Scott Morrell
Assistant Registrar for Operations
University of Oregon
OrACRAO ~ 2014
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
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 postsecondary education”
~ The Registrar’s Guide:
Evolving Best Practices in Records and Registration
AACRAO 2006, pg 261
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
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
Compare Your Curriculum With
the Outside World...
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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!
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!
Course Articulation
Scenarios
Are Equivalencies Enough?
BIO 1A = BI 101
Probably Not!
Devise Pseudo-Courses and Course Attributes
to satisfy requirements & clear prerequisites
Effective Fall 1990 forward:
ECON 2 Fundamentals of Macroeconomics
=
EC 202 Intro to Macroeconomics
 International Courses
 Military Courses
 Coursework prior to 1980
 Professional / Technical
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!
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)
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)
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
Examples:
USEM 101/102/103
University Seminar
UNST
101A/102A/103A
Freshman Inquiry
USEM
UNST
Courses that prepare students for
specific trades or professions
Diesel Mechanic
Funeral Service
Cosmetology
Physical Therapy
Welding
Animal Husbandry
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
•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
•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!
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
Scott Morrell
Assistant Registrar for Operations
University of Oregon
541-346-2941
smorrell@uoregon.edu