California Intersegmental Articulation Council

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University of California“Articulation Outside

the Box”

With funding from the California Department of Education,UCOP is creating an online resource for counselors who advise high school students taking community college courses for high school credit.

The resource will consist of course lists from each college, showing which “a-g” high school subject requirement their courses satisfy.

College course lists will be added on UC’s high school articulation website, Doorways – not on ASSIST.

Introducing the Community College “A-G” Project (AB

876)

An act to add Section 66205.7 to the Education Code

The request: “…develop an online resource that lists the academic and technical courses offered at each of the 109 community colleges in this state that, when completed by high school students, satisfy one of the subject area requirements of the ‘a-g’ admission requirements to the University of California”

Assembly Bill 876

For high school students:

High school students will benefit because they and their counselors can more easily plan college coursework knowing which courses will clear UC’s “a-g” subject requirements for freshman admission

For counselors:

High school and community college counselors will benefit because the course lists take the guesswork out of choosing courses that satisfy the UC subject requirements

Why the Community College “A-G” Project is Needed

For freshman admission, high school seniors must complete the following coursework: the “a-g” Subject Requirements:

History/Social Science (a) – 2 years requiredEnglish (b) – 4 years requiredMathematics (c) – 3 years required; 4 years recommendedLaboratory Science (d) – 2 years required; 3 years recommendedLanguage Other than English (e) – 2 years required; 3 years recommendedVisual & Performing Arts (f) – 1 year requiredElective (g) – 1 year required

“a-g” Subject Requirements at a Glance

The “a-g” project will consist of at least two phases.

In the first phase:• Courses are assigned “a-g” categories – since March 2011, about 35% of

California community college reviews have been completed

• UCOP database administrators create the new pages for Doorways (March-June 2011), handling thousands of community college courses

• The online resource will go live by July 1, 2011

“A-G” Project Phase I: Create the Database

Review process starts with the TCA list of UC-transferable courses from ASSIST

UCOP course reviewers use the college catalog to determine which “a-g” category the courses satisfies

For high school credit, college-level courses must be UC-transferable and at least 3 semester units (meaning: 1- and 2-unit VPA courses, for example, do not satisfy the “f” requirement)

Community College “A-G” Project

(AB 876) Process for Phase I

Some differences between high school and college requirements:

• IGETC and UC Eligibility codes and “a-g” do not line up exactly. Examples: courses approved for IGETC area 3, Arts and Humanities, may be “f” Visual and Performing Arts or “g” History/Social Science

• “d” laboratory science courses must have corresponding labs (meaning: survey courses without labs are not “a-g”)

• “g” laboratory science courses outside the traditional major science areas of biology, chemistry, and physics but with labs can satisfy the “g” lab science elective (“g” examples: environmental science, geology, oceanography)

“A-G” Project Considerations

Doorways: The Home of the “A-G”

Online Resource (doorways.ucop.edu)

Doorways: The Search Begins Find course lists: Click on “School, Program and Community College”

Doorways: The Search Continues

Enter name of institution

Doorways: Results Page Click on name of institution

Course list for Santa Barbara City College: Courses arranged by “a-g” category

Doorways: CC Course List

Doorways’ course-list search is easy to navigate and use

High school articulation staff at UCOP maintain and support Doorways

Course lists are updated annually (by the high schools for their course lists, by UCOP for community college course lists) – in time for high school students to choose their courses

Doorways Highlights

“A-G” Project Phase II: High school-level courses

Review of nontransferable math and English courses will begin in fall 2011

• Catalog review

• “a-g” categories assigned and courses are added to online resource course lists with 2011-12 update cycle

Career Technical Education courses: High School and CCC• The integration of academic content into high school CTE courses has

allowed for a dramatic increase in approval of these courses for "a-g" credit. For the 2010-2011 school year, there were almost 10,000 UC-approved CTE courses on high school course lists. They include such diverse offerings as auto physics, marine biology, medical arts and sciences, and graphic design. (For more on high school CTE, see the Doorways website: http://www.ucop.edu/a-gGuide/ag/cte/)

• In the Community College “A-G” Project (AB 876), a small number of UC-transferable community college courses – about 5% of those reviewed thus far – have been identified as possibly allowable for CTE high school credit.

• These courses (examples: accounting, business administration, culinary arts) will be reviewed during Phase II of the “a-g” project with an eye toward approval for high school CTE credit.

Deborah McCaskey (project contact)Administrative Analyst, Student Affairs

Deborah.McCaskey@ucop.edu(510) 987-9437

Don Daves-RougeauxAssociate Director of Undergraduate Admissions, Articulation & Eligibility

Nina CostalesAdministrative Analyst, Student Affairs

Doorways staff contact: hsupdate@ucop.edu

UC Office of the PresidentCommunity College “A-G”

Project (AB 876) Staff

Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the state Legislature worked to reverse the under-funding of CTE, including providing grant funds for specific initiatives and pilot programs. Key priorities include:

o developing more and stronger CTE courses, especially in high-growth and emerging industry sections

o expanding student exposure to career options through apprenticeships, internships and training

o providing more professional development opportunities for CTE teachers and career counselors

CTE Initiatives and Related Policies

Administration of Justice Aviation Maintenance/Aviation Operations Child Development Computer Business Technology Criminal Justice Digital Media Direct Current Circuit Analysis/Direct Current Circuit Laboratory Emergency Medical Technology Fire Protection Technology Graphic Arts Introduction to Engineering Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Legal Assisting Military Studies

CCC Reported CTE Course Agreements

UC currently participates in approving CTE courses only at the high school level.

It would not be advisable to promise students that they will get any credit beyond high school “a-g.”

Community college articulation officers who are asked to sign CTE contracts using credit by exam as an avenue for UC transfer credit should be aware that UC does not guarantee that credit will be allowed for campus GE or major prep. UC transfer and IGETC credit should follow the same levels of scrutiny as courses taken outside community colleges.

Transcripts from a community college with CTE credit awarded will most likely be questioned at the campus level.

Concerns about using CTE for Transfer Credit

Estela Narrie◦ Articulation Officer◦ Santa Monica Community College

Lynn Fowler◦ Articulation Officer◦ Cosumnes River College

CCC Process and Perspective on CTE

Verify CCC faculty collaboration for credit-by-examination authorization before allowing CTE courses to be placed on your official transcripts as comparable to approved UC transfer courses

Exams should be taken at CCC facilities or with CCC faculty member involvement

CTE in Photography, at one CCC, has a pilot to give credit on portfolio review and oral test by the CCC department chair

Advise students that any identified CTE units may be awarded high school “a-g” credit only

Send questions regarding CTE credit to UCOP and UC campus articulation officers before signing agreements

Best Practices for CTE at the Transfer Level

Lynn FowlerCRC Articulation Officer

fowlerl@crc.losrios.edu(916) 691-7235

Estela NarrieSMC Articulation Officer

narrie_estela@smc.edu(310) 434-8557

Dawn SheibaniUC Transfer Admissions and CCC Articulation

Dawn.Sheibani@ucop.edu(510) 987-9569

Contacts for CTE Transfer Information

Statway, an initiative of the Carnegie Foundation, is focused on statistics, data analysis, and quantitative reasoning. Statway is designed as a yearlong pathway that culminates in college-level statistics.

Statway is structured especially to serve students who plan to transfer and continue further studies in humanities or social science

Participating colleges include: American River, Foothill, L.A. Pierce, Mt. San Antonio, and San Diego City

Statway Proposal

CSU has had a pilot program for 3 years

Positive discussions with UC faculty have occurred, but more materials are needed

UC BOARS members are being deliberate about this request because it affects all UC transferability and may serve as a gateway to additional policies affecting UC admission criteria

At this point, UC hopes to create a new permanent policy rather than to approve a pilot

Proposed Statway Policy Update

Elizabeth Atondo L.A. Pierce Articulation Officereatondo@piercecollege.edu

(818) 710-2516

Contacts for Statway Information