Course articulation Culture Curriculum Tools

1. Course articulationCulture Curriculum Tools 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. The View From 30,000 Feet 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. INVENTORY YOUR TOOLS 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. Down Into The Trenches Course Articulation Scenarios

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

14. Course Attribute Table:

15. Date Ranging:How Far Back Do We Go?? Effective Fall 1990 forward: ECON 2 Fundamentals of Macroeconomics = EC 202 Intro to Macroeconomics

16. Must We Articulate Everything? Ask Yourself: When Will I See These Courses Again? ... Articulate What Matters! International Courses Military Courses Coursework prior to 1980 Professional / Technical

17. What About Science Labs?? CH 101 - Gen Chem/with lab ... 4 credits ... or this ... CHEM 1A – Gen Chem Lecture ... 3 credits CHEM 1L – 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. Course SequencesA Unique challenge for quarter institutions! 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. One Solution(All credits are quarter units) 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. Transfer GPA Accuracy“Bookending” 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) --------------------------------------- 251 252 253

22. 1st Year Experience Examples: USEM 101/102/103 University Seminar UNST 101A/102A/103A Freshman Inquiry

23. USEM UNST

24. What’sProfessional Technical? Courses that prepare students for specific trades or professions • Diesel Mechanic • Funeral Service • Cosmetology • Physical Therapy • Welding • Animal Husbandry

25. Many Universities Offer4-Year Professional Degrees 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. Curricular Changes 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

27. Serving it Up! - Web

28. Degree Audit

29. Student Transfer Report

30. The End Game 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. Resources: 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. Questions? Scott Morrell Assistant Registrar for Operations University of Oregon 541-346-2941 smorrell@uoregon.edu