Course Substitution and Reciprocity – Local Degrees and Certificates, General Education, and ADTs

1. Course Substitution and Reciprocity – Local Degrees and Certificates, General Education, and ADTs ASCCC Curriculum Institute July 2017 Randy Beach, ASCCC Executive Committee Dave DeGroot, Allan Hancock College

2. How well do you tolerate ambiguity? This course substitution and reciprocity business is driving me crazy! July 2016

3. Overview • Definitions: Reciprocity & Course Substitution • Certificates & Degrees • General Education Patterns • Associate Degree for Transfer – ADT’s • Best Practices • Tools of the Trade/Resources July 2017

4. Reciprocity Merriam-Webster Dictionary: REC-I-PROC-I-TY (res-uh-pros-i-tee): noun. a situation or relationship in which two people or groups agree to do something similar for each other. Colleges that adopt a reciprocity policy honor the ways in which courses are used at other community colleges when certifying that course work at their college. July 2017

5. Course Substitution A course substitution takes the place of a required course in a curriculum, provided it does not compromise the integrity of the course and/or program outcomes. July 2017

6. Example: ADT – Psychology List ABiological ComponentCourse Sub: Microbiology? July 2017

7. Certificates & Degrees Reciprocity Typically based on course-to-course comparability with local discipline faculty deciding course substitution and/or reciprocity agreements. However, now C-ID designations trump local discipline decisions. Future: more CTE C-ID course descriptors. July 2017

8. Accounting CertificateAllan Hancock July 2017

9. Accounting Certificate Irvine Valley College July 2017

10. C-ID Accounting Designators C-ID Prefix & Descriptor Title |College Prefix & Course Title ==== Allan Hancock College ====ACCT 110 Financial Accounting |ACCT 130 Financial Accounting ACCT 120 Managerial Accounting|ACCT 140 Managerial Accounting ==== Irvine Valley College ====ACCT 110 Financial Accounting |ACCT 1A Financial Accounting ACCT 120 Managerial Accounting |ACCT 1B Managerial Accounting Allan Hancock College must accept Irvine Valley’s ACCT 1A and 1B for their ACCT 130 and ACCT 140 and visa-versa. July 2017

11. GE Reciprocity - Defined REC-I-PROC-I-TY (res-uh-pros-i-tee): noun. The relation or policy in [general education] dealings between [California community colleges] by which corresponding advantages or privileges are granted by each [college] to the [students] of the other. The Case for Reciprocity. ASCCC Rostrum (2010) July 2017

12. GE Reciprocity - Applied Local General Education Pattern • Course-to-course comparability • Regional reciprocity • Honoring courses in other CCC GE pattern • AP (CCC GE AP)/CLEP/IB • C-ID July 2017

13. GE Reciprocity – Applied (cont) IGETC and CSU GE Transfer Patterns Course-to-course comparability (not for CCC, but for private or out-of-state). CCC reciprocity established by UC/CSU. AP/CLEP/IB for CSU GE AP/IB for IGETC July 2017

14. Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT)ASCCC Reciprocity Statement July 2017

15. 2013 Reciprocity Document Primary Message . . . the ASCCC urges colleges to allow all reasonable course substitutions that are consistent with the parameters of the TMCs. July 2016

16. Reciprocity Statement: Guides • Pass along/accept courses as part of another college’s ADT that are deemed reasonable; • Maintain local control for course substitutions; • Where C-ID descriptors are not in place and/or where the substitution does not involve deeming two courses comparable, make informed course substitution decisions by the judgment of discipline faculty July 2017

17. Reciprocity Statement: Guides Ensure substitutions are consistent with the TMC parameters (some TMCs allow more flexibility in course substitutions than others); Apply external sources of credit: (e.g. AP, IB, CLEP) toward the GE and major. Use statewide documents and local policies for such determinations; and, Credit by Exam: Utilize existing local credit by exam policies. July 2017

18. S16 ASCCC Resolution Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges develop by Spring 2017 resources that provide guidance to local senates on effective practices for the appropriate use of course substitutions by students who have transferred between colleges and who intend to earn an Associate Degree for Transferwhile ensuring that the integrity of the degree is not compromised. July 2016

19. Tools of the Trade • C-ID • ASSIST • CCCCO TMC templates • CCC Transfer Counselor Website • CIAC course outline resources Articulation Officers are your go to folks!! There are resources to assist you! July 2017

20. Numerous tools & resources. Bookmark this page! (c-id.net)

21. ASSIST also has C-ID approvals, but may not always be current.

23. The CCCCO web page has all the TMC templates. Note: new templates!

24. TMC Template July 2017

25. Click on the link for the Transfer Model Curriculum C-ID July 2017

26. TMC:Political Science

27. Flexibility Note the courses that are permissible. July 2017

28. CCC Transfer Counselor Website July 2017

29. CIAC Course Outlines on the Web July 2017

30. Best Practices • Establish Board policy • Develop local policies that are consistent with mandate but flexible enough to support students. • Regional Reciprocity • ASCCC Resources – ADT Course Substitution Best Practices (F17 Plenary) July 2017

31. Local Board Policy Example The district shall permit the waiver or substitution of courses required for completion of an associate degree or a program certificate, providing the district does not offer the required course on a regular basis and has a comparable course; or providing the student submits evidence that a course taken at another college is comparable to one required at Allan Hancock College. July 2017

32. RegionalReciprocity July 2017

33. Questions, Concerns July 2017