Dave DeGroot, Allan Hancock College

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Articulation 101 Pt 1

• Dave DeGroot, Allan Hancock College
• Duane Short, San Diego Miramar College

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Overview

• What is Articulation?
• What is Not Articulation?
• Why Articulation Matters
• The Articulation Officer
• Articulation Office Organization
• Articulation Information Dissemination

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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, 2006 California Articulation Policies and
Procedures Handbook
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What is Articulation?

• In other words
• Articulation is a Triptik
• It is a guide to courses students should take to
  get fromcommunitycollege to theirfuture
  universityand major

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What is Articulation?

• What information should be on the triptik?
• CCC courses accepted for University Credit toward
  a baccalaureate degree
• CCC courses that will fulfill General Education
  requirements at the university
• CCC courses that will fulfill Major Preparation
  requirements at the university

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What is Articulation?
The basic structure of a transfer education plan

• General Education (39 units)
• Prep-for-major (0-50 units)
• Transferable Electives (0-21 units)
• Transfer Coursework (usually min 60
  transferable units)

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What is Articulation?

• Each combination of transfer university and major
  results in a different combination of transfer
  coursework

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PhilPsych major, SDSU
AnaPsych major, UCSD
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What is Not Articulation?

• Course evaluations
• Course evaluations are awarding credit for past
  educational experiences
• Articulation is a guarantee that courses at a
  sending campus will fulfill specific course
  requirements at a receiving campus
• Articulation can be used to plan future
  coursework evaluations can not

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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
  counterparts) are used to fulfill various
  requirements also changes from year to year
• Course articulation itself remains valid as long
  as the course was taken during the period the
  agreement was in effect

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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 course
  requirements at a receiving campus

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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

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Why Articulation Matters

• For the student, articulation
• Guarantees that courses completed at the
  community college will apply to university
  requirements
• Provides the Triptik to plan appropriate
  courses for a future university major

In fact articulation is the basis on which
transfer education plans are developed
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Why Articulation Matters

• For CCC faculty, articulation
• Establishes that CCC courses are comparable to
  university level coursework
• Ensures CCC courses will fulfill university
  requirements
• The more requirements CCC courses fulfill, the
  more valuable they are to transfer students

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Why Articulation Matters

• For the CCC as a whole, articulation
• Facilitates the core mission of student transfer
• Increases the quantity of educational goals that
  can be met by completing the colleges
  instructional programs
• Improves the quality of counseling and advising
  by detailing the most efficient or appropriate
  path to transfer

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Why Articulation Matters

• For the university, articulation
• Increases student success by identifying
  appropriate preparatory coursework
• Reduces the workload involved in individually
  evaluating each students past coursework
• Increases student capacity
• Facilitates a focus on upper division coursework

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Why Articulation Matters

• For the state, articulation
• Increases the effectiveness of the transfer
  process by providing a clear pathway to transfer
  course requirements
• Ensures the efficient use of coursework toward
  bachelors degree requirements
• Saves taxpayer money (theoretically over 11,000
  per degree for a CSU transfer or 36,000 per
  degree for a UC transfer)

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The Articulation Officer

• The actual process of developing and reviewing
  curriculum and coursework to determine course
  comparability between institutions rests with the
  faculty at the respective institutions. Faculty
  in each discipline.... develop curriculum and
  establish requirements and standards for
  articulated courses.

CIAC, 2001 California Articulation Policies and
Procedures Handbook
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The Articulation Officer

• The AO Initiates, updates, tracks, and
  disseminates faculty-approved articulation
  agreements, including those that cover
• Courses accepted for university credit
• General education
• Major preparation

CIAC, 2001 California Articulation Policies and
Procedures Handbook
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The Articulation Officer

• The AO Serves as a consultant on articulation
  and transfer-related curricular issues to
• Faculty
• Administration
• Students
• Anyone else who asks

CIAC, 2001 California Articulation Policies and
Procedures Handbook
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The Articulation Officer

• Some stats about CCC AOs
• 32 are full time 42 are ½ time 26 are
  less than ½ time
• 82 are faculty/certificated 77 are counselors
• 90 serve on curriculum committee 75 of those
  have voting rights
• 50 report to Dean of Counseling 31 report to
  CSSO

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The Articulation Officer

• The AO Acts as liaison to and advocate for
• Faculty
• Receiving institutions
• Segmental system-wide offices (CCC, UC, CSU)
• Intersegmental coordinating bodies (CIAC, ASSIST,
  CAC)

CIAC, 2001 California Articulation Policies and
Procedures Handbook
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The Articulation Officer

• The AO
• Is an advocate for transfer students and the
  effectiveness and efficiency of transfer
  curricula.
• Is an expert in the process, not the content
• Is often called upon to serve in statewide
  projects, committees, or coordinating bodies

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Articulation Office Organization

• The challenge Information storage, tracking, and
  retrieval
• The answer Organization!
• Internal files
• External files
• Email organization
• Tracking systems

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Articulation Office Organization

• Internal files contain information internal to
  the college or district
• Curriculum development
• Course and program information
• Questions and answers
• Faculty review
• Meeting notes
• Project files

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Articulation Office Organization

• Internal file organization
• Organize by academic subject area
• Organize by committee
• Organize by topic
• Organize by project
• Mirror categories in email files

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• For copies of this presentation, questions, or
  information, please contact
• Dave DeGroot
• ddegroot_at_hancockcollege.edu
• Duane Shortdshort_at_sdccd.edu