course articulation culture curriculum tools

Course articulationCulture

CurriculumTools

Scott MorrellAssistant Registrar for Operations

University of Oregon

OrACRAO ~ 2014

What We’ll CoverKey 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

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?

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

The Building BlocksCourse Articulation

ECON 1010 = EC 202General Education Package ArticulationOregon Transfer Module (OTM)Associate of Art Transfer Degree (AAOT)

Full Program ArticulationPartnership Agreement with another

InstitutionTypically a Fully Articulated Associate

Degree

The View From 30,000 FeetWho 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

Compare Your Curriculum With the Outside World...Credit Systems (Sem vs. Qtr)Gen Ed RequirementsCourse SequencesRepeatabilityLabs for Credit, versus “Built in with the Lecture”How do you define “Professional/Technical?”Multi-disciplinary coursesAcademic Forgiveness

Over 4000Degree Granting Institutions Nationwide!

INVENTORY YOUR TOOLS

Student Information SystemDegree Audit SystemIT and WEB ResourcesReference Tools:

• TES (Transfer Evaluation System)• Other Institution’s Equivalency Tables• State Articulation Sites like assist.org• Or-articulation listserve• Each Other!

Down Into The Trenches

Course Articulation Scenarios

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

Course Attribute Table:

Date Ranging:How Far Back Do We Go??

Effective Fall 1990 forward:

ECON 2 Fundamentals of Macroeconomics

=EC 202 Intro to Macroeconomics

Ask Yourself: When Will I See These Courses Again? ... Articulate

What Matters!

International Courses Military Courses Coursework prior to 1980 Professional / Technical

Must We Articulate Everything?

What About Science Labs??CH 101 - Gen Chem/with lab ... 4 credits ... or this ...

CHEM 1A – Gen Chem Lecture ... 3 creditsCHEM 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!

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)

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)

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)

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251 252 253

1st Year ExperienceExamples:

USEM 101/102/103University Seminar

UNST 101A/102A/103AFreshman Inquiry

USEM

UNST

What’sProfessional Technical?

Courses that prepare students for specific trades

or professionsDiesel Mechanic Funeral Service Cosmetology Physical Therapy Welding Animal Husbandry

Many Universities Offer4-Year Professional DegreesReproduction in Domestic Animals... ANIMAL SCIENCES – BACHELOR’S PROGRAM

Diesel Shop Practices... DIESEL TECHNOLOGY – BACHELOR’S PROGRAM

Corrections Officer Training... CRIMINAL JUSTICE – BACHELOR’S PROGRAM

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

Serving it Up! - Web

Degree Audit

Student Transfer Report

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!

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-tableshttps://banweb.sou.edu/souprd/owa/SOU_Transfer_Equiv.P_Disp_By_Matchhttps://banweb.ous.edu/wouprd/owa/wou_web.p_trans_artichttps://banweb.ous.edu/oitprd/owa/oitcas_web.p_DispEquivalencieshttps://banweb.ous.edu/eouprd/owa/EOU_Transfer_Equiv.P_Disp_By_Matchhttps://crater.lanecc.edu/banp/zwsktart.P_DispTransClasses

Questions?

Scott MorrellAssistant Registrar for Operations

University of Oregon541-346-2941

smorrell@uoregon.edu