1. Scott Morrell Assistant Registrar for Operations University of Oregon OrACRAO ~ 2014

2. What We’ll Cover  Key questions to consider before you setup a course articulation system: Know your culture: who are the “Deciders?” Comparing your curriculum with the outside world Assessing your tools and resources Detailed course articulation examples

3. Key Questions: What is articulation? What is its scope at my campus? Who at my campus has a stake in it? How does my curriculum compare to others’? Is my Student Info System & Degree Audit ready? Do I have sufficient staffing? Am I prepared to maintain it forever?

4. Articulation Defined “The entire range of processes and relationships involved in the systematic movement of students interinstitutionally and intersegmentally throughout post- secondary education” ~ The Registrar’s Guide: Evolving Best Practices in Records and Registration AACRAO 2006, pg 261

6. The Building Blocks Course Articulation ECON 1010 = EC 202 General Education Package Articulation Oregon Transfer Module (OTM) Associate of Art Transfer Degree (AAOT) Full Program Articulation Partnership Agreement with another Institution Typically a Fully Articulated Associate Degree

7. Who Will Do the Work?  Registrar or Admissions? Identify the stakeholders!  The Faculty Who Care  Academic Advisers  Deans and Provosts  First Year Programs  Nearby Institutions  Students  Users... Technical and Functional

8. Compare Your Curriculum With the Outside World... Credit Systems (Sem vs. Qtr) Gen Ed Requirements Course Sequences Repeatability Labs for Credit, versus “Built in with the Lecture” How do you define “Professional/Technical?” Multi-disciplinary courses Academic Forgiveness Over 4000 Degree Granting Institutions Nationwide!

10. Student Information System Degree Audit System IT and WEB Resources Reference Tools: TES (Transfer Evaluation System) Other Institution’s Equivalency Tables State Articulation Sites like assist.org Or-articulation listserve Each Other!

11. Course Articulation Scenarios

12. Are Equivalencies Enough? BIO 1 A = BI 101 Probably Not! Devise Pseudo-Courses and Course Attributes to satisfy requirements & clear prerequisites

15. Effective Fall 1990 forward: ECON 2 Fundamentals of Macroeconomics = EC 202 Intro to Macroeconomics

16.  International Courses  Military Courses  Coursework prior to 1980  Professional / Technical

17. CH 101 - Gen Chem/with lab... 4 credits... or this... CHEM 1 A – Gen Chem Lecture... 3 credits CHEM 1 L – Lab for CHEM 1... 1 credit  How will you articulate “bundled” versus “loose” labs?  What if students pass the lecture and fail the lab?  How does your institution record labs & lectures?  Devise a system for all possibilities!

19. Semester School: CHEM 150/151... (with labs, 4 credits each) Quarter School: CH 201/202/203... (lectures, 3 credits each) CH 204/205/206... (labs, 1 credit each)

20. Student transfers one: CHEM 150 (6 cr)= CH 201 (4 cr) + CH 204 (2 cr) Student transfers both: CHEM 150+151 (12 cr)= CH 201+202+203 (3 cr ea) + CH204+205+206 (1 cr ea)

21. Student transfers one: MATH 5A (6 cr)= MTH 251 (6 cr) Student transfers both: MTH 5A+5B (12 cr)= MTH 251+253 (6 cr ea) --------------------------------------- 251252253

22. Examples: USEM 101/102/103 University Seminar UNST 101 A /102 A /103 A Freshman Inquiry

23. USEM UNST

24. Courses that prepare students for specific trades or professions Diesel Mechanic Funeral Service Cosmetology Physical Therapy Welding Animal Husbandry

25. Reproduction in Domestic Animals... ANIMAL SCIENCES – BACHELOR’S PROGRAM Diesel Shop Practices... DIESEL TECHNOLOGY – BACHELOR’S PROGRAM Corrections Officer Training... CRIMINAL JUSTICE – BACHELOR’S PROGRAM

26. Curriculum is Alive - Ever-Changing Monitor New, Modified, Deleted Courses End equivalencies with courses deleted from your catalog Pre-articulate your top feeders All others: articulate courses as they arrive

30. Automate Transcript Evaluation Save Staff Time/Resources Great Recruitment Tool Clear Pathways for Students and Advisors Deliver Consistent Equivalency Info Clear Your Prerequisites Accurate Degree Audits Happiness and Bliss!

31. TES – Transfer Evaluation System: http://tes.collegesource.com/ Equivalency Websites for Oregon Schools: http://registrar.uoregon.edu/tce/ http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/main/oregon-college-articulation-tables https://banweb.sou.edu/souprd/owa/SOU_Transfer_Equiv.P_Disp_By_Match https://banweb.ous.edu/wouprd/owa/wou_web.p_trans_artic https://banweb.ous.edu/oitprd/owa/oitcas_web.p_DispEquivalencies https://banweb.ous.edu/eouprd/owa/EOU_Transfer_Equiv.P_Disp_By_Match https://crater.lanecc.edu/banp/zwsktart.P_DispTransClasses

32. Scott Morrell Assistant Registrar for Operations University of Oregon 541-346-2941 smorrell@uoregon.edu