Articulation
Mission
The Articulation Office exists to ensure clear transfer pathways so that students have a smooth and timely transition from College to a transfer institution. The Articulation Officer develops and maintains course-to-course articulation and transfer agreements with public and private four-year colleges and universities. The Articulation Officer works to ensure that the California State University (CSU) General Education Breadth list, the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Course (IGETC) list, the University of California Transfer Agreement list, and the CSU Baccalaureate list are accurate and appropriate for College students. The Articulation Officer also helps to ensure compliance with Title V on curricular matters and assists with state projects including Associate Degrees for Transfer and C-ID.
Articulation Agreements
Course-to-course articulation agreements exist between College and senior institutions. Taking an articulated course at College means that the course is comparable, or may be accepted in lieu of, a course offered at a senior institution. In California, the official repository of articulated courses between community colleges, University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) is the ASSIST website:
Private / Out-of-State Colleges
Many College courses transfer to private independent and out-of-state colleges. The vast majority of agreements between College and private/independent universities are one-way agreements, and these agreements delineate how courses from College (the sending institution) are accepted at the senior institution (the receiving institution). In some cases, there are course-to-course agreements, and in other cases, there are block transfer agreements. Students should carefully study and ask questions about what will and will not be accepted upon transfer to an independent or out-of-state institution. In addition, students must realize that even if an institution agrees to accept courses in a certain manner from College, that agreement is not always reciprocal. Furthermore, College cannot accept credits from colleges that are not regionally accredited.
Transfer Agreements with private and out-of-state colleges may be found at: Transfer Agreements - Private & Out-of-State Universities