashington.edu/ Admission/Tran sfer WHERE IS THE INFO?

13. UW Advising Home Page (By UAA office): http://www.washington.edu/uaa/advising /index.php http://www.washington.edu/uaa/advising /index.php

14. WHO CAN HELP? STUDENTS 1. Admissions  Web contact/email  Phone: 206-543-9686  Drop-in  Transfer Thursday 1:30 sessions 2. UAA Advising  Transfer Thursday afternoon drop-in from 2:30 to 4:00 3. OMA&D Academic Counseling Services call 206-543-7132 ask for TRiO or EOP adviser 4. College/Department Advising  Transfer Thursday  Advisers list at http://www.washington.edu/uaa/advisi ng/about/departments.php http://www.washington.edu/uaa/advisi ng/about/departments.php ADVISERS Same as students, plus OK to contact: 1.Admissions Office Connect with UW Transfer Fair representative 2.Undergraduate Academic Affairs Advisers http://www.washington.edu/uaa/advising/about/t eam.php 3. Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity http://depts.washington.edu/omadcs/contact/ 4. Each other CC / UW Advising conference participants UWCC listserv Baccalaureate Community and Technical College participants UWCC listserv: http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailma n/listinfo/uwcc http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailma n/listinfo/uwcc Don’t be shy!

15. THANK YOU!