TRANSFER ADVISING
BASICS
V. Tina Christian ,
E d u c a t io n a l
P l a n n e r,
Green River CC
Joyce Fagel
A c a d e m ic
C o u n s el o r,
U o f Wa s h i n g to n
a n d S h o r e l in e C C
Community
College / U of
Washington
Advising
Conference,
April 17, 201 3
A SESSION FOR THE NEW -ISH ADVISER
 What about that DTA and the UW?
 When should students choose the Associate in
Science Transfer degree?
 What’s more important: classes to complete
Associates or classes to prepare for major?
 Where can students/advisers find information?
 Who can help students/advisers?
WELCOME TO THE ADVISING COMMUNIT Y.
Who is
 from a community college?
 from U of Washington?
 other?
How long in advising
 one year or less?
 two years or less?
 between 2 and 10 years?
 more than 10 years?
Photo courtesy of UW Admissions Office
DIRECT TRANSFER AGREEMENT (DTA)
AND THE UW
What it does
What it does not do

Adds to h i g her pri o ri t y fo r
a dm i ssion – 9 0 t ra n s fe r c re di t s
 No guaranteed admission
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H e l ps m e et m i n imum a dm ission
re q ui re ment s.
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Co ur s es c o un te d towa rds a
di s tri bution a re a fo r th e DTA
de g re e , w i l l be a c c e pte d
towa rds s i mila r re q ui remen t a t
UW
 Does not automatically
meet CADRs; watch out for
- Exception: courses needed to meet
composition and foreign language
cannot be used for Areas of
Knowledge
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P re pa re fo r va ri et y o f m a j or s.
VS
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English (Second Language)
Foreign Language
Fine Arts
Intermediate Algebra
 Does not complete all UW
general education
requirements for
Bachelor’s
GENERAL EDUCATION AREAS
DTA requirement
UW requirement (to graduate)
College of Arts & Sciences
1.
English/Communication =
10
1.
Composition + Additional
Writing = 5+10
2.
Quantitative Symbolic
Reasoning = 5
2.
Quantitative Symbolic
Reasoning = 5
Foreign Language, see next slide
3.
Humanities = 15
1.
4.
Math/Science = 15
2.
5.
Social Sciences
= 15
3.
Visual, Literar y &
Per forming Ar ts (VLPA) = 20
Natural World (NW) = 20
Individuals & Societies (I&S)
= 20
WHAT ABOUT FOREIGN LANGUAGE?
T H I S S L I D E I S A D D E D , B A S E D O N C O N V E R S AT I O N AT T H E C O N F E R E N C E
 UW Admissions – CADR: requires two year s in high school or two
quar ters in college (i.e. complete level two in a language)
 Graduate from UW: level three (3 rd yr high school, or 3 rd qtr college) is
required for degrees in these colleges: Ar ts & Sciences, Education,
Social Work
 Both of these are considered completed if students meet the UW
definition of “native language” (studied in that language up through 7 th
grade), or, students can contact Admissions Of fice for testing.
AA -DTA allows 5 credits of fir st year foreign language in Humanities
categor y. What happens to those credits?
 If students study in the colleges of Arts & Sciences, Education or Social Work ,
AND they are using this language to meet their graduation foreign language
requirement, those credits will go towards foreign language rather than VLPA
(they’ll now need more VLPA credits).
 If they do not use this language towards an FL graduation requirement (because
it is their third language or studying in a different college), than per the DTA,
advisers at UW can count those 5 credits for VLPA.
 EXCEPT: this is not allowed by the College of Engineering, due to national
engineering accreditation standards.
OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT DTA
ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE TRANSFER DEGREE
(AST AGREEMENT)
Track 1: Life Sciences
Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Pre Medical/Dental/Pharmacy
Track 2: Physical Sciences
Astronomy, Atmospheric Sciences, Engineering, Physics
Why?
These majors require many sequenced courses to prepare for
the major.
WHICH ASSOCIATES? WHICH AGREEMENT?
Associate in Science Transfer
Associate in Ar ts (& Sciences)
- Tr ac k 1 o r Tr ac k 2
( n a m e v a r i e s by C C )
Associate in Science Transfer
A greement - AST
Direct Transfer A greement - DTA
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Focus on general education
and exploring

Focus on math and science
to prepare for major

At some univer sities, will
meet all general
requirements; at UW meets
most, but not all

Is not intended to meet all
general education
requirements; students will take
remaining gen. ed. af ter
transfer

Major Related Programs
(MRP) for Business, Nur sing
to help students prepare for
those majors

Major Related Programs
(MRP) for three dif ferent
sets of engineering majors
DO STUDENTS
HAVE TO
COMPLETE AN
ASSOCIATES
DEGREE?
NO, but it’s nice to have. 
But, UW has competitive admission
So, Students should apply to multiple schools
Which means, DTA or AST degree ver y
helpful for admissions priority and
meeting general education at many WA
schools.
Then what are course priorities for UW?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Admissions requirements – CADR
Explore major
Prepare for major
Associates degree completion
HOW DO CLASSES TRANSFER WITHOUT DTA
OR AST?
 Use the Transfer
Equivalency Guide:
http://admit.washington.ed
u/EquivalencyGuide
 Courses may transfer with
or without an exact UW
course number attached.
 XXX courses can meet
gen.ed. requirements
CMST&
COM 270
210 (5)
(5)
formerly
SPCH 180
VLPA,
I&S
AUT Qtr.
2008
CMST&
COM 220
220 (5)
(5)
formerly
SPCH 100
VLPA,
I&S
AUT Qtr.
2009
CMST&
COM 2XX
230 (3)
formerly
SPCH 170
CMST 250 COM 2XX
(3)
formerly
SPCH 250
AUT Qtr.
2008
VLPA,
I&S
AUT Qtr.
2009
WHERE IS
THE INFO?
UW Seattle
Admissions
We b Po r t a l :
h t t p : / / a d m it . w
a s h i n g to n . e d u/
A d m i s s i o n / Tr a n
sfer
UW Advising Home Page (By UAA office):
http://www.washington.edu/uaa/advising
/index.php
WHO CAN HELP?
ADVISERS
Same as students, plus OK to
contact:
1. Admissions Office
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Connect with UW Transfer Fair
representative
2. Undergraduate Academic
Affairs Advisers
http://www.washing ton.e du/u aa/ad v is ing/abou t/t
e am.php
Office of Minority Affairs &
Diversity
3.
http://depts.washington.edu/omadcs/contact/
Each other
4.
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CC / UW Advising conference
participants
UWCC listser v
Baccalaureate Community and
Technical College participants
UWCC listser v:
http://mail man 2 .u. wash ingt on.e du/ ma i l ma
n/listinfo/uwcc
STUDENTS
1 . Admissions
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Web contact/email
Phone: 206-543-9686
Drop-in
Transfer Thursday 1:30 sessions
2. UAA Advising
 Transfer Thursday afternoon drop -in
from 2:30 to 4:00
3. OMA&D Academic Counseling Ser vices
call 206-543-7132
ask for TRiO or EOP adviser
4. College/Department Advising
 Transfer Thursday
 Advisers list at
http://www.washington.edu/uaa/advisi
ng/about/depar tments.php
Don’t be shy!
THANK
YOU!