Preparing for Transfer at Multiple Campuses:
UC’s New Transfer Pathways
Shawn Brick, Associate Director
UC Office of the President
Agenda
President’s Transfer Initiative
Transfer Context
UC Transfer Pathways
Ongoing Efforts & Next Steps
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President’s Transfer Initiative
“Transfer students are an important part of UC’s
strength, as well as an engine of social mobility
for our state. Put simply, if we are serving
transfers well, then we are serving the state well.”
– President Napolitano
Transfer Action Team: Group of faculty, staff,
and students that presented recommendations
to the UC Regents in May of 2014.
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Transfer Action Team Recommendations
1: Communications & Technology
2: Strengthen Partnerships
3: Streamline Admissions & Articulation
4: Expand Services on UC Campuses
5: Intersegmental Collaboration
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Transfer Initiative: Actions to Date
• Email to new CCC enrollees from President
• Redesigned website with input from users
• Presidential conversations on transfer
• Transfer and technology
• Transfer Pathways
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Applications: CA Resident CCC Transfers
30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
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Transfer Diversity
Most UC Transfers come from relatively few CCCs:
•
25% of CCC transfers come from 7 CCCs
•
50% of CCC transfers come from 19 CCCs
•
75% of CCC transfers come from 41 CCCs
•
All 112 CCCs sent at least 1 student to UC
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CCC Transfers Come From Across CA
Example: UC San
Diego draws
heavily from
Southern
California, but
also from CCC’s
across the state
Students need to
be able to
prepare broadly
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What a Transfer Pathway Is and Is Not
• Is clear advice to potential transfers
• Is inclusive of all nine UC campus
admission requirements
• Is a set of recommendations that will
prepare them for timely graduation
• Is NOT necessarily a duplicate of the ADTs
• Is NOT a guarantee of admission
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Ten Majors
Anthropology
23% of CCC applicants
Biochemistry
Biology
Cell Biology
Chemistry
Economics
Mathematics
Molecular Biology
Physics
Sociology
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Twenty-One Majors
Anthropology
Biochemistry
Biology
Cell Biology
Chemistry
Economics
Mathematics
Molecular Biology
Physics
Sociology
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Two-thirds
Business
Communications
of CCC
Computer Science
applicants
Electrical Engineering
English
Film
History
Mechanical Engineering
Philosophy
Political Science
Psychology
Message to Students
Although following a pathway doesn't guarantee
admission to UC, it gives you a clear roadmap to
prepare for your major and be well positioned to
graduate on time from any UC campus.
The pathways guide students who want to make
themselves competitive across the UC system;
some campuses may want fewer courses for
admission, but none will expect more.
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Example: Life Sciences
Covers four (or more!) majors: Biology, Biochemistry,
Cell Biology, Molecular Biology
CSU-CCC
Transfer Model Curriculum
"Core" Courses
Biology Sequence
General Chemistry
Calc. for Life/Social Sci. or higher
Physics: Trig-based or higher
One additional biology course
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UC
Transfer Pathway
Expected Coursework
General Biology w/ lab
(full introductory sequence)
General Chemistry w/ lab
(one-year sequence)
Calculus for STEM Majors
(one-year sequence)
--Organic Chemistry w/ lab
(one-year sequence)
ucal.us/transferpathways
Highlights course
expectations
Includes important
caveats and details
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ucal.us/transferpathways
Highlights course
expectations
Includes important
caveats and details
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Next Steps
Articulation
• UC needs to ensure articulation is consistent
across UC for the identified course expectations
General Education
• UC needs to develop guidance on how Transfer
Pathways fit with General Education options
Additional Faculty Engagement
• ICAS, CCC-CSU review of TMCs, C-ID
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Thank you!