ASSIST

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ASSIST CollegeSource
Kristin Perrone Academic Advisement
Center [phone] UH-123

• Information found on ASSIST
• Accessing and using ASSIST in advising
• Example
• When to use CollegeSource
• Using CollegeSource

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Information on ASSIST.ORG

• ASSIST is the official repository of articulation
  for Californias public colleges and
  universities.
• Articulation agreements are formal agreements
  between two campuses. They define how courses
  taken at one college or university campus can be
  used to satisfy a subject matter requirement at
  another college or university campus.
• All of the current and previous California
  Community College articulation agreements.
• It is a useful tool for students and advisors.
• Use to locate course equivalencies for general
  education and major.
• Example

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Go to www.assist.org Home
Page
Use the drop down menu to choose the California
Community College of interest
Information on how to navigate and utilize the
website Valuable transfer information Links to
transfer resources
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Example What is Art102 taken at Orange
Coast College in Fall 2006 equivalent to at
CSUF?
Choose Orange Coast College from the dropdown menu
Choose correct academic year to correspond with
term course taken
Choose CSUF from the second dropdown menu
You will automatically be taken to the next page
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Using ASSIST.ORG

You are automatically taken to the page to
choose the department at CSUF Choose the Art
department because it is the department for the
course we are interested in an equivalency You
will then be taken to the 06-07 articulation
agreement between OCC and CSUF for all Art courses
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Articulation Agreement
CSUF Art 101 OCC Art 102
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What if the course is not on the articulation
agreement?

• A student took Art 103 at Orange Coast College in
  Fall 2006, and would like to know if they can use
  this course to meet a major requirement?
• Art 103 is not in ASSIST
• Where can you get more information on this course?

You can look up the course description
on www.collegesource.com
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Go to www.collegesource.com

• What information is available on
  collegesource.com?
• A virtual library representing 34,714 college
  catalogs in full cover-to-cover, original page
  format with 2-year, 4-year, graduate,
  professional and international schools.
• The ability to look up both previous catalog and
  current catalog years.
• The ability to read individual course
  descriptions.

Fill in desired college/ university, Orange
Coast College
Choose the PDF to view the catalog
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Using CollegeSource
Choose appropriate catalog year for the example
2006-2007
Use the table of contents to locate course
descriptions
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Using CollegeSource
Scroll down to desired department and look up
course number. For the example Art 103 the
History of Asian Art China, Korea, Japan
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QUESTIONS?